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Paul and Dottie Ridenour's Home Page
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Ridenour Genealogy and Cherokee Genealogies/History (pictures)
(Genealogies include Ridenour (Reitenauer), Singleton, Joines, Jones, Jett, Smith, Seago (Sego), Hurst, Glausier, McClellan, Barbee, Ridge, Northrup/Northrop, Watie, Boudinot, Paschal, McNeir, Polson, Washbourne, Berryman, Doyen, and Jesus Christ)Declaration of Independence
Signers of the Declaration
Founding Fathers
Gettysburg Address
Star Spangled Banner (all four verses)Paul and Dottie (Doyen) Ridenour Family
Photographs I
Photographs II
Photographs IIIDottie's Six Sisters
Paul's dad turned 70 on 9/16/2006
Paul's mom turned 70 on 10/09/2006People I Am Looking For
Making fun of those "Our family is perfect" Christmas letters
Ridenour Christmas Letter 2000 Word format 2000
Ridenour Christmas Letter 2002 Word format 2002
Ridenour Christmas Letter 2003 Word format 2003
Ridenour Christmas Letter 2004 Word format 2004
RidenourChristmasHoliday Letter 2005 Word format 2005
Dottie 2003Paul rediscovered lost Cherokee cemetery near Kilgore, Texas - Mt. Tabor Cemetery
In Memory of Kenneth Nance (3/4/1960 - 4/22/2003)
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Paul's 19-Day Trip to Communist Russia in 1991 with the Band Sound Theology
Local Dallas area singer Marya (pictures/demo)
2001 Cass County Wildflower Festival (pictures)
(Parade Grand Marshall Don Henley of the Eagles)Sheryl Crow
Guitarist Joe SatrianiConcert Reviews
(Paul McCartney, Pink Floyd, Eagles, Elton John, Amy Grant, Rolling Stones, Sheryl Crow, Coldplay, Tom Petty, A Hard Night's Day, Larry Coryell [Dottie's first cousin], and more)
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Paul, Dottie, and Bo - Christmas 2003
Dottie's actress sister - Desi Doyen
Updated 1/2006Dottie's sister - Diahann Adair Doyen, Miss Washington DC 2002
(Dallas Morning News article March 4, 2003)
Diahann Adair Doyen 2004Diahann Adair Doyen - 2nd Runner Up
Miss Dallas, March 9, 2003Dottie's brother - John Doyen and ex-wife Angie on the cable TV show
"Trading Spaces"
The show aired on 5/8/2002 (The Learning Channel)
(includes Dallas Morning News article 4/3/2002 and Washington Post article 4/7/2002)Dallas Morning News Article (Paul and his 1978 Prom)
May 2, 1998Our Cats (1982-present)
Paul's brother David's Website (satire)
Bryan Adams 1978 Graduate - Email Addresses
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"Reminiscence - A Book of Poetry" by J. C. Justice, featuring photographs by Paul
To order - Jana Justice's webpageTexas Wildflowers 2003
More Texas Wildflowers 2005
Ennis Bluebonnet Trails - 2007Dallas Blooms at The Arboretum
Houston Press online publishes Paul's Don Henley photograph
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Published ArticlesPaul and Dottie's Published Articles/Photographs
Paul's Articles on World Religions and the New Age
Dottie Ridenour's article on the Mt. Tabor Cemetery for The Goingsnake Messenger
Email Glenita
None Left Behind:
The Rediscovery of a Native American Cemetery
Goingsnake District Heritage Association
Volume XXII, Number 2, 2005Dottie's article about her 3rd great Cherokee grandmother - Sarah Ridge [Word format]
Toumbes-Venable Cemetery - Article by Paul at
Van Zandt County Genealogical Society Edgewood, Texas
(In 2000, Paul found lost grave/cemetery of his 3rd great grandmother - Nancy Joines)
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Vacations
(Paris (not Texas), Nova Scotia, Big Bend, South Dakota, Utah, Wyoming, Vegas, St. Thomas, etc)
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Genealogy and History of Cherokee Chief Major Ridge to the McNeir Family (pictures)
(Dottie's 4th great grandfather on her mother's side)
