Hello List, I don't want anyone to think I am against our ancesters. I just want to know the how and whys of their lifes, and anything to do with how they lived.I come from 9 generations of Chester Co. dairy farmers. I know they had a hard life. Somtimes I think our farmers, of all types are very much over looked. I support them completely. I suppose if I had been taught about Native Americans and African Americans, I may not have this deep desire, to know how are lifes, reflected each other. When I found that I had a Lenape grandmother, I was even more curious about her life.I wondered such things as, was she loved by my grandfather. Was she a gift from some connection between her people the Lenapes, and this English man. All kinds of things I wanted to know. I know most of you have probably been doing geneology for many years. But only in the last couple of years has it been so easy to find records. Not only that but, we now have the best oppurtuity in our lives to see what Educators are teaching, and putting out there for all to see. Gone are the days of only visiting our archive offices and having to buy a book ( if you could find it) on history.Now we have history and records at the press of a few buttons. We also have links to our Goverment, we never had before. They have some of the best info out there. We get to see the old laws and copies of treaties, and records we may never have had an oppurtnity to look at. I am sorry if I was a bit hard on a past President, who was a slave holder. And also on my remark, reguarding the Constitution. But the truth of the matter is, these things are being taught in our Universitys today. My son is in the third year of colledge, and he said, that it was White, land owning , men, that were equal, when that statment about ALL MEN ARE EQUAL, in our Constitution, was written. Well I guess that ticked me off a bit. How many other non-land owning men, were brakeing their backs to build this land. My grandfather, maybe yours? I know I cannot change history, but I feel if I don't speak out, then I in my existance would only be a part of it and a lie.To many men, have died and suffered to build what we have today. Mary Jane, Bright Star