Selby Family Ancestry

The Selby Family Tree website is a work in progress. The site has been recently reorganized and updated. In addition, the Murray Family Tree now has it's own website, as does Boones Chapel. Site feedback in the form of suggestions, corrections, and additions is appreciated.

This website is for all of us, but especially those families that grew up together on the old homestead and now are scattered like so many leaves. If this is your first visit to the website, a good starting point is "Descendant Families" (above) which is the trunk of the tree with four generations of Frank Selby and Agnes Murray offspring. Or you can choose to follow our ancestral roots.

Please feel free to drop a line if you have information that will help fill in the gaps or provide details about, or photos of, our ancestors. For each relative (especially the descendants) I'm trying to include:

Information Photographs
  • birth date and location
  • date of marriage and location
  • partner's full name
  • childrens' full names (including adopted and step-children)
  • date of death and where buried (if appropriate)
  • some life details (what do you want to be remembered about you?)
  • individual photo at age 18 to 25 (for those under 18 a current photo)
  • a photo with spouse or spouse alone (a wedding photo will work)
  • a group photo of family children (with or without parents)

I'm still searching albums and collections for photos. If willing to loan some photos, I promise to return them. If sending digital photos, please scan at 300 dpi (200 dpi if it's larger than 5" x 7").

Please take a look at the information for your branch of the family tree. If it needs corrections or additions, please let me know. If your photos are missing from the tree or you don't like the ones showing, then please consider sending some. To those who have already provided photos and information--many thanks!

Contact:

Karen Ripple
P. O. Box 794
Stevensville, MD 21666

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Abbreviations used:
AA = Anne Arundel County
PG = Prince George's County
PG LR = PG Land Record Book
PG WB = PG Will Book
MSA = Maryland State Archives
XX:# = Liber:Folio or Book:Page
Source credits noted where appropriate:
KR = Karen Ripple
LR = Larry Ripple
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