Springfield Historical Society

06/18/2026

Discover Your Ancestry. Honor the Past!
Researching a Patriot or your Family Tree

Join us for a free engaging presentation exploring how to trace your genealogy back to the soldiers of the American Revolution and beyond!

Springfield Historical Society and the Daughters of the American Revolution are sponsoring a presentation on July 18 (Saturday) from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. at the Springfield Community Center, 129 County Road 29A, Springfield Center, New York. Loree Allen has researched many of the Revolutionary War soldiers buried in and around Springfield. As a novice, she will be sharing some tips that she has learned, some of which she wished she knew at the beginning of her research. Handouts will be available to get you started!

What you will learn: How to begin researching your family tree, tools and records used in Revolutionary War genealogy, tips for using military, pension, and census records, resources for verifying Revolutionary War ancestors, and how the DAR verifies lineage.

Gail Rogers of Oneonta Chapter and Megan Culbert of Otsego Chapter (Cooperstown), registrars of the National Society Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR), will discuss the documentation needed to join if participants are so inclined. A non-profit and non-political group, the DAR promotes historical preservation, education and patriotism. Its membership is limited to direct lineal descendants of soldiers and others of the American Revolution era who aided the revolution.

Pre-registration is required by July 11th. Please email Loree at [email protected] with your name and phone number to ensure enough handouts are available to all participants.

06/07/2026

Examing a donation of an old map.

05/21/2026

Today had a visitor who is a relative of the Spalsbury's. He saw the historical marker and decided to stop in. His name is Derek Llewellyn. Pictured with president, Fred Culbert.

05/07/2026

Dedication of historical marker.

04/29/2026

Our recent talk held on April 22, with Violet Ackas and her daughter Christina Ackas was about their renovation of the property at Ringwood Manor. They spoke about their plans and their multi-year stabilization and rehabilitation project for a sustainable public use historical Museum and Cultural Center. We had a large group in attendance and was well received by all.

03/29/2026

Years ago students in Mrs. Green's 4th grade class at Springfield Central School constructed small recreations of buildings in the Springfield Center area. Does anyone know what year this was done or which class was involved? Our historical society in Springfield Historical Society would like to credit those budding architechts (none of the buildings had names on them.)

12/04/2025

Come to the Christmas Bazaar Dec. 11, 18 from 10-12 or Dec. 20 Saturday during our luncheon 11-2 We also have lamps (3) for sale and a couple of storage items shown on right. Lots of ornaments hand made on tree. Please support the society and the work we do! Thank you.

11/24/2025

10/16/2025

On Wednesday evening at 7:00 the Springfield Historical Society will hold it's annual meeting. Guest Speaker will be Loree Allen who has been cleaning the cemetery stones with money received from a grant from the Comunity Foundation of Otsego County. She is working on Revolutionary War Soldiers' stones. Come hear her speak about her project. All are welcome! Springfield Community Center 29A.

07/21/2025

Another group for the Scavenger hunt today and some interesting discussions on the old items in our collection.