I agree. Nancy middle-aged white woman born and bred and still living in Virginia ------- I was never lost, but I was bewildered once for three days. --Daniel Boone On Jan 6, 2009, at 11:12 AM, Clay Gullatt wrote: > I think that we can do without the racist and demeaning comments > about our President-elect. If you want to make them there are > another forms else where . This one is for genealogy.. I think you > owe the entire group an apology. > > Clay Gullatt > An Old White Man > Born and Bred in the South > > --- On Tue, 1/6/09, Fern <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > > > From: Fern <[log in to unmask]> > Subject: Re: [VA-ROOTS] Update on 1833 Census > To: [log in to unmask] > Date: Tuesday, January 6, 2009, 10:58 AM > > > How utterly silly to think the LVA can't afford to buy a book. > When they charge 75 cent per copy? Hello!! And by the way, what > is the difference between a "Scholar's" book and any other family > history genealogy book ? Wouldn't that be in the eye's of the > beholder/reader ?? and also for Sally who said "we are in perilous > times" - My dear, you aint seen nothin yet !!! You are, of course, > aware of who our next Messiah/President is aren't you. He is the > one who struts around Hawaii with his hat on backward - a true sign > of a backward IQ. > > Yeh, I know, I'm going to get letters.... fern > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Shirley > To: [log in to unmask] > Sent: Monday, January 05, 2009 10:11 PM > Subject: Re: [VA-ROOTS] Update on 1833 Census > > > What a mell of a hess!! How much is this volume anyway??!! It > seems if > all of us on this "list" pitched in, maybe we could purchase this > book - if > we want it there - don't ya think???? Hey William, are you > listening? > > I'm in..............!! > > Shirley Cox Schroeder > > On Mon, Jan 5, 2009 at 4:34 PM, Sally Phillips <[log in to unmask]> > wrote: > > > Hello, again! > > > > The Library of Virginia reference librarian suggests looking at -- > > > > Miscellaneous reel 1320-1323 > > APA 757 > > Free blacks records, 1833-1863 > > > > In responding to my query, William Luebke, reference librarian, > passed on > > truly appalling news. Due to budgetary problems, the LVA is > unable to get > > the book The Hemingses of Monticello: An American Family. > This is an > > important book about an important chapter of Virginia history. > Publishers > > Weekly said -- "This is a scholar's book: serious, thick, > complex. It's also > > fascinating, wise and of the utmost importance. " If the LVA > can't afford > > such a book, we are truly in perilous times. > > > > I hope LVA has it on a wish list to order when remainder copies > are > > available. If the LVA can't afford this book, what else is it > missing out > > on? > > > > Sally Phillips > > > > > > To subscribe, change options, or unsubscribe, please see the > instructions > > at > > http://listlva.lib.va.us/archives/va-roots.html > > > > > > -- > "....And so it is with life: What we see while watching others, > depends on > the > purity of the window through which we look." anonymous > > "Write to be understood, speak to be heard, read to grow" ~ > Lawrence Clark > Powell > > To subscribe, change options, or unsubscribe, please see the > instructions at > http://listlva.lib.va.us/archives/va-roots.html > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > -------- > > > > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG - http://www.avg.com > Version: 8.0.176 / Virus Database: 270.10.3/1878 - Release Date: > 1/6/2009 7:56 AM > > 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