Among my aunt's possessions when she went to a nursing home a few years ago was a notebook written by my grandmother, Anna Smith Courter, who lived in Blanchard, Centre County. She wrote most, if not all, of the deaths, and a few births, in her notebook for a period of about 5 to 10 years. Perhaps some of these will be of interest. Names and dates are as she recorded them, except for the form of the date, which she wrote in long hand. Her comments are in quotes, mine are in parentheses. Potts Mrs I. B. Died 8/7/1891 58yrs 5mo 8da (Mattie, Lizzie + Fannie's mother, FLC's aunt by marr. Romic Mr J.S. Died 12/3/1891 74 yrs Schenck Mrs Nancy J Died 3/11/1892 39yrs 9mo 25da Heaton Mrs Mary Died 1/9/1892 83yr 4mo 26da "Poor Old Grandmother" Potts Miss Della Irene Died 4/11/1894 6yrs 8mo 16da ("Illegitimate" daughter of Fanny Potts) Stover Mrs Catherine Died 3/6/1895 69 yrs Snyder Mrs Ida B. Died 5/7/1895 25yrs 11mo 28da Spangler Mr Harry Died 8/1895 17 yrs Burlew Charles Died 3/6/1896 21yrs 8mo 19da "Ray B's brother, Marshall B their father, orphan, shoemaker, learned WFC" Campbell Mildred Died 11/2/1896 4yrs "Cousin" Rothrock Mrs Jane L. Died 5/14/1895 73yrs Askey Mrs Wm Died 1/18/1895 32yrs Snyder William Died 1/18/1895 86 yrs Berryhill Toddy Died 5/9/1895? 6yrs 5mo 17da Bitner Daniel Died 4/25/1897 Runner Mrs J.R. Died 5/12/1897 Wagner Joseph Died 4/6/1897 Stall Mrs Died 7/21/1897 Kunes Miss Zella Died 6/27/1898 Kunes Miss Margaret Died 4/30/1898 1yr 6mo Johnston Miss Susan Died 10/5/1895 3mo 12da Miller Miss Helen E. Died 9/9/1895 2yrs 3mo 14da Long Ellery R. Died 11/15/1895 1yr 11mo Weaver Blair Died 8/28/1896 8mo Glossner Samuel F. Died 8/31/1896 6mo 29da Stricker Miss Mary C. Died 9/4/1896 6yrs "Alma Stricker Miller & Mildred Stricker Heichel's oldest sister" DeLong Miss Mary Died 9/4/1896 3weeks Glossner Mrs Daniel Died 9/5/1896 49 yrs Mann Nicholas Died 7/29/1896 71yrs Berry Eugene Died 9/10/1896 Nestlerode Joseph Died 9/17/1896 11 mo Candy Willie Died 9/18/1896 3mo Bechdel Miss Linnie Died 12/4/1896 20yrs "Old schoolmate", (Ed B's sister, aunt of Claude B). Counsel Mabel Died 11/25/1896 Linn James Died 1/18/1897 93yrs Kunes Mrs Caroline Died 2/3/1897 72yrs 7mo 21da (Anna's Great aunt) Kunes Paul S. Died 2/4/1897 Packer Minnie Died 2/3/1897 5yrs 6mo Simcox Mrs Nathan Died 2/11/1897 76yrs 18da Mancy John Died 2/16/1897 (Not sure of spelling , could be Manly) Miller John Died 3/17/1897 82yrs 1da Lucas Mrs Harvey Died 1/14/1898 Spangler Lucinda Died 1/16/1898 71yrs 1mo 2da (Essie and Mary's mother) Mancy Mr Patsy Died 3/12/1898 (May be "Manly") Quay James Died 3/19/1898 78yrs Coder Carrie Died 1/18/1898 1yr 4mo 4da "Bridget's daughter, John's sister" Kunes Joseph B. Killed 5/16/1862 19yrs 7mo 18da Born 1842, "Killed at Port Royal, SC or Hilton Head, Civil War, Buried there" Kunes Mrs Elizabeth Died 12/16/1897 85yrs "My poor old grandmother" Graham Mr A. E. Died 7/11/1898 40yrs Linn Mrs James Died 11/14/1897 Kunes Henry Died 11/5/1897 Bowes Miss Effie Died 10/9/1898 Bechdel Mrs Bella Died 10/20/1898 Bowes Lewis Died 10/14/1898 Schenck Miss Carrie Died 10/24/1898 