There will be an Atlanta Meeting for Melungeon research this Saturday July 15th at the Borders Book Store across from the Mall of Georgia off of I-85 @ 4 PM....
This will be my last post here. I have heard Collins, Goins etc etc since being in this group. I have a Collins and lots of Driggers which is supposed to be...
I just thought of something else too. Mr Heneigg's Book speaks of Emmanuel Rodrigues being bought by a Francis Potts of Magotha Bay, North Hampton Co, Va. in...
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Yvonne -- You might have just solved the last puzzle of the mistery -- by having a historical document shortening RoDRIGUES to Driggers. This might be the...
Happy BirthdayVirginia! Virginia Dare - the first child of English settlers in America - was born on this day, August 18th, in 1587 to Ellinor and Ananias...
Hi everyone, I'm new here and very happy to have found this group. My husband is Melungeon and I want to learn all that I can about his heritage. He was also...
I submitted a mtDNA test to the Genographic Project. I have a straight maternal line back six generations to Rachel, who my grandmother told me was Creek...
Some of the most obscure and mysterious ethnic groups in America will be discussed at the Atlanta Central Library on November 18. Moreover, a surprising number...
My godfather practiced a form of religion that he said he learned in Virginia in the 1960's when he was adopted into a group of people he called "the Free...
Hello to all of you! My name is Jeff and my wife is Tina. My wife is cousin to the underonesky.org owner Bill Fields. I'm glad to have found this group and...
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/melungeonsorredbonesorrenegades/ Years of research by many genealogy hobbyists, and some professionals as well, to dissuade...
Hello, I am new to this group and wanted to introduce myself. I am Fran C., I live just outside of Louisville Ky and originally from Lee Co.Va. Am trying to...
I think I left off some very important ancestors from my previous message. Claypools, Spurlocks, Avent and Bakers. I may have added some of these names but...
howdy -- I am descended from the Waylands of SW Va -- Nevil Wayland was church Clerk of "Stoney Creek Primitive Baptist Church" from about 1802 or 3 (I forget...
Vance, I don't know who you are replying to, who wrote the message appended to your message. I don't think it is from this group, probably posted elsewhere....
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/life/4641358.html Book discusses African slaves, their struggle for freedom By FRITZ LANHAM Tim Hashaw might have named...
Hello, all! I am a new member with, at least, bi-racial ancestry although I identify myself as an African-American. My family hails from Chesterfield County,...
http://www.turkuaz.us/news_det.php?newsId=719&catId=31 NY: Melungeons and the Turkish Connection Panel on how Elvis and Abraham Lincoln could be of Turkish...
I have been researching family since my father passed away in 2003. I was born in Richlands, but we lived in Grundy. My father's family lived in Bastien and...
Hello! I thought I would introduce myself; I am Kelly from North Texas. My Mothers people came from Wetzel County West Virginia, (Near Parkersburg), and I have...
I AM THE DAUGHTER OF EDWARD AND PANSY BAKER OF RICHMOND IN. HE WAS THE SON OF CHARLES AND MATTIE PARKS BAKER. CHARLIE WAS THE SON OF LINCOLN AND MAHALA EVANS...
Dear Friends, First my apologies for sending this as a "special notice" and overriding the "no email" preference some of you set. But I really think everyone ...
Mike, thanks for the post and clearing up your opinions. I believe that MHA will get out a newsletter quite soon. If they give me permission I will forward it...
The issue of the Armenian genocide is very emotional and contentious. People on either side have trouble viewing it objectively. I would like to make a few...
Since Pollitzer's study showed a very high incidence of the Duffy mutation in Melungeons, I thought we should be aware of this study indicating people with...
Hi, Larry, See Pollitzer at http://www.physanth.org/annmeet/prizes/pollitzer.html The study on the Melungeons was: Pollitzer, W. S. and W. H. Brown (1969)....
Hi, I descend from the Granville county nc, Orange county VA, and Spotsylvania county VA Collins...Susanna Collins/Collings who was the Daughter of "Indian"...
Melungeons seen as colonist decendents www.brewtonstandard.com/articles/2008/08/07/lifestyles/life03.txt I wanted to continue with the story of the Melungeons....
