Wordless Wednesday

Digital Photography Collection  2007 - 2011
Privately Owned by Janice Tracy

"Crossroads"
US Hwy 49 and US Hwy 61
Clarksdale, Mississippi

Gibson Family of Craven County, South Carolina

Yesterday was a "South Carolina Research" day for me.  No, I did not travel to South Carolina.  I simply perused online books available through GoogleBooks (quite a few, I might add) about the history of South Carolina.  And yes, I am still looking for the parents of my great-great-great-grandfather, John P. Gibson, born about 1799 in South Carolina. Thanks to bits and pieces of Gibson family history found in one of those online books, I have now confirmed that Gideon Gibson and Jordan Gibson, born in the 1700s, were brothers. I was unsuccessful, however, in uncovering the names of their parents who had allegedly migrated to Craven County, South Carolina from Virginia.  Next, I plan to research the descendants of these two Gibson brothers, Jordan and Gideon - it stands to reason that John P. Gibson, must be one of them.  

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"White Arches"

Columbus, Mississippi

Photograph by Judy Howles

 Southern Exposures

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This is the Face of Genealogy

  

Margaret Susanna Merriweather Porter and John J. Porter
My Paternal Great-Grandparents
Attala County, Mississippi
Circa 1920

I have posted the photo here in response to an insensitive (to say the least) photo that accompanied a recent article in the LAWeekly announcing the Southern California Genealogical Society's 42nd Annual Genealogy Jamboree. You can see a copy of the photo in question and read the background of what happened here. The outcry from the geneablogging community that began yesterday has been huge, and the photo in question has since been replaced with a photo of the "Jamboree app" on an iphone. 


The more I think about what happened with the LAWeekly, the more I wonder why this incident occurred in the first place. Do some members of the public feel that researching one's family history is some sort of joke and that it is less than a worthy and noble effort? I don't think so. Viewer response to two seasons of  "Who Do You Think You Are" has surely proven otherwise.  What I do know is the LA Weekly now knows first-hand the geneablogging community believes genealogy is a subject that deserves respect.

Wordless Wednesday

Rosedale (c.1856)
Columbus, Mississippi
Photograph by Judy Howle
Southern Exposure