I'm not sure I can assist you Toni. Below is a message I wrote recently, involving a MD Ratliff family w/familiar (to me) sounding names, but not much response. IMHO, the best thing you can do to start, is Search and/or Browse in these Ratliff-L Archives for names, dates & places: http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/surname/r/ratliff.html http://newsarch.rootsweb.com/th/index/RATLIFF http://listsearches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl?list=RATLIFF Next, go to http://www.familysearch.com/. then WorldConnect.com. If no luck there, then go to Rootsweb.com and take their online Gen classes. Best, Barry RATLIFF-L Archives From: "Barry Wetherington" <cbarry@attbi.com> Subject: [RATLIFF] Their Children: Redden or Redding - 1730 Date: Thu, 15 Aug 2002 09:36:03 -0500 Delane, Look at this old 1998 message! Hope Janet Reaves is still at that email address or on the Ratliff-L List & pops in for a discussion. We might have some things in common. Are those siblings of "Redden or Redding - 1730" familiar to you? Barry "Moses Ratcliff b 1730, Ratcliff's Choice, Talbot Co, Maryland m. Mary Sarah Farmer. Their Children: Redden or Redding, Aaron, Moses, Abraham, Benjamin, Shaham, Elam and Rebecca" ========================================================================= Date: Sat, 24 Oct 1998 19:10:26 -0700 From: Reaves <djjnfl@gulf.net> To: RATLIFF-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [RATLIFF-L] MY ARKANSAS RATLIFFS By request, here's the best I can do with it at the moment. There's always hope :) I'll begin back with Richard Ratcliff who came from Lancashire England, since a lot of us can go back that far. Richard Ratcliff b. 1661, Chapel Hill, Rossendale, England m. Mary Caterne. Their children: James, John, Anthony, William and Jane John Ratcliff b 1694, St. Michael's Parish, Talbot Co, Maryland m. ? their children: Moses Moses Ratcliff b 1730, Ratcliff's Choice, Talbot Co, Maryland m. Mary Sarah Farmer. Their Children: Redden or Redding, Aaron, Moses, Abraham, Benjamin, Shaham, Elam and Rebecca Elam Ratliff b. 1781, Randolph, NC m. ? Their children: Zachaeus, Barbary, Irene, Mordica, Malinda, Obediah, Owen and Catherine. Zachaeus Ratliff b. 1824, Onslow, NC m. Margaret Martha Underwood (dau of Capt. James Underwood). Their children: Malissa, Elizabeth, James, Mary, Carney Strong, David G. and William Thomas. Zachaeus moved to Lawrence County, Arkansas, was a blacksmith and served as a blacksmith in the Civil War. James S. Ratliff b. 1852, Lawrence Co, Arkansas m. Emma Rebecca Justus (Dau of Stephen Justus). Their children: J. Bascum and Minnie J. Minnie J. Ratliff b. 1875, Lawrence Co, Arkansas m. J. H. Newton Park, a farmer and Justice of the Peace. This is the last of my line of the Ratliff's. There was at least one other Ratliff family in Lawrence County. I know Mordica, Zacheaus' brother, was there with his family as well and can look up the names of Mordica's children if anyone needs to know. I just discovered that I haven't input them into my genealogy program for some reason. Sounds like a project for a rainy day. Any cousins out there? -- Janet Reaves djjnfl@gulf.net ----- Original Message ----- From: W. F. RATLIFF To: Barry Wetherington Sent: Tuesday, September 10, 2002 6:57 PM Subject: Ratliff families from maryland Dear Barry, Do you know of the Ratliff families which lived in Maryland in the 1700's . I have a William Ratliff who was born in 1763. He was living in West Virginia but am not certain where we came from or who his family is. I had someone tell me that there were 3 Ratliff families in Maryland in the early to mid 1700's. Perhaps you could shed some light on the subject for me. Thank you so much for your time. Toni Ratliff