A Boy Becomes a Genealogist
Most of my immediate family have heard the story of how I became interested in Hagenbuch genealogy and subsequently collected thousands of names, dates, and artifacts. One certainly has to be interested in history...
Author: Mark Hagenbuch
Sarah Foust: School Teacher in the Early 1900s
On November 1, 1984 Ethel Lillian Bibby, aged 75 years old, died in a nursing home in Selinsgrove, Pennsylvania. She was unmarried and few of her immediate family were still living. Mark Hagenbuch—Ethel’s second...
Butchering Day Memories from the Farm, Part 2
This article is a continuation of the first part in the series, Butchering Day Memories from the Farm. In it, we got started with the pig butchering process: killing the hog, sticking it to...
Butchering Day Memories from the Farm, Part 1
This two-part article series by Mark O. Hagenbuch was originally published on February 24, 2015, just after Fastnacht Day. Last Tuesday was Fastnacht Day here in our part of Pennsylvania. In our Montour County...
Samuel and Susanna (Hess) Hagenbuch Family
The idea behind this site is to have a mix of genealogy, history, and family stories—and not just those related to the Hagenbuch family that came primarily from Montour County, Pennsylvania. That family, the...
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...
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...
