Monthly Archives: February 2010

After Bogus Jesse James History, TV’s HISTORY program to air bogus JFK history


With its developing record of concocting bogus Jesse James history for the sake of TV ratings, the television distributor formerly known as The History Channel now attacks the history of the President John F. Kennedy and the Kennedy family. TV’s History program formerly fabricated fake Jesse James history in an effort to improve ratings and to attract the young male demographic,… (more…)

New Netherton Descendant Line


Missy Netherton, aka Melissa Netherton-Perez, has contributed her descendant line from Leroy Allen Netherton Sr. Descendants of Harley Benjamin Netherton 1 Harley Benjamin Netherton 1904 – 1962 b: Jul 04, 1904 in Jerrico Springs, Cedar Co MO d: May 17, 1962 in Chicago, Cook Co IL + Mary Elizabeth Warren 1913 – 1981 b: Dec 04, 1913 in Dodge City,… (more…)

A Yankee Writer in the Bluegrass


I’m seven years in Kentucky now, researching and writing my history book, SOUL LIBERTY, soon to be published. They still call me Yankee. They still say I’ll never fit in. Never mind my family was here long before theirs, and still is. Never mind I know more about their families, than they know themselves. I came to Kentucky to write… (more…)

Duke Ellington, Two Ton Baker, & a Pair of James


A couple of childhood friends… Chicago radio & TV personality Two Ton Baker, and Duke Ellington, taken at the Blue Note, where my mother Elaine was a cocktail waitress. She & Ella Fitzgerald shared the same birthday, & always joked about it. At home I wasn’t all that friendly to my sister, Mary Lee, though we put on a good… (more…)

Who Do You Think You Are ?


I’m looking forward to this program for a number of reasons. Ever since I gave the Founder’s Day Address at Georgetown College in Kentucky a few years ago, I’ve publiclly advocated for the institution of accredited study of family history in schools and colleges. Not so much for learning about one’s family, which is thrilling in itself; nor for learning… (more…)

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