WEBSITES with MELUNGEON INFORMATION
1. General Melungeon Research
2. Common Melungeon Surname Research
3. Geographical and Place Name Research of areas where Melungeons may be found.
4. Melungeon Mailing Lists
5. Possible Ancestors of Melungeons: Native American Research/Portuguese/Spanish etc.
6. DNA
GENERAL MELUNGEON RESEARCH
The Appalachian Quarterly Melungeon Section Sept. 1997 through present. Published by the Wise County Historical Society
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American Anthropological Association, Statement on Race,
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An ONLINE Dictionary Definition of Melungeons:
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ANTHONY, Ted
From The Cincinnati Enquirer, Sunday June 7, 1998 by Ted Anthony
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BALL, BONNIE
One of the earliest writers about the Melungeons was Bonnie Ball. Here is an excerpt from her book:
OR:
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BEREA: Brushy Fork Institute
Articles on Native Americans, African Americans, Melungeons, Jews and Multi-cultural ancestry"
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C.I.B,
The Mystery of the Melungeons
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CAMPBELL, Helen
The Melungeon Page
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DePRATTER, Chester
Santa Elena Home Page
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DOUGHERTY, James
The Legend of Swift's Silver Mine
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DOUGLAS, Karlton
An overview of the Melungeons with connecting links.
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DOVEY, Dee
Links to MANY Melungeon websites and data for research
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DROMGOOLE, Will Allen
The Melungeon Tree and Its Four Branches
The Heart of Old Hickory and Other Stories of Tennessee: Fiction: The Heart of Old Hickory and Other Stories of Tennessee: Electronic Edition.Dromgoole, Will Allen, 1860-1934
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ELDER, Pat Spurlock
How to Research a Little Bit of Melungeon: A Basic Guideline
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EVANS, Raymond
The Graysville Melungeons
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FARLEY, Gloria:
In Plain Site
A fascinating site describing archaeological findings in the middle of the
United States of folks who were not supposed to be here but were with mentions of Melungeons:
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FIELDS, Bill
Under One Sky, an online newsletter with Melungeon connecting links:
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Hancock County, the home of the Melungeons
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HAUN, Mildred
FICTION - From Virginia Tech, comes the story of MELUNGEON-COLORED, by Mildred
Haun. Excellent story that gives us an idea of what it meant to be a Melungeon - be sure to read it. Have a hanky handy!
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HAYES, Kevin
The Atlanta Melungeon Project
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HIRSCHMAN, Elizabeth
Melungeons
The Last Lost Tribe in America
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JOHNS, Vicki Slagle
Written With a Flourish
Local Color Writers of TN including Dromgoole:
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JORDAN, Vern
The Melungeon People "Article in story form concerning the Melungeon people."
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KENNEDY, N. Brent:
Barbadoes Link to Melungeon Surnames
The Melungeons: A New Path
Where We are Today: Comments on the State of Melungeon Research
redirect takes you to My Melungeon Depot. Click ARTICLES, scroll down the page.
The Melungeons: An Untold Story of Ethnic Cleansing in America
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KESSLER, John S. and Donald B. Ball
North From the Mountains: The Carmel Melungeons of Ohio
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KIRK, Lowell
Origin of the Melungeons
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KOLHOFF, Michael
Fugitive Communities in Colonial America
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LIPSCOMB, Terry
The McDonald Furman Papers, 1889-1903
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LISTER, Richard
World: Americas Lost People of Appalachia
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MARLER, Don
The Louisiana Redbones,
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MOORE, Mrs. John Trotwood
Letter to Walter Plecker Regarding Melungeon Classification
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MORRELLO, Carol
Beneath Myth: Melungeons Find Roots of Oppression
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MORRISON, Nancy Sparks
The MELUNGEON HEALTH EDUCATION AND SUPPORT NETWORK:
Diagrams of physical characteristics
Common Melungeon surnames
Sparks Genealogy:
(Select: Index/Nancy's Corner/The Melungeon Connection)
(Select: Index/The Melungeon Media Release)
The Mystery of the Melungeons, by Nancy Sparks Morrison
IIGSÖ Newsletter - October 1998
Brownlow's Whig:
Brownlow was a preacher, and the editor/owner of the Whig Newspaper in Jonesborough, TN in 1840. His use of the term 'Malungeon' is one of the earliest mentions of that word that can be found in print.
