Carolyn, A lady named Mrs. Adella F. Spangler and her husband, Newton, went around the county in the 1920s-1940s collecting genealogical information of every kind. Mrs. Spangler was active in the DAR, and acquired the information for her research. She recorded over 113 cemeteries in the county, years and years of newspaper clippings and articles -- both those that she clipped herself and abstracted from visits to the local newspaper archives -- tax records transcripts (some of the originals of which have since disappeared, making them an invaluable guide), church records, family Bible abstracts she gleaned from visits with local families, genealogies given by people she spoke with, and many other types of records. There is a 250,000 card index file to her work, which includes 175 notebooks, 20 scrapbooks, and over 100 composition notebooks. She did a tremendous volume of work, and her compilations, which are available in the Centre County Library, Bellefonte, serve as the most centralized collection of Centre County records, and are well worth examining. Justin Justin Kirk Houser Genealogist/Researcher of Central PA and Beyond Main Lines: Houser, Breon, Shawley, Ranio/Hrynio (and others) President, Bellefonte Area HS Class of 2003 Student Representative, Bellefonte Area School District Board of Education Listowner, PACENTRE-L@Rootsweb.com Historian, Schürch Association of North America (specialty Central PA lines) Member, Valley View United Methodist Church (near Bellefonte, PA) "Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature"

Hi Justin, Joyce told me a while back that my Brillharts were not mentioned in the "Spangler Cemetery records." Would that likely be the card file you refer to, or could that be somethimg separate? Take care, Sue in sunny, gorgeous, in-the-80's-Alaska! ----- Original Message ----- From: <JKHouser84@aol.com> To: <PACENTRE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, May 22, 2002 6:43 PM Subject: Re: [PACENTRE] Spangler Books Carolyn, A lady named Mrs. Adella F. Spangler and her husband, Newton, went around the county in the 1920s-1940s collecting genealogical information of every kind. Mrs. Spangler was active in the DAR, and acquired the information for her research. She recorded over 113 cemeteries in the county, years and years of newspaper clippings and articles -- both those that she clipped herself and abstracted from visits to the local newspaper archives -- tax records transcripts (some of the originals of which have since disappeared, making them an invaluable guide), church records, family Bible abstracts she gleaned from visits with local families, genealogies given by people she spoke with, and many other types of records. There is a 250,000 card index file to her work, which includes 175 notebooks, 20 scrapbooks, and over 100 composition notebooks. She did a tremendous volume of work, and her compilations, which are available in the Centre County Library, Bellefonte, serve as the most centralized collection of Centre County records, and are well worth examining. Justin Justin Kirk Houser Genealogist/Researcher of Central PA and Beyond Main Lines: Houser, Breon, Shawley, Ranio/Hrynio (and others) President, Bellefonte Area HS Class of 2003 Student Representative, Bellefonte Area School District Board of Education Listowner, PACENTRE-L@Rootsweb.com Historian, Schürch Association of North America (specialty Central PA lines) Member, Valley View United Methodist Church (near Bellefonte, PA) "Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature" ==== PACENTRE Mailing List ==== Centre County was formed in 1800 from parts of Northumberland, Mifflin, Huntingdon and Lycoming Counties. In 1839 part of Centre County was formed into Clinton County.