In a message dated 1/2/01 10:02:17 PM Central Standard Time, chasfies@worldnet.att.net writes: > > HI, > > > > I am looking for George and Elizabeth Rider. I feel certain they were in > > Dauphin County in the late 1700s. I have found two George Riders on > census > > for 1790. > > > > What other places can I look? Where/who can I write to or call to ask? > I > > understand churches would be a good place to look for birth/death > records. > > How do you find them? Are there any good reference books for this area? > > > > I haven't got the slightest idea how to conduct a good, thorough, search > at > > this point. Are there any libraries that can help? > > > > Thanks, > > Lisa Rider Shindlebower::}~ > > Could you furnish just a wee bit more information? > The following are a few RIDERs in the Geyer's > Hillsdale Cemetery, and there are loads of Riders in this > area. I've encountered name changes in the same family > spelling it Reider (we got lots of them, too!) > > > > 8 Rider Abraham H. 1909 1994 > 3 8 Rider D. June 1915 . > 2 1B 69 Rider Emma M. Huss 9-11-1893 6-14-1980 > 2 1A 70 Rider John B. 5-1-1855 10-31-1921 > The Riders I seek left Dauphin County in the range 1815-1819, they show in Wythe County, VA census in 1820. Although I have yet to find documented proof of the family structure of the men in Wythe County I believe it is like this... George & Elizabeth Rider and children William, Elizabeth, George, John and probably more that are so far unknown came to Wythe County, VA from Dauphin County. I have identified spouses of 3 of these children as follows: George & Barbary Rider Elizabeth & Daniel Hoofnagle (Daniel is from Dauphin County and Elizabeth's death certificate identifies her parents as George and Elizabeth Rider) William & Mary Hoofnagle (believed to be the sister of Daniel) John's spouse is unknown...he was a shoemaker and I descend from his son Isaac O. Rider b. 1804. I have at least some of the children of these couples and will be happy to post them if you think it will be helpful. The above men all name PA as the state of their birth, many of their children do too. Evidently these children were grown and married when the move took place. My entire chart is on the Internet at http://www.my-ged.com/rider and on Ancestry.com. John's descendants, as well as Daniel Hoofnagle and his descendants were shoemakers and tailors. George SRs. son George (married to Barbary) abandoned his family and dissappeared from Wythe in the 1820s. The couple's children show up in court records being bound out to learn the trade of tailor and in those records George is said to have "left the county". I have traced two of these sons through adulthood. Many of the appointed guardians, surnames marrying into the Rider family or tied in business transactions also have Dauphin county roots and many of them are either tailors or shoemakers. This in my brick wall. I would love to break it down. I feel as though if I could just find some records to sift through in the late 1700s, early 1800s in Dauphin I just might solve my mystery. I just don't know where on earth there is to look. Thanks for your interest and help, Lisa Rider Shindlebower