DISQUS

You should check out ancestry.com. Two week free trial gets your far. As far as the slave owner, frankly, the slave owner is not my ancestor and I honestly don't believe they deserve the honor of having me research their existence. That being said, it was very disappointing to get cut off from researching my ancestry so soon (at least that particular part). I am still hungry for information and just wasnt ready to accept that that was the end.


On the flip side, I wonder if I learned about the slave owner, if I might also learn more about my own history, i.e. when my family came over, from whom were the last names taken etc. Researching was a really good thing though, I have always known my ancestors were slaves, but my research made that reality more real to me than it has ever been.

Interesting. I recently decided to trace my family tree using ancestry.com. Using ancestry.com's resources and my mother, I was able to trace all the way back to one set of great great grandparents, whom were born in 1878 and 1880. I will probably hit a dead end at that point because their parents were probably slaves since there were no free blacks in that part of Mississippi at that time. Mississippi did not keep names of slaves. I considered whether I should try to figure out whom the slave owner was or just stop at my great great grandparents. Im just not sure what I will do at this point, but the possibilities are certainly interesting.

I honk and cuss at crazy DC drivers constantly, but I make sure I keep my windows up and all objects inside my car. I couldn't imagine how it feels to have an ice cold drink thrown into your car and all over your body. The driver could have easily lost control of his vehicle when she threw that drink into his car. Clearly, this woman was out of control and at the very least this was some type of battery/assault. I feel sorry for her, her children and the victim and I am not sure that 2 years in prison is a fair sentence but throwing something into someone else's car is kind of a big deal. I would be interested in finding out the results of other road rage cases though.