I am a family historian, a genealogist, one who puts families together, who finds those who have been lost for many years and acquaints modern day generations with their ancestors. There's nothing like having a full family tree! Email me at phyrit@roadrunner.com
Maple Ridge Cemetery, Sault Sainte Marie, Chippewa County, Michigan Now that we are fairly settled into our new home in Rudyard, Michigan, I have been anxious to share local history with you. Covid-19 has kept us all from getting out and enjoying the things we normally do. Last […]
This morning I came across notes written while staying at Garwood Linton’s family home in Logan County. It was if we were transported back in time. It was so easy to imagine John Wesley and Emma Adelaide Proctor Linton living in this house. Visiting where people lived helps […]
Ritchey and I visited Vanceburg Cemetery in October of 2015. It was a gorgeous day, full sun – fall at its best! And the views of the Kentucky River were fabulous. This cemetery is located in the city of Vanceburg in Lewis County, and is also known as […]
Coleman and Ann Ringo, Clinton Cemetery, Hickman County, Kentucky. Our search for the Ringo family began in Clinton Cemetery, in Hickman County, where four members of the family are buried – Coleman Ratliffe, his wife Ann Hardin Scruggs and their daughter Emily Ringo Rennick. Coleman Ringo, born May […]
Know all men by these present that we, John Goodnight and Patrick Doran, are held and firmly bound unto the Governor of Virginia to the payment whereof to be made to the said Governor and his successors. We bind ourselves, our heirs, executors and administrators, jointly and severally, […]
Know all men by these presents that we, C. G. Jackson and J. L. Massie, are held and firmly bound unto the Commonwealth of Kentucky in the penal sum of fifty pounds current money, to the payment of which well and truly to be made. We bind ourselves, […]
Know All Men By These Presents Jacob F. Scott and L. B. Stephens are held and firmly bound to the Commonwealth of Kentucky, in the penal sum of one hundred dollars, for the payment whereof, well and truly to be made, we bind ourselves, our heirs, executors, and […]
Today I have been immersed in study of riverboat captains and river travel on the Ohio River at Paducah in McCracken County. I fondly remember a week Ritchey and I spent there last spring. It is a city filled with friendly people who go out of their way […]
Marion David Lawson is buried in Briar Creek Cemetery in Williamsburg, Whitley County, Kentucky. This small cemetery is located just off I75 at exit #11. Marion Lawson has a memorial marker as he was in the Spanish American War. He volunteered for three years as he enlisted August […]
In the Vanceburg Cemetery (also known as Woodland Cemetery), in Lewis County, is the grave of William Cottingham Halbert and his wife Lavina Ann Halbert. They were cousins and shared the same last name. William was the son of Stephen Halbert and Mary Cottingham, born February 20, 1817. […]
I am a family historian, a genealogist, one who puts families together, who finds those who have been lost for many years and acquaints modern day generations with their ancestors. There's nothing like having a full family tree!
Isaiah and Lydia Ross Hill
John Linton Edwards
1929 Wedding
Revolutionary War heroes and families.
Ritchey's Paternal Grandmother
George and Caroline's Wedding Day
Klein Sod House
