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Oatka Cemetery, Smith and Springsteen families
How many of us are related to John Smith? Well, maybe not the same John Smith. My three-times-great grandparents Jacob and Margaret Springsteen brought the Smith and Springsteen families together in Monroe County,…
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John S. and Mary E. Springsteen’s family
The completion of the Erie Canal in 1825 opened the floodgates for migration from New England and western New York to Michigan Territory. The flow of settlers in the next decade led to…
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South Sidney Cemetery, Olsen Family
This article continues a series I am planning about final resting places for some of our families. Today we will visit my Grandpa Olsen’s family and some of their graves in the South…
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Remembering Dad
For the first time in my life, we enter a new year without Dad. He was released to eternal life just a few weeks ago, yet it seems like we’re now in a…
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Christmas greetings
I love this picture from Christmas last year, Dad’s last with us. Ed Springsteen Sr. passed over to Glory on December 8, 2016 leaving the limitations of Parkinson’s disease behind. At ninety-two years…
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Edwin Frank Springsteen Sr., 1924-2016
One day after the 75th anniversary of the attack on Pearl Harbor, another World War II sailor slipped away. My Dad, Ed Springsteen Sr., passed to eternal life on Thursday, December 8, 2016…
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Sheridan and Horton Cemeteries, Sovereign Family
In the wake of Halloween and All Saints Day, I want to begin a tour of cemeteries and family gravesites. Cemeteries are places for respect and reflection. Gravestones and memorial markers are the…
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A Case of Caleb Georges
Names often run in families. In my Grandma Olsen’s family, the name Caleb George is a prime example. Within the scope of my current knowledge, this name originated in the family of my…
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Football and family
We have many football fans among our family and friends, most more avid than I. This article will be out of the norm for Our Heritage but it’s fall, and it’s my blog,…
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Learning more about Rachel Dennis
As I mentioned in a recent article about maternal kin, Dee and Mom and I met cousins in June who we had found through DNA testing. In August we visited Diane and Janet…