Do you have the link to the online version? Sent from my iPad On Nov 23, 2012, at 10:52 AM, [log in to unmask] wrote: > That book needs to be put in context. First it was written in period where > "hillbillies" were a favorite group to caricaturized this way. Also, > notice the time the book was written. The government was busy taking the land > away from families who had lived on it, sometimes for over 200 years, to > make Shenandoah National Park. I'm sure it was convenient to have a "study" > like this to help justify what was happening. > > I to have ancestors who lived in hollers, and they were decent hard-working > people. > > By the way, the entire book is online. > > Judi > > > [log in to unmask] > "Puzzles of the Past" > _http://puzzlesofthepast.blogspot.com/_ > (http://puzzlesofthepast.blogspot.com/) > > > What do you hold so close to your own circle of life that you would not > put a price on it? What would it be for you? For me, it is the mountains and > the people of Appalachia.” > > Larry Gibson, Keeper of the Mountains > > > In a message dated 11/23/2012 6:08:25 A.M. Pacific Standard Time, > [log in to unmask] writes: > > Let me see--one of the criteria for being a good and accurate genealogist > is to conduct an exhaustive search. How many recognized sources did you use > to arrive at your conclusions? Yes-I'm a bit testy here. I am a product of > that. Just because my ancestors-one generation back--only got one pair of > shoes per year, had to grow a lot of their food, and walked a lot hardly > qualifies them for the adjectives you used--I don't care who wrote it. I > never heard of those people standing around for handouts, free cellphones, > gas cards etc. > Enough. If people are so gullible as to believe the first thing they read > let me sell you some building lots in south central florida. > > On Wed, Nov 21, 2012 at 4:12 PM, Carole D. Bryant > <[log in to unmask]>wrote: > >> Have read the first 30 pages of book and wish I could find the complete >> book. Written by health and social professionals in the 1930's from >> research on-site, it is an eye-opener to the horrid living >> conditions of the folks in the five subject Hollows. >> The ignorance, laziness, filth and poverty these people were content > with >> in the 20th century America is horrid. Intermarriage and perpetual >> pregnancy, lack of health services and high death rate of infants is >> pitiful. >> This book does not glamorize the folks of the Hollows but reveals their >> hidden communities in their mountain shacks all of which are described > as >> less than 100 miles from the U.S. capital. >> >> Thanks for the link to the book. >> Tree Mother >> > > > > -- > Douglas Burnett > Satellite Beach > FL > As a member of the Association of Professional Genealogists (APG), the > National Genealogical Society (NGS), the Florida State Genealogical > Society(FSGS) and the Virginia Genealogical Society(VGS), I support and > adhere to the APG's Code of Ethics. > > 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