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Verda’s Reunions
Verda Case Springsteen Olsen gathered her family for reunions every year from almost as far back in time as I can remember. That tradition has been carried on to this day, and it’s…
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Staats and Anna Springsteen—So Many Questions
My four-times-great grandparents Staats and Anna Springsteen were people of no apparent public consequence, yet they left bits and pieces of evidence of their lives that continue to perplex me. While the very…
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Katherine Keck’s Life Reads Like Romance
Here is a transcription of the newspaper clipping from Agnes Springsteen’s scrapbook about her mother’s life experiences. Katherine Keck’s Life Reads Like Romance Mrs. Katherine Keck, whose maiden name was Kurtz, was born…
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Searching for Kate Keck’s Origins
My interest in family history began in the early 1960s when my friend Eric started researching his family tree. I talked with family members and outlined as much as I could learn about…
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Revisiting the American Civil War—Thomas Green
Thomas M. Green, 1830-1910 Thomas Green served as a private in Company C of the 13th Michigan Infantry. He enlisted in North Plains Township, Ionia County, Michigan on 29 February 1864 and mustered…
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Revisiting the American Civil War—Charles Kidder
Charles Homer Kidder, 1831-1903 Charles Kidder served in the 8th Illinois Cavalry from 12 September 1861 to 17 July 1865. According to A Genealogy of the Kidder Family, by Morgan Hewitt Stafford, Charles…
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Revisiting the American Civil War—John Dennis
John Samuel Dennis, 1844-1926 John Dennis served as a private in Company C of the 111th Ohio Infantry regiment. He enlisted in Mill Creek Township, Williams County, Ohio, on 14 August 1862 at…
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Revisiting the Civil War
We are in the final days of the American Civil War sesquicentennial, marking one of the most defining trials in our nation’s history. The beginning of the end for Confederate forces came with…
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Bill, Babe, and Abe
Back in Dad’s carving days, he created a relief carving of his dad, Aden Springsteen, with his dad’s team of horses. Bill and Babe were used on the farm during the Great Depression…
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DNA and Genealogy
This post is a revision of an entry posted on January 31, 2015, in my blog on the former Our Heritage site. I have explored genealogy and family history through traditional research for decades, but…
