Surnames & Researcher Interests
Franklin County, Kentucky — R through Z
This page preserves the classic “Who’s Looking for Whom” surname directory originally compiled for Franklin County researchers. Many of the original email addresses are no longer active. If you are researching one of these names, please use the Contact page or the current Franklin County message board to reach present-day researchers.
How to Use This List
- Scan or search the alphabetical list for surnames of interest.
- Original researcher names are retained for historical reference.
- Email links from the 1998–2017 era have been removed because most no longer function.
- Check your own records and notify site maintainers if you notice bounced contact info from archived editions.
| Surname | Researchers (historical) |
|---|---|
| Ralph | Trudi Kerkmeyer |
| Rambo | Kenneth L. Ellis |
| Ramsey | Dennis Guthrie |
| Rankin | David Williams |
| Ransdell | Sue Dempsey |
| Rarden / Rearden | Ron Felty · David Williams · Tracy Mattocks · Donald Murphy |
| Rasor / Razor | Ann Cromer |
| Ratliff | V. Marsh |
| Raye | Donna Shearer |
| Redding | Bill Peters · Kay Phillips |
| Reddish | Janet J. Stahl · Barbara Lovejoy |
| Redrick / Rederick | (historical reference) |
| Reed | Chris |
| Reeves | (historical reference) |
| Reid | Frank |
| Renaker | Orange |
| Reynolds | Sharon Phillips Horton |
| Richardson | Judy D. Whisler · Paul A. Carter |
| Riddle | Barbara Sparrow Kriesel · Mason Poe |
| Rigsby | (historical reference) |
| Riner / Reiner / Ryner | Diane Riner Berry · Anne H. Lee · Ewing Fears Best |
| Risk | Courtney Risk |
| Roberts | Brenda Oliver Young · Jan Broxterman · Dan Hill · Steven Robert Riley |
| Robertson | Elaine Campbell |
| Robinson | Otto Owens · John L. Brawford · Paula J. Conway · Geraldine Ellis-Saah |
| Roby / Robey | Beth Robey |
| Rodgers / Rogers | Niler Pyeatt · Fred Rogers · Sheila Davis · Carol Whitehead · Mary Jane |
| Rodman | Virginia Buffington |
| Rorris | Gregg Rorris |
| Rosson | Jim Loving · Tari Walker · Sheila Davis · Donna J. Chumley |
| Rowden | Tracy Mattocks |
| Rowlett | Shannon Kirwan |
| Ruffner | (historical reference) |
| Ryan | Jean F. Mahaffey · Natalie Matthews |
| Sacra | Judy Nordburg |
| Sacre / Sacrey | Gary Sacre |
| Sadler | Roxanne Dawson |
| Samples | T. D. Samples |
| Sampson | Joe Downing |
| Samuel | Mason Sitzes · Frances C. Trimble |
| Sanders | Ferol Fish · Patricia Jacobs · Denice T. |
| Sanford | Anne H. Lee · Jack · Mary Jane |
| Sargent | Jim Sargent |
| Satterwhite | (historical reference) |
| Sayle | Wanda |
| Scantland | Anne H. Lee |
| Scarberry | Bonnie Hayes |
| Schneider / Scheiner | Judi Billings Scheiner |
| Scobee | Sandra Cooley |
| Scott | Tracy Mattocks · Jeanne · Julie Wiley |
| Scribner | Shirley Mitchell |
| Sebree | Anne H. Lee · Sharen A. Chambers · Kenneth L. Ellis · Judy Shaw |
| Selch | Susan Fortune |
| Selmier | W. Travis Selmier |
| Settles | Donna R. Settles |
