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From: colleen birchett <>
Subject: Re: [POCSOUTH-L Genealogy] No White Response
Date: Thu, 7 Dec 2000 15:49:05 -0800 (PST)


Ed, I wish more people were like you!!! I happen to
be fortunate enough to run across some white people
with my surname in Virginia and they were very
cooperative. In fact, I got reams of information from
them and leads of all types! Good luck! Blessings!

--- wrote:
> Hi Bill,
>
> You are so right! You are not dealing with those
> who enslaved your people,
> you are dealing with their descendants. I am a 72
> year old native Virginian,
> who happens to be white, and certainly hope that I
> am a little more
> progressive than my forefathers of the 17th and 18th
> century were. If you
> know of any African-Americans named Shackelford,
> whose family was from
> Virginia, please let me know.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Ed Shackelford
> Salem, Oregon
>
>
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