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While accessing personal journals, letters, etc. are not essential to...

Sat, 4 Jul 2009 19:26:41 PST

While accessing personal journals, letters, etc. are not essential to locating one's ancestors, it seems that an intrinsic part of the desire to trace one's ancestry stems from wanting to know what and who one is. By learning one's nationality(ies), for instance, one learns why one has certain characteristics. Even more so, when one reads diaries, letters, autobiographies, of one's ancestors/relatives, one may discover something of...

During segregation in the South, there was a definitive separation of...

Sat, 4 Jul 2009 18:08:50 PST

During segregation in the South, there was a definitive separation of races in every aspect: parks, churches, stores, restaurants, schools, movies, public restrooms, drinking fountains, etc. So, of course, no white teachers worked in black schools and vice versa. The only place in which blacks and whites were closely involved was in the home in which there was a maid or servant of some kind. In such an environment there often was...

Since schools were segregated in Jacksonville, FL in the '40's, were...

Sat, 4 Jul 2009 16:38:13 PST

Since schools were segregated in Jacksonville, FL in the '40's, were teachers & principals also segregated by race?

I do haven't questions.

Sat, 4 Jul 2009 08:17:43 PST

I do haven't questions.

Organizational culture refers to common behavior patters within the...

Sat, 4 Jul 2009 02:50:44 PST

Organizational culture refers to common behavior patters within the group of people constituting the organization. A strong organizational culture means that people within the organization tend to have similar beliefs and behavior patterns. A strong organization culture also means that there is less tolerance for behavior that deviates from the accepted patterns. Weak organization culture on the other hand means that influence of the...

How does a strong culture influence organizational performance?

Fri, 3 Jul 2009 22:47:05 PST

How does a strong culture influence organizational performance?

The ginger plant is not found in the wild, and therefore it is difficult...

Fri, 3 Jul 2009 22:45:56 PST

The ginger plant is not found in the wild, and therefore it is difficult to determine the place of its origin. However it is very clear that Ginger was used in India for cooking and medical purposes more than 2500 years back. Ginger is an important ingredient in many medical preparations as per the old Indian system of medicine called Ayurveda. These preparation have been documented in different texts of Ayurveda some of which are more than...

Plant propagation in general refers to the process of reproduction or...

Fri, 3 Jul 2009 21:44:57 PST

Plant propagation in general refers to the process of reproduction or multiplication of plants, this includes reproduction by seed and spores as well as asexual methods. However frequently the term plant propagation is used for plant propagation carried out artificially in agriculture, scientific research and gardening. This involves purposeful and directed division of plant cells, tissues or organs. Our further discussion pertains to this...

What is plant propagation? What benefits can we get from this? What are...

Fri, 3 Jul 2009 19:20:47 PST

What is plant propagation? What benefits can we get from this? What are the disadvantages?

Ginger has been around so long that it is unclear of the exact origin. ...

Fri, 3 Jul 2009 13:37:36 PST

Ginger has been around so long that it is unclear of the exact origin. It was grown in China and India and was found in the European countries over two thousand years ago. The Romans have records of Ginger in their tax accounts. There are references to Ginger in "Physicians of Myddvai," a collection of recipes and prescriptions written by a physician, Rhiwallon, and his three sons, by mandate of Rhys Gryg, prince of South Wales (who died...

How do I check how many points I have on enotes?

Fri, 3 Jul 2009 10:22:50 PST

How do I check how many points I have on enotes?

What is journal give some examples.

Fri, 3 Jul 2009 05:01:11 PST

What is journal give some examples.

In researching your family, you are doing genuine historical research....

Thu, 2 Jul 2009 22:03:42 PST

In researching your family, you are doing genuine historical research. Letters, diaries, and autobiographies are considered primary sources in researching history because they are original sources, not the results of someone else's research. Primary sources are also very valuable in research because they have not been interpreted by others. Here's a link that talks about primary sources in historical research. Notice that there are numerous...

What is the history of alternative medicine ginger?

Thu, 2 Jul 2009 20:46:04 PST

What is the history of alternative medicine ginger?

I am not so sure that you need those for a family tree. Those add...

Thu, 2 Jul 2009 16:09:39 PST

I am not so sure that you need those for a family tree. Those add knowledge and insight to members of the family that can be had without constructing a tree. I dated my family tree back to 1716 without any correspondence of any kind. Those materials came later after I discovered who some relatives were.

Reading and examining letters and diaries is an excellent way of...

Thu, 2 Jul 2009 13:42:59 PST

Reading and examining letters and diaries is an excellent way of discovering your family's history. Through reading diaries and letters, it is almost as if you are able to step back in time and live that moment. It not only gives you a personal account of the events of that particular relatives life, but you may it may also give you an insight as to what was going on historically during that time period. For example, if someone grew up...

I think that the first hand accounts rendered in letters, diaries, and...

Thu, 2 Jul 2009 07:18:15 PST

I think that the first hand accounts rendered in letters, diaries, and autobiographies can help in many ways with family tree history. In my mind, the most obvious help they offer is chronology and placement. First hand accounts can help surveyors of family history place events and people in their proper context. They can also help with relational issues, in terms of better understanding connections and links between individuals. Since...

What benefits do you get from using letters, diaries, and...

Thu, 2 Jul 2009 06:36:08 PST

what bebefits do you get from using letters, diaries, and autobiographies to help with family tree history?

I think it is sad that Michael Jackson passed away but everyone is...

Thu, 2 Jul 2009 04:29:16 PST

I think it is sad that Michael Jackson passed away but everyone is blowing it way out of proportion last year they didnt have a good word to say about him and now all you hear is Michael Jackson this and Michael Jackson that and its starting to really bugging me. His father was on the telly the other night and he was crying his eyes out after him beating him when he was younger. Michael even wrote him out of his will!!

Looking for an idol/icon has been a long human obsession, be it Jackson...

Thu, 2 Jul 2009 00:08:18 PST

Looking for an idol/icon has been a long human obsession, be it Jackson or Lady Diana. We live in the midst of hard realities, and love to build our phantasies/myths that represent larger-than-life images/dimensions. This may be hysteric, but who can live this life without a little bit of hysteria? The masses are the common lump of routine ordinary living; allow it to be a little spicy, a bit saucy, a bit absurd even.