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From: jeanne <>
Subject: Re: [NY-TROY-IRISH-GENSOC] 1907 Newspaper Articles Re Evers ,Dorgo, Rasfull
Date: Thu, 29 Nov 2007 06:52:06 -0600 (GMT-06:00)
Keep 'em coming Joyce, I love them!
Jeanne in KC
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>Hi All
>The reason I give the ethnicity is because one of the main reasons people
>come to this website, myself included, is to search for their ancestors that
>lived in Troy. They might only have a nationality and a name to go by, or a
>street, or a place of employment. I try to give any info that would help
>identify their relatives. The current Record reporter actually addressed the issue
>of identifying nationalities in the paper and said that in the early 1900's
>the spelling of ethnic names was sometimes dubious and thought the nationality
>might help.
>He also said this is the kind of reporting that was done in the early
>1900's. These articles are from 100 years ago-things change ,including styles of
>reporting.
>
>The reason I include the murders,assaults-the bad news- is because our
>relatives are what they are. In researching my background so far I found a cousin
>in Texas who was an outlaw-Black Jack Ketchum-who was hanged for murder. I
>also have General Ulysses S Grant as a cousin. The relatives are good and bad,
>and I would rather know who they were than not ever trace them.
>
>I am VERY grateful to the Troy Record for publishing these articles from 100
>years ago.From the many emails I get a lot of you are finding relatives or
>people you know in them. That's what this Irish website is all about - they
>are hard working and dedicated and they do a wonderful job.
>PS My husband and children are Italian-there is no intention to slur ANY
>nationality in these articles Joyce
>
>In a message dated 11/27/2007 10:41:27 A.M. Eastern Standard Time,
> writes: It is unfair to blame a race of people for the actions
>of a few. I had never heard Irish never cared for Italians or Syrians.I grew
>up in NJ and we all got along pretty well. Many of my friends were
>Italian-American. Perhaps the newspaper was amiss in mentioning the ethnicity of the
>persons involved.Lois in AZ
>
> (mailto:) wrote:you can see why the
>irish never cared for the syrian's and the italians.and especially hated
>annoying italian children.
>
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