Comments on: The Lies Our Ancestors Told Us http://www.cameraontheroad.com/family/the-lies-our-ancestors-told-us/ VanFossen, West, Anderson, Farlin, Knapp, Elwell, Disbrow and More Mon, 01 Dec 2008 18:44:30 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: Lorelle VanFossen http://www.cameraontheroad.com/family/the-lies-our-ancestors-told-us/#comment-2302 Lorelle VanFossen Sun, 27 Jan 2008 18:36:02 +0000 http://www.cameraontheroad.com/family/the-lies-our-ancestors-told-us#comment-2302 @<a href="http://www.cameraontheroad.com/family/the-lies-our-ancestors-told-us/#comment-2300" rel="nofollow">Sue Melin</a>: That "servant" could have been your mother's aunt, too. There are many "truths" and history is written by the winners and the survivors, not by the truth. @Sue Melin:

That “servant” could have been your mother’s aunt, too. There are many “truths” and history is written by the winners and the survivors, not by the truth.

]]> By: Sue Melin http://www.cameraontheroad.com/family/the-lies-our-ancestors-told-us/#comment-2300 Sue Melin Sun, 27 Jan 2008 06:58:45 +0000 http://www.cameraontheroad.com/family/the-lies-our-ancestors-told-us#comment-2300 Well, I want to say that this confirms my sanity. My mother insisted there was no way a census worker could have mistaken the black "servant" girl as my mother's aunt. I had a copy of it in my hand, and she refused to look. I wish everyone would just tell me everything...then I wouldn't need to go to the census records...sad. Well, I want to say that this confirms my sanity. My mother insisted there was no way a census worker could have mistaken the black “servant” girl as my mother’s
aunt. I had a copy of it in my hand, and she refused to look.
I wish everyone would just tell me everything…then I wouldn’t need to go to the census records…sad.

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