Looking for information on Rutherford B. Richards?

Question

or any relatives from West Virginia

looking for a story or a picture for my tree this was a long shot but i took it

Answer 1

What year are you trying to research, and do you have any information about them.

Answer 2

Name: Rutherford B RICHARDS
Sex: M
Birth: 3 APR 1877 in Calhoun Co, WV
Death: 29 APR 1965 in Mt Clare, Harrison Co, WV of Arteriosclerotic Heart Disease
Burial: 1 MAY 1965 Floral Hills Mem, Harrison Co, WV
Note:
1900 Census, Dist 26, Southwest, Doddridge, WV
113/113
RICHARDS
Rutherford B..Head.M.Apr 1877.23.M/1.WV.WV.WV.Farm Laborer
Ingabe L..Wife.F.Aug 1881.18.M/1.WV.WV.WV.0/0 Children
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Harrison Co, WV Death Records
Name: RUTHERFORD B. RICHARDS
Sex: Male
Death Date: 29 APR 1965
Death Place: Mt. Clare, Harrison, West Virginia
Age at Death: 88Y
Burial Place: HARRISON COUNTY, W VA
Burial Date: 1 MAY 1965
Cemetery: FLORAL HILLS MEM.
Birth Date: 3 APR 1877
Birth Place: CALHOUN COUNTY, W VA
Marital Status: W
Occupation: RETIRED SOUTH PENN OIL

You might want to look for a Calhoun County, West Virginia book with biographies. Biography books of prominent citizens were very popular around the turn of the 20th century. I would check the local history section of the library in that county or have a volunteer check it out for you. Many times, if you know what you are looking for, the library may do a search for you if you write to them or the local genealogical society.

Answer 3

Build your family tree on line.
You can do this for free on:
http://www.tribalpages.com/
Start with yourself, then attach living family members.
Find out all you can about you family from living members, then attach it to your tree.
Now it is time to look for historical records and attach the info to your tree:

It is ALL about census records, and other historical records!

You might get lucky and others may have done some work on your family tree. Google family members names i.e. "Mary Smith" + "family tree"

Free sites:

http://www.searchforancestors.com/

http://www.censusrecords.net/?o_xid=27399&o_lid=27399

http://www.usgenweb.com/

http://www.census.gov/

http://www.rootsweb.com/

http://www.ukgenweb.com/

http://www.archives.gov/

http://www.familysearch.org/

http://www.accessgenealogy.com/

http://www.cyndislist.com/

ECT.
The time may come when you want more information than you can find for free. When this happens you can back up your "tribalpage" tree to your computer on a "GEDCOM" file
you can then go to (I think it is the best subscription site)

http://www.ancestry.com/

Upload your "GEDCOM" file
and start to work!
You might need to make a few adjustments to your tree to make it look better.

Answer 4

Go to the public library and ask one of the geneologists, they are there to help with your research and are professionals.