This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Phalen, Schrock, Brown, Hannan, Shambarger Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/ZYB.2ACI/679 Message Board Post: I am researching the Phalen and related families that lived in Lima, Allen Co. as well as Shelby Co., Ohio. The primary family was James Phalen who married Alice Phalen, and had 14 children. James later married Catherine. Both James and Alice were from Ireland and settled in Lima via Shelby Co. If anyone is reseaching on this or related families, please contact me.