tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5792182418688329417.post6418194358944434363..comments2023-07-02T08:40:50.682-05:00Comments on Dr. Bill Tells Ancestor Stories: Follow Friday - 19 Nov 2010Dr. Bill (William L.) Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04857619677138020430noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5792182418688329417.post-30746224224444090392010-11-19T23:58:25.235-06:002010-11-19T23:58:25.235-06:00Try reposting, perhaps, and I can delete the first...Try reposting, perhaps, and I can delete the first two, if that would be helpful. Or simply try again. Thank you for the fine comment. I looks great, to me. ;-)Dr. Bill (William L.) Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04857619677138020430noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5792182418688329417.post-6194006651870056792010-11-19T20:40:35.725-06:002010-11-19T20:40:35.725-06:00P.S. I tried to connect to the post above, but the...P.S. I tried to connect to the post above, but the link is broken.Debra Newton-Carterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05234528123525258645noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5792182418688329417.post-23515041615797491512010-11-19T20:39:13.397-06:002010-11-19T20:39:13.397-06:00I've learned, especially through interviewing ...I've learned, especially through interviewing senior members of my husband's African American family based in Craven County, NC, that the whole truth is helpful in understanding special or delicate situations in families, but shouldn't necessarily be aired as dirty laundry. We need to use some sensitivity. As an "outsider" or in-law, I may have a different perspective on the situation than someone who lived it, and I need to be very careful how I express my perceptions as an observer. My best example would be the circumstances and effects of my grandfather-in-law's supposed divorce and remarriage. There were circumstances which were colored by individual perspectives which changed forever the way people in that family group would relate to one another. Senior members of the family are very careful about such things, and usually talk about generalities for the first 5 or so interviews before they can determine if they can trust the family historian. In all respects, any information stemming from an interview needs to be corroborated by factual evidence. In the above case, I still need to find divorce records, or perhaps it was just a passage of time as in abandonment cases which established the legal separation. Perhaps one day I'll find out.Debra Newton-Carterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05234528123525258645noreply@blogger.com