Amen to that!! Did anyone every respond to my question on the difference of owner vs. master?
?Know your Roots, They are Long and Strong
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From: Margaret Beckwith <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Thu, 25 Sep 2008 5:40 pm
Subject: Re: & OUR INDIVIDUAL & COLLECTIVE ROOTS!
Agreed, Mickey -- they make it all the more interesting! It seems some do
not want to accept that part of their heritage!?
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From: "Mickey Fournier" <[log in to unmask]>?
To: "'Margaret Beckwith'" <[log in to unmask]>;
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Sent: Thursday, September 25, 2008 10:31 AM?
Subject: RE: & OUR INDIVIDUAL & COLLECTIVE ROOTS!?
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> 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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