| Shackelford | Sharen A. Chambers · Phyllis Shackelford Hedges |
| Shadrick | (historical reference) |
| Shannon | Ann Cromer · Carolyn Shannon Genzel · Mason Poe · David Williams |
| Sharfe | Linda Sharfe Chapple |
| Sharp | Mason Poe |
| Shearer | Donna Shearer |
| Sheets | Dale & Glenn Sheets · Tari Walker · Earl Sheets · Sandi Ellis Morris · Frank · Anne Lamden · Valerie Locke · Theresa Brewer |
| Shelton | Sally Alexander · Bob Kumpf |
| Sherrard | Lynda Sherrard |
| Sherrill / Shirrell | Roxanne Dawson · Emily |
| Shields | Jean Lawrence |
| Shouse | Ron Wibbels · Sue · Nelson Weller |
| Siltz / Silz | Chris and Neisha Gooden |
| Simmons | (historical reference) |
| Sims / Simms | Roger Sims |
| Singleton | Wes Williams |
| Slaughter | Gladys Armstrong · Frances Trimble |
| Slucher | (historical reference) |
| Smart | Sean L. Smart |
| Smith | Anne H. Lee · David Williams · Dawn Rexrode · CJ Nichols · Jean Lawrence · Regina M. Thomas · Joyce Dotson · Laurie Smith |
| Smither | Elvida G. Meyer · Darla Ballenger |
| Smithers | Gini Carter |
| Smoot | Jamie Smoot |
| Snawder | Luther Clifton |
| Snider / Snyder | Donald Murphy |
| Spalding / Spaulding / Spelding | Pat Doster |
| Spears | Marti Agan |
| Spiva | George Holt |
| Sproul | Phyllis Chaussee |
| Spurr | Vernon Purvis · Mason Poe |
| Stacy | (historical reference) |
| Staley | Darci · Lyn Richey |
| Steele | Theresa Brewer |
| Stephens | Carol Whitehead |
| Stewart | Donald Murphy · Janice |
| Stigers | Dan Phillips · Mark Stigers · Valerie Locke |
| Stivers | Vernon Purvis · Dan Phillips · Valerie Ernst Locke |
| Stockton | Beverly |
| Stone | Bob Kumpf |
| Stoughton | Bud Foster |
| Stubblefield | Marti Agan · Ronda Wilburn Houston · Emily |
| Sudduth | Carol Miles |
| Sullenger | Pat Pickett |
| Sullivan | Anne H. Lee · Bill Brinly · Mary Jane |
| Summers | (historical reference) |
| Susong | Kenneth L. Ellis |
| Sutherland | (historical reference) |
| Sutter / Suter | Ginnie |
| Suttle / Suttler | Roxanne Dawson · Randa Tyrrell |
| Sweat | Frank |
| Swigert | Carol S. Winburn |
| Switzer | Gail |
| Swope | Pat |
| Szymanski | Andrea Woodson |
| Tackett | Joanne Ashford |
| Talbot | David Duncan Sengel |
| Tarleton | Donna Hartleb |
| Tate | Dan Tate |
| Taylor | Dianna B. Privette · Vickie Marsh |
| Telford / Tilford | Sydne McCoskey |
| Terrill | (historical reference) |
| Theobald | Midge Williams |
| Thomas | Jean Heck · Mary Clay · Dan Thomas · Regina M. Thomas |
| Thompson | Kenneth L. Ellis · Carl Moore · Sandi Ellis Morris |
| Tichenor | Jean Heck · John M. Adams · Joyce Coons Fasano |
| Tillett | David Williams |
| Tindle / Tinnell | Nancy Lloyd |
| Tingle | Mason Poe |
| Tinsley | Joe Downing |
| Toles / Towles | Tina Toles Wingate · Marsha Toles Smither · Tom Towles |
| Townsend | Sandra Cooley |
| Towsen / Towson | (historical reference) |
| Tracy | Anne H. Lee · Paul Tracy Chambers · Carol Miles · Mary Jane · Joyce Dotson · Lynda Sherrard |
