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loudsue

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25. Me, too, kestrel. It's a terrible loss.

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Mon Jan 6, 2014, 05:54 PM

Jan 2014

For all of us.

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Documents Dating Back to 1840 Intentionally Destroyed in Franklin County, N.C. [View all] G_j Jan 2014 OP

They would be the same Carpetbaggers that sentenced my family to sharecropping! VanillaRhapsody Jan 2014 #1

Book burner mentality. louis-t Jan 2014 #2

Exactly! liberal N proud Jan 2014 #4

louis-t, michigan is a native american word? n/t saidsimplesimon Jan 2014 #13

Stupid question, I know Kelvin Mace Jan 2014 #3

from the article, G_j Jan 2014 #6

The ancient principle of "because we say so". I'd bet that G_j has understated the case. Egalitarian Thug Jan 2014 #9

Yes, it was on the 11:00 news the night after it happened, and there is a big stink loudsue Jan 2014 #27

Ciao! Kelvin Mace Jan 2014 #32

Hi David! Doing great! Good to see you! loudsue Jan 2014 #33

We need to get together some time Kelvin Mace Jan 2014 #34

That would be great! PM me and we'll set it up! loudsue Jan 2014 #35

Is the NC Dept. of Archives an official state office? Sheldon Cooper Jan 2014 #5

Yes. blackspade Jan 2014 #22

Same thing in France. riqster Jan 2014 #7

Same thing in Ireland, same thing to the Spanish/Mexican land grants....the beat goes on. Alameda Jan 2014 #43

This is the county I live in. I knew about it at the time, and it was on the news in Raleigh, NC loudsue Jan 2014 #8

thanks, that makes sense G_j Jan 2014 #10

Informative post. Thanks. n/t Laelth Jan 2014 #39

Real Shame...lots of lost information. Historic NY Jan 2014 #11

I totally agree, and one of the historians in the county DID manage to copy a few hundred documents loudsue Jan 2014 #15

Was this health hazard documented at some level? blackspade Jan 2014 #28

And I think that is the bottom line: she didn't know shit about her actual job duties. loudsue Jan 2014 #30

what an incredible find it was, unknown for all those years. G_j Jan 2014 #40

Get to the bottom: who ordered, make them testify, sue them. Throw the book. nt Bernardo de La Paz Jan 2014 #12

Two Sides or ? grilled onions Jan 2014 #14

With all the techniques available? Yes. To a county that isn't always broke. The State loudsue Jan 2014 #18

"work one wooden floor above this room" = black mold wouldn't be confined to papers -- if her El_Johns Jan 2014 #45

On Edit: I see that Loud Sue above has given an explanation.. KoKo Jan 2014 #16

Hi KoKo. Most of the fracking will start down near Lee County, and I don't know what is going on loudsue Jan 2014 #23

Thanks...Will check out your link! KoKo Jan 2014 #41

Law Enforcement DallasNE Jan 2014 #17

No. This was her own doing. She had the records hauled out and carried down to the incinerator. loudsue Jan 2014 #24

Everyone is whining about these people heaven05 Jan 2014 #19

As a genealogist, I'm completely enraged by this. kestrel91316 Jan 2014 #20

Me, too, kestrel. It's a terrible loss. loudsue Jan 2014 #25

Hopefully these documents were microfilmed JimDandy Jan 2014 #46

+1 (amateur here) n/t LittleGirl Jan 2014 #37

Yes...both Loud Sue and the Original Poster on this thread and Myself..are upset. KoKo Jan 2014 #42

This is likely a violation of NC law blackspade Jan 2014 #21

The clerk of court authorized it, and carried it out herself. loudsue Jan 2014 #26

Yep, she violated the law. blackspade Jan 2014 #29

Thank you for that information. Now that I've read that, I would assume she will be charged loudsue Jan 2014 #31

wow, just wow n/t LittleGirl Jan 2014 #36

Bizarre. k&r for exposure. n/t Laelth Jan 2014 #38

North Carolina. They've gone completely insane. Kablooie Jan 2014 #44

What a shame... CFLDem Jan 2014 #47

I just finished the Grisham fiction 'Sycamore Row' in which records Bluenorthwest Jan 2014 #48

Now that truly is weird. I haven't read Grisham's Sycamore Row. loudsue Jan 2014 #50

Very large best seller. Bluenorthwest Jan 2014 #51

Perhaps the "North Carolina Department of Archives" kentauros Jan 2014 #49

1882-1968 there were 101 lynchings in North Carolina 86 black people,15 white people Bluenorthwest Jan 2014 #52

There ought to be consequences for this. Paladin Jan 2014 #53