In 1979, the late Robert Price Yarbrough, a North Carolinian, visited the grave site of Richard (“the Immigrant” or “Old Richard”) Yarborough in Old Blandford Churchyard, Petersburg, Virginia. Old Blandford is a lovely old church, located on Crater Road in Petersburg, and features stained glass windows rendered by the famous Tiffany Glassworks of New York. It is generally believed that Richard arrived ca 1642, but his origins and place on the family tree remain unclear. Tracing the lineages of the early Virginians is complicated by several of the early Yo.’s traveling back and forth between the old and the new worlds. Almost certainly, Richard was from the Lincolnshire branch of the family, and equally certainly he too travelled between England and Virginia during his lifetime. His tombstone, which had fallen into disrepair, had been replaced, but Richard’s surname had mistakenly been changed to “Scarborough”. Robert undertook to interest various members of the extended Yarborough family in restoring the headstone with the correct name in 1982. Although the charter of the YNGHA was granted in 1980, the association itself really began on the occasion of the restoration. Robert served as the first president, with the incorporator, Allen Yarbrough (deceased), Karen Mazock (a professional genealogist), “Texas” Charley Yarborough (a nephew of the late Senator Ralph Yarborough of Texas and now deceased), and “Tennessee” Charley Yarbro (deceased) being among the founders. The Association is incorporated by the Commonwealth of Virginia as a not-for-profit corporation.