I know that I can always depend on the Cambria list for help and info concerning general genealogy and history questions and answers. So I can assume in the 1930 census, neg, nig, was in reference to negro when printed in the column for race? All the stories and info is very interesting. Thank you for sharing. I am continuing to search for my friend to see if I can come up with any newspaper articles about the KKK and cross burnings in the Lehigh County PA area. Part of my family was Polish Catholic in Johnstown, and they survived there. I am sorry to hear that the KKK drove some people out of the area. For me, I live in Chester County PA and it was very active with KKK. In fact, the largest KKK clan on the East coast was located in Chester County about 3 miles from where I live. During the 20's and 30's there was a presence of KKK in a parade in our county seat just a few years ago. so they are still out there and very active. Interesting fact not taught in school and most people do not know this. The KKK originally organized due to its opposition to the Catholic church. As time went on it included the discrimination towards blacks, Jews, etc. I have copies of original KKK brochures that were printed in the 1930's and they talk about the opposition to the Catholic church. A friend of mine found them in the rafters of her house and I was able to make copies. Sharon

If I may....the first KKK flourished originally to hassle the ex-slaves in TN. It died out in the early 1870's. In the mid 1920's it was directed at Catholics and Jews (or anyone who disagreed with them). The irony of it many blacks (in the north) became members of the KKK it was directed at Jews and Catholics. As for not teaching this in schools it is my belief this is a big problem of "selective" history in our schools. It is shameful that our younger generations have no idea of what their country history is about. i.e. The movie "The Gangs of New York" was a portion of our history that was "deleted" from the winning side of The War Between the States. When Lincoln "freed" the slaves there was a huge desertion of Union troops because they were fighting to save the union and not free the slaves. Thousands went home, so to fill the ranks of the union army many immigrants who came off the ships were offered money to fight a war they knew nothing about but it gave them money to support their families. -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of [email protected] Sent: Tuesday, November 08, 2011 10:08 AM To: [email protected] Subject: [PACAMBRI] KKK Stories I know that I can always depend on the Cambria list for help and info concerning general genealogy and history questions and answers. So I can assume in the 1930 census, neg, nig, was in reference to negro when printed in the column for race? All the stories and info is very interesting. Thank you for sharing. I am continuing to search for my friend to see if I can come up with any newspaper articles about the KKK and cross burnings in the Lehigh County PA area. Part of my family was Polish Catholic in Johnstown, and they survived there. I am sorry to hear that the KKK drove some people out of the area. For me, I live in Chester County PA and it was very active with KKK. In fact, the largest KKK clan on the East coast was located in Chester County about 3 miles from where I live. During the 20's and 30's there was a presence of KKK in a parade in our county seat just a few years ago. so they are still out there and very active. Interesting fact not taught in school and most people do not know this. The KKK originally organized due to its opposition to the Catholic church. As time went on it included the discrimination towards blacks, Jews, etc. I have copies of original KKK brochures that were printed in the 1930's and they talk about the opposition to the Catholic church. A friend of mine found them in the rafters of her house and I was able to make copies. 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