Dear Paul,

I have appreciated your scholarship and your willingness to freely
share the fruit of your work with others.

I am saddened to see you receive such an obviously unfair attack.

My goal here is to better understand my ancestors and their world,
which must include what is still our country's bloodiest war. When I
visit my graveyards, many of the stones are marked "CSA," and I am
proud of my Confederate ancestors. The War was horrible, but possibly
a necessity to resolve what was not settled in the original
constitution. There can be no 3/5's of a person. But the war is over.
What was done --- terrible things were done on both sides --- is
done. If we should learn anything, it is to treat each other better.
Let's do that on this list.

St. George Tucker Ranson



At 10:49 PM 11/16/2005, Paul Drake wrote:
>hmphhh  I won't respond to such comments.  Suffice it to say that my
>Drakes have been North Carolinian and Virginian since at least 1658.
>
>     Paul Drake JD
>  Genealogist & Author
><www.DrakesBooks.com>
>      931-484-9129
>
>   ----- Original Message -----
>   From: Nicholas Sturm
>   To: Paul Drake
>   Sent: Wednesday, November 16, 2005 8:58 PM
>   Subject: RE:
>
>
>   You seem to speak like a Yankee.  Do you also support the burning of the
>   south and the destruction of many of its county records?
>
>
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