Diane Sleger
Books Duo
Shadows to Sunshine
Our Leffingwell Line
Shadows to Sunshine, Our Leffingwell Line, 24OCT2018 © Diane A Sleger. The text describes the ancestral lineage descending from Lieutenant Thomas Leffingwell, detailing the sacrifices of soldiers in King Philip’s War, the Revolutionary War, the Civil War, World War I and II, and the Vietnam War. References: ILDAR, NSDAR, Washington, DC, the Leffingwell Museum, Norwich, CT., the Connecticut Historical Society, CT, and Yale University Library, New Haven, CT
Shadows to Sunshine
Our Quade Mester Line
Shadows to Sunshine, Our Quade Mester Line, 03 MAY 2020 © Diane Sleger. The genealogical research focuses on the German historical background of the husband, Paul, tracing his maternal Prussian ancestry through the Quade and Mester lines. His ancestors' lives spanned from emigration to living during the Great Depression, and World War II in the Pacific. It also covers the homes, and their memories, and shares Dori's watercolor paintings. References: ILDAR, NSDAR, Washington, D.C.
Shasows to Sunshine
Our Maas Line
Shadows to Sunshine, Our Maas Line, 01FEB2020 © Diane Sleger. The text describes the author's maternal Pomerania Maas line, which inspired their cultural and holiday traditions. Many individuals from this lineage left their families and homeland to seek a new dream and hope in a new land, traveling over rough seas. References: NSDAR, Washington, DC, and Newberry Library, Chicago, IL
The Great War, A Soldier’s View
WWI veteran William F. Weir served as an Ambulance Driver/Mechanic with the U.S. Army Ambulance Service, Special Services Unit 639, American Field Service, American Expeditionary Forces, First Division, WWI. Weir's service included Cantigny, Soissons, and Meuse Argonne, "showed bravery in extracting wounded soldiers". References: ILDAR, NSDAR, Washington, DC, WWI Museum in Washington, DC, the Pritzker Military Museum Library, Chicago, IL, WWI Library, St. Louis, and the First Division Museum, Wheaton, IL.