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    1. [VAAMHERS] RE-THIS IS NOT AL THAT IS AVAILABLE BUT IT GIVES REASON TO BE CONCERNED
    2. This film charts the history of the American eugenics program under > which 80,000 inmates in state institutions have been compulsorily > sterilized. In Virginia between 1905 and 1972, several thousand children > deemed by the state as unfit to reproduce were taken from their families > and forced to live in the Lynchburg Colony. Victims recall their > experiences of beatings, solitary confinement and other abuses. > >  > > The film was made in 1993 and can be checked out from the Virginia Tech > library in Blacksburg, VA or probably requested through Interlibrary > Loan from a number of other schools.  Thanks, AND, This is of no concern??? Seem that it should concern many people. JUST think, 80,000 X 26 = 2,80,000 The 26 is the Descendants from the Man that I previously Mentioned. I do believe that this should be of Genealogical Concern. CUZ A T Powell, <[email protected]> > COUSIN A T <[email protected]>

    10/19/2006 09:40:14