A NOTE ON THE MELUNGEONS *
By Swan M. Burnett, M. D., Washington October 1889 <<Legends of the Melungeons I first heard at my father's knee as a child in the mountains of Eastern Tennessee...* Read before the Society at its regular meeting, February 5, 1889.>> (Full text of the above follows these notes)
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MURRAH, Lee
Redbones and Melungeons
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NASSAU, Mike
Melungeon LINKS page:
What is a Melungeon?
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ORR, Evelyn McKinley and Others
"The Origin of Name Melungeon, From Northern European People,
or Else the Wider World Views?
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PHELPS, Steven
The World Was Really Their Home
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PHILLIPKOSKI, Kristen
Wired News: The 'Lost Tribe' of Appalachia
Wired News; Melungeon Secrets Solved, Sort of…
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PIPES, Daniel
Review of The Melungeons: The Resurrection of a Proud People by N. Brent Kennedy
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PLECKER, Walter A.
1942 Letter to the Tennessee Secretary of State
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PRITCHARD, Kelly
Kelly's Melungeon MUSIC page:
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ROBERTSON, Rhonda
Historical Sketches of SW Virginia
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SCHROEDER, Joan Vannorsdall
First Union: The Melungeons Revisted.
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SHORT, Martha
Welcome to my Melungeon Webpage
Melungeon Links Page:
Mountain Ties
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STILLWEL, Jenny, contributed by:
Stony Creek Church Minutes
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THE MELUNGEON HERITAGE ASSOCIATION:
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Vande brake, Kathryn
A Wired Neighborhood
Community on the Melungeon List
A Linguistic Analysis
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WINKLER, Wayne
Walking Toward the Sunset
The Melungeons of Appalachia
COMMON SURNAME WEBSITES:
In this section, you will find websites noting some common Melungeon research. Not every common name is included here. I suggest that if your surnames are not listed that you go to:
Input in the search engine, the following:
(Your common Melungeon surname)+ Melungeons (do not use the brackets, just insert your surname there.)
Or use quotation marks in the following manner:
Ex: "Collins Genealogy" "Melungeons"
"Collins Genealogy" "Melungeon"
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BELTZ, Phillip
Melungeons Among Us: Barlow/Barlowe Surname
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CAMPBELL, Helen
Baber Connection: In the Shadows of the Blue Ridges. This interesting
story of one family's trouble with 'color' and the hiding of the picture of
"Baber," in a cedar chest; tells much about the way that many Melungeons
were forced to live.
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CASEY, Roger
Melungeon page w pictures of MULLINS and SMITH family members as well as Gravehouse pictures and more:
Casey /Creameans Clan of WV
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CHINN, Stephen:
Cousins Corner featuring Mullins and many more surnames
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CONNERTH, Kate
Kate's Genealogy: COLLIER, JOHNSON, SIZEMORE and more:
Old Ned Sizemore:
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CRESSWELL, Pamela
PERKINS Trial: Introduction - Joshua F. PERKINS vs. John R. WHITE
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DAVIS, R. P. Stephen, Jr.
The Journeys of James Needham and Gabriel Arthur
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DILLON, Brenda Collins
Appalachian Mt. Families featuring:
BENNETT; COLLINS; TAYLOR; WILLIAMS; and more with MANY connecting links for research:
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DOVEY, DEE
Dee Dovey's Melungeon family including Croston, Davis, Pritchard and many more
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DRYER, Donna
SHEPHERD, DAVIS and MANY other surnames:
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FALKNER, James R.
