Life on a Hagenbuch Farm, Part 1
As a boy, I didn’t realize how much of an impact growing up on a farm would have on me. Because I moved from the farm when I was 13, I mostly only remember...
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Hiram Hagenbuch’s Farm Rediscovered Near Milton, PA
The following article was originally published after finding the site of Hiram Hagenbuch’s (b. 1847) home in 2015. It opened a new chapter in our understanding of Hiram and his family, as well as...
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...
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...
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....
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...
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...
