Hello, My name is Albert Rickard. My family comes from Leadville and I am seeking info on them. I am planning a trip to Leadville on Sept. 8Th to find records of births, marriages, deaths etc. I am seeking any advice on where to look and who to talk to etc. I am especially interested on the date of death of my great grandmother Elizabeth Ann Rickard, and the mine in which a shaft was named after my Great Grandfather George Hooper Rickard known as Rickards shaft. He died in a cave in on May 24th 1909. thanks, Albert

I have two more notations, one on Ruben and several on T. A. Rickard and several on Thomas Rickard. Gail

Half your luck, Albert, and may your research in Leadville be successful! If you see mention of the James Griffiths family (in Leadville from about 1878 until some time before 1900) then do tell me! I have collected a few photographs of Leadville - interesting! Compares in a strange way with the mining towns that evolved here in Australia at about the same time. Lois