Many surnames including GOINS
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FRENCH, Mark , Jr.
GENEALOGICAL HISTORY OF THE MELUNGEON FAMILIES including COLLINS, OSBORN, GIBSON, SEXTON and others
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GOINS, Jack
SIZEMORE surname
Zephaniah Goins
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The GOWEN Research Foundation:
Searching all spellings of this name including Goen, Goings, Goin/s, Gouen,
Gorins and many others. Some of this site is open to non-members. Click on GUESTs PAGE - Try the Dear Cousins
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GOODYEAR, MaryK Sparks
Eastern KY Families - THOMPSON, NELSON, REMY/RAMEY, JONES etc.
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GRANT, Marty
Genealogy, Melungeons, links:
Ethnic Origins:
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GRIFFITH, Terry
Stokely Bowlin: Declaration for Original Pension of an Invalid
State of Kentucky , County of Clay
John A Maggard
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GUNTER, Leslie
BAKER, BOLLING, BOWLING, BOWLIN, and other surnames with connecting links.
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Hancock County, MULLINS Research
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LUCAS, Marshall "Dancing Elk"
My Melungeon Depot families featuring:
NORRIS, MALE, GOINS, CROCKETT, ADAMS, PRITCHARD, DOLTON, KENNEDY, HARRIS, FINDLEY, CROSTON,
and MANY more connecting links for research:
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MARTIN, William
Appalachian Mountain Families including Bowling and Sizemore
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MUNDY Beverly
Leven COLE 1745- 1816 featuring COLE and other connecting lines.
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MURRAH, M. Lee
Ashworth Family Page featuring Ashworth and connecting lines.
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MYERS, Russ
A HUGE Surname page including but not limited to:
BIGGS Family Researchers
8900 Families, 25,000+ names
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NICHOLS, Brenda
Melungeon page. Unlike a lot of us Brenda knew all her
life that she was a Melungeon descendant. This site is from her perspective
as such with surnames COLLINS, RHEA, JOHNSON and others.
Also see her Melungeon page with links:
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PARSONS, Linda
Lewis J. GREEN Sr. and connecting lines
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REED, William
Reed and Stapelton Homepage: MANY surnames here
Family Links and Websites: a tremendous links page
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ROBERTS, Kay
Our Family Tree- researching Martin, Van Namee, Mann, Goodman, Lowry,
Rutledge, Roark and others; seeking info about Melungeons, Native Americans
and Black Dutch.
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SWANSTROM, Justin
Genealogy: Robertson Family: Melungeons
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TELLUP, Joe
COLLINS Family Genealogy Search Page:
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UNKNOWN,
Southwest Virginia History and Genealogy
(EXCELLENT LINKS and many Melungeon surnames on the
list.)
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UNKNOWN,
Tri-Racial Genealogy Page featuring Lee, Goin /Goen/Gowen, Henderson, Newman and Daniels and MANY more with information on African Americans, Native Americans, Melungeons:
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UNKNOWN,
BUNCH and many other surnames
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UNKNOWN,
Early Settlers of Washington Co., VA
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UNKNOWN,
Surnames of Kentucky
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de Valdes y Cocom, Mario
Secret Family : Gibson
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WELLS, Gayl, Greg Belcher
The Belcher Blues On-line Newsletter
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GEOGRAPHICAL and PLACE NAME websites:
The following websites are not exhaustive of all that can be found on the internet, but each of them deals in part with a specific area where known Melungeons have been. Some has specific Melungeon links but others are general in nature. There is some overlap because some of these also have GENEALOGY.
ALVORD, Clarence W. and Lee Bidgood.