Major Ridge, 1834(Includes genealogies on the Ridge, Northrup/Northrop, Watie, Boudinot, Washbourne, Polson, Paschal, and McNeir families)
[And a section on Cherokees in Texas - Chief Bowles, Richard Fields, and the Mt. Tabor Cemetery]
Major Ridge-Elias Boudinot-John Ridge-Stand Watie (GIF created by Dottie)"Oblivion's Altar" - Historical fiction novel about Major Ridge by award winning author
David Marion Wilkinson
(2003 SPUR AWARD WINNER, BEST ORIGINAL PAPERBACK)
[Published November 2002/purchase at www.amazon.com]
[Dottie is mentioned in the Author's Notes and Acknowledgments, pages 369 and 375]________________________________________________________________________________________________
Family Genealogies
A Quick Genealogy of the Ridenour Family (pictures) from Germany to Texas
(Beginning with Paul's 9th great grandparents - circa 1586)Download Melvin O. Ridenour's "Ridenour" Database
(1.7 MB zipped/5.1 MB unzipped)
Updated 01/2003Download "Reitenauer Immigrants: The Early Years"
by Mona McCown and Nona HarwellBonus: Genealogy of Jesus Christ and the Twelve Tribes of Israel (best viewed with Office 2000)
What's in a Name? Adam to Noah (best viewed with Office 2000)"The Passion of the Christ"
What happened after the Resurrection?UK (England, Wales, Scotland, and Northern Ireland) Birth, Marriage, and Death Certificates
The Doyen Family Tree (pictures)
(Dottie's father's family - Beginning with Dottie's 3rd great grandparents)
Dottie 2000Doyen Family Reunion (Rosevine, TX - 4/21/2002)
(includes pictures from the Rosevine Cemetery and Miller Cemetery)The Heiman Family
(Beginning with Dottie's 4th great grandparents)The Berryman Family
(Dottie's father's mother's family - Beginning with Dottie's 2nd great grandparents)Berryman Reunion 2005
The Burgess Family
(Beginning with Dottie's 10th great grandparents - 1590)Paul's mother Mary Alice (Joines) Ridenour's father's family - Joines (pictures)
(Beginning with Paul's 4th great grandfather)Toumbes-Venable Cemetery - Article by Paul at
Van Zandt County Genealogical Society Edgewood, Texas
(In 2000, Paul found lost grave/cemetery of his 3rd great grandmother - Nancy Joines)Toumbes-Venable Cemetery (pictures)
(Cemetery included in Graveyards of Van Zandt County, TX, Volume E, 2001)Mary Alice (Joines) Ridenour's mother's family - Hurst (pictures)
(Beginning with Paul's 10th great grandparents)
(including some McClellands)Mary Alice (Joines) Ridenour's grandmother Ella Barbee (pictures)
(Beginning with Paul's 5th great grandparents)The Jett Family Genealogy (pictures)
(Beginning with Paul's 9th great grandfather)The Jones Family Genealogy (pictures)
(Beginning with Paul's 5th great grandfather)The Horn Family Genealogy (pictures)
(Beginning with Paul's 2nd great grandparents)The Brown, Birmingham, Seago (Sego), Glausier, Smith, Singleton, Grubb, Ridenour Family (pictures)
(Paul's grandmother on his dad's side - Beginning with Paul's 11th great grandparents - 1587)Sisco Family (a friend)
Watkins Family (a friend)
Bruner Family (a friend)
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(Drums/percussion 1991-2000/Rockwall, Texas)
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Local poet Jana Justice's Webpage
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Paul graduated in 1984 from UNT (BCIS Dept)
Send someone Free Greeting Card
Paul's old drumming buddy The Scott Wilder Show
Company Paul's worked for from 4/9/1985 - 3/8/2000 - EDS
Company Paul's worked for from 4/3/2000 - 5/4/2003 - WorldCom (EDS Campus)
Company Paul's worked for from 5/5/2003 - 1/5/2006 - MCI (Old WorldCom/EDS Campus)
Company Paul's worked for from 1/6/2006 - 5/31/2006 - Verizon Business (Old MCI/EDS Campus)
Company Paul's worked for from 6/1/2006 - present - EDS (Transitioned/time bridged back to 1985)
Dottie's company - Alcatel