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Melungeon Research and Links
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If you follow these links that I have listed here you'll notice that there are various theories on who the Melungeons were, and what their ancestry was. This makes the Melungeons all the more interesting, because no one knows for certain their background or origins, (though many have VERY strong opinions on the matter).
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The Melungeons
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Historical sketch, and information about surnames common in the Melungeon community.
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Implementation of Segregation
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An interesting site highlighting racial laws that affected Black and mixed race people, with one letter on the Brass Ankles of South Carolina.
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Melungeon Resource Page
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Includes a FAQ about the mixed Mediterranean-Indian heritage of Melungeons, genealogy links, and information on the Melungeon mailing list. By Martha Short
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The Melungeon Health Education and Support Network
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By Nancy Sparks Morrison. Provides information about the major Mediterranean illnesses that are inherited through the Melungeon connection.
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Redbones and Melungeons
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The Redbones or Louisiana Melungeons are a mixed origin group living near the Sabine River on the Texas-Louisiana border. They are connected to both the Melungeons and the mixed race groups of South Carolina.
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Appalachian Quarterly Magazine, Wise County (VA) Historical Society
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A magazine which regularly covers items on Melungeons. Link to the Melungeon Registry, which traces family histories of many Melungeon families. List of common Melungeon names.
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Melungeon Origin eGroup
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Discussion group on Melungeon history and origins.
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Black Dutch and Irish, Melungeons, Moravians, Pennsylvania Dutch
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Shirley Hornbeck's This and That Genealogy Tips, Genealogy Tips on Black Dutch and Irish, Melungeons, Moravians, Pennsylvania Dutch
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Melungeon Family Genealogy Forum
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Discussion of genealogical topics about Melungeon families.
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My Melungeon Heritage
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Histories of her family and some notable Melungeons such as Mahala Mullins. Some links. By Brenda Nichols.
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Melungeons: Examining An Appalachian Legend
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A book by Pat Spurlock Elder. Published by Continuity Press. Very controversial and considered unreliable by many researchers. Includes link to her talk at Second Union.
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ALHN Melungeon Webpage
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This is the Melungeon information page for the American Local History Network.
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Melungeon Links of Interest
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Part of Mountain Ties, Martha Short's site for Appalachian genealogy. This list gives many Melungeons sites.
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Melungeons - Their Turkish Origins - by Mehmet Cakir
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Term paper written by a Turkish student in Colorado.
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The Black Irish Myth
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A theory as to why people of Irish descent like to lay claim to Spanish blood from the Armada. Links the Black Irish to the Melungeons. By Tom Kunesh.
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Who to contact in your area
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Contact board for a major new effort to organize Melungeons in state, county or regional groups. See this to establish contact with other Melungeons and interested persons in your area. Posted by SKYEAGLE.
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Melungeon Mailing List
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How to join the Melungeon Mailing List, from Martha Short's Melungeon Resource Page.
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Wayfaring Stranger
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The Black Dutch, German Gypsies, or Chicanere, and their relation to the Melungeons, by Linda D. Griggs.
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Native American Muslims
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An article about early contact between Native Americans and Muslims, which contends many Native Americans adopted Islam. This may tie in with the better known Masonic movement among Native Americans.
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Black Dutch
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Six different meanings for the term Black Dutch or Black German.
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Paul Heinegg's "Free African Americans"
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Family history of 500 African American families who were free in Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Maryland and Delaware from the colonial period until about 1820. Gives information on the free Mulattos of Virginia and their role in the formation of the Melungeons and other groups.
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Archives of the Melungeon Mailing List.
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Archives at RootsWeb. Choose arranged by subject threads or chronological order, with or without names and dates. Search for names or topics of interest.
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Muslims in early America
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Article in Islamic Horizons, which is a reprint of part of Brent Kennedy's book.
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Search results for 'melungeon'
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GenSeeker at Rootsweb links to Melungeon sites (89 sites)
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Muslims in the Americas Before Columbus
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Some reference to Muslim presence among the Indians which might tie into the cultural observations which have been used as evidence of a Turkish presence in Colonial times. Emphasis is on Mediterranean Muslims, not the much better evidenced contact with the Guinea Coast.
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The Melungeons Revisited: First Union
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Article from Blue Ridge Country magazine on the First Union of the Melungeons and Brent Kennedy's work.
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The Melungeon Reemergence in Southern Appalachia
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Jason Adam's paper on the Melungeon struggle for self determination.
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Archives of the Melungeon-Kin Mailing List
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Messages on this Rootsweb mailing list. Includes some of the discussion on the Malange area of Angola as an origin of some of the original ancestors of the Melungeons.
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Melungeon E-Group
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A discussion group mainly for Melungeon genealogy.
