Thank you for checking the obituaries.   In the family plot in Philos there is one stone in which the writing is faded away.  That could be Robert's stone or he might be buried someplace else.  That's why I'm looking for the cemetary records, not just a transcription of the stones.   Will check with Markwoods Funeral Home. --- On Sun, 8/1/10, mdallega-request@rootsweb.com <mdallega-request@rootsweb.com> wrote: Message: 1 Date: Sat, 31 Jul 2010 09:26:09 -0400 From: Dick Koch <artiecoe@verizon.net> Subject: Re: [MDALLEGA] MDALLEGA Digest, Vol 5, Issue 151 To: mdallega@rootsweb.com Message-ID: <4C542471.4080907@verizon.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Harriet Moore, Allegany County Genealogical Society President, provided the following: The only Robert Ritchie listed for Philos is one born in 1872.  That's not to say he's not there - it's a tombstone inventory. I also checked the Piedmont Herald obit listing, and did not find a Robert Ritchie for that time period. Suggest checking with Markwoods - they are still open, owned by Dean Nofsinger, and he's quite helpful. ------------------------------ Message: 2 Date: Sat, 31 Jul 2010 13:44:49 -0400 From: Shirley Duke <sblduke@gmail.com> Subject: Re: [MDALLEGA] MDALLEGA Digest, Vol 5, Issue 151 To: mdallega@rootsweb.com Message-ID:     <AANLkTi=5NqV6OE6gn3LxPMMUUHf57W+2QsTQymb87+0M@mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Sue, Go to "I Dream of Genealogy Free Databases-Maryland Cemeteries" Philos Cemetery has been index.   it is a large cemetery.  Good hunting. Shirley On Sat, Jul 31, 2010 at 3:00 AM,  <mdallega-request@rootsweb.com> wrote: > > > Today's Topics: > > ? 1. Ritchie (Sue Anderson) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Fri, 30 Jul 2010 18:57:44 -0700 (PDT) > From: Sue Anderson <sander60tx@yahoo.com> > Subject: [MDALLEGA] Ritchie > To: MDALLEGA@rootsweb.com > Message-ID: <47670.26041.qm@web31810.mail.mud.yahoo.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 > > I am looking for possible sources of death information (obituary, notice, cemetary, or church?records etc.) for Robert Ritchie, who may have died on 22 Jun 1893.? I found a record for?a death in Mineral, West Virginia of a Ritchie who fits his description (born in Scotland around 1824).? Unfortunately, there was no first name listed.? His burial was handled by the Markwood Funeral Home in Keyser, WV.? Other family member?are buried in Philos Cemetary in?Westernport, MD.? ?If anyone has suggestions as to where this info could be found (especially cemetary records for Philos), I would appreciate any leads. > ? > Sue