Sorry if this posted twice, had to straighten out my email address with the listserve. My son had changed my email address with our new server and I kept getting rejected emails that I tried to send. Anyway:
Sure, "bad guys" make things interesting, but having a certain pride in the accurate collecting of facts about an individual is so important. In the distant future, I hope that the facts about my family are not reported inaccurately and that people just say, "Oh, whatever, we all have bandits in our families" and not dig for the truth. It seems to me that the evidence so far does not prove that TJ was the father, so why should it be so seemingly accepted that he is the father, by so many scholars and genealogists on this forum? I realize that many just are tired of hearing about it, but just maybe there are newer subscribers that want to hear both sides to the argument.
Sandra
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From: Research and writing about Virginia genealogy and family history. [[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Margaret Beckwith [[log in to unmask]]
Sent: Thursday, September 25, 2008 4:44 PM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: [VA-ROOTS] & OUR INDIVIDUAL & COLLECTIVE ROOTS!
You are so right! We are the sum of all our "parts"!
----- Original Message -----
From: "Paul Drake" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Thursday, September 25, 2008 11:44 AM
Subject: Re: [VA-ROOTS] & OUR INDIVIDUAL & COLLECTIVE ROOTS!
> And not only are the reprobates fun, but they also again show that we
> should
> not be making judgments about anyone in our ancestry; they did something
> right, you are one of the sum total products of all of those folks.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Research and writing about Virginia genealogy and family history.
> [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Mickey Fournier
> Sent: Thursday, September 25, 2008 9:32 AM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: [VA-ROOTS] & OUR INDIVIDUAL & COLLECTIVE ROOTS!
>
> Oh, Lord, Margaret, it is the rogues in my family tree that keep me at
> this.
> They are by far more interesting than the good guys who farmed their land
> and went to Church twice on Sunday!
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Research and writing about Virginia genealogy and family history.
> [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Margaret Beckwith
> Sent: Thursday, September 25, 2008 12:53 AM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: & OUR INDIVIDUAL & COLLECTIVE ROOTS!
>
> My suggestion to all of my fellow genealogists/family historians is to
> realize we all have "heroes" and "hellions" in our ancestry!
>
> We need to be able to accept the "bad" with the "good", all with the
> simple
> goal of having the most complete and accurate genealogy possible!
>
> I tend to look at all aspects of my lineage with fresh eyes and an open
> mind!
>
> This allows me to enjoy my work and honor my ancestors!
>
> Margaret Kerr Beckwith
> Elkins, West Virginia
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Poldi Tonin" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Wednesday, September 24, 2008 11:25 PM
> Subject: [VA-ROOTS] Hemings Jefferson
>
>
>> Being an admirer of T.J., I find that suggesting another Jefferson male
>> fathered Sally's children dishonoring T.J.'s memory.
>>
>> Sally was T.J's Slave and T.J's "Property" and under his control
>> 24-hours
>
>> a
>> day.
>>
>> As the DNA has proved a Jefferson paternity of Sally's child or children,
>> the idea that T. J. passed Sally around to the men visiting his home is a
>> blight upon his memory and morality.
>>
>> Passing Sally around would have made T. J. a whore-monger or pander at
>> best.
>>
>>
>> T. J. was not a saint---only another mortal with mortal inclinations.
>>
>> I wish this war would end.
>>
>> Poldi
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> --
>>
>> "She is insane, of course. The family history has become a mania for
>> her."
>> Hercule Poirot
>>
>> http://www.FrontPorchRockerNews.blogspot.com
>>
>> http://www.familytreedna.com/public/Langford
>> This project includes Lankford spelling also.
>>
>> "Truth and reason are eternal. They have prevailed. And they will
>> eternally prevail; however, in times and places they may be overborne
>> for a while by violence, military, civil, or ecclesiastical."
>> --Thomas Jefferson Thomas Jefferson, 1810
>>
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