Richard Ratcliff bulletin
(Online Content)

Quarterly

Quarterly, with three issued in vol. 2, and only one issued in vol. 3.

Vol. 1 no. 1 (Jan/Mar 1988) - vol. 11 no. 4 (Dec 2000)

Editor: Clarence E. Ratcliff (vol. 1); Ed Ratliff (vols. 2-3); Jane Clancy Debenport (vols. 4-11).

Publication ceased with vol. 11 no. 4 (Dec 2000). Parts of vol. 2 no. 4 (Nov/Dec 1989), which was not published and distributed (see editorial statements in vol. 3 no. 1). Vol. 3 nos. 2-4 were not published (see editorial statement in vol. 5 no. 2).

Published: Toccoa, Georgia; Anchorage, Alaska; Midland, Texas; Temple, Texas.

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

Includes bibliographic references.

Newsletter for the interchange of genealogical data and history of the Ratcliff (and variant spellings) families. Some related persons came from Wales. Early Ratcliffs were Scottish nobility, such as Charles and James, Earl of Derwentwater. Many lived in the English counties of Berkshire, Lancashire, Sussex, Warwickshire, and York. Some escaped persecution and execution by fleeing to the Isle of Man, France, and America. Focus is on (but not limited to) descendants and relatives of Richard Ratcliff Sr., his wife, Alice Rawsthorne, and their children Agnes, William, James, Isabella, Alice, John, Elizabeth, Richard, and Susan. They left Lancashire in 1682 on the ship "Submission" and settled in Talbot County, Maryland. In the 1600's, some Ratcliffs immigrated to Connecticut, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Pennsylvania, and Virginia. In the 1700's, some settled in Barbados (West Indies), and in New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, and West Virginia. During the 1800's, some moved to Canada, and to Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, the Indian Territory, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, Ohio, Texas, Washington D.C., and Wisconsin. Later descendants also lived in New Zealand, and in Alaska, Arizona, California, Michigan, Minnesota, Nebraska, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Oregon, Washington, Wyoming, and elsewhere. Some had Cherokee and Choctaw Indian bloodlines. Some belonged to the Protestant Episcopal Church. Some were Freemasons and Quakers. Names of servants and slaves are given. Births, marriages, deaths, and other information was extracted from family Bibles, cemetery inscriptions, census records, church records, deeds, inventories, land records, letters, military records, ship logs, probates, tax records, wills, and shared family histories. Dates are covered from the 1100's through 1900's.

Some text is in Spanish.

Title varies: Richard Ratcliff Genealogical Society bulletin; Richard Ratcliff bulletin (later issues and spine title).

The Richard Ratcliff Genealogical Society was founded in 1988 by Clarence Earl Ratcliff (1915-1999). Clarence served as editor for their bulletin during the first year of publication. The complete text of all issues, and other information is found on the web site.

Commercial Bind Commercial bind (as vols. 1-11 are too thick for channel-binding). Spine title: Richard Ratcliff bulletin. ConsLab's choice of color for cover & lettering. jct