The Hays County Historical Commission’s research to correct errors is “dead on arrival,” non-systematic, and half-hearted at best. As reflected in Ms. Johnson’s “Letter to the Editor,” — “The research is focusing on primary documents rather than secondary sources and anecdotal information.”
The overwhelming preponderance of Black American History has been secondary and anecdotal. A history that was denied, abridged, adulterated and rewritten to the betterment and benefit of white America. For centuries this history has been from secondary sources and anecdotal information. Americans and specifically The Hays County Historical Commission should not devalue these two valuable research instruments in its to quest to correct errors. Eventually, through DNA, our genealogy has been established with a reasonably degree of certainty.
Notable examples for me where secondary and anecdotal information proved true include:
