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  • Home
    • About Woodvine and Oaks
    • Privacy and Disclosure Statement
  • Travel
    • Travel the Back Roads
    • Historic U.S. Sites
    • Genealogy Travel
  • Tombstone Tourist
  • Oklahoma-Indian Territory
  • Genealogy
    • Family Surnames
      • Hutchison
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      • Wilcox
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    • Research strategies
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Sad Ending

by Lindy Bupdated on January 13, 2019October 21, 2018Leave a Comment on Sad Ending

I was in Knoxville, Tennessee recently conducting research into several of my family lines. One family in particular-the Pesterfield’s, my most stubborn brick wall. Read more about my Pesterfield line here.  I’m stuck on Henry Pesterfield b.ca 1790, so I’m trying to research all of …

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Warning-There May be Skeletons

by Lindy Bupdated on July 26, 2019September 22, 20181 Comment on Warning-There May be Skeletons

What’s in Your Closet? I feel the need to warn you that when you start researching your ancestors you WILL find a skeleton in the closet. More than likely you’ll find several. I’m going to drag one of my skeletons out, dust him off and …

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Travel the back roads and coddiwomple-to travel in a purposeful manner with a vague destination.
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Coddiwomple

by Lindy Bupdated on September 24, 2018September 12, 2018Leave a Comment on Coddiwomple

Some of the best memories can be made simply by getting off the highway and going down the back roads. Begin without an agenda or specific destination and get going. Simply put:  Coddiwomple Have you ever heard the term? It is slang and means “To …

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Go your own way

by Lindy Bupdated on January 13, 2019August 26, 2018Leave a Comment on Go your own way

Make memories on the back roads Recently we decided to drive the Blue Ridge Parkway.  I planned our trip, had all the must-see places mapped out, the whole nine yards.  Then we got there.  Somewhere in all my planning I didn’t account for the parkway …

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What is a Tombstone Tourist?

by Lindy Bupdated on June 5, 2022August 25, 20186 Comments on What is a Tombstone Tourist?

I’m a taphophile and a tombstone tourist. It’s a hazard of being a genealogist.  It’s not as creepy as it sounds. It just means I like to visit graveyards and cemeteries. As a genealogist, one of my ideas of fun is visiting cemeteries and graveyards. Not …

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