2020: What Will Be Remembered?
As genealogists we always have the word “legacy” in the back of our minds. What will the legacy of our family be? What has it been in the past? What will be remembered about...
Category: History
Handmade Christmas Cards
For the last decade, my wife Sara and I have made it part of our holiday traditions to handmake some of our own Christmas cards. The first year or two, I found the process...
The Bedding Connection
Several weeks ago, we visited friends of ours in Virginia. We stayed two nights. If you are like Linda and me, you never sleep well in a strange bed. In fact, Linda and I...
Right Under Our Noses: Finding Allen S. Hagenbuch
A few months ago, my father, Mark Hagenbuch, and I received an email from Diane Grose. In the message, she inquired about what we knew of Allen S. Hagenbuch who was married to Emma...
The Lost Family Line of William Cephis Hagenbuch
During the summer of 2018, I stumbled upon a Hagenbuch that my father didn’t have in his records: William Cephis Hagenbuch. A quick search of Ancestry.com showed that William lived in Espy, Columbia County,...
Meet the “Charming” Captain
A ship at sea is its own world. To be the captain of a ship is to be the unquestioned ruler of that world and requires all of the leadership skills of a prince...
Article Updates and Corrections
With some regularity, my father, Mark Hagenbuch, and I stumble upon new information or other corrections to our articles. Sometimes these are substantial enough to warrant writing an entirely new piece. However, more often...
Andreas Hagenbuch’s “Charming” Shipmates
Andreas, his wife Magdalena, and 18-month-old son Henry left Plymouth, England aboard the ship, Charming Nancy, on July 17, 1737. We are not sure how long it took them to arrive in Plymouth from...
Locating William A. Hagenbaugh’s California Homestead
As my father, Mark Hagenbuch, and I continue to work on Hagenbuch.org, we often return to earlier articles and fill in pieces of information that were previously unknown. Recently, one such piece of information...
Civil War Brothers and Cousins: Part 2
In part two, the final part in this series, we continue to follow the stories of Solomon, Samuel, and Henry W. Hagenbuch. Click here to view part one. Solomon and his cousin Henry W....
