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From: "J. Mark Lowe" <>
Subject: Re: [APG] AP News series "Torn from the Land"
Date: Tue, 04 Dec 2001 09:15:23 -0600
References: <200112011426.fB1EQSt25776@lists2.rootsweb.com>
In-Reply-To: <3C0A82CA.7000104@wi.rr.com>


At 01:36 PM 12/2/01 -0600, Carolyn Brady wrote:

>I don't know how many of you may have seen this in your local papers this
>weekend. The AP news service has done an in-depth investigation of the
>cases of many African-American families who lost their land (primarily in
>the south): "Torn from the Land"
>http://wire.ap.org/APpackages/torn/torn1.html
>
>I thought it might be of interest here because they used a lot of the
>sources familiar to genealogists (deeds, wills, etc.) and also mentions
>the loss of records in court house fires.
>http://wire.ap.org/APpackages/torn/graphic-courtfires.html


Carolyn,

That is because they used genealogists to conduct much of their research.

- Mark


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