Here I will say, there are mistakes and I will tell you some to look for,

 #1 Birth dates: This software requires month/day/year so if all I have to work with is a year, I have defaulted to using January 1st as month and day just so I can at least record the information I have so far.  So if you see a lot of New Years birth dates, that is why. 

 #2 Also I have found in Obits what I know to be errors, since a lot of this comes from boxes of Obits, you see my dilemma.

#3 Human error by me. (watch for this, if anyone can make a type-o I am king!)

#4 Much of this came from internet search results, (see above)

#5 I never intend, or want to offend, or hurt any ones feelings, so If anyone see errors and can offer corrections, please do so using the feed back link. (several people have helped me make corrections all ready, and I thank them)  Or of anyone wishes to be removed for any reason, I will do so without question in respect to their wishes.

^{O.K. I am asking for help!   "Every man must know his limitations"}

^{Although I am pleased that so many people are enjoying this little site, we had over 400 unique visitors last month!} 

 ^{I must confess here now, that I am asking for visitor VOTE and FEEDBACK here about the Genealogy section.  There are well over 2,000 entries here, and the information must be correct and accurate as possible.  I Danny Long am not detail oriented, (big surprise there I am sure LOL) and I have failed to keep up with corrections and updates in that section of this little site.  Even though I feel it is worth the effort even if one visitor enjoys it, I have limitations.  Remember 99.9% of the people listed in genealogy section are related either by marriage, or blood some how, it can be very tangled.}

^{My focus is to help share as much information as possible about the Richardsville area before it is lost.  But first priority is to celebrate the history of the Richardsville school and the lives of the people of the area.  What I need to know is this:} 

^{1. How important is the genealogy section to the whole experience of the site?} 

^{2. Is there anyone out there with the detail orientation and time to take over that part of the site who would enjoy researching? PS Computer savvy, as well as file management skills are needed.}

^{If there are any takers out there, the files can be sent by snail mail back and forth, possibly once a month, or break it down into family names to make it easier for ancestry, instead of linking them all together.  Or it can be published on its own to be linked to the site.  I am open for ideas.}

^{(Please use feed back link,... lack of response I will need to discontinue the section or just leave it as it is.  Thank you all for your patience with me, Danny Long)}

I (Danny Long) went though nearly 50 years of my life without ever knowing much about how I came to be.  My ancestry was a total blank except for a few blurred (basically rumors) memories.  Heck I probably never thought about it much either.  My Grand parents were passed before I was old enough to remember anything.  Then when the last of my parents passed on Easter morning 2005 (my mother) we started to sift through the things Mom and Dad kept hidden away.  Wow!  A whole new world opened up for me. The next 3 years were consumed by learning more, and finding a way to catalog it all.  It just seamed important to me for some reason.  Then came the question of how do I share this with others like myself.  A web site seamed like the obvious answer since a booklet of any kind costs money to produce, and others would have to "buy" their own ancestry.  That seemed wrong to me, "one should not have to buy, or struggle to find their own past".  

 So this little site called RichardsvilleRoad came to be, and it all started out with this section "Genealogy"

Giving Credit where Credit is due:

My sister Mary gave me a copy of Emma Work's book on the "Richardsville Baptist Church" and a whole new world opened up to me.  Then I bought a copy of Joyce (Wingard) Holt's "History of Polk Township", the more I read, the more I became interested.  Online searches led me to McKnight's "Jefferson County Pioneers and People"  as well as Kate Scotts book,  then a copy of Dick Holben's "The Long Family"   Probably the best web site I found for Richardsville's Long's  immigration information is Regis and Doris Zagroski work "Lang and Long".   Mr. Bill McCracken then contributed his families personal belongings in the form of West Warsaw School Board records starting in 1915.  Recently Pat and Neal Davis loaned us a book detailing 150 years of education in Jefferson Co.

 In no way consider myself a researcher like people I have mentioned earlier,  I rely on others work, and try to bring what pertains to Richardsville.

Thank God for the true researchers, historians, and those who go the extra mile and have contributed to this project.

As best I know Emma and Joyce's books as well as McKnights books can still be purchased at the Jefferson County Historical Society office in Brookville.  They are VERY well done works, I recommend them to anyone who is interested in local history!  They are the inspiration for this site.  Dick Holben's book can be bought online.  McKnights work can also be bought as a CD online.  Also if you are willing to spend about a billion hours doing online searches, there is a ton to find there too!

Genealogy section is not intended to compete with sites dedicated to the subject, only to help show how Richardsville's ancestors, and current name sakes came to be from all around the world.   Eventually I hope to include a world map to show where and how our ancestors came to this place.  You will find many family names missing, or incomplete, this is only because I do not have the information to include.  I need some help gathering information, recollections and pictures to share with others in Richardsville's extended family.  Recollections and old photos are most prized and will be lost for ever if someone does not submit them to share now.   Please help preserve all of our heritage by capturing those fleeting recollections and photos, they can not be replaced, ever.

CLICK HERE FOR GENEALOGY SECTION

This web site is operated by one of Richardville's sons,  Danny Long and provided by all of the Longs raised in the Long homestead at Richardsville, including James Sr., Mary Jane, Lucy May, Daniel Nathen, James Jr., Rodger Lee Long.