The First Explorations of the Trans-Alleghany Region by the Virginians 1650- 1674
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Appalachian Heritage and Genealogy:
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GOODYEAR, Mary K Sparks
EASTERN KENTUCKY GENEALOGY AND HISTORY CONNECTIONS
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MUSICK, Darrell
East Kentucky Heritage including MUSIC/MUSICK/COLLINS family and more
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The Kentucky Explorer Magazine -
this site has a fully functional message board with search capabilities. Many Melungeon surnames listed here.
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Johnson Co., KY Genweb:
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Dickenson Co., VA
Genweb page with MANY Melungeon surnames here
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Grayson Co., VA
Genweb page MANY Melungeon surnames here
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DIXON, Danny
History of the Settlement of SW_VA 1400 to 1800
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MILLER, Jeff
A WV Chronology:
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New River Notes, WEAVER, Jeffrey
Notes for the Upper New River Valley of NC &
VA. (Ashe, Alleghany, Watagua and Wilkes County, North Carolina and Grayson
County, & far SW VA. MANY connecting links here. A MUST READ for anyone searching in this area:
1782 Washington Co., VA Tax List
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STEPHENS, Vickie Sturgill
Wise County, VA genweb:
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SW Virginia History and Genealogy
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Tennessee History -
Full History Stories
Bell Witch of TN (Bell is one of the common Melungeon surnames)
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UNKNOWN,
300 Million Plus Records for Genealogy
NC/SC/VA/TN/KY Searchable Records - EXTENSIVE website
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Vardy Church Museum
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Wayne Co. WV USGenweb:
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BINNS Genealogy: 1790/1800 County Tax Lists of Virginia
Recontructed 1790 and 1800 Census as well as much more
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MELUNGEON MAILING LISTS:
MORRISON, Nancy Sparks
To join the list please SEE:
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Melungeon and Metis Christians
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/MelungeonMetisChristians/_________________________
The Melungeon List Homepage
http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/other/Ethnic-Mixed/Melungeon.html
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Melungeon Origin
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/MelungeonOrigin/ANCESTORS of the MELUNGEONS
AMERICAN INDIAN-MELUNGEON abstracts
http://www.angelfire.com/tn3/youngeagle/INDIANMelungeon.htm
Assissi, Francis
EAST INDIAN SLAVES IN COLONIAL AMERICA:
AN UNTOLD FACET OF AMERICAN HISTORY
http://www.asianamerican.net/article10.html
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Portuguese-American Historical and Research:
Many early Melungeons declared that they were "Portyghee."
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BENGE, Barbara with Karen Phister, Kevin Breechner, Ed Mentz,
Native American Genealogy w/ a Melungeon page
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The History of the Cherokee: First European Contact
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DOUGLAS, Karlton
Remnant Indians of the Southeast
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FOSTER, Dave
The Lost State of Franklin from Dave Foster's Franklin, the Stillborn State and the Sevier/Tipton Political Feud
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GRIGGS, Linda
The Wayfaring Stranger: The Black Dutch, German Gypsies or Chicanere and their relation to the Melungeon
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Was Your Ancestor a Gypsy - good background here:
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ROMANY and TRAVELLER Family History Society
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HASHAW, Tim
MALUNGU: THE MBUNDU-AFRICAN ORIGIN OF THE AMERICAN MELUNGEONS
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Heinegg, Paul
Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Delaware Free African Americans
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PEPPER BIRD Foundation:
Americans of Hispanic Heritage
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REED, Maryanne
Righteous Remnant: Jewish Survival in Appalachia
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Barbadoes and the Melungeons of Appalachia
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The OTHER Blackfoot Indians - Saponi
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UNKNOWN
The Patrin Web Journal: Romani (Gypsy) Culture and History
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University of Colorado
Colonial American History to 1815
A HUGE inventory of connecting links
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Virginia's Indians, Past and Present
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West Virginia Archives and History
History of Native Americans in WV
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West Virginia Indian Tribes
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DNA
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Appalachian Focus: Debate on Gene Pool remains alive, well
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KENNEDY, N. Brent
Melungeon DNA