If the cross-burning happened here locally, I believe it would have been in the newspaper since those incidences were report because I do remember them as growing up being news. They did happen locally. jim ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, November 07, 2011 8:58 PM Subject: [PACAMBRI] 1930 census >I have a family whose father was born in PA. the mother was born in the > Philippines. > the father is listed as white for color and race. > the mother and all children are listed what appears to be > > "neg" or "nig" > > it clearly does not look like the "W" written for white. > > I can assume it means nigro. > > > I am doing this research for a friend. he has told me that his mother and > grandmother were always dark complected due to being born in the > Philippines. Family lore says that they had crosses burnt on their front > lawns. > would this type of story be written up in newspapers? > > thank you > Sharon > > - - - - - - - - - - > > Search for more Cambria County information on our webpage: > http://www.camgenpa.com/ > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >