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Camping at Westmoreland State Park – August 2024
After doing a multi-state road trip by myself in July, I planned my second solo camping trip of the summer for August. While there are many beautiful campgrounds in Virginia, I opted for Westmoreland State Park because I also wanted … Continue reading
Powhatan State Park, Powhatan, Virginia – April 11, 2021
We’ve visited most of Virginia’s state parks that are within a couple of hours of our house, but somehow we’d missed this one! With another beautiful spring day on tap, we started our day trip to Powhatan State Park by … Continue reading
Posted in Adventures & Travels, Camping, Genealogy
Tagged Hiking, James River, Meadows, Nature, Powhatan State Park, Scenic Virginia, Virginia State Parks, Woods
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A Little Genealogy Research and a Lot of Beautiful Scenery!
On Saturday, February 22, 2020, we decided to go to the Bedford Museum and Genealogy Library in Bedford, Virginia. I wasn’t sure if I’d be able to find any information on my ggg-aunt, Tabitha Ann Rhodes, but as she’d married … Continue reading
Posted in Adventures & Travels, Genealogy
Tagged Anderson, Bedford VA, Blue Ridge Mountains, Blue Ridge Parkway, Clements, family history, genealogy, genealogy research, Glasgow Virginia, James River, Maury River, Oliver, Rhodes
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Untangling my Rhodes Family Tree
For years I incorrectly assumed that Robert P. Rhodes, my ggg-grandfather, was the son of Matthew Rodes and Nancy Ann Blackwell in Albemarle County, VA. New information in late 2019 (including the will of John W. Rhodes – Albemarle County, … Continue reading
Posted in Genealogy
Tagged 1840s, 1850s, 1860s, Albemarle County, Anderson, Chancery Suit, genealogy, genealogy research, Library of Virginia, Nelson County, Rhodes, White, Wills
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