The Melungeons

tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-103797982012-01-20T18:14:24.229-05:00The Melungeonsmelungeons.com blogHelen Campbellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10220369309438912403noreply@blogger.comBlogger11951100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10379798.post-30857508069655719062011-09-27T15:14:00.000-04:002011-09-27T15:16:22.758-04:00DNA Consultants' Melungeon DNA Project

"Update, Sept. 16, 2010. The article by Donald N. Panther-Yates and Elizabeth Caldwell Hirschman, "Towards a Genetic Profile of Melungeons in Southern Appalachia," is currently in page proofs at Appalachian Journal and ought to be published sometime this fall. We will post a copy of it here when it appears. In the meantime, we are pleased to post the data containing the profiles of the forty

Helen Campbellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10220369309438912403noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10379798.post-68726146658304554402011-09-27T15:11:00.001-04:002011-09-27T15:14:13.745-04:00President Barack Obama a Melungeon Desendant

"San Diego State University professor D. Emily Hicks has traced some common ancestry with President Barack Obama. According to the professor of Chicana/o Studies, she and the President share Melungeon roots. Obama is a descendant of Mary Collins of Orange County, Virginia as well as of Nathaniel Bunch of Louisa County and John Bunch of New Kent--well known "feeder" counties for what became the

Helen Campbellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10220369309438912403noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10379798.post-58958890919966290852011-09-13T00:53:00.000-04:002011-09-13T00:54:57.377-04:00Landua

Landua 's family praising him.

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"Updated: 11:25 AM Sep 9, 2011NEW INFO: 'America's Got Talent' Finalist Landau Has a Sweeping Past Landau Murphy, the singing sensation from Logan, wasn't aways a crooner.""Posted: 10:05 PM Sep 7, 2011Reporter: WSAZ News Staff, Randy YoheEmail Address: news@wsaz.com, randy.yohe@wsaz.com"

Helen Campbellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10220369309438912403noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10379798.post-48960626598449481872011-09-13T00:39:00.003-04:002011-09-13T00:48:28.165-04:00Is Landua A Melungeon?

This is amazing !! Logan County, West Virginia, used to be Melungeon, (still is), Melungeon Country!! I wonder if Landua has Melungeon DNA ? Sure is tall enough.Helen Campbell

Helen Campbellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10220369309438912403noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10379798.post-67092699096950846882010-11-24T23:06:00.003-05:002010-11-24T23:13:11.593-05:00Did You Know....The Lumbee tribe has mixed origins?

"The Lumbee people today trace their origins to both Siouan and Algonquian Indians. Lumbee ancestors also intermarried with white, black, and Cherokee people--including, possibly, the 'lost' colony of Roanoke, who the Croatan Indians may have adopted."

Helen Campbellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10220369309438912403noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10379798.post-73168572846327883862010-10-18T00:23:00.003-04:002010-10-18T00:35:03.065-04:00Council of Three Rivers American Indian Center

Fantastic Event! See you all Next September! The girls are putting together Ribon Dresses and they are moving those feet to the drum-beats. Super singing...keep up the good work.

Helen Campbellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10220369309438912403noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10379798.post-17925717600354269562010-10-05T22:45:00.000-04:002010-10-05T23:14:25.007-04:00Melungeon Forum

Helen Campbellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10220369309438912403noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10379798.post-349828097980210412010-08-23T22:17:00.002-04:002010-08-23T22:29:09.207-04:00Mosque near 911 Twin Towers Memorial

I think this is a critical time in America's history. I have many Turk friends, in America, (including NY), they are a compassionate peoples. I feel that America's Twin Towers terrorist, high-jacked was also a terrorist act on the Islamic peoples. There was many Muslims who died on 911. The for fathers made it very clear that Americans has a legal right to worship, no matter what religion that be

Helen Campbellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10220369309438912403noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10379798.post-61082448525067621552010-08-22T13:15:00.002-04:002010-08-22T13:20:36.332-04:00Cherokees being made to submit DNA testing

Thanks Penny, for your post about this invasion of human kind. Are they going to start putting geo trackers on those Cherokees like they do to the bears?

