New Material or Edits to the Hasselbacher International Family Website

Posted all available editions of Hazelbaker News and Updates, 1986-1994.

Posted first volume of newsletter, "The Hazelbaker News" of 1985.  The rest to follow.

Trying to get started again. Keep watching.

First attempt to orgainze photos of actual church records from Münchsteinach. Roll mouse over names to see which ones live. My best family tree of that generation.

I post abstracts of some births, deaths and marriages from Münchsteinach. 1762 to 1892. Links are here. Births   Deaths    Marriages

I uncovered 1776 lists of communicants in the church of Münchsteinach containing the names of Peter Hasselbacher and his family. (Pages still under construction.)

I acquired WWI military maps of the Western and Eastern European fronts as of June, 1916.  These are as detailed as I have seen and were helpful in interpreting my grandfather's wartime diary.

Haselbachers of Burgenland on the Haselbach stream.

I make another attempt to learn about the Veilhof or Feylhof after which modern Veilhofstraß is named. My father was born on that street in Wöhrd, Nürnberg.

Other New York Haselbachers. Ferdinand from Austria, and Frank, guitar-maker of NYC and Volutown, CT.

A descendant of the New York Grocer, Frederick Hasselbach sent new information.

Updated the information about Burghaslach, the family of the Miller Georg Lang, and the history of the mill there. Documents partially translated.

John Haselbacher, stonemason of Michigan and Tennessee.  Who is he? Civil War veteran. Had a large family.

Brand new Hasselbacher and Hesselbachers families in 1855 Jo Daviess Co.,Illinois. The first ones in that state. Who are they? [Updated Feb 9.]

I added an additional old post card and modern photo of Gresten, Austria.

Introduction to the Family of Wolfgang Peter Hasselbacher of New York City of the 1800s.

I discovered a new document from 1802 proving that Peter Hazelbaker was indeed born in Münchsteinach.

Added two new postcards of old Gresten, Austria.

Exploration of Haselbach by Pfaffroda where a fire-fighter's insignia had a rabbit jumping over a brook.  The meaning of our name further confirmed. [No rabbit involved!]

I discovered records in Burghaslach linking Georg Lang, the father of Peter Hasselbacher/Hazelbaker to a mill in the village.  A possible link with the Hasselbachers of Stübach and Rehweiler is suggested.

I have begun to organize the church records of Hasselbachers from Diespeck beginning with the descendants of Johann Georg Hasselbacher who sent several grandchildren to America.

An introduction to Großbreitenbach and records of the Römhild family.

Returned from trip to Germany.  Lots of new information.  Check the Blog for summary and updates.

Greg Humphrey has turned up more new information:  the passport application of Hazelbaker historian L.B. Kinney.  See what it means.

Map and Directory of Allen Township, PA dating from 1876.  The old Hazelbaker holdings in this ancestral place are shown. Peter is buried here.

Found Johann Friedrich Hasselbacher of Leutenshausen, a Zinngiesser who made and marked a Hannakuh lamp in the early 1800s.  I do not yet know where he came from. (I do now! Watch for the updates.)

Legal notices of the bankrupcy of my 5th GGrandfather Johann Georg Hasselbacher of Diespeck.  He is the grandfather of Andreas whose own legal troubles are described in the item of 25 Dec below.  Interesting story gets even more interesting.

I placed an audio-visual supplement on YouTube with additional material in support of my "Tale of Three Taufbecken."  See 31 Oct below.

Re-count of places named Hasselbach and Haselbach in Germany.

I updated the analysis of the distribution and spelling of the variations of the names Hasselbacher and Hasselbach in Germany and Austria.

I had some fun trying to identify the location in an old photograph of my Grandparents Hasselbacher taken c1916 in Nürnberg/ Wöhrd.  Take a little tour of old Wöhrd and the Pegnitz River.  Multimedia!

The butcher Alexander Hasselbacher of Newark in 1910.  I am adding miscellaneous Hasselbacher-related families to the Family Line Page.  Take a look there from time to time.

A crime report about an old Hasselbacher! (One of my relatives.)

Found reference to what may be a Jewish Hasselbacher Family line in the Aischgrund heartland. Three families or people from Vestenbergsgreuth.

