Linda’s Monday Morning Moaning’s
I sent my ‘Washington Township’ book off to the publisher in March 2019. It had been such a large portion of my everyday life for the last six months, my thoughts turned to “now what”! But very quickly the thought of another book came to mind, as I had really loved what I had been doing. It had taken some time to figure out what would or should come next, but Arcadia did help in that department. They suggested ‘Macomb Township’, and for me it did make sense, because my family had lived in the township for twenty seven years before I moved to Washington.
I had been told that they did have someone who a few years before had contracted to do the book, but for what ever reason the book was not finished. That did sort of raise alarm bells for me, in that, why was it not finished? Any way I went ahead and contacted the elements that I thought would have the most images I could use. The people at the Mt. Clemens Public Library were able to help and I got the ball rolling with them. I contacted the Macomb Township Supervisor at the time in Janet Dunn, and she was kind enough to have me meet Peggy Arccado of their Historical Commission. I explained what I was doing and I was handed a box of what they had.
After seeing what the Mt. Clemens Library had on Macomb and the Commission had on Macomb, the concern set in. I was able to come up with about 30 images out of the 240 some I would need. Was this the reason the previous person did not finish the book before?
While I mentioned in a previous post, that with my first book, I had not really put it ‘out there’ because I wasn’t sure what the out come would be. Well with that thought, I knew I would have to get help from the public in large in order to make this happen.
Facebook here I come! That made all the difference, and I realized just how much interest there was in the idea of a book about the vintage times of Macomb Township.
And six months later, with that, my second book ‘Macomb Township’ was published in the middle of a pandemic on 3 August, 2020.
In September shortly after the books release, the township held a book launch to get ‘Macomb Township’ out to the public. They would do it in a very special way. The hall located at 19925 23 Mile Road was built in 1919 and served the township community until a newer building was erected in the same location in 1974. The old hall was sold to a private buyer and moved to Romeo Plank Rd just north of 23 Mike Rd onto the Wade’s Nursery property.
By 2020, the nursery property was sold to the township to be used as an additional park area, and the original hall was back in the care of the township once again. Restoration would begin and become the new home for the Macomb Township Historical Commission. More work will be done to make this one room building less seasonal as time continues. They’re really couldn’t have been a better place to hold a book launch for ‘Macomb Township’.
On that ‘wee’ note, till next week.
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Linda, I’m so happy you got to have a book signing and what a perfect place to have it at. I was to have a book signing here in St Pete for my Nov 2, 2020 release “Jane in St Pete” (mystery/romance) and I expected our community clubhouse to be the perfect place. Well…all events are cancelled due to Covid and I did not have my book signing. I’m not sure how I missed coming to yours. What was I doing on August 3? Probably obeying lockdown. I’m still not going out and in Florida everything is open. It’s been cold (in the 60s) so I have not even walked on my favorite beach. Sorry I missed your signing but of course you brought me a signed copy right to my door. Still, if times were different I would have been there.
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I wonder if could find out more on the gastmeier family in waldenburg thank you.
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Brian, sorry for the delay in answering you on your inquiry, I just now noticed you had written. As for finding information on your family, basically the information I was able to find for the ‘Farming’ book I received from the family owners themselves. But I have done many years of my family history, but have used Ancestry.com and their resources. Many of the libraries do have options for use to use their facilities and use Ancestry, so you don’t need to purchase a subscription. Talk to family who are connected to the name, many leads come from those talks. Try the new library in Macomb on Broughton there might be someone there that can be of help. Good luck, Brian.
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