Helen Campbellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10220369309438912403noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10379798.post-26570468086218395142010-08-22T13:11:00.001-04:002010-08-22T13:13:18.457-04:00Council passes several changes to Enrollment Ordinance

Due to the recent completion of the audit of the enrollment records of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians, the issue of enrollment is on many people’s minds. That topic was discussed during the regular session of Tribal Council on Thursday, June 3 as several changes to the Tribe’s Enrollment Ordinance were approved in the form of Ordinance No. 277.One of the major changes will be the addition

Helen Campbellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10220369309438912403noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10379798.post-27504999562885377472010-08-22T13:05:00.000-04:002010-08-22T13:06:32.740-04:00Social notworking site wants your bodily fluids

I've got a Bono to pick with you By Sylvie Barak I've got a Bono to pick with you By Sylvie Barak

Helen Campbellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10220369309438912403noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10379798.post-24288315283606451622010-08-22T12:43:00.001-04:002010-08-22T13:01:22.549-04:00Online genetic testing exposed as a scam

"No lifeguard in gene pool shocka" By Sylvie Barak Thu Jul 03 2008, 11:01 SENDING YOUR BODILY fluids off to online DNA testing centres probably won’t bring you any closer to solving the mysteries in your family tree, according to an undercover investigation...........

Helen Campbellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10220369309438912403noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10379798.post-25421743728183693842010-08-22T12:39:00.001-04:002010-08-22T12:42:46.262-04:00MHA Melungeon Union

Helen Campbellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10220369309438912403noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10379798.post-7051255889078442312010-08-22T12:38:00.000-04:002010-08-22T12:39:09.266-04:00Richard Thornton to The Melungeons

Thu, August 12, 2010 9:19:52 PM[The Melungeons] New comment on RLA - The Journeys of James Needham and Gabriel Ar....From: Richard Thornton Add to Contacts To: helen@melungeons.com --------------------------------------------------------------------------------Richard Thornton has left a new comment on your post "RLA - The Journeys of James Needham and Gabriel Ar...": No where did James

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Helen Campbellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10220369309438912403noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10379798.post-91475826301108444342010-05-22T01:15:00.000-04:002010-05-22T01:15:12.348-04:00Shurid GIPSON

Shurid GIPSON: "Shurid GIPSON"

Helen Campbellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10220369309438912403noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10379798.post-17428668120413411762010-05-05T15:48:00.000-04:002010-05-05T15:49:24.974-04:00Historical Melungeons: Award of Distinction presented to Jack Goins, MHS president

Helen Campbellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10220369309438912403noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10379798.post-19881843514828420782010-02-21T00:03:00.001-05:002010-02-21T00:15:47.024-05:00American Indians bless Venango Trails land

American Indians bless Venango Trails landSunday, August 03, 2008By Rachael Conway, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

Helen Campbellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10220369309438912403noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10379798.post-34980178640599523702010-02-16T23:50:00.002-05:002010-02-16T23:57:30.062-05:00Freeman Family & George Hall - Indian

Posted by: James NickensDr. James Nickens, who is a well known Melungeon, is seeking information on Culpepper Copunty, Virginia.

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Helen Campbellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10220369309438912403noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10379798.post-73125956009751340722009-11-30T17:14:00.002-05:002009-11-30T17:18:10.972-05:00Search Newspaper Pages

The Library of Congress Website

Helen Campbellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10220369309438912403noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10379798.post-57828305402327912102009-11-30T16:53:00.003-05:002009-11-30T17:12:41.063-05:00Melungeon List Rules

Janet Crain has a member of the Melungeon List on moderation. Who this person might be is unclear. The Melungeon List has been very active during the month of November. As usual, there seems to be personal verbal attacks. Janet's husband passed away recently. Melungeon Listers should remember this fact before they hit the send button to the Melungeon List. Also, don't forget that Santa Claus is

Helen Campbellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10220369309438912403noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10379798.post-83446862572104372982009-11-12T19:41:00.001-05:002009-11-12T19:43:31.248-05:00Alavi Foundation

5th Avenue Skyscraper Center of Iranian MysteryWednesday, June 17, 2009 Eric Shawn

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Helen Campbellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10220369309438912403noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10379798.post-60893050148413840272009-11-10T22:26:00.000-05:002009-11-10T22:48:03.364-05:00

Helen Campbellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10220369309438912403noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10379798.post-55544702547520550432009-10-27T22:56:00.002-04:002009-10-27T23:00:27.460-04:00"Indian Affairs"

WHAT WE DO? SERVICES OVERVIEW"The United States has a unique legal and political relationship with Indian tribes and Alaska Native entities as provided by the Constitution of the United States, treaties, court decisions and Federal statutes. Within the government-to-government relationship, Indian Affairs provides services directly or through contracts, grants, or compacts to 564 Federally

Helen Campbellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10220369309438912403noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10379798.post-91584779195383351922009-10-27T21:59:00.001-04:002009-10-27T22:54:34.969-04:00"Native Pride - Atom"

Friday, October 23, 2009Can They Really Be That Stupid?

