Randi, I'll just add my two cents to what Diane and Bruce already said. We need to know about our ancestors' society in many different aspects. I've learned so much from the newspapers (and as a "recovering reporter" I sometimes take reports with a grain or two of salt). Thanks for making the time to copy and post the items ... and while I'm at it, thanks for starting the IN-SO-Central! Charlotte Sellers ** On Wed, May 16, 2012 at 7:41 AM, Bfp2000 <bfp2000@aol.com> wrote: > I agree with Diane. There's also the importance of understanding the > society and environment that our ancestors lived in. I personally find > many of the "insignificant" stories told in your "clippings" very > interesting. Whereas the history of whitecapping is extremely > repugnant, it is part of our history and if we ignore the lessons > learned from it we might wind up having to suffer through a repeat... > history does tend to repeat itself periodically. > > Keep up the great work Randi! > > Respectfully, > Bruce > near Indianapolis, IN > > -----Original Message----- > From: Diane Jones <dijon@ckt.net> > To: in-south-central <in-south-central@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Wed, May 16, 2012 7:04 am > Subject: Re: [IN-SOUTH-CENTRAL] IN-SOUTH-CENTRAL Digest, Vol 1, Issue 88 > > > We all have to realize that we can’t just look at our history through > rose > colored glasses. There has always been some strife and ugliness in our > history > nationwide, and it is important to have access to all of it even if it > isn’t > pretty. Some of these tragic events happened to someone’s ancestors, > and they > have a right to learn of the bad, along with the good. You do a great > job, > Randi, and I for one was glad to learn about whitecapping even if it is > an ugly > part of Indiana history – it did exist and was a problem that was taken > care of > by the law eventually. We don’t ever learn anything from past mistakes > by > ignoring it and pretending life was nothing but happy events. > > Diane > > The IN-SOUTH-CENTRAL Rootsweb list is for genealogists and historians who > have an interest in the south central district of Indiana, as defined by > the Indiana Genealogial Society, including the counties of: Bartholomew, > Brown, Clark, Crawford, Floyd, Harris, Jackson, Lawrence, Monroe, Orange, > Scott and Washington. > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > IN-SOUTH-CENTRAL-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >