"United States, GenealogyBank Obituaries, 1980-2014," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QK4C-BK2D : accessed 25 October 2020), Maxine Britten in entry for Wayne E Ricketts, Champaign-Urbana, Illinois, United States, 12 Sep 2011; from "Recent Newspaper Obituaries (1977 - Today)," database, GenealogyBank.com (http://www.genealogybank.com : 2014); citing News-Gazette, The, born-digital text.
"Iowa State Census, 1925," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QKQ7-ZJXJ : 20 June 2020), Helen Ricketts, Story, Iowa, United States; citing Story, Iowa, United States, Iowa State Historical Department, Des Moines; FHL microfilm .
"Iowa, County Births, 1880-1935," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XVJP-GYF : 31 March 2020), Helen Maxine Ricketts, 23 Feb 1918; citing Iowa, United States; county district courts, Iowa; FHL microfilm 1,404,578.
"United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XMKS-22S : accessed 25 October 2020), M Helen Ricketts in household of A Robert Ricketts, Zearing, Story, Iowa, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 19, sheet 2A, line 46, family 50, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 683; FHL microfilm 2,340,418.
"United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MDM2-C7M : accessed 25 October 2020), Helen M Ricketts in household of Robert A Ricketts, Zearing, Story, Iowa, United States; citing ED 195, sheet 7B, line 63, family 19, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1992), roll 515; FHL microfilm 1,820,515.
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Helen by comparing test results with other carriers of her ancestors' mitochondrial DNA.
However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line.
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