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North from the Mountains: The Carmel Melungeons of Ohio
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By John S. Kessler and Donald B. Ball. Paper on the Melungeons of Carmel, Ohio, presented at Third Union, posted on the Melungeon Heritage Association webpage. Good history of Melungeons and it gives name distributions.
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Summer 2001 - Vardy Gathering, Unions
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Message from Wayne Winkler of the Melungeon Heritage Association about the meeting at Vardy this Summer. Vardy is on Blackwater Creek, behind Newman's Ridge from Sneedville, TN, site of Melungeon mission school.
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Vardy Community Historical Society
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This society is trying to preserve the Vardy Melungeon site on Blackwater Creek in Hancock County, TN. Museum in the old Melungeon school. Mahala Mullins' cabin brought to the site from Newman's ridge.
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Gowen Research Foundation
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Information on families with the name Gowen, including variations. This includes the most common Melungeon name, Goins, Goin, Goings, Going, and others. Search the newsletters.
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Melungeon
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A site which has a very long list of other information on the Melungeons plus a recounting of some of the older stories about Melungeon history.
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Surviving Indian Groups of Eastern U.S.
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1948 article based on Census research on Indian and mixed race groups of eastern U.S. Description, location and common names given for many groups, including the Melungeons and Redbones. By William Harlen Gilbert. 32 pages.
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The National Melungeon Registry
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List of Melungeon surnames. Register your family.
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Shalacy's Melungeon Homepage
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Shalacy is a 13 year old country/folk entertainer. She sang her "Melungeon Song" at the Melungeon Third Union. Site has links and her school report on the Melungeons.
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MELUNGEONS and Other Mestee Groups
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Full-text on-line book with annotated bibliography. Description and history of the Melungeons and other mixed race groups in the eastern United States. By Mike Nassau.
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Melungeons.com
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Gives links to many sites, including the articles on the new DNA study.
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Mahala Mullins
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A site dedicated to the folk heroine of the Melungeons with a photograph of her.
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Our Melungeons: Taking Back Our Heritage
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Here is a site from Melungeons determined to resist scientific and historical research and maintain their old legends as truth.
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Melungeons: Who Are They?
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Description of what is known and unknown about these people of Appalachia. Includes some traditional versions of their origins and description of physical characteristics.
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Under One Sky
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Bill Fields' personal web site including the archives of Under One Sky, newsletter of the Southeastern Kentucky Melungeon Information Exchange. Information on Melungeon Heritage.
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Melungeon Definition 2000
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A definition of the term Melungeon with an attempt to describe who would be included in the group.
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Melungeons discussion group
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Melungeon research, family searches and other information is freely exchanged in a friendly forum.
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Melungeon Heritage Association
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Established to document and preserve the cultural legacy of mixed-ancestry peoples in the southern Appalachians. Articles, links, and information about periodic Melungeon conventions known as "unions".
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Melungeon Family Photo Album
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Site where Melungeons can post pictures of their family for others to see.
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Redbone Heritage Foundation
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A group dedicated to investigating the history and origins of the Redbones, also known as the Louisiana Melungeons.
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American Indian Melungeon
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Book on American Indians and the origin of the Melungeons, by Karlton Douglas.
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Goins Family History
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This Group is for Goins From Virginia, Tennessee, and Kentucky. Everyone with Goins ancestry (all spellings and areas) is welcome.
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Black Dutch Yahoo Group
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A discussion group for anyone interested in people described as Black Dutch or Black German.
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What is a Melungeon?
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Description of several groups which are called Melungeon. Stresses the need to have a definition broad enough to cover all of them, by Mike Nassau.
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People of Color in Old Tennessee
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Patrick Minges' articles on Cherokee history, with an emphasis on race and religion. Discusses the racial mixing which contributed much to eht Melungeons.
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Melungeon Research
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A journal of Melungeon Research, put on internet by Nancy Morrison. Includes some classic literature like the articles of Wil Allen Dromgoole.
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Jack Goins Research: Melungeon and Appalachian Families
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A site dedicated to research on the NE TN and SW VA Melungeon communities. Information on DNA research on this area. Note the link to information on Jack Goins' book, a prime source for people connected to the Goins name or Hancock County, TN.
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MELUNGEONS and Other Mestee Groups
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On-line full-text book with annotated bibliography with some information on the Mestees of South Carolina, with citations to Brewton Berry's and Edward Price's earlier work.
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Appalachian Quarterly Magazine, Wise County Historical Society
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A magazine which regularly covers items on Melungeons. Link to the Melungeon Registry, which traces family histories of many Melungeon families. List of common Melungeon names.
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Redbones and Melungeons
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Melungeon and Redbone Page. Background information and history on the Redbones, sometimes called the "Louisiana Melungeons."
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Melungeons and Other Mestee Groups
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Anthropology on-line book which includes some information on the origin of Redbones. By Mike Nassau. 1994.
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