The Frederick Rice Family Reunion was held July 1, 2000 at the original Barnhart Rice homestead, which is located on the campus of the Ohio Agricultural Research and Development Center (OARDC) near Wooster in Wayne County, Ohio.

Reunion summary



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Frederick Rice and his wife, Catherine Lauffer, had 13 children, all born in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, with 11 living to adulthood.  Many descendants of this couple live in western Pennsylvania, Northeastern Ohio (surrounding Wayne County) and in Northeastern Indiana, surrounding Huntington and Allen Counties).

Another objective of the 2000 Frederick Rice Family Reunion project is to update the genealogical record of the Frederick Rice family.  Above is a link to a family lineage page.  You can print this page, fill it in and mail it to Marjorie Rice Chance to include your lineage in the updated family book, or you can submit it by email by clicking the Submit button.  Or you might want to download the family group sheet and pedigree forms for free from this website:  Ancestry Corner.  Then print them, fill them out, copy them, and mail a copy to reunion committee member Marjorie Rice Chance or Lynne Rice.

Please come back and visit this site often, for we intend to update it soon with new information about accommodations, travel options, the reunion schedule and other useful information as the reunion nears.  We also plan to add historical family pictures and stories about the history of the family.

We welcome suggestions for improvement of this web site, and we will also publish non-commercial Web links to family member web sites.  Please direct your questions and comments, cussings and criticisms to your Webmaster, Gary Rice, using the e-mail button below.

Your Webmaster,

Gary Rice

Roanoke, Indiana

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