A History of Woodstock,
Virginia Beach, VA

 I am happy to count Hannah Fentress as one of my neighbors.  Hannah's husband Joseph moved to Woodstock in 1952, having purchased the h...

In 2003 a group from Oaklette United Methodist Church published a book entitled Indian River: From Farmland to Suburbs 1700-1960 . They gat...

While Pheby Richards holds the title of Woodstock's first resident, it was Jesse J. Parkerson who transitioned much of Woodstock from wo...

Deed records form the backbone for much of the research found in these posts. But there is so much that a deed does not say: were these peo...

Today I found the Sargeant Memorial Room at the Norfolk Public Library. If you read any books on local history, there is a very good chan...

If you've watched my Woodstock History PowerPoint presentation, then you are already familiar with Pheby and Elisha Richards. Pheby...

If Woodstock Road isn't the oldest residential street in Kempsville, it certainly rates in the oldest 1% of residential streets in Kemps...