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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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The Search for Mary (Polly)
Long before I was interested in genealogy, two of my uncles, Billy and Buster, tried to learn more about our family’s history. There were tales about Mary “Polly,” the unwed mother of our family patriarch (John William Anderson, June 24, … Continue reading
Posted in Genealogy
Tagged Anderson, Cemetery, family history, Fox, genealogy, Hicks, Livick, Lyon, Rhodes, Staunton, Virginia, Western State Hospital
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