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The Historical Melungeons Blog will publish news of current events within the Melungeon Community and articles of interest found on the Web about this historic dark skinned group from East Tennessee.
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Melungeon Historical Society blog
A great new blog for Melungeon researchers just went live at:http://melungeon-historical-society.blogspot.com/The mission statement of this new blog reads in part:The Melungeon Historical Society blog is a resource for anyone who would like to know ...
Saponi Commentary on Tribal Recognition
by Scott Collinssaponi360@yahoo.com1 May 2008Saponi Commentary on Tribal Recognition The current government and tribal systems in place for Federal recognition of Native American tribes is inadequate, illogical, and destructive. The policies practice...
A Melungeon Romance
Many years ago, when Tennessee was being settled by white people, there came to this section from Virginia a wealthy man with his family and his slaves. He bought a large and valuable tract of land a cleared it up and converted it into a farm. This t...
Incredible Melungeon Research Journey
My Incredible Research Journey My ancestors have been in Appalachia for many years, and in tracing them I have found a lot of interesting and sometimes unusual situations. One of these situations is when a lady at Stony Creek Church described a group...
Family History day to Feature Two Melungeon Authors
Wayne Winkler and Jack Goins will be speaking at 1:30 on Saturday, 14 June, at the West Jefferson Presbyterian Church in West Jefferson, NC.This is a Family History Day.All those who are able to attend will find this a very interesting event....
Melungeon Voices
Scroll down to the Melungeon Voices video and click once in the center to view video without leaving this site:...
THE MELUNGEONS OF EAST TENNESSEE
A HISTORY OF TENNESSEE and TENNESSEANSTHE MELUNGEONS OF EAST TENNESSEEWill T. Hale & Dixon L. Merritt 1913Dr. Samuel Tyndale Wilson says in his excellent little volume, “The Southern Mountaineers:”“Occasionally the student of sociology may ...
Finally; A Valid Melungeon DNA Project is Underway
One of the better known media hyped DNA tests was that of the Melungeons, a dark skinned group of unknown origin living in Tennessee in the early 1800's. These DNA tests were started about 2000, as a volunteer effort; there was no cost to the partici...
Who Were the Turks of Sumpter County?
by Pony Hill4/28/2005First off let me say this, I have no doubt that prior to the Civil War that the community of mixed-blood persons residing in Sumter County were probably referred to as "Turks". That this label was meant to define a Turkish origin...
MELUNGEON FAMILY OF THE MONTH
James Anderson Minor: Son of Lewis Minor & Sarah Fields, Grandson of Hezekiah Minor & Elizabeth GoinsRichard C. Minor Rosa Minor: Children of Gilford Minor & Ussley Roberts, Grandchildren of Zachariah Minor & Aggie SizemoreUssley Robe...
Sarcoidosis is Not a Melungeon Disease
Another Internet Myth about Melungeons that needs to be addressed is that Melungeons are afflicted by Sarcoidosis. This is simply not true.Janet CrainSARCOIDOSISWhat is sarcoidosis?Sarcoidosis is an inflammatory disease that can appear in almost any ...
Melungeon DNA Project
Melungeon DNA ProjectProject Information and GoalAmateur and professional genealogists and historians have been researching records, newspapers articles, Bibles, church records and more, plus listening to family stories for years to try and document ...
