Researching George Springer
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![]() | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 201 people with the Springer surname? In that year Springer was ranked number 3378 for popularity in the UK. |

The name George means "A Tiller of the Soil or a Farmer" and is of Greek origin.
Records of George Springer on Ancestry
Ancestry is a major source of information if you are filling out the detail of George Springer in your family tree. Many large databases are available to search covering from births, deaths and marriages, military records, census records and immigration records with many other smaller collections too. Free trials are normally available and are a good way to fill out a lot of your tree quickly.
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DNA
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for George Springer and the Springer Genealogy
Birth, Death and Marriage records are often the best method of making the links to the Springer Genealogy that will form part of your family tree. Although records vary from country to country, they are normally the most formal record of a person's relations. From the sources listed below it will be possible to locate a birth record and, from that record, a birth certificate may be obtainable which is likely to list the names of the parents, therefore taking you back another generation. A marriage certificate may also list the names of the respective fathers of the bride and groom which may then help you to find them earlier in life on a census record enabling you to fill out more detail in the Springer family tree.
Investigate Parish Records for George Springer at Find My Past.
Look at for the UK registered births, marriages and deaths of George Springer using the FreeBMD database.
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Investigate the LDS Database for records about George Springer.
Research the Springer surname using fold3 Military Archives and view images of original Springer Military records.
![]() | Did you know that there are currently 853 people with the Springer surname in the UK? Springer is now ranked number 3239 for popularity in the UK. |
Springer Family History Databases
Another way to build your tree quickly is to use the research other people have already done. This can help to confirm or refute your own deductions - however, be wary of taking this data at face value as other researchers may not have been as meticulous as you. Always try to back up deductions with some definitive sources rather than relying too heavily on others.
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Find George Springer from Ireland on findmypast.ie
Springer Forums
There are a number of forums which are dedicated to rearching particular surnames. These can be good places to share your findings and also to tap into the knowledge that others may already have. These can sometimes be a good way of finding living relations as these tend not to show up on the other sources of information for privacy reasons.
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![]() | Did you know that there are currently 33421 people with the Springer surname in the USA? Springer is ranked number 146 for popularity in the USA. |
Miscellaneous Springer Databases
Study the Ellis Island Database for information on George Springer. This database contains over 25 million immigration records detailing passengers arriving in the United States of America.
Some Famous People called George Springer
George Springer
George Chelston Springer III (born September 19, 1989) is an American professional baseball outfielder for the Toronto Blue Jays of Major League Baseball (MLB). He played for the Houston Astros from 2014 to 2020.
The Astros selected Springer in the first round (11th overall) of the 2011 MLB draft. He made his MLB debut in 2014, for the Astros. Springer has played primarily in right field and also spent significant time in center field. A native of New Britain, Connecticut, Springer is of Puerto Rican and Panamanian descent.
Springer played college baseball at the University of Connecticut, where he was named Big East Conference Baseball Player of the Year and a First Team All-American. In 2017, Springer became an MLB All-Star, Silver Slugger Award winner, and World Series champion. He was also named the 2017 World Series Most Valuable Player (MVP), hitting a record-tying five home runs (Reggie Jackson and Chase Utley accomplished the feat in 1977 and 2009, respectively), as the Astros defeated the Los Angeles Dodgers in seven games. He was again an All-Star in both 2018 and 2019.
Source: George Springer, Wikipedia, The Free EncyclopediaGeorge Springer (mathematician)
George Springer (September 3, 1924 – February 18, 2019) was an American mathematician and computer scientist. He was professor emeritus of computer science at Indiana University Bloomington.
Springer is perhaps best known as the coauthor with Daniel P. Friedman of the widely used textbook Scheme and the Art of Computer Programming. Scheme is one of the two main dialects of LISP. Three of the pioneering books for Scheme are The Scheme Programming Language (1982) by R. Kent Dybvig, Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs (1985) by Harold Abelson and Gerald Jay Sussman with Julie Sussman, and Scheme and the Art of Computer Programming (1989) by Springer and Friedman.
Source: George Springer (mathematician), Wikipedia, The Free EncyclopediaOther names that sound a bit like Springer
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