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…

I don’t know when and where the Springsteen family surname originated. It might have been in Groningen, in the northern Netherlands. Otherwise, it might have been adopted after the family arrived in New…

I can say without beating my own drum that this book is a treasure. Another Ron Springsteen I’ve communicated with the author of The Springsteen Chronicles on and off for several years. Our ancestors Casper…

I mentioned in a recent article that an old newspaper notice about Anna Springsteen had eluded me for years. After posting a query on the Facebook page of the Rochester Genealogical Society New York, I received…

Susan Fillmore Howe was born to John and Adre Simmonds Fillmore in the town (township) of Brutus, Cayuga County, New York on 14 March 1806. She died at her home in Springfield Township,…

When Dee and I visited Rochester, New York for the first time in 2006 we dabbled in land records, held Staats Springsteen’s 1825 will in our hands, found card catalog indexes to newspaper…

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…

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…

I had intended to publish this article a couple of months ago, but Mom’s hospitalization and passing have consumed my attention. I’m wrapping this up now without expanding it as much as I…