Wintertime Memories from Montour County
Preface One problem with writing about memories is that others who experienced those same moments may not remember them the same way. My siblings and cousins who also grew up in Montour County, Pennsylvania...
Author: Mark Hagenbuch
Sunday School Picnic at Knoebels Grove, c. 1937
It is a fact that Oak Grove Lutheran Church, which is located between Pottsgrove and Danville, Pennsylvania, was often referred to as the “Hagenbuch Church” during the 1900s. That is certainly supported by the...
Montour County Christmas Memories
Rewriting the article on early Christmases last week brought to mind one of the wishes that all genealogists have: that our ancestors would have kept better records, especially of their every day life experiences....
Christmas for the Hagenbuchs in Berks County
This article was first published in the December, 1982 issue of “The Beech Grove.” We all have fond memories of Christmases long ago. The snow seemed deeper, the stoves in our homes warmer, and...
The Beech Grove: Hagenbuch Family Newsletter
Since I was 13 years old, I’ve always had an interest in our family history. Some folks tell me 13 is an early age to be making family trees and asking relatives what they...
One Silver Dollar
This story was told to Mark Hagenbuch around 1963 by his great Uncle Perce (b. 1880) and corroborated in 1972 by his father’s first cousin, Bruice Hagenbuch (b. 1913). Francis Eugene Hagenbuch—Uncle Gene—was the...
Pronouncing Hagenbuch
As I have done many times when I have an appointment, I walked up to the receptionist’s desk and wrote my name on the pad: “Mark HAGENBUCH”. (I print my last name and usually...
William Hagenbuch Stands Tall
Uprighting Headstones: A Family Responsibility Reader Alert: As in many posts dealing with genealogy, family lines will be listed. This may be confusing to some people, but it’s important to the understanding of family...
