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NOTE: Professor William Henry Harbaugh died on April 28th, 2005. A memorial is at harbaugh.org/WHH.
Harbaugh Family History
Some information on the history of the antescedents of
Jost Herbach, a.k.a. Yost Harbaugh
and of his descendents in America.
Local documents:
The Harbaugh Family, Part I: European Origins. 2000. By Professor William Henry Harbaugh, University of Virginia History Department (Retired.)
"Jost Herbach-Harbaugh from the Gersweilerhof and his Descendants in the U.S.A. 1981." By Professor William Henry Harbaugh. Originally published in the Heimetstelle Pfalz.
Maps and documents. (not yet.)
Memoirs of William Kiracofe Harbaugh. (1950.) 4 pdf files of about 750K each, scanned from the typescript. File1 File2 File3 File4
Photo of WKH as a young man.
Links to other Harbaugh history and genealogy sites:
This site at Gencircles is a searchable version of Cora Bell Harbaugh Cooprider's 1947 Harbaugh History, and provides considerable additional information.
This Genforum.com site includes an active discussion group on Harbaugh genealogy.
Bookfinder.com searches used book stores. For example, you could look for books by the Rev. Henry Harbaugh, or by William Henry Harbaugh, or Rick Harbaugh.
(If you know of a relevant site that should be added to this list, please email yost@harbaugh.org . We apologize, but we are unable to answer any questions about genealogy or family history. We plan on posting all the information about we have about Harbaugh family history on this site.)
