See article below. If this was your great-grandfather, would you want to know? I usually don't post articles about people breaking the law (murder, assault, stealing, etc); but will occasionally post minor offenses, especially those actions that are no longer against the law. Sometimes I'll edit out the perpetrator's name and only include the victim's name. "The Kansas City Times" (Missouri) Friday, April 22, 1921 On a charge of transporting liquor, John McNERNY, 21 years old, 2527 Quincy avenue, and Roy BRIGHT, 19 years old, 2626 Colorado avenue, were arraigned late yesterday before Justice John GEORGE. They pleaded not guilty and were released on $500 bond each pending their preliminary hearing April 29. The men were arrested in a motor car in which liquor was found, according to the police.

Dear John.. My opinion is that I'm researching my family history; that would include the whole package. ..I have two aunts that were murdered in the 1930's by an uncle, I have another aunt that in the 1920 Census I've found in the Ventura County State Girls Home at the age of 16. My gGrandmother was almost 20 years younger the my gGrandfather and on Mom's side my ggGrandfather spent over 3 years in Indiana State Pentitenary for horse stealing. My gUncle was murdered in his grocery market over a chicken... ...I finally after 4 years got I've both the medical and legal reasons for my grandfather being admitted to 3 different State Mental Hospitals in 1957 where he was for the rest of his life til his death in 1973. And so many scandals I wouldn't know where to start... but you know what? They made their own life choices and faced life just as I'm doing. I'm not responsible for what they did I'm only here to record and pass on this rich history; and hopefully to live my life making better choices. ~Marie -----Original Message----- From: John O'Brien [mailto:JohnOBrien@kc.rr.com] Sent: Thursday, February 20, 2003 8:38 PM To: KansasCity-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [KansasCity] Fw: Your opinion please See article below. If this was your great-grandfather, would you want to know? I usually don't post articles about people breaking the law (murder, assault, stealing, etc); but will occasionally post minor offenses, especially those actions that are no longer against the law. Sometimes I'll edit out the perpetrator's name and only include the victim's name. "The Kansas City Times" (Missouri) Friday, April 22, 1921 On a charge of transporting liquor, John McNERNY, 21 years old, 2527 Quincy avenue, and Roy BRIGHT, 19 years old, 2626 Colorado avenue, were arraigned late yesterday before Justice John GEORGE. They pleaded not guilty and were released on $500 bond each pending their preliminary hearing April 29. The men were arrested in a motor car in which liquor was found, according to the police. ==== KansasCity Mailing List ==== USGENWEB SEARCH ARCHIVES http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/ussearch.htm ============================== To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237

Of course! I know some of our ancestors did things that they didn't want others to know about, but if we can learn from the past mistakes or understand ourselves better because of the things (good or bad) our ancestors did, why would we want to keep those things secret? My grandfather and great-grandfather had families before they married my grandmother and great-grandmother respectively. We didn't know about these earlier marriages until after the men died. Should I ignore the previous wives just because they aren't my direct lineage? Perhaps there are children from these other marriages and family members we never knew about. I want to be honest with my descendants and tell them the truth even about my poor decisions and mistakes. There are lessons to be learned. Anita in MO > -----Original Message----- > From: John O'Brien [mailto:JohnOBrien@kc.rr.com] > Sent: Thursday, February 20, 2003 8:38 PM > To: KansasCity-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: [KansasCity] Fw: Your opinion please > > > See article below. > If this was your great-grandfather, would you want > to know? I usually don't > post > articles about people breaking the law (murder, > assault, stealing, etc); but > will > occasionally post minor offenses, especially those > actions that are no > longer > against the law. Sometimes I'll edit out the > perpetrator's name and only > include > the victim's name. > > > "The Kansas City Times" (Missouri) Friday, April > 22, 1921 > > On a charge of transporting liquor, John McNERNY, 21 > years old, > 2527 Quincy avenue, and Roy BRIGHT, 19 years old, > 2626 Colorado > avenue, were arraigned late yesterday before Justice > John GEORGE. > They pleaded not guilty and were released on $500 > bond each pending > their preliminary hearing April 29. The men were > arrested in a motor > car in which liquor was found, according to the > police. > > > > ==== KansasCity Mailing List ==== > USGENWEB SEARCH ARCHIVES > http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/ussearch.htm > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion > online genealogy records, go > to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > > > ==== KansasCity Mailing List ==== > USGENWEB SEARCH ARCHIVES > http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/ussearch.htm > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion > online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Tax Center - forms, calculators, tips, more http://taxes.yahoo.com/