family tree
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The Family Tree program above displays the complete Ritchey/Diehl genealogy database starting with me as the source. This program provides four tabs to view the information on our ancestors. Display times for the Family Tree data will vary depending on your connection to the internet. You may also view a portion of the database at Worldconnect Rootsweb. Each tab is explained below.

To search for a particular individual, use the Search Tab that is within the program above. Just click on the Search Tab and type in the last name of the individual. You can then scroll through the names and once found, click on the Family, Pedigree or Notes Tabs for that individual. Do not use the search box at the top of this website as it is just a general search for content throughout the entire website and not for individuals in the Ancestry Database.

Do you have corrections or additions to the Family Tree? Just use our additions/corrections form to notify us and we'll make the changes in our database for updates to our family tree.

FAMILY TAB
All of the detail information for the individual being displayed including parents, spouses, and children. Clicking on a parent, spouse, or child will display the family group view for that selected parent, spouse, or child.

PEDIGREE TAB
Displays a five generation pedigree chart for an individual. Also lists spouses and children of the individual at the root of the tree. Birth and death information is displayed for a person as the mouse cursor travels over that individual. You can navigate up the tree by clicking on an ancestor or travel down the tree by clicking on a child.

NOTES TAB
Displays any notes that that have been included for the currently selected individual. Generally this includes, but is not limited to, source references for the information gathered about the person.

SEARCH TAB
Lists all individuals in the data base in alphabetical order by last name. This allows you to search for a particular surname of interest.

STATS TAB
Shows counts of all unique surnames contained in the file displayed in list form. The list can be ordered alphabetically by surname or by the frequency the surname appears in the file.