Reunions of the Past
It seems there are a lot of words being written about this year’s Hagenbuch reunion to be held on June 15, 2024 at Hidlay Church. And why not? The location is at a different...
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The 76th Hagenbuch Reunion: What’s It All About?
Seventy three Hagenbuch family reunions were held until it was reorganized in 2018 bringing us all back together. We wanted to invite not just the descendants of William (b. 1807) and Rebecca (Muffley) Hagenbuch,...
Reunions Are the Glue! Save the Date: June 15, 2024
As we did two years ago, the Hagenbuch family will gather for a reunion on Saturday, June 15, 2024. This time the event will occur at Hidlay Lutheran Church in Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania. Similar to...
The Hagenbuchs and The Grange
I have mentioned in a few, previous articles that I was familiar with the Grange organization when I was growing up. A few weeks ago, Linda and I were visiting our daughter, Julie, her...
The Harrises of Hidlay: Part 2
It’s sometimes difficult for me to remember how I got started on some of my genealogical work from decades ago. I know that I did very little work on other branches of the family...
Tell Them the Story
As a warning to our readers, this article describes a suicide in the early 20th century. While writing my last article about November dates, I was looking through the photo archives for images of...
Bernice (Hagenbuch) Bogart: One of the Few
I always knew her as Bernice Bogart. She was one of many of my father’s first cousins. Her father was Percy Hagenbuch, that great uncle of mine who first instilled in me a sense...
Book Review: “Washingtonville: Taking a Step Back in Time”
Be prepared, readers, to enter a world of memories and recollections that I possess about the village of Washingtonville. This town helped to form my childhood identity, and my friend and author, John Marr,...
Seven Cemeteries in One Day, Part 2
Back in 1983, I was 30 years old and my father was 66 years “young” as they say. We were both fit and able to walk and walk past rows and rows of gravestones...
My Great Great Aunts, Sarah and Eliza: a Mystery or Not?
Andrew and I often deal with mysteries. Facts—such as the names, dates and places we often reference—are solid material. But, it’s the personal details of one’s life, often the unknown, that make my creative...
