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 -----Original Message----- From: Margaret Beckwith <[log in to unmask]> To: [log in to unmask] 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!? ? ----- 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? >>? >> To subscribe, change options, or unsubscribe, please see the instructions? >> at? >> http://listlva.lib.va.us/archives/va-roots.html? >? > To subscribe, change options, or unsubscribe, please see the instructions > at? > http://listlva.lib.va.us/archives/va-roots.html? > ? To subscribe, change options, or unsubscribe, please see the instructions at? http://listlva.lib.va.us/archives/va-roots.html? To subscribe, change options, or unsubscribe, please see the instructions at http://listlva.lib.va.us/archives/va-roots.html