Le Despencer : quarterly journal of the Spencer Historical and Genealogical Society, Inc.
(Periodical)

Possibly bi-monthly (1979); quarterly thereafter, published in February, May, August, and November.

Quarterly

Titles and subtitles vary slightly, as La Despencer : newsletter of the Spencer Family Association, and Le Despencer : quarterly journal of the Spencer Historical and Genealogical Society, Inc.

Vol. 2 no. 1 (Jan 1979) -

Editor: Richard T. Spencer, Jr.; John F. Kelly; Richard T. Spencer, Jr.

Published: Del Mar, California; Huntsville, Alabama; Franklin, Tennessee; Houston, Texas; Michigan City, Indiana; Ft. Wayne, Indiana; Franklin, Tennessee.

Not yet available in PERiodical Source Index (PERSI) at this time. (21 Dec. 2005).

Includes bibliographic references.

Some volumes are indexed.

Journal for the interchange of genealogical data and history of the Spencer (and variant spellings) families who came mainly from England, France, Ireland, Wales, and possibly the Netherlands. Some immigrated to Barbados and Jamaica (West Indies), and to Connecticut, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Vermont, Virginia, and Wisconsin in the 1600s. In the 1700s, some settled in Nova Scotia and Quebec (Canada), Bermuda (West Indies), and in Delaware, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, and Tennessee. During the 1800s, some moved to New Brunswick and Ontario (Canada), and to Alabama, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Mississippi, Missouri, Nebraska, New Mexico, Oregon, Texas, Utah, Washington D.C., West Virginia, and Wisconsin. Later descendants also lived in Alberta (Canada), Australia, England, New Zealand, Wales, and in Alaska, Arizona, Florida, Hawaii, Idaho, Louisiana, Minnesota, Nevada, Oklahoma, Washington, and elsewhere. Some have Chickasaw, Seminole, and other American Indian bloodlines. Information was extracted from cemetery inscriptions, census records, church records, court records, depositions, diaries, DNA projects, immigration records, local histories, obituaries, shared family histories, wills, and other published works. Years covered are from the 1600s to the present.

Also available on microfiche.

The Spencer Family Association was originally founded in 1978, with a nucleus of 38 Charter Members. Hal Porter Spencer of Lubbock, Texas served as the first acting president and was elected their first president. In 1990, the Association was renamed the Spencer Historical and Genealogical Society, Inc. (SHGS). Current SHGS members descend from many different Spencer lines and reside in 49 of the 50 United States of America, the District of Columbia, Canada, England, New Zealand, Australia, and the West Indies. The Society's objective is to encourage research and permanent recording of Spencer family history and that of collateral family lines. Their headquarters are in Michigan City, Indiana. The Association has a loaning library. Membership applications, and forms for using the Spencer Historical & Genealogical Society Library are found in each issue and on their Web site.

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