Communications
The purpose of this page is to include communications we have received from various people attempting to link their family lines to the Ratcliff genealogy Clarence Ratcliff developed. The communications received have not been checked for accuracy, thus no guarantee can be made about the trustworthiness of the information included here. Perhaps through checking and cross-checking information included here, the family line can be extended further.
If you have additional communications you would like included here, email them to don@ratcliffs.net , and they will be added here when we find time to include them. Happy fishing!
Click on the underlined or highlighted part of each entry for the details:
A list of descendents of John Ratliff and Ann Farmer (son of John Ratcliff and Sarah Fellows), offered by Maralyn Rickets.
2-25-08 Bonnie Jacobson has been looking for thirty years for information on Henry Ratcliff, Barton County, MO, Crawford County, KS, and Craig County, OK 1881-1928, whose father was John Phillips Ratcliff (1853-1930, born in Scotland). Ed Ratliff's comments are now added.
12-18-07 Lee Ratcliff--another Australian--tells us there is a large genealogy resource on Australian Ratcliffs. Hopefully details will follow.
12-12-07 Ed Ratliff on ulcerative colitis --a health concern especially in the Ratcliff family.
12-12-07 Ed Ratliff writes about Dilston Castle and a new society affiliated with this Ratcliff family related castle.
10-23-07 Judy Humphreys Chambers provides details on the Humphreys branch of the family.
9-11-07 Needing information on the Tazewell/Buchanan County Ratcliffes.
9-5-07 Looking for the Ratcliff who worked for the Arkansas Central Railroad for whom Ratliff, Arkansas was named in 1907
8-30-07 Georgia Stone is looking for a Ratcliff family book that has pictures and descriptions of people in the 1800s. It once belonged to Judge Paul Stephens from Coushatta, who gave it away. Does anyone know who owns it now?
8-12-07 Sherry Wilkinson Hightower provided a link to her web page with pictures and information related to the Ratliff family.
7-24-07 Tamala Stokes Vogel is attempting to connect Penelope Ratcliff with John Ratcliff and Ann Fields.
7-8-07 James Ratcliffe is trying to find evidence that Richard Ratcliff and Alice Rawsthorne had two children by the name of John.
6-14-07 Janelle Polleymull is looking for information about her grandparents' (Clyde and Mary Ratliff) family in Kentucky.
5-24-07 Craig Ratcliff of Australia is wanting to trace his family line. His father is Sidney Castle Ratcliff.
5-6-07 John Rateliffe of the Canary Islands--b. 1778 in London, ancestry provided, looking for more information about that line. Note: the linked web page is in Spanish but also has an English version.
4-27-07 Lon Ratliffe (may be different Christian name and Ratliffe may be spelled differently) of Regina, Piketown, Kentucky, a Lieutenant in the Army in World War II, stationed in South England in 1944.
3-17-07 Michael Ratcliffe, born 1962 in New Brunswick, NJ, son of Roger H. Ratcliffe.
3-17-07 Gary Radcliffe, son of Kenneth Charles Radcliffe.
4-21-06 John Ratliff, b. 1750 in Virginia, d. 1832 in Arkansas, provided by Debra Bunnell.
4-11-06 Ida Ratliff, born in 1882 (not 1904), married Courtland Sehon 'Crik' Cooksey in 1901, provided by Joan Griffin.
4-6-06 John Ratcliff (Ratliff?) b. about 1750 in VA, d. about 1832 probably in Arkansas, provided by Ron Bridges.
3-14-06 Elizabeth Summers Ratcliff Steele family line, who married George Steele about 1773 in Charles County, MD. A large pdf file is provided in this communication.
3-13-06 James Ratcliff's descendents (died 1632, father of John born between 1588-1591 in Chapel Hill, Lancashire, England; died between 1649-1650 in Hastingden, Chester, England), provided by Nancy Benson.
3-3-06 Lewis Ratcliff born 1871 in Georgia. His mother and father were Silas Wesley (born 04-1849)
1-24-06 Wilkinson family line -- Solomon Wilkinson (b) Chatham, NC June 28, 1777 married Alice Ratcliff 1798.
1-3-06 Kennerley family line in which Joseph Kennerley b. Nov. 1667 in Maryland married Sarah Radcliffe born Sept 19, 1670 on the Isle of Wight.