A 1965 news clipping in my possession quotes the 1962 charter of the Pace Society as describing the society as "a non-profit organization of Paces, white, of English descent, who inherited the name and whose intent it is to collect, record, and print family records of the past and present, recognizing the deeds and incidents of those worthy, and see that they are preserved and revised for future descendants." some interesting language "white" "of English descent" "of those worthy" and "revised for future descendants"--that raises other questions and illuminates the thinking of the 1960s. On Oct 19, 2008, at 4:05 PM, Scott Aaron wrote: >> The Pace society had a "whites >> only' restriction in >> the by-laws up to 2001. > > Wow...I had know idea that was the case. I guess it shouldn't be > overly surprising given that genealogy is primarily an 'older > generation' hobby, and older generations grew up in a time when > that mentality was tolerated (especially in the south, and of > course most of the PACE lines have southern heritage...and I'm > guessing the Society may have been founded in the south given that > fact), but its still kind of shocking when you see/read something > like that...especially today. In 2001? Whew. > > > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around > http://mail.yahoo.com > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to PACE- > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message