48 - Jesse Haston's Family in the Civil War Years and After Some Selected Highlights Some of Daniel Haston's grandsons and great grandsons joined the Union Army.  Others, especially those who remained in Tennessee, chose to suit up in grey.  None of the Tennessee Hastons I know of were slave...

46 - Isaac Haston - Across the Plains in an Oxen-Drawn Wagon The California Years Approximately 2,000 miles - Cave Spring, Missouri to Santa Rosa, California on the Oregon-California TrailAt age 62, most men today are looking forward to retiring, drawing social security, playing golf or fishing, and enjoying their...

33 - The Beautiful and Relaxing Cruise Up the Rhine River On Monday, June 26, 2023, our Hiestand-Haston Heritage Tour will enjoy a relaxing cruise up a portion of the beautiful Middle Rhine River and see many of the same sights that Henrich Hiestand saw in 1727 when he was...

32 - Worms, Germany - Where Martin Luther Was Tried On the afternoon of (Saturday) June 22, 2023, our Hiestand-Haston Heritage Tour group will arrive in the city of Worms (pronounced “Vermz”), Germany - the place where Martin Luther stood before a formal deliberative assembly ("diet") of leaders from the...

31 - Mennonite Church in the Village of Ibersheim, Germany Our Hiestands' Church Home 350 Years Ago On Sunday, June 25, 2023, our Hiestand-Haston European Heritage Tour group will worship here, where our ancestors worshiped.  Pastor Andreas Kohrn has invited us to join their congregation for the service and to...

30 - Our Ancestors' Little German Village of Refuge - Ibersheim On Sunday, June 25, 2023, our Hiestand-Haston Heritage Tour group will visit this very special place.  We have been invited to join the village's Mennonite Church for their Sunday morning service, be their special guests for an after-church "Grillfest"...

45 - Isaac and Agnes Simpson Haston - Missouri Years Isaac Haston lived the Great American Dream.  He left Tennessee landless and broke, moved to Missouri and became a prosperous landowner in just a few years.  He deserved it - he fought bravely for our country at the Battle of...

44 - Isaac Haston - Battle of New Orleans Hero & Much More Part 1 - His Tennessee Years Look at the battle map above.  Where do you think the battle was the "hottest"?  It's quite obvious if you look at it carefully and think about it.  That's where Isaac...

29 - Swiss Emmentaler Cheese Factory Saturday, June 24, 2023, our Hiestand-Haston Tour Group will visit the world-famous Cheese Factory in the Emmental region of Canton Bern, Switzerland.  There are around 2000 groups of tourists, one-third of which are foreigners from around the world, visiting this cheese factory every year....

28 - Trachselwald Castle - Where Anabaptists Were Imprisoned Simply Because They Wanted to Practice New Testament Christianity A Story and Some Scenes that You May/Should Never Forget By Don and Joanne Hess Siegrist Used by permission of authors, Don & Joanne Hess SiegristBefore the Reformation, all of Switzerland was...

42 - John and Catherine HASTON Austin History, especially genealogical history, is sexist!  OK, I'm pretty much a traditional-minded person and don't use the word "sexist" in an accusatory way very often.  But I must say - genealogical history is sexist, and unfortunately so.  One tradition I wish had caught on 700...

42 - Jacob and Lucinda Haston Mitchell Lucinda Haston - Daughter of Daniel Haston Jacob Mitchell was the son of Morris and Elizabeth Husong Mitchell (married 1781) who came to Tennessee from Washington County of western Pennsylvania.  Morris was a Revolutionary War veteran and a Methodist preacher.     May 1,...

Landon Medley October 6, 1949 - September 25, 2021 Whether you knew him personally or not, Landon Medley was a friend to all of us who are interested in researching and studying the history of our Daniel Haston family.  Landon lived near the Daniel Haston family place and was steeped...

25 - The Täuferversteck - "Anabaptist Hiding Place" Anabaptist hunters were employed in the 18th century. In 1734 two Anabaptist hunters were out and about to catch Christian Siegenthaler in the lower Hälig, Wüthrich zu Häuser, Hans Gerber, called "Stadler", and David Baumgartner. The Anabaptist yegi were disturbed by the fact that...

Joseph Haston - 2nd Son of Daniel Joseph and David were probably the only two sons of Daniel who were born in Virginia.  If we correctly understand the time of Daniel’s departure from Virginia, Joseph would have been three and a half years old when the family moved south.  So...

25 - The Home of Albert Einstein in Bern, Switzerland On Friday, June 23, 2023, our Hiestand-Haston Tour group will visit the home where Einstein discovered the theory of relativity.Albert Einstein lived in Bern from 1903 to 1905 and developed his Theory of Relativity here. The Einstein House gives visitors...

40 - Herbert Clinton Haston, Grandson of Montgomery G. Haston The 1880 census record for D.L. (David Levander) and Virginia Riddles Haston A three-year-old boy, by the name of Herbert C. Hemphill, appears "In family" on the 1880 census record of David L. and Virginia Haston.  For decades, many people...

24 - The World Famous Zytglogge (Clock Tower) in Bern On Friday, June 23, 2023, our Hiestand-Haston Heritage tour group will watch the famous clock tower turn to a new hour. Built in the early 13th century as a gate tower for the city's western fortifications, Zytglogge has served over...

39 - M. G. Haston - His Civic Service and Civil War Experience Montgomery Greenville Haston is one of my most respected early Haston heroes!  I want to tell you why.Montgomery Greenville (M.G. or “Gum”) Haston lived a relatively short life even for his era, only about 45 (or 46)...

23 - Jakob Markt - We'll Stop & Shop Where Locals Shop One of the favorite shopping places for locals and tourists is the Jacob Markt.  Here is the best place to buy Swiss lace curtains, Swiss-style clothes, and delicious Swiss chocolate bars.  While the women shop (maybe some of...