From roots-in@roots-l.rootsweb.com Thu Feb 9 13:51:51 2006 Received: from mail.rootsweb.com (mail.rootsweb.com [192.168.65.34]) by lists5.rootsweb.com (8.12.8/8.12.8) with ESMTP id k19KppE0017616; Thu, 9 Feb 2006 13:51:51 -0700 Received: from roots-l.rootsweb.com (roots-l.rootsweb.com [66.43.16.22]) by mail.rootsweb.com (8.13.4/8.13.4) with ESMTP id k19Kpn5q029163 for ; Thu, 9 Feb 2006 13:51:49 -0700 Received: from roots-l.rootsweb.com (roots-l [127.0.0.1]) by roots-l.rootsweb.com (8.12.10/8.12.10) with ESMTP id k19INGFI004980 for ; Thu, 9 Feb 2006 13:23:16 -0500 Received: (from roots-in@localhost) by roots-l.rootsweb.com (8.12.10/8.12.8/Submit) id k19INGVe004979 for roots-approved@rootsweb.com; Thu, 9 Feb 2006 13:23:16 -0500 Received: from lists5.rootsweb.com (lists5.rootsweb.com [66.43.27.41]) by roots-l.rootsweb.com (8.12.10/8.12.10) with SMTP id k19IFcFI004877 for ; Thu, 9 Feb 2006 13:15:38 -0500 Received: (from slist@localhost) by lists5.rootsweb.com (8.12.8/8.12.8) id k19Ki0Nf006787 for roots-in@roots-l.rootsweb.com; Thu, 9 Feb 2006 13:44:00 -0700 X-Envelope-From: lizparmalee@comcast.net Thu Feb 9 13:44:00 2006 Received: from mail.rootsweb.com (mail.rootsweb.com [192.168.65.34]) by lists5.rootsweb.com (8.12.8/8.12.8) with ESMTP id k19Ki0E0006774 for ; Thu, 9 Feb 2006 13:44:00 -0700 Received: from rwcrmhc13.comcast.net (rwcrmhc13.comcast.net [204.127.192.83]) by mail.rootsweb.com (8.13.4/8.13.4) with ESMTP id k19Khu3x024919 for ; Thu, 9 Feb 2006 13:43:57 -0700 Received: from elizabetf0vpz0 (c-68-47-194-3.hsd1.tn.comcast.net[68.47.194.3]) by comcast.net (rwcrmhc13) with SMTP id <20060209204353m1300rn13ue>; Thu, 9 Feb 2006 20:43:53 +0000 Message-ID: <003501c62db9$8ba565b0$03c22f44@elizabetf0vpz0> From: "Liz Parmalee" To: "Eliz Hanebury" , References: Subject: Re: [ROOTS-L] AFRICAN AMERICAN LIVES on PBS Date: Thu, 9 Feb 2006 15:43:55 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1"; reply-type=original Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2900.2180 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.2180 X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.52 on 192.168.65.34 X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.52 on 192.168.65.34 Sender: roots-in@roots-l.rootsweb.com Let me second this posting. I saw it last week and it was absolutely compelling. The one part of it I really enjoyed was the DNA test which traced the mother's mitochondrial dna to different parts of the world. I would love to have that test done on me. I'm going to do research and see if I can. Liz Parmalee ----- Original Message ----- From: "Eliz Hanebury" To: Sent: Thursday, February 09, 2006 12:36 PM Subject: [ROOTS-L] AFRICAN AMERICAN LIVES on PBS > Came upon it last night and it is brilliant especially if you are a > genealogist and have a general interest in how they did it. Personally I > found it fascinating > > Also the tracing of families with DNA is explored, and just held me > mesmerized. I have seen a little more than an hour and a half and know I > can > find it again Friday morning on WHYY. The main site is > http://www.pbs.org/wnet/aalives/ > You can find air times, and I cannot too highly recommend this show for > genealogists. > Eliz > > This is some of the press release for it; > < "...Dr. Gates will provide access to the day-to-day lives of several > prominent African-Americans, drawing on photographs, film clips, music, > and > early personal records, while a team of researchers, genealogists and > forensic DNA analysts will conduct investigations into their family > histories. By spotlighting African-American role models, the series hopes > to > inspire millions to consider their own heritage, and underscore for all > Americans the importance of knowing their past, in order to unlock the > future. > > "This is one of the most exciting projects in which I have been involved," > said Dr. Gates. "No television series has explored black roots both in > America and in Africa and used DNA research to investigate the origins of > individual African-Americans. AFRICAN-AMERICAN LIVES will be a great way > to > introduce young people to the marvels of archival and scientific research > and their practical applications. I hope that this project will encourage > them - and all Americans, especially those of African descent - to explore > their roots." >> >