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Helen Campbellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10220369309438912403noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10379798.post-76314948136808731622009-10-22T19:23:00.001-04:002009-10-22T19:23:58.060-04:00DEE DOVEY's Home Page

Helen Campbellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10220369309438912403noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10379798.post-52909112403186057282009-10-22T00:22:00.000-04:002009-10-22T00:23:39.885-04:00

NCAI launches Indian Country Counts census campaign

Helen Campbellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10220369309438912403noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10379798.post-37283778304659119092009-10-19T21:51:00.000-04:002009-10-19T21:52:00.339-04:00Lawrence and Janet Crain's Genealogy Home Page

Helen Campbellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10220369309438912403noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10379798.post-21380708808488595062009-10-19T20:46:00.005-04:002009-10-19T21:53:53.948-04:00Passing of Lawrence Crain

Penny Ferguson made a sad announcement today, Janet Crain's husband passed away. Don Collins writes:"...a voluntary day of silence tomorrow Tuesday, October 20th, on this theMelungeon L list. to pay our respects to the Crain Family on the passing oftheir beloved Lawrence Crain today.The late Lawrence Crain was the husband of Janet Crain, owner/moderator of this list.So tomorrow please take the

Helen Campbellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10220369309438912403noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10379798.post-77335887648496423292009-10-13T22:39:00.001-04:002009-10-13T22:42:02.905-04:00"Walk toward the sunset" by Kermit Hunter

Helen Campbellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10220369309438912403noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10379798.post-89858112046835976362009-10-13T22:03:00.002-04:002009-10-13T22:07:30.326-04:00A Halo Over Moscow by Mike Krumboltz 5 hours ago

This is a must see photo, is it real? Is this a hoax? Or is this from a hostile act to scare the Russian people? I would like to see this halo in person...not that Im brave enough.......

Helen Campbellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10220369309438912403noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10379798.post-83726695666926993742009-10-10T00:58:00.002-04:002009-10-10T01:03:33.648-04:00Welcome Descendants & Community of the Minqua People

This site is one with great information about the Welsh, Mountains, Minqua, Susquehanna, Southeastern, Pennsylvania, Native, Americans.

Helen Campbellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10220369309438912403noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10379798.post-18520409590338259082009-10-10T00:28:00.003-04:002009-10-10T00:55:51.511-04:00Axtec Dancers

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Pinkard Bramham/Brannon

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Helen Campbellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10220369309438912403noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10379798.post-26160228764385523282009-09-22T23:48:00.002-04:002009-09-22T23:53:41.965-04:00Gertrude Watson Jacobs

Obituary: Gertrude Watson Jacobs / A founder of Council of Three Rivers American Indian Center Dec. 15, 1921 - June 2, 2009Friday, June 05, 2009By Sally Kalson, Pittsburgh Post-GazetteExcerpt: A founder of the Council of Three Rivers American Indian Center, now located in Dorseyville, Mrs. Jacobs was an organizer of the group's first pow-wow, or Native American festival, in 1979. The event,

Helen Campbellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10220369309438912403noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10379798.post-51773142056049512962009-09-15T02:25:00.001-04:002009-09-15T02:29:02.013-04:00important note on Portuguese Jews

This post is very interesting...a must read for anyone doing research regarding Melungeons and their origins.

