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Understanding DNA testing
Have you been thinking about testing DNA for family history research, ethnicity clues, finding unknown family members, or other considerations? Here are a couple of recent articles that might help you understand what…
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Christmas 2017
Christmas greetings from Ron and Dee 2017 has brought trips to Raleigh (once for a genealogical conference), knee surgery, a retreat of Winsome Women at Grand Hotel on Mackinac Island, visits from our…
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Who is it?, or lost and found
I’ve added a new page to this site to post pictures of things that are a bit of a mystery and either need identification or a new home. The first items are Harvey…
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Eddie the Elder
Ninety-two years and eight days; that was the span of Dad’s life in this realm. He left us a year ago, but he will always be in our hearts. Eddie Springsteen, Aden and…
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Thomas and Amanda Green, part 3
Early last year I started a series of articles investigating the lives of Thomas and Amanda Green, my great-great grandparents. Here are links to the first two installments: Thomas and Amanda Green, part…
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Harold Springsteen, 1929-2017
My uncle Harold “Hud” Springsteen passed from his journey in this life last Thursday night. His obituary indicates that he passed in the early hours of Friday, September 1. As a long-time school…
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Case and Springsteen Reunion 2017
Grandma Verda Olsen’s family reunions bring together the progeny of Edwin and Loretta Case and of L.D. and Agnes Springsteen. We enjoyed a nice family gathering and beautiful weather for our reunion this…
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Helen Springsteen, 1924-2017
Our dear Aunt Helen has joined the ranks of her generation who have passed into eternity to join loved ones missed for too long. She passed yesterday morning at her daughter’s home near…
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Four weeks until Verda’s family reunion
Plan now to gather with Verda Olsen’s family on the last Sunday of July. Margaret Cranmer has again reserved the pavilion at East Riverside Park in Belding. Grandma Olsen always valued these family…
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Tending family graves
Clinton J. “Joe” and Mary Springsteen, Dad’s uncle and aunt, faithfully tended the graves of his parents Loyal Davis “L.D.” and Agnes Springsteen in the Gunnisonville Cemetery north of Lansing, Michigan. On Joe’s…
