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
Yesterday was a gorgeous Kentucky fall day – brilliant blue skies, sunshine and perfect temperature. Ritchey and I felt it could not be wasted opening more boxes so we headed to Madison County and the beautiful Richmond Cemetery. We stopped at the cemetery office to get a map […]
Note – I started this post Sunday morning but became involved in getting drivers’ licenses and car tag – among other things! Good Sunday morning! We had rain overnight, but the clouds are starting to roll away. I can see blue skies peeking through. Leaving are falling – […]
Ritchey and I are now citizens of Boyle County, Kentucky! Boxes are still everywhere, but you know I can’t wait to share genealogy bits with you! Since my last post included the photo of Joshua Fry’s gravestone – from Bellevue Cemetery in Danville – I decided to post […]
What a whirlwind two months it’s been. Our last visit to Kentucky in August resulted in us buying a home near Danville in Boyle County. This Wednesday we drove from Rudyard, Michigan, to Kentucky – a 17-hour journey – arriving at 1:00 am. Thursday. We are back to […]
Broken Bow, Nebraska, is the county seat of Custer County. The town was named for a broken bow and arrow found at an old Indian camping ground. It was platted in 1882 and incorporated as a city in 1888. A small city, it has a total area of […]
Today we visit Suffolk County, New England, where we are on the search for Ritchey’s elusive Jewell ancestors, his 8th great-grandparents Thomas Jewell and Grizzell Fletcher. Thomas Jewell was born in England about 1607. April 8, 1635, he was listed as a miller, aged 27, enrolled at London […]
Ritchey and I were in Kentucky last week for something very important – to visit the Linton Cemetery! Well, perhaps ad additional item made the top billet! We bought a house and will be moving back to Kentucky in early October. It has been a great five years […]
My post today is taken from one of the early wills of Lincoln County, still Virginia at the time it was written. If you remember, Kentucky County, once a part of Fincastle County, Virginia, became Kentucky County in 1777. In 1780 Kentucky County was divided into Jefferson County, […]
I wanted to share the following article with you about the heroics of Jack Jouett and the saving of Thomas Jefferson and members of the Virginia Legislature in 1781. This occurred at the end of the Revolutionary War. General Charles Cornwallis brought his troops to Virginia from North […]
I don’t often have to get out a world map to write one of my blogs. Kentucky, even though it has 120 counties, is a very familiar place to me – Ritchey and I have roamed through all of them! But today we will take a world-wide tour […]
Isaiah and Lydia Ross Hill
1929 Wedding
Revolutionary War heroes and families.
Ritchey's Paternal Grandmother
George and Caroline's Wedding Day
Klein Sod House