General Resource Sites

• ALHN Melungeon Research 
• A Brief Overview of the Melungeons 
• Documenting the Melungeons 
• First Union: The Melungeons Revisited 
  An article from Blue Ridge Country Magazine.
• The Historical Melungeons and their Kinfolk 
• Historical Melungeons Blog 
  The Historical Melungeons Blog will report on events and furnish articles of interest to the Melungeon Community.
• MALUNGU: The African Origin of the American Melungeons 
  Groundbreaking new evidence on Portuguese Angolan origin of the Melungeons.
• Melungeon Heritage Page - Melungeon Resource Page 
• Melungeon History 
• Melungeons 
  Information regarding the Melungeons, with links to other websites pertaining to them. Also contacts in your area, for a more personal discussion of the Melungeon Peoples.
• The Melungeons 
• Melungeons and Other Mestee Groups 
  Article by Mike Nassau.
• Melungeons and Other Mestee Groups 
  Description and history of the Melungeons and other mixed race groups of eastern United States.
• Melungeons.com 
• The Melungeons Revisited 
  By Richard A. Pence.
• Melungeon Webpage 
  Devoted to Melungeon history, culture, and genealogy.
• Melungeon Web Ring 
• The National Melungeon Registry 
  Registration database from the Wise County Virginia Historical Society.
• One Hundred and Sixty-nine URLS for Melungeon Research 
• Possible Melungeon Surnames 
• Redbones and Melungeons 
• Shirley Hornbeck's This and That Genealogy Tips on Black Dutch and Irish, Melungeons, Moravians, Pennsylvania Dutch 
• What Is a Melungeon? 
• Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia - Melungeon 

Libraries, Archives & Museums

• Appalachian State University Library and Information Commons 
  Boone, North Carolina.
  • W.L. Eury Appalachian Collection 
    The William Leonard Eury Appalachian Collection is a repository with more than 37,000 volumes of books and over 200 periodical subscriptions related to the Southern uplands, with strengths in the social sciences, regional history, folklore, music, religion, genealogy, fiction, and African and Native Appalachia.
    • Genealogy at the Appalachian Collection 
    • Manuscript Collection of the W.L. Eury Appalachian Collection 
    • Research Aids 
      • Melungeon History--Research and Resources 

Locality Specific

• Atlanta Melungeon Project 
• The Louisiana Redbones 
• Mountain Ties 
  Genealogy, history, folklore, and culture of the people of this area, focused on the Cumberland Mountain area of the Central Appalachian region, centered around Dickenson, Wise and Russell Counties in Southwestern Virginia and Pike and Letcher Counties in Eastern Kentucky. Some families are closely associated with a group of people known as Melungeons.
• Searching for Saponi Town 
  Identifying and researching Native American ancestry deriving from the Eastern Siouan peoples of the Piedmont of Virginia and North Carolina, also known as Saponi or Tutelo, Family lore of Blackfoot or Blackfeet Indian ancestry derived east of the Mississippi appears to be related to these Eastern Siouan people. Also associated with some melungeon communities.

Mailing Lists, Newsgroups & Chat

• Genealogy Resources on the Internet - Mailing Lists 
  Most of the mailing list links below point to this site, wonderfully maintained by John Fuller. John indexes links for all known genealogy mailing lists, including RootsWeb and others.
• RootsWeb: Genealogy Mailing Lists 
  The majority of genealogy mailing lists are hosted by RootsWeb.com. Messages on RootsWeb lists are archived. The links to RootsWeb below point you to the archives (browse or search).

• APPALACHIAN-ROOTS Mailing List 
  For the discussion and sharing of information regarding the genealogy of families from the Appalachian Mountains. Archives: browse or search.
• MELUNGEON-DNA Mailing List 
  For the discussion and sharing of information regarding the Melungeon DNA Projects. Archives: browse or search.
• Melungeon Mailing List 
  For people conducting Melungeon and/or Appalachian research including Native American, Portuguese, Turkish, Black Dutch, and other unverifiable mixed statements of ancestry or unexplained rumors, with ancestors in TN, KY, VA, NC, SC, GA, AL, WV, and possibly other places. Archives: browse or search.
• TheOtherBlackfoot Mailing List 
  For anyone with reports of Blackfoot ancestry in families deriving east of the Mississippi.
• PA-MELUNGEON-ALIGANY Mailing List 
  Sponsored by the Aligany, Pennsylvania, chapter of the Melungeon Heritage Association (MHA), to discuss chapter and Association activities. Individual research queries may also be posted to the list.

Medical & DNA

• Melungeon (Core) DNA Project 
• MELUNGEON-DNA Mailing List 
  For the discussion and sharing of information regarding the Melungeon DNA Projects. Archives: browse or search.
• Melungeon DNA Project 
• The Melungeon Health Education and Support Network 
  Information on inherited and other health issues that may be of interest to those researching their Melungeon Heritage. These illnesses are being found among those with this ancestry.

Publications, Software & Supplies

• Cyndi's List Genealogy Bookstore 
  A categorized list of genealogy research books that looks a lot like my bookshelf at home.

• Amazon.com Genealogy Bookstore - Melungeons 
  The following are individual book titles of interest for this topic. The book links below point to the Amazon.com bookstore online where you may purchase the book if you wish. These links are provided to bring these published resources to your attention as an aid to your research. Follow the links to books of interest to make note of their title, author, publisher, and ISBN. You might then use this information to obtain the book from your local library or your favorite corner book shop.
  • Children of Perdition: Melungeons And the Struggle of Mixed America 
    A book by Tim Hashaw.
  • The Forgotten Portuguese : The Melungeons and Other Groups - The Portuguese Making of America 
    A book by Manuel Mira.
  • The Melungeons 
    A book by Bonnie Ball.
  • The Melungeons: The Resurrection of a Proud People : An Untold Story of Ethnic Cleansing in America 
    A book by N. Brent Kennedy.
  • My Bones Are Red: A Spiritual Journey With A Triracial People In The Americas 
    A book by Patricia Ann Waak.
  • My Melungeon Heritage: A Story of Life on Newman's Ridge 
    A book by Mattie Ruth Johnson.
  • North from the Mountains a Folk History of the Carmel Melungeon Settlement,Highland County, Ohio 
    A book by John S. Kessler.
  • The Portuguese Making of America: Melungeons and Early Settlers of America 
    A book by Manuel Mira.
  • The Spanish Pioneer in United States History : The Melungeons: The Pioneers or the Interior Southeastern United State 1526-1997 
    A book by Eloy J. Gallegos.
• Dogwood Press Online 
  Focus on the history of Southwest Louisiana and East Texas. Books on Redbones and the Melungeons, and Jean Laffite.
  • Melungeons and Redbones 

Societies & Groups

• The Melungeon Heritage Association Inc. 
  The Association's mission is to document and preserve the heritage and cultural legacy of mixed-ancestry peoples in or associated with the southern Appalachians.
• Redbone Heritage Foundation 
  Research into the origins, the history, the culture, and the ethnicity of those people known as Redbones.

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