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Voices from the past
I am actually thinking about a new heritage article. In the meantime, I am publishing links to recordings I have posted in the past: I hope to post more recordings in the future. The…
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Time rolls on
It’s hard to believe that we are in the Christmas season already, one of my favorite times of year. This has been a year of healing, celebration and downsizing. Our clan grew with…
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Knowing Staats
It is amazing how much I know about my great-great-great-great grandfather Staats Springsteen. He was an illiterate farmer born in colonial America. I know very little about his father Simon or his son…
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Kilroy was here
Mom’s cat, and ours When Mom adopted Kilroy from a backyard litter, she named him in a nod to Dad’s World War II service. Kilroy was devoted to her, but to most of…
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L.D. Springsteen’s pocket watch
The watch This watch was carried by Loyal Davis (L.D.) Springsteen. It was given to his grandson Edwin Frank Springsteen, my father, who passed it on to me. I have forwarded it to…
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A close call
History happens. Our family story almost didn’t. Dad served on the USS Essex in World War II. She was the first of a new class of aircraft carriers commissioned for service in the…
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Greetings from Ron and Dee
We had hoped to join our son’s family on vacation this summer, but the airline software mess gave us a staycation instead. We look forward to a slower time in their company. Our…
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Edwin Frank Springsteen, 1924-2016
My father, Edwin Frank Springsteen, was born a hundred years ago on November 30, 1924. He made his entrance on the Brink farm in Watertown Township, Clinton County, near DeWitt, Michigan. Dad joined…
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Glimpses of Aggie Springsteen
I was fortunate to know two of my great-grandmothers. Grandma Springsteen lived about an hour away in Lansing, Michigan but I remember her extended visits to Sheridan. I was fifteen years old when…
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A brief lesson in European research
I was wrong. European records are a challenge. I was wrong about this one. Understanding European records I have investigated my deep American ancestry for decades and still have much to share from…
