The Letter Archives
I like writing letters and receiving letters. It’s a shame that we’ve lost the art of letter-writing and saving correspondence. –Elizabeth McGovern, actress in Downton Abbey. Andrew and I often refer to the Hagenbuch...
I like writing letters and receiving letters. It’s a shame that we’ve lost the art of letter-writing and saving correspondence. –Elizabeth McGovern, actress in Downton Abbey. Andrew and I often refer to the Hagenbuch...
It is probably not common knowledge among most of our readers that there are Hagenbuchs who own a food market in Ridgeley, West Virginia. Hage’s Market was started in 2005. It is owned and...
In 2010, we had to make the difficult decision to have Mom and Dad reside at Elmcroft Assisted Living facility in Lewisburg, Pennsylvania. Mom had a stroke the year before and could no longer...
In my last article, I touched on the Wolf/Wolfe family when I researched John and Shirley Mae (Wolfe) Zisch. As mentioned, I used my paper records to trace Shirley Mae back to her great...
Genealogists use a lot of resources to ply their craft. Andrew and I have written a lot about this—how we use the census, grave records, death certificates, oral histories, and many other sources. One...
Archival newspaper clippings provide fascinating insights into the lives of our ancestors. However, given the conventions of the time, it can be challenging to know which of our relatives are being discussed in specific...
Before our articles are published, Andrew and I proofread each others’ writings. Two weeks ago when I wrote the article about documents, one of the accompanying pictures was two pages from the marriage booklet...
As we head into our eighth year of Hagenbuch family historical articles, I find that Andrew has taken the lead on more and more research and knowledge of the family. Our articles are planned...
The recent death of John Howard Hagenbuch got me thinking about first cousins. John was born on March 11, 1936, and he died three weeks ago on August 18th. John’s Hagenbuch ancestry is: Andreas ...
Journals, letters, and postcards are some of the best ways to examine the daily lives of our ancestors. Sixteen letters, penned by Benjamin Del Fel Hagenbuch during the American Civil War, are held by...