IS THEIR SOMEONE THAT HAS RELATIVES FROM MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN WITH THE LAST NAME RICKS. THE OLD WAY OF SPELLING WAS RIX. FROM WHAT I WAS TOLD BY MY GRANDMOTHER; MY GRANDFATHER'S GREAT-GREAT-GREAT GRANDFATHER ESCAPED SLAVERY AND CHANGED THE RIX SPELLING TO WHAT IT IS TODAY, RICKS. IF ANYONE KNOW OF THIS HISTORY WITH MORE DETAIL PLEASE EMAIL ME.