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...
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Christian Hagenbuch’s Last Will and Testament
Christian Hagenbuch (b. 1747) was the third son of Andreas Hagenbuch (b. 1715), who immigrated to America in 1737. He was born December 17, 1747 in Albany Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania to Andreas and...
Dog Guards Fallen Boy From Death on Tracks
Searching for one thing can occasionally lead a person to encounter something unexpected and yet equally as fascinating. This has happened to me when researching families, and most recently occurred while looking for the...
Good Things Come in Threes
They say good things come in threes: three wishes, three gifts of the Magi, and for my wife, Sara, and I, three children. In August, we welcomed a third child to our family—a daughter—Rosanna...
Book Review: “How We Ate: Pennsylvania Dutch Foodways”
Historical research is challenging, especially when it is on a niche topic like our Hagenbuch family. Good sources are few and far between and, when you do find something, it is often incomplete. Earlier...
Ray Hagenbaugh and the LAPD Shrine Club
There are multiple lines of Hagenbaughs living in the United States. These Hagenbaughs are actually Hagenbuchs. It’s just that their pronunciation and spelling of our family name has changed over time. California is one...
Stories Left Untold
In 2014, my father, Mark, and I founded this site to share the stories and genealogy of our Hagenbuch family. It’s been almost five months since Dad died, and you may have noticed that...
Who’s There Now? Finding Family in Philadelphia
Ebay is a great place to find family artifacts and memorabilia. Search Hagenbuch.org and you will find many different items that were located through the online auction site, such as matchbooks, Taufscheine, bottles, and...
Childcare in the 1930s: Irene (Faus) Hagenbuch’s School Project
Raising children isn’t easy—especially during an economic downturn. In the 1930s, the Great Depression put renewed focus on America’s children and how they were being taught. In 1933, Congress tasked the Works Progress Administration...
Enjoy the Banquet, Dad. We love you.
Mark O. Hagenbuch, cofounder of this site, died on February 25, 2025. Two services were arranged for him, according to his final wishes. The first was held on March 15th at St. John’s Lutheran...
Update: L. Hagenbuch Identified as Louise (Schantz) Hagenbuch
One of the many wonderful things about this site is how it brings people together and permits them to share information. Many times this is about loved ones or connections to the Hagenbuch family....