Helen Campbellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10220369309438912403noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10379798.post-56324722535229935752009-09-15T00:36:00.004-04:002009-09-15T03:45:21.176-04:00PEGGY-ANN MARGARET McNEILL-ROSE

Excerpt: " Of Plum Boro, peacefully on August 2, 2009. Husband of Melvyn Rose; mother of Athena Niccole Rose and Chanel Giavonnia Rose Wissner; grandmother of Magdalena Bernadette Wissner; daughter of Marjorie Maynor-Banks and the late Andrew Price McNeill; sister of Andrew Price, Charles Edward, Jerry and Mary Joy McNeill, Donald and Deborah Lee Royal and Theresa O. Royal- Washington; honorary

Helen Campbellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10220369309438912403noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10379798.post-11497069457565690822009-08-23T00:40:00.000-04:002009-08-23T00:41:05.280-04:00Appalachian American Genealogy

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EAST TENNESSEE CHRISTI1N ASSOCIATION OF FRIENDS. Extract! from Report of an Investigating Committee. Page 812East Tennessee Christian Association of Friends.Extracts from Report of an Investing Committee.. . . In regard to the reports published, our own observation partly confirms them ; and the statements of all with whom we conversed, including the leading and most reliable persons we could

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EAST TENNESSEE CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF FRIENDS.Benjamin P. Cosand, Jeremiah A. Grin nell, David Bowles, Jas. F. Beals, Dr. J. D Garner, Wm. P. Hastings, John P. Morris S. 8. Grinnell, and F. Elliott, met in Friend meeting-house, Maryville, Blount County Tenn., 10th month llth, 1872, and formet themselves into an association for the purpos of laboring for the religious, moral, and intellectual

Helen Campbellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10220369309438912403noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10379798.post-3603404111935653292009-08-20T01:03:00.001-04:002009-08-20T01:03:44.874-04:00Virginia's Monacan Indian Nation Seeks Recognition

Helen Campbellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10220369309438912403noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10379798.post-65449282606141371832009-08-09T03:26:00.000-04:002009-08-09T03:27:13.637-04:00The Monacan Indian Nation of Virginia By Rosemary Whitlock

Helen Campbellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10220369309438912403noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10379798.post-54404821924349974242009-08-07T20:55:00.000-04:002009-08-07T20:56:19.852-04:00Abraham Lincoln Was a Jew: An Unreal Exclusive

Helen Campbellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10220369309438912403noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10379798.post-4925371378282169222009-08-04T22:39:00.005-04:002009-08-04T22:54:01.185-04:00Gowen Research Foundation

Excerpt""Berry's fifteen plus years of study of what he termed, the 'Mestizos or racial orphans' along the southeastern coast, was extensive for his time. It resulted in a depth of understanding achieved by few others. After summarizing a few of the established speculated name origins, he stated, "truth is, no one has the faintest idea where the name Melungeon came from." Berry wrote several

Helen Campbellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10220369309438912403noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10379798.post-12144751604612758692009-08-04T01:30:00.008-04:002009-08-04T01:49:54.847-04:00Malungeon Tree and It's Four Branches

BY "WILLIAM ALLEN DROMGOOLB."Somewhere in the eighteenth century, before the year 1797, there appeared in the eastern portion of Tennessee, at that time the Territory of North Carolina, two strange-looking men calling themselves "Collins" and "Gibson." They had a reddish-brown complexion, long, straight, black hair, keen, black eyes, and sharp, clear-cut features. They spoke in broken English, a

Helen Campbellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10220369309438912403noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10379798.post-56016058091954099182009-08-02T02:16:00.005-04:002009-08-04T01:10:45.937-04:00The Malungeons

Featured in the book "Arena," the book has a story written by Will Allen Droomgoole.Excerpt :THE MALUNGEONS.BY WILL ALLEN DROMGOOLE.Were you ever when a child half playfully told "The Malun- geons will get you" ? If not, you were never a Tennessee child, as some of our fathers were; they who tell us all that may be told of that strange, almost forgotten race, concerning whom history is strangely

Helen Campbellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10220369309438912403noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10379798.post-44190291609504110632009-08-01T22:26:00.004-04:002009-08-02T02:08:03.718-04:00Melungeon Picture

Scroll to page 470.

