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general

Definitions of Melungeon from Mike Nassau

Origins of the Melungeon Appalachian Sub-culture

Tri-Racials: Black Indians of the Upper South

The Mysterious Melungeons

"Who are the Melungeons?" by Howard Sparks

Some early references to Melungeons

American Local History Network Melungeon Page

How to Research a Little Bit of Melungeon: A Basic Guideline

First Union: The Melungeons Revisited

 

topical

List of Common Melungeon Surnames

Sources for Melungeon Researchers

Fascinating webpage on possible connection between Melungeons and Gypsies

Brief discussion of Native American/Muslim link

Melungeons: Genetic, Linguistic, and Historic Evidence of Their Turkish Roots

Malungu: The African Origins of American Melungeons by Tim Hashaw

Melungeons and Other Mestee Groups paper by Mike Nassau

Race, Face, and Place - about the use of Mestee terms by Darlene Wilson

Self-Determination on the Paleface Reservation: The Melungeon Reemergence in Southern Appalachia

Appalachian Mountain Families

Mountain Ties - The People of the Central Appalachians

Melungeon History - Research and Resources - A Pathfinder

 Free African Americans of VA, NC, SC, MD and DE by Paul Heinegg

Melungia @ The Gowen Research Foundation

"Debate on Melungeon Gene Pool Remains Alive, Well" from Appalachian Focus

Africans and Native Americans: The Language of Race and the Evolution of Red-Black Peoples

 

organizations

The National Melungeon Registry

Atlanta Melungeons

Melungeon Heritage Association

The Melungeon Health and Education Support Network

 

related groups

The Forgotten Ancestors of the West Virginia Guineas

The Guineas of West Virginia

North from the Mountains: The Carmel Melungeons of Ohio

Ramapo Mountain People: The Jackson Whites

Genealogy tips on Black Dutch and Black Irish

So you were told you were Black Dutch or Black Irish?

The Louisiana Redbones

Twigs and Trees with Rhonda: Black Dutch

Redbones and Melungeons

 

 

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