Checked through all seven of my cemetery books: A few Ritter, but the dates were all late 1800's or early 1900's. No Retter at all. GRAVEYARD ON EARL HORST FARM NEAR FUNKSTOWN, MD VOL. IV RUTTER, Margaret b. 8/8/1754 d. 6/18/1797 | Edmund [no dates] had 12 children; 9 sons, 3 daughters Several other graves, plain stones. Note: That is everything listed for that cemetery ...................Larry *************************************************** On Sat, 18 Sep 2004 17:05:51 EDT Chocybrown@aol.com writes: > I am looking for early evidence of the RITTER/RUTTER/RETTER family in > > Washington County, Maryland in the mid to late 1700's or early > 1800's. Any help would > be greatly appreciated. > > > ==== MDWASHIN Mailing List ==== > Are your ancestors Pennsylvania Dutch?? Check out the Pennsylvania > Dutch Family History site at: > http://midatlantic.rootsweb.com/padutch/ > > ============================== > Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration > Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237 > > >