Rathbun--Rathbone--Rathburn family historian
(Microfiche, Microfilm)

Quarterly (1981-1994); semiannual.

Vol. 1 no. 1 (Jan 1981) - vol. 16 no. 2 (fall 1996)

Editor: Frank H. Rathbun (II).

Publication ceased with vol. 16 no. 2 (fall 1996).

Not yet available in PERiodical Source Index (PERSI) at this time. (14 Dec. 2005).

Includes name and place indexes.

Each volume begins with page 1, and is numbered consecutively throughout all its issues.

Back issues available on microfiche.

Newsletter for the interchange of genealogical data and history of the Rathbun (and etc.) families in America. Some focus is on (but not limited to) the descendants of John Rathbone (1629-1702), the son of Thomas. John married Margaret Acres (1633-1716). They immigrated t from England in 1654 and settled in Dorchester, Massachusetts. By 1661, the had moved to Block Island, off the coast of Rhode Island. Their descendants and other Rathbun (etc.) families lived in New York, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Minnesota, South Dakota, and Wisconsin. Some later descendants also live(d) in California, Connecticut, Florida, Kentucky, Michigan, Montana, Ohio, Oklahoma, Texas, Virginia, Wyoming, and elsehwere in the United States, Canada and elsewhere.

The Rathbun Family Association was organized by Frank H. Rathbun (II) at Fairfax, Virginia, in 1980.

Also available on microfiche and digital images.