One Good Photo: The Heinly Family
Photographs are so important to genealogists. They give us a window into the world of the past—something that names and dates just can’t do. Often, we pull out a photograph of long ago and...
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Thoughts on Timothy Hagenbuch’s 1851 Letter
Timothy Hagenbuch’s 1851 letter to his brother, Enoch, is an important piece of history. Besides providing insights into family relationships, the letter reveals reasons why some Hagenbuchs picked up and headed west. When the...
Timothy Hagenbuch’s 1851 Letter to His Brother, Enoch
In 1851, Timothy Hagenbuch wrote a letter to his brother, Enoch. The story of how this letter came to be discovered was discussed in the first part in this series. Future articles will explore...
Albert Ira Hagenbuch Family, LaSalle County, Illinois
In the third part of Enoch Hagenbuch’s history of the Hagenbuch family, we read about his younger brother Charles Hagenbuch (b. 1819) at the homestead in Albany Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania. Enoch and Charles’s...
