In a message dated 10/20/2001 10:13:16 PM Eastern Daylight Time, JerryC490@aol.com writes: > > > I also would imagine the only people > > they knew who were doing genealogy were white; my impression is that the > > > > I find your comment(s) highly offensive . . . > > > Jerald "Jerry" Chittenden > Portland, Oregon (USA) > It is unfortunate when a person tries to state facts that they are taken out of context. I have read a number of Traci's post and I have never seen anything that should have been offensive to anyone. It is a fact that the Caucasions, when doing research in the past, showed little or no interest in African American History. Fortunately, recently, volunteers who abstract archived information and who survey cemteries, etc. do not omit information that was of no interest to the ones who were only looking for what was of interest to themselves. As the hobby of genealogy has expanded, people of all walks of life have realized we will all carry our research further by working together. Dot Baker
I agree Dot. Thanks for saying it so well. ----- Original Message ----- From: <DBaker3381@aol.com> To: <NCEDGECO-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, October 20, 2001 10:09 PM Subject: Re: [NCEDGECO] tracithompson@hotmail.com > In a message dated 10/20/2001 10:13:16 PM Eastern Daylight Time, > JerryC490@aol.com writes: > > > > > > > I also would imagine the only people > > > they knew who were doing genealogy were white; my impression is that the > > > > > > > I find your comment(s) highly offensive . . . > > > > > > Jerald "Jerry" Chittenden > > Portland, Oregon (USA) > > > > It is unfortunate when a person tries to state facts that they are taken out > of context. I have read a number of Traci's post and I have never seen > anything that should have been offensive to anyone. It is a fact that the > Caucasions, when doing research in the past, showed little or no interest in > African American History. Fortunately, recently, volunteers who abstract > archived information and who survey cemteries, etc. do not omit information > that was of no interest to the ones who were only looking for what was of > interest to themselves. As the hobby of genealogy has expanded, people of > all walks of life have realized we will all carry our research further by > working together. > > Dot Baker >