Would someone give a little tutorial on what the Freedmen Project is about? > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Friday, August 16, 2002 11:15 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [KING] Freedmen Project-- Thank You !!! > > > > > Hello List Admin and Members, > > I would just like to take the time to THANK all of you for > your wonderful post. Wether good or bad, all of your opinions > count to me. I > have many list to still work on and I learn from what you all teach me. > > I am a geneologist with info that has not yet reached the web, > and my intention was to get it to all of you in FREE GENEOLOGY. > My intention was also to get it into the ROOTSWEB archives. > Rootsweb has been > a tool for geneologist , that allows us to share and have the means to > connect our family's freely. I owe them alot. And I also owe > every poster who > has taken time to post. > I want you all to know that I plan on answering each and every > post that was > sent to me, asking me questions and all of that sort of stuff. > I exspecially want to thank all of you LIST ADMINISTRATORS who > have allowed > the info to reach the Rootsweb archives. It will be there for > generations to > come. There is so much more coming out of Washington DC about the > FREEDMEN. > It has been long overdue. I remember back before Ex President > Clinton left > office and he made the statement that the FREEDMEN RECORDS needed to be > indexed and taken care of. > Well as a young Freedmen researcher, I have had some of the best folks to > work with from Washingtion . > I have been told that there is much more to come, at a later date. > > Last but not least, my work on your list at this time is > complete, so please if you have any questions, and cannot reach me on the > list. please contact me at [email protected] I thank you > all for your > patience . > Please visit the link below. > > Bright Star > Freedmen Project > > <A > HREF="http://www.ancestry.com/library/view/news/articles/2906.asp" > >Click here: Ancestry.com - Freedmen's Bureau Records > Preservation Act Signed > into Law</A> > On Monday, November 6, President Clinton signed into law the Freedmen's > Bureau Records Preservation Act of 2000 (H.R. 5157, now Public Law No: > 106-444). This law ensures preservation of the records of the Freedmen's > Bureau. > http://www.ancestry.com/library/view/news/art > > > ==== KING Mailing List ==== > KING list website - http://www2.netdoor.com/~cch/lists/KING.htm >