I have been researching the Ridpath and Redpath Family histories since 1990. It has been an on-again off-again hobby that really has quite a bit to offer to my personality. It is detective work without a crime and researching my ancestors has been a great history lesson. I have been able to use my computer skills by maintaining a database of the information I gather and documenting the conclusions I reach. I currently use software called The Master Genealogist (TMG) by Wholly Genes, Inc. which can track the data I gather to a very low level.

I have started up a very ambitious Open Source software project called GeneaPro. GeneaPro is a multi-user, cross-platform Genealogy database program based on the GenTech Genealogical Data Model, a very comprehensive model for genealogical information.

As with all family history, this web site is a work in progress. My highest ideal is to have the information presented on the website be as correct and complete as possible. That requires documenting conflicting sources of data, noting where the data came from, and flagging what items are actually guesses, assumptions, and sometimes, just plain wishful thinking.

Roger W. Ridpath has been instrumental by sharing the wealth of data that he has gathered with much more success than I ever expect to have. Many other cousins have communicated various bits and pieces of family lore, rumors, and legends as well as the mundane staples of genealogy: Names, Dates, and Places of Births, Marriages and Deaths. It is only through sharing our family history that it can start to make sense and be preserved for future generations.