The Dreisbach Family Association

Welcome to the
Dreisbach Family Association
Website

Official site for Dreisbach, Dresbach, Dresback, Driesbach, Driesbaugh, Dreisback, Treisbach, and other variants

Et majores vestros et posteros cogitate.
Think of your Forefathers! Think of your Posterity!

Reunion story coming soon
Homecoming V
June 21-24, 2007
Hazelton, PA

The vast majority of Dreisbachs
in the United States
descend from
Abraham of Balde,
who lived in
Balde, Wittgenstein, Germany,
approximately 1535-1575.

Link to full-sized Dreisbach Family Crest

Coat of Arms from Johann Siebmachers Wappenbuch von 1605

The Dreisbach Coat of Arms

The information in our database was primarily compiled from
The Dreisbach Book

When is a Dreisbach a "Trashpack"?
Who was "the fattest person ever known"?
Who was shot off his horse by his mother-in-law?
Which 2 Dreisbachs sat on Lincoln's knee?
Who published a cure for corns involving a live toad?

2001 Supplement to The Dreisbach Book