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[Cathy <goosecreekfarm AT gmail.com>]

On Fri, Dec 5, 2008 at 8:23 PM, EarthNSky <erthnsky AT bellsouth.net> wrote:

>   while I like to think of my ancestors as peace-loving
> reindeer herders and fishermen who were  horribly victimized by the Evil
> Lutherans<g>


Beware of evil Lutherans <g>.

Did these atrocities occur when so many of the others did--when Social
Darwinism was all the rage here and abroad--late nineteenth into early
twentieth centuries?  What a messed up time.  We really thought we could fix
everything--everything--into varying ideas of utopia.  Perfection via
science and education.  What a bunch of messed up idiots.

 I am now going to sit down and
think and write what I know and what I think I know about my
grandfathers life. ... this heritage is massively
important to me.  I am close enough to the past to amass information for
future generations, and I intend to do so.

I hope you share it as you get it together.  I'd love to hear about it.

Cathy