Additional
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Read about the village
of Radcliffe, England--from
which we derived our name--and also see pictures and read the history of Radcliffe
tower, built by one of our
ancestors. Full color and recent
pictures of the ruins are also available. The official Radcliffe,
England web page can be consulted.
Deborah Thornsbury
Keser's Thornsberry
Genealogy web page provides
detailed information about our earliest ancestor, Ivo
de Tailbois.
A
Picture Gallery of Radclyffs in England,
provided by Nicholas Radclyffe, is a beautiful
collection of paintings of cousins in this branch of the family.
TudorPlace also has some interesting accounts of earliest British ancestor: Ivo de Tailois Derwentwater Line John of Ordsall Chatterton Line
Our
Radcliff Heritage web site provides many interesting details about the
lineage of James Radcliff (b. 1645, m. Mary Rosthorne) who emigrated
to
Ratliff pictures and history from the Texas History Hunger Sherry Wilkinson Hightower.
John Rateliffe family of the Canary Islands [translated from Spanish]--includes early family history.
Treasure the memories web page on the Silace or Silas Ratliff family (born about 1789).
Cousin Connect for Radcliffe Radcliff Ratcliff Ratliff [also see other spellings by changing the spelling in the address].
Elnora Francis Cook-Wyrick's
Family
Genealogy web page includes a section on the early Ratcliff's in her line,
including some interesting pictures.
Log
of the ship Submission, 1682 indicating Richard Ratcliff was a passenger.
Mary Pitkin
has a list
of the descendents of Thomas Ratcliffe
of Cheshire, England. Thomas is the father of Samuel Ratcliffe of Lancashire,
England, Cheshire, England, and Middletown,
Toni Reed has a very nice set of resources
on a Ratcliffe/ Radcliff family that has not yet
been tied into my father's work. Check out Toni's
genealogy page for more
details.
Pauline Brandy has a wonderful page about
her specific line of the family, titled The
Battle at Ratcliff's Bridge.
My father, Clarence Ratcliff, authored two
books used by genealogists and published by the Genealogical
Publishing Company. They are
titled North Carolina Taxpayers ,
vols. 1 & 2. These books list important records from the 1600's and 1700's.
Detailed descriptions are available (see publications 4760
& 4762).
Roots,
Trunk, Branching, and Blossoms
describes the life, descendents, and ancestors of Olivia Eagles Ratliff.
The Ratliff
Family Twig traces much of the same family ancestry as the present web page,
but specifically to the Ratliff family line.
Read the history of Ordsall
Hall, home of Radclyffe
cousins in
Pictures
of Richard Ratcliff's home in
Matthew
Broyles web page on the Ratliff’s and Radclyffe’s
duplicates some of this web page, but can be checked for recent information
about the family and other lines.
Ratcliffs [and other spellings of the family name] on RootsWeb
Family Genealogy Forums: Ratcliff Ratcliffe Radcliff Radcliffe Ratliff
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If you have, or know of, another
Ratcliff genealogy web page (regardless of how the name is spelled), please
email don@ratcliffs.net
and we will consider linking it to this page. Thanks!