Race

Thank you, Joseph...well said! Anna Miklovic

On Jul 7, 2012, at 8:11 PM, Joseph Puentes wrote:

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> In the past there have been problems with the general topic of Race.
> Personally I don’t have a problem with that topic coming up and being
> exhaustively discussed. The problem comes in when the discussion goes on and
> on and lots of speculation and rumors and other unsubstantiated claims get
> inserted into the discussion. Now I AM NOT saying that is what happened in
> this most recent conversation and by no means was anything said that
> offended or really even bothered me. What I am saying is that continued
> discussion on the topic of RACE tends to get things stirred up more than any
> other topic in the NR group, well anyway that is what I have observed since
> starting the group in 2002 (really? We’ve been around for 10 years, yup my
> wife and I got into our car wreck in April of that year and the group was
> started shortly thereafter as I discovered genealogy, anyway. . .).
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> Having said ALL that, let me just say something that will make me backpedal
> from ever saying anything about a topic being taken to private email. Make
> absolutely, I mean ABSOLUTELY sure that everything you say is welded to
> genealogy. Make those comments you are about to share with the group
> solidified in facts that you can back up including references for others to
> verify. If you are going to share “oral history”, hmmm, well make sure that
> you can find some historical background or something that will give you a
> leg to stand on if examined closely. Yes all this will cause one to think
> carefully before hitting the “send” button. Since “RACE” is such a
> potentially ignitable topic I really would like ALL to discuss the topic
> (when it comes up) in such a way that NO ONE can say it is NOT on the topic
> of the genealogy of Jalisco, Zacatecas, and/or Aguascalientes.
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> So if you’d like to continue talking about the “French” or other topics of
> race please include references, citations from scholarly works, url’s of
> online genealogical records, etc., etc. etc. YES I’d like to challenge you
> to take the topic deep deep deep into the realm of genealogical research.
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> Bonne Journee et faites-vous généalogie
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> Joseph
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> Joseph Puentes
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