Gates did say that Mobile was on the Mississippi and I wondered as well why the editors of the program didn't pick that up. Sure wish I could find someone to research my family as well. Seeing Greg Osborne was a real treat. Judy Vinson ----- Original Message ----- From: Cate Schweitzer-Toepfer To: LAORLEAN@rootsweb.com Sent: Tuesday, March 27, 2012 10:37 PM Subject: [LAORLEAN] Regarding Finding Your Roots,Who Do You Think You Are? and Once Upon a Time One ‘mo time trying to send this after being reconnected to group by the Administrator Oh and by the way, no one can convince me that Harry Jr. didn’t know the meaning of the term “privateer” ... unless he slept through grammar school at Isidore Newman School and high school at Jesuit, which would in my opinion have been impossible given the top quality of education and discipline provided by both institutions. Cate ;-} From: Cate Schweitzer-Toepfer Sent: Tuesday, March 27, 2012 12:01 AM To: laorlean@rootsweb.com Subject: Fw: This is Cate not the Spammer - Finding Your Roots program Didn’t get a transmission on this so I’m sending again. I would also like some DNA guidance. Cate ;-} From: Cate Schweitzer-Toepfer Sent: Monday, March 26, 2012 6:25 PM To: LAORLEAN@rootsweb.com Subject: This is Cate not the Spammer - Finding Your Roots program All of these kinds of “reality” programs are subject to the views of producers, directors and editors to send their message. Personally, I think both programs made all the subjects look “naïve” if not outright dare I say it “dumb” ... especially when the prof., who always sounds to me to be condescending when he does these programs, had all the answers, which were quite limited in their scope. Yes, I know there are time constraints with programming, but please, I can’t believe the Congressman never had any family history research done or knew anything about his family history from family stories told around the dinner table prior to this. They continued to live in the area of Troy, AL. and I know my grandmother told me lots of family stories (some true, some embellished or outright incorrect) which sparked my family history interest and led me to find lots of information and hit more than a few brick walls. And especially troubling to me, was when Dr. Gates told Harry, Jr. about his g/g/grandfather’s job on the “docks of Mobile on the Mississippi river” ... at least that’s what I think I heard. This is a factual error which never should have been missed by the editors, Dr. Gates or Mr. Connick and made it into the final cut. Mobile is in Alabama, the Mississippi river is not. I’m going to watch the program again next time it’s on to make sure I’m not mis-reporting what was said. If I did misunderstand, I will let you all know. If what I heard was what I think I heard, I’ll forward this email or a version hereof to Dr. Gates. I like Who Do You Think You Are? better for entertainment value. But I will continue to watch Finding Your Roots, albeit the later broadcasts, because I love Once Upon A Time ... also a version of family history research, but more entertaining to me than either of the other two. P.S. Carolyn Long ... should I italicize the program names or underline them? Cate;-} ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to LAORLEAN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message