This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: zulifuz Surnames: Rittenhouse, Keys Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.pennsylvania.counties.mifflin/3070.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Your message was gatewayed to the Mifflin Co. PA MailList. It requested a lookup in "your book," as if you were expecting a response from a particular individual. Actually, your query went out to all subscribers on the MailList without mentioning the name of a person you intended to contact. I am posting a response, just in case you posted as result of a standing offer I made some years ago to do lookups in BIOGRAPHICAL ENCYCLOPEDIA OF JUNIATA VALLEY (2 vols); J.M. Runk (1897), a publication commonly referred to as "BEJV." Of the several surnames you mention in your query, only one of them is actually indexed in BEJV, viz. RITTENHOUSE (though the surname spelled KEYS, found incidentally within the Rittenhouse article, is most likely an alternate spelling for the KAYS surname you are researching). In volume 2, on pages 699-700, there is an article about Samuel Rittenhouse of Granville, Mifflin Co., born 9/20/1835 to Jacob & Margaret (Keys) Rittenhouse. The article states, "His paternal grandfather, Joseph Rittenhouse, a descendant of the old Rittenhouse family of Philadelphia, came to Juniata valley about the year 1810, and located at Three Locks, now Lockport, in Oliver Township. He removed to Granville township, where he engaged in farming and blacksmithing until his removal to Lewistown, when he became proprietor of 'Peacock Major's Hotel.'" The article states Samuel was first married to Rebecca Custer by whom he had seven children, who are named. It also includes that Samuel's father, Jacob! , b. 2/10/1801, was nine years old when his family moved to Mifflin Co. The entire Rittenhouse article is found on two pages and contains many names and dates that would surely be of interest to you. If you wish to obtain the entire article and cannot find BEJV in a research library within reasonable distance, you might try asking your local public library's interlibrary loan department to obtain a copy of the article for you. (From my own experience, I find that taxes pay for this public library service and there is no charge made for copying an article of this length.) Failing that, you might try contacting the nearest Mormon or LDS (i.e., Church of Jesus Christ, Latter Day Saints) church and request their assistance in obtaining a copy of the entire article from the LDS Family History Library in Salt Lake City UT. Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.