Hi Tony and List....... I was trying to figure out why in heck half of this thread is ending up in my Delete Box......and I am giggling to myself because I just realized why. I get so many of those idiotic spams from Nigeria and Zambia and other African countries that I have a Message Rule to delete any emails with those countries named, and half of these emails were landing there. So I will have to check the Delete Box if this thread continues. (VBG) I don't have Ritchies back that far.....I have the husband of Edith Ritchie and his ancestry back to the early 1800's. I will have to check my FTM and see, but the 'family story' is that the Ritchies were supposed to be descended from a French Count (not true so far) whose name was Le Comte d'Eretier.......and if you find him, you will get a big prize coz I don't think he exists. Uncle Jack Ritchie told me that story and I have not found any Eretiers in Jamaica so far. Funny tho.......most of the handwritten trees that I have from the older generations for all the names I have in Jamaica ALL seem to have some sort of nobility as the original emigrant.......and so far NONE of them do. Just wishful thinking, I guess. I will take a look and let you know what I have.....but not much other than the pictures I sent you of Edith and Theophilus Figueroa. Heather > While we are on the subject of sharing, During rollcall, Heather, you mentioned you had the Ritchies back to the early 1800's. At the time I asked if you could share that info with me. As you know, your husband and I share a common greatgrandmother, Edith Isobel Ritchie. With all the viruses running rampant, I guess my request slipped through the cracks. The Ritchie name was carried forward in the Figueroa family as a middle nane for many of the decendants. For instant my Dad is Lloyd Vivian Ritchie Figueroa. I have a cousin who was named Anita Ritchie Figueroa. > Sadly my father did not pass that legacy to me. > So if you have any info beyond Edith Ritchie. I would ever so appreciate it if you would share it with me. > Thanks in advance. > By the way I have new info on Myrtle Figueroa, the surviving twin. > Tony Figueroa > >