Last Reminder: Hagenbuch Reunion on Sunday, June 24, 2018
There are only five more days until the great gathering of Hagenbuchs and related families. Please plan to attend! Below is the final schedule of events for the day. We are hoping for 100...
Hagenbuch Beech Grove
Rediscovering Joseph Hagenbuch’s Family and the United States Hotel
One of my goals through genealogy is to reconnect forgotten branches of the Hagenbuch family tree. During the past year, while researching the family of Christian Hagenbuch (b. 1747), his son, Joseph, was rediscovered....
Quilting: A Family Tradition
Many families have traditions of creating crafts, often times American folk crafts, that have been handed down from generation to generation. Joanne (Hagenbuch) Griffith is an example of this, as she is a quilter....
News From 1892: Elopement of Minnie Hill and Harry Hagenbuck
Old newspapers can be a great source for uncovering family history. Recently, while searching through an online database of periodicals, I found mention of an elopement—that of Minnie Hill and Harry Hagenbuck in 1892....
The Book, Part 5: The Facts
My obsession with Johann Arndt’s Wahren Christentum (True Christianity) began in July of 2015 when my son, Andrew, wrote an article about Andreas Hagenbuch’s will. I learned at that time that Andreas had willed...
Family Recipes: Wintergreen Cake
In a previous article, I recounted visiting with my great aunt, Gloria (Felix) Faus (b. 1931), in southern California and discovering a family recipe for bean chow-chow. The recipe had been given to her...
Join Us! Hagenbuch Reunion: June 24, 2018 – Info & Schedule
The plans for the Hagenbuch Reunion to be held on Sunday, June 24, 2018 are almost finished. Following is the schedule of events for the day along with some reminders. Feel free to attend...
Letters From Nana, Part 3
The first part and second part in this series examined letters and postcards that Nana, Irene (Faus) Hagenbuch (b. 1920, d. 2011), sent to me between 1999 and 2001. This article—the final in the...
The Book, Part 4
This is the fourth in a five part series about “the book” owned by Andreas Hagenbuch (b. 1715). At the end of Part 3, the immigrant Andreas Hagenbuch has died and willed the book,...
Letters From Nana, Part 2
In the first part in this series, I shared letters and postcards from Nana, Irene (Faus) Hagenbuch (b. 1920, d. 2011), dating from my first semester at Ithaca College in the fall of 1999....