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By ROBERT BAIRD, Staff Writer June 25, 2002"KINGSPORT, Tenn. - Melungeons are a genetically diverse group of people who can trace their origins to the Middle East, India and the Mediterranean region. And DNA results unveiled last week confirmed Melungeons have European, African, African-American and Native American ancestry. "If anyone has ever said, 'you inbred Melungeon,' they are wrong," Kevin

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Kristen Philipkoski 06.21.02"Brent Kennedy, author of The Melungeons: The Resurrection of a Proud People: An Untold Story of Ethnic Cleansing in America, had previously discovered his genes contained this sequence through a private DNA analysis company."I'm amazed and pleased to see that duplicated here," he said.The study has not been through the peer-review process but Jones hopes to publish

Helen Campbellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10220369309438912403noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10379798.post-88521012277277704552009-07-31T00:52:00.000-04:002009-07-31T00:53:11.666-04:00The Melungeon DNA Surname Project

Helen Campbellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10220369309438912403noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10379798.post-32847751573606202982009-07-31T00:46:00.006-04:002009-07-31T01:33:45.742-04:00Melungeon DNA Study

Results Announced in Melungeon DNA StudyLibby Pearson Killebrew"DNA sequencing proves that Melungeons do indeed have an element of Middle Eastern ancestry, which may be linked to both male and female colonists brought to North America by the Spanish and Portuguese."

Helen Campbellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10220369309438912403noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10379798.post-69221074071306844362009-07-29T19:40:00.011-04:002009-07-31T00:15:24.330-04:00Melungeon historians of today .....Melungeon..

WHO ARE THE MELUNGEONS? THERE ARE AS MANY THEORIES AS RESEARCHERS ON PUZZLING QUESTION By Dallas BoganReprinted with Permission from Dallas Bogan. This article was published in the LaFollette Press."Recent discoveries, through DNA in 1990, have added new confirmation concerning the relationship between the Melungeon people and the Mediterranean vicinity. Blood samples taken in 1969 from 177

Helen Campbellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10220369309438912403noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10379798.post-89679384537518026672009-07-29T19:26:00.003-04:002009-07-29T19:34:24.858-04:00Genetics and Diseases

Genetic diseases appear in Melungeon populations which only seem to appear elsewhere in populations from the Iberian peninsula and north Africa."

Helen Campbellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10220369309438912403noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10379798.post-40673042235652301782009-07-26T16:31:00.002-04:002009-07-28T14:16:54.254-04:00Melungeon Diseases

"Melungeon descendants show a heavy propensity toward such Mediterranean diseases as thalassemia, familial Mediterranean fever, and sarcoidosis. We are presently documenty cases of Appalachian Melungeons with both sarcoidosis and thalassemia, and suspect that our findings in this area will greatly impact the medical communtiy's understanding of sarcoidodid among us so-called "Caucasians." "

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The Notorious Meddler: Micajah Bunch - King of the Melungeons

Helen Campbellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10220369309438912403noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10379798.post-77301324598009697132009-07-24T23:04:00.001-04:002009-07-24T23:04:40.477-04:00The Sefardim of the Island of Nevis

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This post on the Melungeon Mailing List, hosted by Rootsweb@ancestry.com is from Brent Kennedy.

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American Anthropologist By American Ethnological Society, Anthropological Society of Washington (Washington, D.C.), JSTOR (Organization)Page 347

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Advertising on the Rootsweb is illegal. Janet Crain is aware of the policies of Rootsweb, yet she still continues to abuse the Melungeon Mailing Lists for her own gain.

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DISEASES/ILLNESSES -- Many descendants of Melungeons are susceptible to diseases with Mediterrean and other exotic (to us Americans, anyway) origins, for example, Bechet's Syndrome, Joseph's Disease, Mediterrean Familial Fever, Sarcoidosis, Thallasemia, etc. so the presence of a genetically inherited disease in your family which normally affects persons of genetic backgrounds that don't agree

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Katie Brake has a new book published title "Through the Back Door: Melungeon Literacies and Twenty-first Century Technologies." The book is one of the Melungeon Series.

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By Marsha Walton and Michael CorenCNNThursday, November 18, 2004 Posted: 5:12 PM EST (2212 GMT)) -- Archaeologists say a site in South Carolina may rewrite the history of how the Americas were settled by pushing back the date of human settlement thousands of years.

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excerpt:"ScienceDaily (Nov. 18, 2004) — Radiocarbon tests of carbonized plant remains where artifacts were unearthed last May along the Savannah River in Allendale County by University of South Carolina archaeologist Dr. Albert Goodyear indicate that the sediments containing these artifacts are at least 50,000 years old, meaning that humans inhabited North American long before the last ice age."

