Anita: My friend you are so right as always. People listen and learn. Jane.
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>From: Anita Wills <[log in to unmask]>
>Sent: Oct 4, 2008 12:36 AM
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>Subject: Re: [VA-HIST] oral history
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>Anne,
>There are written records that are less accurate than oral histories. It reminds me of how my ancestors were given different racial classifications on tax and census records. The same ancestor could be white in one record and mulatto on another. I have been able to document most of the history my mother gave me, which was passed down orally. In fact I found that there were Revolutionary and Civil War ancestors, that the family did not know about.
>
>Are we supposed to ignore the thousands of years of oral history passed down by Native Americans? Most Europeans did not write, and kept no written history, especially the peasants. Education and writing were for the Royal family, and other nobles. Many of the documents I read from Colonial Virginia, had excerpts of oral testimonies. There were words such as so and so is pro ported to be the father of a child. That means there is no written records to support the oral testimony. As far as I know there are no laws set in stone regarding using oral testimony.
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>Anita
>
>> Date: Fri, 3 Oct 2008 19:12:54 -0400
>> From: [log in to unmask]
>> Subject: Re: oral history
>> To: [log in to unmask]
>>
>> Kathleen,
>>
>> Just out of curiosity, how many written sources are required to triangulate
>> a given whisp of history?
>>
>> I am thinking specifically about such things as the Jamestown Narratives as
>> descriptions of the everyday lives of the Native Americans. I've seen folks
>> on this list insist that the Natives were "cannibals" because someone said
>> so in their writings, diary or letters.
>>
>> Anne
>>
>> Anne Pemberton
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>> http://www.erols.com/apembert
>> http://www.educationalsynthesis.org
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