Students Should Learn the Study Habits of Genealogists
Young people today would be wise to emulate the study habits of genealogists, those who spend long hours researching the path of their ancestors. The reason is that America's school system has corrupted itself into establishing "populist" views as facts, when they are everything short of truth. From required text book reading and study to the professor who touts his personal views that Thomas Jefferson as immoral and racist to Christopher Columbus whom they claim raped island natives, these suppositions should be independently researched by every student attending a college or university. For example, for centuries, the private journal kept by Christopher Columbus went ignored and untranslated. Written in his own hand, he expressed his belief that God was sending him upon the seas to explore. Further reading, solidifies that this man was very religious! As every genealogist researcher knows, the best truth which one can discover is written by the ancestor or documented in official documents, such as an old wills describing land and property and names of family members and other relatives. One can speculate all they wish that the founding fathers were racists, but until they study actual documents, they will never have the real truth. Because, truth is essential to finding the ancestors. Relatives can say "this and that" about a deceased ancestor, yet the records usually proves otherwise. It happens too often to give remarks much value. When the student studies about wars, he should read original sources, like correspondence between statesmen discussing tactics of the age, such as American State Papers. Every State has archived documents which will lead the researcher to actual facts. What events were in play among local people and what did the correspondence of governors, congressmen, senators and other statesmen reveal? Truth is Real and to be wholly satisfied, one must discover it for themselves. The text books will come and go, opinions and falsehoods will always be the baggage of its times. However, it behooves every American to find answers independent of so-called academia.Index to Georgia Wills-See Names of your Ancestors
