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
Sad to say, I do not know anyone in this picture. I think perhaps it is the Montgomery family of Washington County, Kentucky. My great-grandfather, Robert E. Lee Montgomery, looks very similar to the gentleman seated in the front row on the left – and the gentleman standing […]
The Springfield Sun July 21, 1949 MRS. BURKHEAD RITES TUESDAY AT MT. OLIVET Widow of Former Justice of Peace Of This County Died Sunday at Her Home Near Tatham Springs Of Paralysis BURIED AT WILLISBURG Mrs. Sarah Satterly Burkhead, age 74, died at her home near Tatham Springs […]
Nicholas Martiau – Early Colonial Ancestor Nicholas Martiau is not only my earliest American ancestor, but also the earliest American ancestor of George Washington! George and I have a good thing in common! Martiau was a French Huguenot, born in 1591, who came to Virginia in 1620. “The […]
The Springfield Sun – Thursday, August 13, 1942 JOE BURKHEAD EX-MAGISTRATE DIED SATURDAY Prominent Washington County Man Taken by Death After Lingering Illness: Rites Sunday At Willisburg Joe Burkhead, widely known retired farmer and former member of the Fiscal Court of this county, died at his home near […]
The National Genealogical Society celebrated their 100th year at the convention in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, in 2003. Ritchey and I attended – our very first national convention. It was so exciting during the preparation. I pored over the program, trying to choose just the right lectures to attend. There […]
Note by Phyllis Brown: Captain John Linton and his wife, Ann Nancy Mason, had a total of ten children – all of which were given legacies in his will. They are listed as follows with their spouses: Elizabeth Rebecca Linton married Richard Keene (Elizabeth was named for her […]
Note by Phyllis Brown: William Linton Lewis is a nephew to my Captain John Linton. His mother was Catherine Jennings Linton, older sister to Captain John. Catherine married Joseph Lewis, son of Vincent and Ann Longworth Lewis, all of Loudoun County, Virginia. William Linton Lewis moved to Nelson […]
Note by Phyllis Brown: George Edwin Hertz is Ritchey’s great-grandfather. He is the son of Henry and Florentina Probst Hertz. George married Rosa Leuenberger 28 Sep 1898 in Johnson County, Iowa. They had two children, Harold born in 1899, and Esther in 1901. Rosa became ill with consumption […]
Note by Phyllis Brown: Ann Scarlett is my 9th great-grandmother. I am actually descended from her through two children – Ann Green who married Edward Barton and Lettice Green who married Edward Smith. Ann first married William Green, and after his death, Martin Scarlett. Will of Ann Green […]
Note by Phyllis Brown: William Peter Montgomery II and Mary ‘Polly’ Yates are my gr-gr-gr-grandparents. They were married for only eleven years before the cholera epidemic of 1833 took William at the age of 35, on 19 Jun 1833. Mary was pregnant with my gr-gr-grandfather, William Peter Montgomery […]
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