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Southeastern Kentucky Melungeon Information Exchange Open in a new browser window  
   
   http://www.bright.net/~kat/skmie.htm
Melungeon Research and Links Open in a new browser window  
   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
   http://members.aol.com/strat43z/melung.html
The Melungeons Open in a new browser window  
   Historical sketch, and information about surnames common in the Melungeon community.
   http://members.aol.com/bbbenge/page15.html
Implementation of Segregation Open in a new browser window  
   An interesting site highlighting racial laws that affected Black and mixed race people, with one letter on the Brass Ankles of South Carolina.
   http://www.h-net.msu.edu/~south/archives/threads/segregation.html
Melungeon Resource Page Open in a new browser window  
   Includes a FAQ about the mixed Mediterranean-Indian heritage of Melungeons, genealogy links, and information on the Melungeon mailing list. By Martha Short
   http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~mtnties/melungeon.html
The Melungeon Health Education and Support Network Open in a new browser window  
   By Nancy Sparks Morrison. Provides information about the major Mediterranean illnesses that are inherited through the Melungeon connection.
   http://www.melungeonhealth.org/
Redbones and Melungeons Open in a new browser window  
   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.
   http://www.murrah.com/gen/redbones.htm
What is a Melungeon? Open in a new browser window  
   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.
   http://www.geocities.com/mikenassau/what.htm
Appalachian Quarterly Magazine, Wise County (VA) Historical Society Open in a new browser window  
   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.
   http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Flats/5649/
Melungeon Origin eGroup Open in a new browser window  
   Discussion group on Melungeon history and origins.
   http://groups.yahoo.com/group/MelungeonOrigin
Black Dutch and Irish, Melungeons, Moravians, Pennsylvania Dutch Open in a new browser window  
   Shirley Hornbeck's This and That Genealogy Tips, Genealogy Tips on Black Dutch and Irish, Melungeons, Moravians, Pennsylvania Dutch
   http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~hornbeck/blkdutch.htm
Melungeon Family Genealogy Forum Open in a new browser window  
   Discussion of genealogical topics about Melungeon families.
   http://genforum.genealogy.com/melungeon/
My Melungeon Heritage Open in a new browser window  
   Histories of her family and some notable Melungeons such as Mahala Mullins. Some links. By Brenda Nichols.
   http://brendanichols.tripod.com/melungeon.html
Melungeons: Examining An Appalachian Legend Open in a new browser window  
   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.
   http://www.continuitypress.com/melbook.html
ALHN Melungeon Webpage Open in a new browser window  
   This is the Melungeon information page for the American Local History Network.
   http://www.geocities.com/alhnmelungeon
Melungeon Links of Interest Open in a new browser window  
   Part of Mountain Ties, Martha Short's site for Appalachian genealogy. This list gives many Melungeons sites.
   http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~mtnties/mlgnlinks.html
Melungeons - Their Turkish Origins - by Mehmet Cakir Open in a new browser window  
   Term paper written by a Turkish student in Colorado.
   http://www.colorado.edu/iec/FALL299RW/can.html
The Black Irish Myth Open in a new browser window  
   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.
   http://www.darkfiber.com/blackirish/
Who to contact in your area Open in a new browser window  
   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.
   http://www.angelfire.com/in3/melungeon/contacts.html
Melungeon Mailing List Open in a new browser window  
   How to join the Melungeon Mailing List, from Martha Short's Melungeon Resource Page.
   http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~mtnties/list.html
Wayfaring Stranger Open in a new browser window  
   The Black Dutch, German Gypsies, or Chicanere, and their relation to the Melungeons, by Linda D. Griggs.
   http://foclark.tripod.com/gypsy/Patrin1.htm
Native American Muslims Open in a new browser window  
   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.
   http://www.themodernreligion.com/convert/convert_namuslims.htm
Black Dutch Open in a new browser window  
   Six different meanings for the term Black Dutch or Black German.
   http://www.geocities.com/mikenassau/BlackDutch.htm
Paul Heinegg's "Free African Americans" Open in a new browser window  
   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
   http://www.freeafricanamericans.com/
Archives of the Melungeon Mailing List. Open in a new browser window  
   Archives at RootsWeb. Choose arranged by subject threads or chronological order, with or without names and dates. Search for names or topics of interest.
   http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/melungeon
Muslims in early America Open in a new browser window  
   Article in Islamic Horizons, which is a reprint of part of Brent Kennedy's book.
   http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Meadows/5621/melungeons.html
Search results for 'melungeon' Open in a new browser window  
   GenSeeker at Rootsweb links to Melungeon sites (89 sites)
   http://seeker.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/htsearch?config=&restrict=&exclude=&method=and&format=builtin-long&sort=score&words=melungeon
Muslims in the Americas Before Columbus Open in a new browser window  
   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
   http://users.erols.com/gmqm/mamerica.html
The Melungeons Revisited: First Union Open in a new browser window  
   Article from Blue Ridge Country magazine on the First Union of the Melungeons and Brent Kennedy's work.
