MaeMay510@aol.com wrote: > > In a message dated 99-08-23 14:02:47 EDT, you write: > > << > Century. There were numerous Burgharts in one church. Perhaps you have > seen it, but it's called "Early Records of Great Barrington", >> > Are there black records in it? W. E. B. DuBois was a born in Great > Barrington and attended the church there with his mother and grandparents. > Shirley Shirley: Yes, there were blacks in the BURGHARDT family of Great Barrington, Berkshire Co., MA. W. E. B. DuBois was a descendant of a slave of my ancestor, Coenraat Hendrickse BORGHGHARDT, the father of 'Housatonic Colony,' which later became Great Barrington and Sheffield, MA. The initial, 'B.,' in the name of W. E. B. DuBois was for 'Burghardt.' Milbrey Otto Burgett mottob@att.net