Hello Everyone, If you have an interest in Darke County, Ohio you will be interested in this announcement. Rebecca Stephens and Roger Spencer have had another productive year in their quest to document with photographs the cemeteries of Darke County.  They are concentrating when at all possible on those cemeteries that are in a sorry state of disrepair -- some even almost totally disappearing. As the years have gone by they have become are very professional at performing this task.  The new books are numbers 23, 24, and 25 (note that's books, not cemeteries read).  In 2008 their work took them to Allen and York Townships.  I say their work but please keep in mind that they both have full time jobs in addition to their passion for historically documenting the cemeteries of Darke County.  I think that we owe them a huge debt of gratitute which will only get larger as the years go by.  THANK YOU again to Becky and Roger! The description of the newest books: Book #23 - The first book in the Spencer & Stephens Photographic Cemetery Readings for 2008 and the 23nd in the series consists of three of the older cemeteries in Allen Township, Darke County, Ohio - Fairview, Webster aka Dutch and Zerbe aka Hoblet. These cemeteries were all read and photographed in 2008. The surnames with three burials or more in Fairview Cemetery are: CONDON, EATON, FOSNAUGH, GIBBONS, LAUGHLIN, MANNING, MILLER, MURPHY, MYERS, WALLS and WILLIAMSON. Webster Cemetery surnames with three or more burials: AKERS, BRODERICK, BROWN, BUSSAD, CHEW, CLAPPER, COX, FIGEL, HAGEMAN, HERCULES, HIESTAND, HITTLE, HOLDERMAN JENKINSIN, KIMMEL, LABERMAN, LIGHT, MCEOWEN, METEER, MICHAEL, REPLOGLE, RHYNARD, RIEGLE, ROSS, SINK, SKEGGS, SNEARY, STUDEBAKER, and YOUNG. Surnames noted with three or more burials in Zerbe Cemetery are: BARNHART, BELL, BIGHAM, BROWN, HIESTAND, HITTLE, LABERMAN, SEACHRIST, SHOEMAKER, SHOMBER, WIMMER, and ZERBE.  This book contains over 500 pictures of headstones and cemetery views and has 135 pages. Book #24 - The second book in 2008 in the Spencer & Stephens Photographic Cemetery Readings was a compilation done on St. Bernard Cemetery which is the largest cemetery in Allen Township, Darke County, Ohio. The surnames with 3 or more burials in St. Bernard are: BACKS, BARGA, BERGMAN, BOEKE, BORDERDING, BRINKMAN, BROERMAN, BRUNS, BRUNSWICK, BUEHLER, BUETER, CLUNE, DARLAND, DRESHER, EVERS, FINK, FULLENKAMP, GELHAUS, HART, HEINRICHS, HEMMELGARN, HERMAN, HIERHOLZER, HIESTAND, HOENING, JACOBS, KAISER, KAUP, KELLER, KESSENS, KING, KLINGSHIRN, KNAPKE, KOTHMAN, KRAMER, KUNKLER, LEUGERS, LINK, LITMER, LOCHTEFELD, LORTON, MADER, MESTERMAKER, MILLER, MOELLER, NORDENBROCK, OLINGER, POST, QUINTER, RAMMEL, RAUGH, RINDLER, RUTSCHILLER, SCHINDLER, SCHMITZ, SCHOEN, SCHWIETERMAN, SIEFRING, STAMMEN, STEINBRUNNER, STEINKE, STEMLEY, TOBE, VAN DEN BOSCH, WERLING, WOLDENHAUS, WIMMERS, and WINHOVEN.  This book contains over 500 pictures of headstones and cemetery views and 130 pages. Book #25 is the 3 rd and final book completed for 2008 in the Spencer & Stephens Photographic Cemetery Readings. This final book of the year focused on the 4 cemeteries in York Township, Darke County, Ohio, Brock, Old Brock aka Boyd, Kershner and Scheidler .  Brock cemetery was the largest cemetery we have documented in a number of years. The surnames with three or more burials are: ALEXANDER, ALLISON, ANDREWS, ARMSTRONG, ARNETT, ARY, BAILEY, BANKS, BARGA, BARNES, BERNHOLT, BERTRAM, BIRMAN, BLACK, BLAKELEY, BOYD, BRAND, BRANDT, BRINING, BROWN, BURNS, CARTER, CLARKSON, COHEE, COONS, COPPESS, COTTRELL, DAVIS, DERR, DERSHEM, DICKEY, DRAKE, DUNWOODY, EWASTRIDGE, EMRICK, FIDLER, FIELDS, FRANTZ, FROEBE, GARRISON, GAVIT, GIBBONS, GILBERT, GILMORE, HAGEDORN, HARBISON, HARPEST, HARTZELL, HATHAWAY, HESS, HOBBS, HODGE, HOLSAPPLE, HOWARD, HOWE, ISENHOUER, JENKINSON, JOHNSON, JONES, KARN, KERSHNER, KIMBLE, LAMBERT, LAMY, LANICH, LEHMAN, LONGCRICK, LYONS, MARKER, MARTIN, MCCLURG, MCGLINCH, MEEDS, MEYER, MICHAEL, MILLER, MOSES, MUNN, MYERS, NEARGARDERN, NISONGER, NOTTINGHAM, OLIVER, OLLMETZER, PEPPLE, PLESSINGER, REDINBAUGH, REHMERT, RHOADES, RIEGEL, ROLL, RUE, SCHLECHTY, SCHLIMMER, SCHUMACHER, SEIBER, SELANDER, SHAFER, SHEETS, SHEPHERD, SHERRY, SHIMP, SHIVERDECKER, SILVERS, SINK, SMITH, SNYDER, SONDAY, SPENCER, STAMM, STANTON, STARR, SUPINGER, SWALLOW, TAYLOR, TEGTMEYER, THOBE, UTZ, VANDEGRIFT, WALLACE, WARNER, WEAVER, WENTWORTH, SHITED, WINBIGLER, WOODS, YORK and YOUNT.  The surnames in Old Brock aka Boyd Cemetery with three or more burials were: ARNETT, BEEMER, BOYD, BURNS, FAEHL, FORT, MEDFORD, MILLER, STONER, and WENTWORTH.  The surnames in Kershner Cemetery having three or more burials were only of KERSHNER individuals. Scheidler Cemetery had only one single stone and that individual was a SCHEIDLER.  This book contains over 1,200 pictures of headstones and cemetery views and has 318 pages. The URL for the Spencer & Stephens Photographic Cemetery Readings page is http://www.dcoweb.org/bookstore/SScemetery/index.htm .  There you will find all books that they have published to date and their content. Enjoy! --Jane Barr Torres