Found announcement in a German newspaper of the emigration of Johann Peter Hasselbacher to America in 1857.  He and Eva Marie founded the large Illinois line of Hasselbachers.  I also found the couple's passenger list.  A family member contributed their grave marker.

There were Haselbachers in Munich in the early 20th Century.

Where did Wolf Hasselbacher and his family first live in Mittelfranken?  I summarize the evidence and discuss the possibility of Birkenfeld.

I climb the tower of the Münchstein church to view the work of Hasselbacher craftsmen.  The story of Balthasar and the Münchsteinach Hasselbachers is expanded.

The discovery of three related Baptismal fonts (Taufbecken) in the style of the one in Münchsteinach.  Balthasar Hasselbacher plays a role.

I found an old map of Passau that identifies the Haselbach stream running through Haselbach Germany giving further weight to the concept of  a geographic orign of our name.

Death record of Paulus Hasselbacher in 1750.  The first fruit of my recent trip to Germany. Many other original records to come.

Four newspaper articles in German from 1953 celebrating the 60th anniversary of my Great-grandparents Johann & Maria Hasselbacher. I am asking the church in which they were married where there records are kept.

I continue to add material about the emigration history of the Eckers and the history of the village and mill in which they lived in Germany.  Keep returning to look.   More emigration records.

I present  historical evidence explaining the likely reason my mother's Ecker family left Unterreichenach, Germany in the 1850's.  Crop failures and flood.

I post excerpts from a letter from the eminent Haselbacher descendant and scholar, Pfarrer Georg Kuhr.  He states his conclusions of how we got our name.

I present some references to the physical stature of the conscripted German soldiers of the American Revolutionaly War that relate to the story of how Peter Hasselbacher the First, came to America.

Buried within a manuscript by Wolfgang Martin that I could not previously understand is fascinating information about a Hasselbacher in Ansbach and how the Separatist movement further altered the lives of the family.

As part of my German lessons, I took a crack at translating the comments of Hermann Schöberl relating to the old Gersten Church Records.  He identifies the family names that were derived from the house or farm names.

I had some fun with some miscelaneous topics. Learn about the best beer ever. Find the wild boar killer in our past. Visit a village named Haselbach in Germany.

Interactive Family Tree now presented in two versions: a public version with limited information, and the complete version available to Hasselbacher family members by registration.

I began a more formal analysis of the Church Books of Edenried by counting the total number of births and marriages each year.

Added a family history of the Hazelbakers of Washington Co. Pennsylvania and a census of a church cemetery containing Hazelbakers.  Some interesting stories. Jill also contributed the Will of George H. Hazelbaker, one of Peter the Elder's sons.  I also post a proposal on the Home Page submitted for a Hazelbaker Family Reunion in 2009 to commemorate the 250th birthday of Peter Hasselbacher the Elder.

Hazelbaker historian, Greg Humphrey, has contributed a very nice comparison of available primary sources of information about his family patriarch, Peter Hazelbaker.  There are also links to the original documents and correlations to US Census reports.

The publication of a new book prompted me to examine in more detail the immigration documents of some of our cousins from Diespeck. As is always the case, I learn more about what it must have been like to live in those times.

The accomplished Hazelbaker historian, Jill Hazelbaker Foley, has contributed an analysis of certain historical documents that are the source of the most commonly quoted family lore related to Peter, the first Hazelbaker in America. I predict that most of you will be surprised.  The original documents are also posted. Jill reminds us how important it is to inspect and re-inspect original source materials.  She (and I) are interested in what you have to add. Contact us directly or use the Blog Function of this Website.

I use this occasion to restate my heartfelt request for those of you with old family documents and photos to share them in common cause with the rest of our family.

A newspaper report about the life and trials of Balthasar Hasselbacher. Some help with the translation of this modern German is requested. Copies of some actual church records (birth, death, marriage)related to Balthasar Hasselbacher are referenced from the discussion and posted here.

Made updated Hasselbacher Family Tree Graphic of first 6 generations of Franconians.  It's too large for most printers but is a pdf document that you can scroll.  I needed something to print to help me work out and pencil in relationships for additional data.  Can you believe there is even more!  Do you know where you fit in?

Learning how to use my genealogy software better.  Merged the family trees of the Illinois Hasselbachers with the parent tree of Franconian Hasselbachers in both the Web Card and the Interactive Tree sections.