Malone Daniel Died 10/20/1898 Winslow Joseph Died 1/21/1898 Baumgardner Mrs Sallie Died 10/1/1898 Weber Balser Died 10/23/1898 Keller Mrs Jacob Died 11/14/1898 Gardner Orvis Died 1/21/1899 Robb Frederick Died 2/9/1899 Senenbarger Lemuel Died 2/12/1899 (Spelling may be totally wrong. Hard to read) Brown Mrs Frank Died 2/2/1899 Lucas Hiram Died 2/20/1899 (May have been called "Howard") Confer Galard Died 2/25/1899 DeHaas Mrs Essie Scantlin Died 3/2/1899 Norie Mrs Emma Hanley Died 2/25/1899 Furst Miss Edith Died 3/3/1899 Ravage Mrs Buried 3/7/1899 Haagen Mrs George Died 3/21/1899 Naulder Mrs Susan Died 3/30/1899 O'Connor John Died 4/6/1899 Wagner Lucinda Died 5/1899 Nestlerode Daniel Died 6/10/1899 Nestlerode Lottie Killed 7/12/1899 Fowler Ella Died 7/29/1899 Thompson Edward Died 8/16/1899 Reardon Patrick Died 9/2/1899 Lived "over along the mountain". Kunes Myra Died 9/9/1899 Counsel Mrs Lavina Died 9/29/1899 (Spelling of surname???) Ravage Charles Killed 10/11/1899 Steiner William Killed 10/14/1899 Cox David Died 11/18/1899 Haagen Saul Died 11/19/1899 Courter Nellie Frances Died 11/19/1899 5da "Little Nellie", (the first-born girl of Anna and FL Courter) White Andrew Died 12/1/1899 Winslow David Died 12/1/1899 Johnston Miss Edna Died 12/2/1899 Robb Miss Lottie Died 12/17/1899 Schenck Miss Maud Died 12/29/1899 Robb John Died 12/29/1899 Hensel Dr L. R. Died 1/1/1900 (Anna's doctor as she was growing up, Dr Kurtz's Father-in-law) Schenck Joseph M. Died 1/14/1900 Huffman Mr Died 2/18/1900 Berry Mrs Mary Died 3/4/1900 Bowes Jack Died 3/12/1900 Scantlin Frank Died 3/16/1900 Markle Mrs Clara Died 3/16/1900 Bitner Abram Died 4/20/1900 Singer Conrad Died 4/20/1900 (Spelled "Coonrod" in notebook) Mann William Died 4/25/1900 James Annie Died 5/19/1900 Packer Maggie's baby Died 5/20/1900 Miller Mrs Fulton Died 6/2/1900 Gardner Mrs Johnston Died 6/14/1900 Long Mrs Lydia Died 8/7/1900 "Cancer" Lynn Mrs Fannie Died 9/2/1900 Robb Charles Killed 9/5/1900 Waite Mrs John Died 9/9/1900 Clark William Died 9/13/1900 Romic John Died 11/1/1900 (May be 9/1/1900) Haines Samuel's baby Died 11/16/1900 Mobley Slate Died 11/12/1900 Coder Mrs Mae Died 11/18/1900 Rothrock Dr Thomas Died 11/28/1900 Bolopue Charles Died 12/14/1900 ("Babe's" grandfather. Babe married to Marian Courter) Blair Miss Florence Died 12/28/1900 Kunes Melville Died 1/19/1901 Long George W. Died 1/20/1901 Bechdel Mrs Lydia Died 1/27/1901 Gardner Doland Died 2/7/1901 Bumgardner Joseph Died 2/10/1901 (May be Baumgardner, DOD may be 2/10/1900) Shearer Lemuel Died 2/16/1901 (DOD may be 2/16/1900) Linn Miss Blanche Died 3/13/1901 DeHaas Edward Died 3/15/1901 Swartz Harvey Died 3/16/1901 Miller David Died 3/19/1901 -- Carol Courter Updegraff PO Box 222 Glennallen, AK 99588-0222 cupdegraff@cvinternet.net Locations I am researching include Lycoming, Clinton, Centre and Northumberland Counties in Pennsylvania. Names I am researching include Courter, Updegraff, Bitner, Smith, Johnson, Stull, Potts, Kunes, Chatham, Hulsizer, Wensel, DeHaas, Paulhamus, Bauder, Nearhood, Steinhelper, Hoppes, Marshall, Bechdel, and many more!!