| Triplett | Jean F. Mahaffey · Lucy · Mary Jane · Barbara Triplett Brown |
| Trotter | Donna Hartleb |
| Troxell | Barbara Devers · Kim Rop |
| True | (historical reference) |
| Truell | Valeria Locke |
| Tuder / Tudor | David Kravetz |
| Tucker | Pam Wilson |
| Tutt | Steve Tutt |
| Tweedie | Terence Tweedie |
| Tyre | Ed Brightwell |
| Underwood | Marilyn Judd · Jon Arnold |
| Updike | Pat Jones · Barbara Devers · Mike Morrisey |
| Utley | (historical reference) |
| Vanzant | Joseph H. Riley |
| Vaughn | Kathy Newton · Allyn Vaughn · Theresa Brewer |
| Vaught | (historical reference) |
| Veeley | Tom Zimmer |
| Wade | Phyllis Shackelford Hedges |
| Wainscott | (historical reference) |
| Wakefield | Bill Brinly |
| Wallace | Bill Peters · Carl Moore · Mary Jane |
| Walston | Charles E. Carroll |
| Walter | John M. Adams |
| Ward | Marilyn Farris |
| Warfield | Frances I. Bohannon · Todd P. Harp · LaVerne Millstead |
| Warford | (historical reference) |
| Waring | John Anderson |
| Warmack | Kittie Scott |
| Warren | Phillip Miller |
| Wash | Vickie Gorby · CJ Nichols |
| Waterfield / Waterfill | Cliff Neilson |
| Waters | RHB |
| Watkins | Steven L. Penn · Vickie Gorby |
| Watson | Faye Cram · Geraldine Ellis-Saah · Marie Butcher |
| Watts | Sharen A. Carter · H. Smeltz |
| Webb | Eva Laster |
| Webster | Opal Webster Burgess |
| West | Bill Brinly |
| Wetchens | David Riehle |
| Whallen | Tari Walker |
| Wheeler | (historical reference) |
| White | Carol Whitehead · E. C. McDuffie |
| Whitehead | Stephanie Lind |
| Whittington | William S. Eubanks |
| Whitton | Mason Poe |
| Wickerson | Jean Lawrence |
| Wigglesworth | Dee Wilson-Swain |
| Wilborn / Wilburn | Ronda Wilburn Houston · Kathi Webb |
| Wilcox / Wilcoxon | Rod Green |
| Wiley | Gini Carter · Beulah Wiley Franks · Bridget Price · Sandi Whitty |
| Wilhoite | Julia Clark |
| Wilkerson / Wilkirson | Tracy Longmire |
| Williams | Tracy Mattocks · Wes Williams · Emily |
| Wilson / Willson | Bonnie Davidson · Patricia Jacobs · Jennifer Thatcher |
| Wingate | Dee Wilson-Swain |
| Winn / Wynn | David Williams |
| Winston | (historical reference) |
| Wise | Mason Poe |
| Witherspoon | Tracy Mattocks |
| Witt | Sandi Ellis Morris · Geraldine Saah |
| Wood / Woods | Dan Rorris · Carol A. French · Marsha Wood |
| Woodruff | Mary Crowder |
| Wooldridge | Peg Spencer · Dinah Voyles Pulver |
| Woolums | (historical reference) |
| Wragg | Dana Meara |
| Wright | Rhea Gilbert · Sheila Davis · Don Demaree · Kathy Newton · Lucy |
| Yancey / Yancy | Dennis J. Yancey |
| Yates | Bob Kumpf |
| Yeiser / Yeizer / Yeizen | Judy Lang |
| Young | Sharon Harrod Puckett |
| Younger | Jean Lawrence |
| Yount | Jackie Welsh · Tom Meador |
| Zilhart | Jan Broxterman |
| Zook | Anne H. Lee · Cecil |
Source note: This directory was originally compiled and maintained by Anne H. Lee for the Franklin County KYGenWeb site (1998–2017). It is preserved here for historical research value. Many email addresses from that era are no longer valid.