   http://www.blueridgecountry.com/melung/melung.html
The Melungeon Reemergence in Southern Appalachia Open in a new browser window  
   Jason Adam's paper on the Melungeon struggle for self determination.
   http://www.interracialvoice.com/jason.html
Archives of the Melungeon-Kin Mailing List Open in a new browser window  
   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.
   http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/melungeon-kin
Melungeon E-Group Open in a new browser window  
   A discussion group mainly for Melungeon genealogy.
   http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Melungeon
North from the Mountains: The Carmel Melungeons of Ohio Open in a new browser window  
   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.
   http://www.geocities.com/BourbonStreet/Inn/1024/carmel1/Carmel1.htm
Summer 2001 - Vardy Gathering, Unions Open in a new browser window  
   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.
   http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/read/Melungeon/2001-02/0981986600
Vardy Community Historical Society Open in a new browser window  
   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.
   http://hometown.aol.com/vardyvalley/index.html
Gowen Research Foundation Open in a new browser window  
   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.
   http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~gowenrf/guests.htm
Melungeon Open in a new browser window  
   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.
   http://appalachian_home.tripod.com/melungeon.htm
Surviving Indian Groups of Eastern U.S. Open in a new browser window  
   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.
   http://www.geocities.com/mikenassau/gilbert.htm
The National Melungeon Registry Open in a new browser window  
   List of Melungeon surnames. Register your family.
   http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Flats/5649/melunreg.htm
Eastern Blackfoot - Siouan Indians from the VA-NC Piedmont Open in a new browser window  
   Historical information on this group, Saponi Indians who migrated widely and contributed many ancestors to modern Melungeons, Cherokee, African-Americans and Whites in the Southeast and Appalachians. Perhaps the principal Indian source of the Melungeons.
   http://www.saponitown.com/blackfoot.htm
Shalacy's Melungeon Homepage Open in a new browser window  
   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.
   http://www.geocities.com/mamashills/MelungeonSong.html
MELUNGEONS and Other Mestee Groups Open in a new browser window  
   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.
   http://www.multiracial.com/readers/nassau.html
Melungeons.com Open in a new browser window  
   Gives links to many sites, including the articles on the new DNA study.
   http://www.melungeons.com/
Mahala Mullins Open in a new browser window  
   A site dedicated to the folk heroine of the Melungeons with a photograph of her.
   http://members.aol.com/vardyvalley/mahalamullins.html
Our Melungeons: Taking Back Our Heritage Open in a new browser window  
   Here is a site from Melungeons determined to resist scientific and historical research and maintain their old legends as truth.
   http://www.geocities.com/ourmelungeons/index.html
Melungeons: Who Are They? Open in a new browser window  
   Description of what is known and unknown about these people of Appalachia. Includes some traditional versions of their origins and description of physical characteristics.
   http://www.melungeonhealth.org/info.html
The Melungeon Connection Open in a new browser window  
   An introductory site on the Melungeons, with a list of common surnames. By Nancy Sparks Morrison
   http://sparksgenealogy.com/melungeons.html
Melungeon.info Open in a new browser window  
   Melungeon and Genealogy information and links. SE Kentucky connection.
   http://melungeon.info
Under One Sky Open in a new browser window  
   Newsletter of Melungeon research and history by Bill Fields. No longer published, but information still available.
   http://www.underonesky.org/Under_One_Sky.html
Melungeon Definition 2000 Open in a new browser window  
   A definition of the term Melungeon with an attempt to describe who would be included in the group.
   http://www.geocities.com/melungeonorigin/Definition2000.html
Melungeon History, Research and Resources Pathfinder Open in a new browser window  
   Listings of books, journals, bibliographies, and other research resources, including links, provided by the Appalachian State University Libraries in Boone, North Carolina.
   http://www.library.appstate.edu/appcoll/research_aids/melungeons.html
Melungeons discussion group Open in a new browser window  
   Melungeon research, family searches and other information is freely exchanged in a friendly forum.
   http://www.topica.com/lists/Melungeons/
Melungeon Heritage Association Open in a new browser window  
   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".
   http://www.melungeon.org/
Melungeon Family Photo Album Open in a new browser window  
   Site where Melungeons can post pictures of their family for others to see.
   http://groups.msn.com/MelungeonFamilyPhotoAlbum/
Redbone Heritage Foundation Open in a new browser window  
   A group dedicated to investigating the history and origins of the Redbones, also known as the Lousiana Melungeons.
   http://www.redboneheritagefoundation.com
American Indian Melungeon Open in a new browser window  
   Book on American Indians and the origin of the Melungeons, by Karlton Douglas.
   http://www.angelfire.com/tn3/youngeagle/AMERICAN_INDIANbook.htm

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