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The Indian Ancestry of the Melungeons By Dr. James Nickens

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by : Anthony Welsch Updated: 6/28/2008 1:04:37 AM Posted: 6/27/2008 11:46:05 PM

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Picture taken from the 1947 Chicago Post Magazine.Note : standing in front of the chimney is three children.

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U.S. Department of Veteran's Affairs Database

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Mr. Jerry Wayne Ferguson age 65, the husband of Penny Ferguson of London Kentucky, passed away July 16th, 2009. Penny is known around the world for Melungeon research. Flowers are welcome or donations may be sent to the American Cancer Society Hope Lodge, 1500 College Way, Lexington, KY 40502.Melungeons.com send our hearts and prayers to Penny and her family.

Helen Campbellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10220369309438912403noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10379798.post-90808721195899621822009-07-17T03:19:00.000-04:002009-07-17T03:23:19.037-04:00"Melungeon Myth"

Helen Campbellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10220369309438912403noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10379798.post-4748559474993981632009-07-17T02:52:00.001-04:002009-07-17T02:52:44.817-04:00Here's some Earth shattering news from the ISS (International Space Station)

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Michelle Obama's Family Tree has Roots in a Carolina Slave Plantation By Kimberly Powell, About.com Guide to Genealogy since 2000

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By Kimberly Powell, About.com

Helen Campbellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10220369309438912403noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10379798.post-2180415117017200772009-07-16T23:01:00.001-04:002009-07-17T02:21:23.621-04:00Family Watch Dog

Viona Howery sent this site to me to pass along to all, thanks Marie for this important site !!!!

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I have many ancestors who lived in Nicholas County, one left Fort Pitt and traveled and stated his claim in what is now Nicholas County,

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This book is an eye opening. Also, reveals the character of mountain peoples. " The Melungeons: The Resurrection of a Proud People : An Untold Story of Ethnic Cleansing in America " by N. Brent Kennedy (Author), Robyn Vaughan Kennedy (Author)Product DetailsPaperback: 180 pagesPublisher: Mercer University Press; 2 Sub edition (January 1997)Language: EnglishISBN-10: 0865545162ISBN-13: 978-

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From: "ljcrain"Date: Mon, 8 Jun 2009 22:38:48 -0600Once again, Janet Crain, administrator of the Melungeon List, has violated the rules set forth by Rootsweb. She is marketing for one of the top DNA labs in America. In my opinion, Ms. Crain has abused her job for her own gain, what ever it be. Re: [MHS_Forum] Unparalleled 50% Promotional Discount Raspberries to Janet Crain!!!!!!

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By Kimberly Powell, About.com

Helen Campbellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10220369309438912403noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10379798.post-66923419801551532992009-07-01T13:51:00.011-04:002009-07-02T21:30:06.443-04:00Barack Obama visiting his Ancestral Homeland

President Obama, so many say, is a Melungeon. His maternal ancestry traces back to the Bunch line. Over the summer I will try my best to document our President's Melungeon heritage. I hope that Barack Obama will hear the voices of his Melungeon ancestors and honors his Melungeon heritage. Top picture: President Barack Obama visiting his homeland, Kenya. Bottom: Obama sitting at his desk in

Helen Campbellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10220369309438912403noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10379798.post-66691612109922939952009-06-30T22:21:00.001-04:002009-06-30T22:21:41.090-04:00Gibson Genealogy

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On Sunday, June 8th, 2008, Bishop Zubik commissioned the following relics, in addition to the Relic of Saint Christina.

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Say What? Donald Collins, of Nevada and Helen Campbell donated a very rare magazine, "The Chicago Post" that was dated 1947, to the West Virginia Archives and History Center. The magazine featured the Melungeon. Thank you Don Collins!!!

Helen Campbellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10220369309438912403noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10379798.post-47417311810362466922009-06-22T00:29:00.002-04:002009-06-22T00:34:32.455-04:00Neda..... Devine Calling

Our prayers go out to Neda's family. No parents should have to endure the pain of burying their children.

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Allaho Akbar.watch this Live video.we have Revolution,Neda Revolution,

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EXCERPT:Pages 76-80"About the middle of the eighteenth century many Germans settled in Orange, Culpepper, Rappahannock, Fauquier, London, Prince William, Page, Green, Albemarle, and Louisa counties. Among the many German emigrants, who came to America in the early period of the eighteenth century, were Andrew Waggener with his five brothers.75) Edward with another brother settled in the present

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