Agreed, Mickey -- they make it all the more interesting! It seems some do
not want to accept that part of their heritage!
----- Original Message -----
From: "Mickey Fournier" <[log in to unmask]>
To: "'Margaret Beckwith'" <[log in to unmask]>;
<[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Thursday, September 25, 2008 10:31 AM
Subject: RE: & 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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