Wordless Wenesday: Dudley Farm

My Daughter is in college and one of her class projects is to visit places that were "energy efficient". One place on her list was Dudley Farm. An authentic working farm, sounded interesting, my ancestors were farmers so I decided to go with her.
Dudley Farm is an early pioneer farm established before the Civil War. Currently it covers 325 of the original 640 acres that were operated by the Dudley family for three generations. In 1983, the last of the third generation, Myrtle Dudley donated her family farm to the Florida Park Service.The homestead consists of eighteen buildings. These are restored - not recreated - and include the family farmhouse with original furnishings, an 1880's kitchen outbuilding, a general store and post office, and a functional cane syrup complex.
Park staff in period clothing perform daily chores, raising crops, and tending to livestock. The farm features seasonal cane grindings, corn shuckings, and heritage varieties of livestock and plants. Deer, wild turkeys, gopher tortoises, and bluebirds are still seen in the fields.
I had a great time. The best part is when my daughter learned what the corn cobs in the outhouse were used for! She will never waste toilet paper again.



Dudley Farm, Newberry Florida

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Who Do You Think You Are?

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Tombstone Tuesday

My mother and I went to the Micanopy Historical Society Museum on Sunday, this tombstone was part of their exhibit.

Family Tree Magazine-40 Best Genealogy Blogs

Yesterday I received the Family Tree magazine in the mail, the Top 40 genealogy blogs were on page 42. Several of the blogs I have been following were listed. Congratulations!

This afternoon I visited the rest of the blogs on the list and joined their list of followers.  

No Birth Certificate Found

What to do? I sent the paperwork and fee to the NJ state archives for my grandmothers birth certificate. I just received a letter back stating there was no birth certificate found. I have a copy of her death record I received from my aunt, so I know I have the exact date and place she was born. In order to get a certified  birth and death record on my great great grandfather I have to prove relationship. I have to send in a copy of my birth certificate, my mothers, grandmothers & great grandmother. I have all but my grandmothers!
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