Fancy Dancer : Council of Three Rivers American Indian Center Pow Pow

VISITS TO THE MELUNGEONS AND TIDEWATER VIRGINIA GROUPS By W. GROSVENOR POLLARD

"Newman's Ridge is the second ridge northeast of Sneedville to the right of State Highway 33. We followed a dirt road along the foot of the ridge through a narrow valley, known locally as Skunk Hollow, and passed many young people with black hair and varying shades of bronze skin color before seeing the first house. This was the only house we saw on the right side of the road, opposite the foot of Newman's Ridge. "

Lumbee Indians and Goins Family by Tracy Hutchison

Origins of the British

Origins of the British

In his 2006 book The Origins of the British, Oppenheimer argued that neither Anglo-Saxons nor Celts had much impact on the genetics of the inhabitants of the British Isles, and that British ancestry mainly traces back to the Paelolithic Iberian people, now represented by Basques, instead. He published an introduction to his book in Prospect magazine.[1]

Aztec : Father & Drummer

Aztec Family

Aztec Dancer

Aztec Band

Aztec Dancer

AZTEC DANCERS

Aztec Dancer

The Age of Explorers and Conquerors

Search the genealogy tables for your Spanish American ansestors.

Story of Wise-Cesme Sisterhood

Allegewi

Legends of the Allegewi

Amateurs pick up search for 'Lost Colony' - Science- msnbc.com

"George Ray, a retired home builder, is one of the many amateur archaeologists entranced by the Lost Colony — the 117 English settlers who disappeared from North Carolina’s Outer Banks in the late 1500s, having left behind only a single clue to their fate. "

Newsletter Volume 1, No. 1 September 1989

Excerpt:

"Today, Turkish scholars have verified that the name Melunjun was applied and used freely by early Ottoman Turk-ish sailors. The modem Turkish people recognize this term which meant cursed soul or abandoned by God. How ironic in view of the traumatic history of the Melungeons in America. Also, Spanish Historian, Eloy Gal-legoes, found the name in early Spanish Folk songs."

Where Do We Come From? Genetics DISCOVER Magazine by Kathleen McGowan

"Kennedy calls himself a Melungeon, but no one knows exactly what that means. There are perhaps as many as 200,000 Melungeons in the United States today, all descended from a mysterious colony of olive-skinned people who lived for centuries in the foothills of the Appalachians. Some say the Melungeons can be traced back to Portuguese sailors, shipwrecked in the 16th century, or to colonial-era Turkish silk workers. Others point to Gypsies, to Sir Francis Drake's lost colony of Roanoke, or to the ancient Phoenicians. It's not even clear where the word Melungeon comes from: It might be derived from the French mélange or even a corruption of an Arabic or Turkish term for "cursed souls."

"Re: Atten Tex becarefull what you read says" jan lala

"No I usually work alone. If someone helped out ill usually say who. After seeing the huge damage that Margaret Mead did, others Helen the Turk ect. Well can never be to carefull right. And now seeing what historians have done to uncle Bob its really disheartening.Whats clean is clean, whats unclean is unclean. Whats holy is holy, whats unholy is unholy. Bless them all ,the holy ones"

Slideshow: Melungeon Secret Solved, Sort Of.. by Libby Killebrew

"Libby Killebrew, geneologist and Melungeon activist at the Fourth Union of the Melungeons. Killebrew donated her DNA for the study and helped recruit other Melungeons, said Kristen Philipkoski of www.wired.com/news

The Electronic Front Porch: An Oral History of the Arrival of Modern Media in Rural Appalachia and the Melungeon Community by Dr. Jacob J. Po

melungeons.com Feature of the Month

Free African Americans of North Carolina, Virginia, And South Carolina from the Colonial Period to About 1820" by Paul Heinegg

This book is a must for genealogy.

Book Description

The recipient of the American Society of Genealogists' prestigious Donald Lines Jacobus Award for the best work of genealogical scholarship published between 1991 and 1994, Free African Americans of North Carolina and Virginia is, arguably, the greatest achievement in black genealogy ever published. The new third edition not only updates its illustrious predecessor but is 130 pages longer, treating nearly 300 free African American families and 12,000 individuals of the early national period of U.S. history.



More books by by Paul Heinegg

"The Forgotten Portuguese (Portuguese making of America : early North-American history" by Manuel Mira

Many people can trace their ancestry to America's southeast Appalachia region. Some of these people tell an oral history of Portuguese ancestors and they came to America in pre-colonial times. It is said the very word Melungeon means cursed or cursed soul.


My own research reveals that the Spanish and Portuguese did indeed come to America in the six-tenth and seventeenth centuries. You can read my research at : The Age of Explorers and Conquerors : The Melungeon Melding Pot Begins

Manuel Mira, born in Portugal, has written an eye opening book about the Portuguese who came to the shores of America.

Book Description

"Early American History, researches the origin of Melungeons and other groups. History of Portuguese settlers in America since the 1500's and their participation in the making of America. This is a history of one of the many minorities that makes up the American population. It presents many facts and over 100 illustrations, photographs and charts with American and Portuguese history chronology. It also presents the names of many settlers as well as the anglicized version."

Centuries-Old Map Baffles Researchers

By David Alexander
Reuters
Posted: 2007-12-04 07:56:51
Filed Under: Science News

WASHINGTON (Dec. 3) - The only surviving copy of the 500-year-old map that first used the name America goes on permanent display this month at the Library of Congress, but even as it prepares for its debut, the 1507 Waldseemuller map remains a puzzle for researchers.

Light Seeker - Atom

Light Seeker: Studying my history and Knight Templars by Shane Hale. Shane's family genealogy study has revealed a connection to Melungeon.

The Electronic Front Porch: An Oral History of the Arrival of Modern Media in Rural Appalachia and the Melungeon Community By Dr. Jacob J. Podber

Dr. Jacob Podber interviewed people from all over the U. S. who share a common Appalachian heritage. In his book he reveals how the Internet has brought the scattered Appalachian remnant together to form a family cyber community. The Internet has revolutionized the way people research their ancestors. The Internet is bringing families together and a better understanding of how their ancestors took part in the making of America.

"The book is published by Mercer University Press (September 30, 2007), they have published many books about Appalachian heritage. People worldwide are learning more about the overlooked history of many people who arrived in the Americas during the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. For the first time in history many records an documents are being digitized and published on the Internet, libraries, historical societies and by people who have a love of preserving history."





Biography Of the author:

"Dr. Jacob J. Podber is Assistant Professor in the College of Mass Communication and Media Arts at Southern Illinois University. His research interests are in electronic media usage in rural Appalachia and other “outsider” communities. His article “Early Radio in Rural Appalachia: An Oral History” appears in the Journal of Radio Studies. He also has a chapter forthcoming in Global Media Studies: Ethnographic Perspective. Routledge Press. Dr. Podber has won several awards, including the Outstanding Dissertation of the Year Award from the Broadcast Education Association, the Carl A. Ross Paper of the Year Award from the Appalachian Studies Association, the Top Paper Award from the Broadcast Education Association, and the Top Paper Award on an American Theme from the Ohio University-American Studies Steering Committee. In addition, Dr. Podber was Graduate Production Supervisor for the videotape accompaniment to the book Entertainment-Education: A Communication Strategy for Social Change by Everett Rogers & Arvind Singhal."