The Raymond A. Leger Home Page

The material within this site represents over twenty years of gathering, researching, communicating, and countless hours of merging, and then correcting major files, until, at last, I have refined it into a huge Family Tree. In this one Tree, I was able to include both my Maternal Ancestors to 1623 in the person of John Redland-(16230 and Francis Mathews-(1558) of the Orkney Isles, Scotland, and my Paternal Ancestors to 1770 in the person of Joseph Leger of Oggersheim, Germany. This one file contains 20 Generations, 14,236 Individuals, 4,917 Marriages, and 2,978 different Surnames. It dates to 1520 in the person of D.E. Copeland.

The Ancestral Name of "Leger" has remained intact from 1770 to the present time. However, the "Redland" name has gone through several variations as; "Redlon", "Ridlon", "Ridlen", "Ridley", and "Redley". While some "Redland's" can be found in the United States today, they can still be found in the "Orkney Isles" of Scotland. Additionally, this surname in the United Kingdom has evolved into "Ridland".

As a novice, it was difficult for me to fathom, but it was amazing how the number of persons within the "Tree" increased generation to generation, and the amount of territory and Historic Era's that were covered in the process. As time went on, and to this day, I was amazed to see the the process, that started with one person, Magnus Redlon, in 1717, on the rocky coast of Maine, and in the course of four hundred years, has created a legacy of history, of accomplishments, of failures and heartbreak, triumphs and tragedies, which has been woven into a tapestry of life.

My desire is to furnish a site where any person, family or non-family, who may be researching their history, or just merely curious about this large family, can just "jump in". I see myself as more of a gatherer of family data, rather than a researcher, and my goal is to aid all who request it, while providing a link to some of the far flung fragments of family history. In the process, I hope to further increase the size of the Tree. By Sharing, we all gain.

A word of caution. While I have tried to set down family information as accurately as possible, in a work of this size, some errors may occur. If you discover any errors please notify me at one of the addresses listed.

GEDCOM Trees (viewing trees requires 4.0 or later)

• Redland, Redlon, Ridlon, Ridlen and Allied (3914 KB)
  20 Generations, 14,236 Individuals, 2,978 Surnames, 4,917 Marriages known as of October 2008 in this On-Going Record

Family Tree Maker Reports and Trees

• InterneTree: Vertical Ancestor Tree of Raymond Alfred Leger


• Vertical Ancestor Tree of Raymond Alfred Leger (PDF Format)


• Outline Descendant Tree: Descendants of John Redland (View PDF)


• Outline Descendant Tree: Descendants of Charles W. Smith (View PDF)


• Outline Descendant Tree: Descendants of Joseph Leger (View PDF)

Related Links

• Rhuddlan Castle - Reportedly the Ancestral Home
• Orkney Family History Society
• Orkney History
• Ancestral Orkney-Family Roots
• Kildrummy, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
• Home Page-Redland Descendant Marion McLeod-Orkney Isles
• Orkney Islands, Scotland Website
• Orkney Islands - 2nd Web Site - Additional Links
• Other Orkney Links
• Orkney Events
• The Orcadian Online News
• Orkney Today Newspaper
• Family Crests
• Marion McLeod-Part 2