- Aden Springsteen's heritage, Coyne Kidder's heritage, Emma Hrobar's heritage, Joseph Dlouhy's heritage, Marie Fisher's heritage, Richard Van Zandt's heritage, Rose Karel's heritage, Verda Case's heritage
1871—a waypoint in ancestral journeys
One hundred fifty years have come and gone since 1871. In terms of change, it must seem like light-years. Where were our ancestors living then? What was their world like? How many things…
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Springsteen family survey, forty years on
We tend to be focused on our family surname when considering ancestry. We are, however, a product of many families and origins. Nevertheless, our paternal ancestry holds the appeal of surname as a…
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Ready to turn a new page?
We’ve come through a lot together this year, haven’t we? This is a time for empathy and compassion and a new understanding of ourselves. Dee and I moved back to old turf early…
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Crossing the pond—Jan and Anna Macek’s family
My decades-long search for the people of my past has often been perplexing, but at least these ancestors have been in America for centuries. My most recent European-born ancestors were three German great-great…
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Jacob and Margaret Springsteen
In the early years of my interest in family history, I had no knowledge of my great-great grandfather John S. Springsteen’s parents. That door was opened when I received a copy of a…
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A different reunion
Aden Springsteen and Verda Case were married in the closing weeks of World War I, known then as The Great War. Their wedding also occurred soon after the deadliest outbreak of the 1918…
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Independence and high ideals
This Independence Day is unlike any we have yet experienced. Our country is struggling with serious challenges to public health, economic opportunity, political decency and social fairness. We are a nation established on…
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Odds and ends
I hope to post more research information again one of these days, but in the meantime, here are a few links to articles posted recently by other writers: Genealogy Myths, by Dick Eastman…
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Breadcrumbs from Flemish research
Articles about Flemish research that I posted about a year ago are prompting questions from other researchers. As a result, I thought that it might be useful to provide information about my exploration…
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The season of renewal
In past years, Mom and Dad’s house next door often served as a backdrop for our Christmas tree. With Mom’s passing this year our tree now stands in front of her Christmas quilt.…
