This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/WBC.2ACI/48.1.1 Message Board Post: Thanks -- I live in Virginia so I know where the old Rhodes Department Store is in Richmond and it has been closed for some time. I was always wondering if there might be some connection, but I have not traced any of my line to Virginia. Last place was TN and then back to Germany. Kari (Rhoads) Garell