~ Two Rice descendants were U.S. presidents (and one of them regularly swam nude in the Potomac not far from the White House).

~ Some Canadian Indians descend from Rice children captured by Indians from their Massachusetts home in 1704.

Clara Barton, founder of the American Red Cross, was a Rice descendant.

~ One Rice was "father of the Ohio School System"; another built the first Ferris Wheel.

~ A Rice woman who flew over Washington in 1909 with Wilbur Wright was the first woman airplane passenger; another Rice woman, whose father founded what is now General Dynamics, was still flying her own plane at age 85

~ More than one Rice entertainer performed for a British Queen...and "Jim Crow" and "Uncle Sam" owe their birth to Rice family members

~ We've found Rices whose first names were Asmanella, Harmoline, Lapantha, Parozanda, Weenia, Hercules, Fountain, Lettuce, Relief, Submit and True. Then there were Arbel Avenger Rice and Freelove Sweet Rice....and also several hundred William, John, Mary and Elizabeth Rices!

You Should Know--We don't sell Rice family coats of arms. Few people qualify to use them and many that are advertised are bogus. We supported law suits against companies that advertised family surname books and only delivered a few pages of name history, plus a list of people alive and well today who share our name.

Want to get involved in real Rice family history and your
own personal ancestry?

Right on!...and read on!