Melungeon

American Indian Melungeon
Book on American Indians and the origin of the Melungeons, by Karlton Douglas.
http://www.angelfire.com/tn3/youngeagle/AMERICAN_INDIANbook.htm

Black Dutch and Irish, Melungeons, Moravians, Pennsylvania Dutch
Shirley Hornbeck's genealogy tips on the Black Dutch, how the term has been used, for Melungeons and other groups.
http://homepages.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~hornbeck/blkdutch.htm

Black Dutch Yahoo Group
A discussion group for anyone interested in people described as Black Dutch or Black German.
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Black_Dutch/

The Black Irish Myth
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/

Documenting the Melungeons One Page at a Time
A Melungeon group especially interested in the Hancock County people. They are also pursuing a new DNA study.
http://www.geocities.com/ourmelungeons/index.html

Free African Americans of Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Maryland, and Delaware
Family history of most families who were free in this region during the colonial period. Includes extracts from government records.
http://www.freeafricanamericans.com/

Gowen Research Foundation
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.ancestry.com/~gowenrf/guests.htm

Graysville Melungeons
An article on the largest Melungeon community, in Rhea, Roane and Hamilton counties, Tennessee, and the only incorporated town with a Melungeon majority.
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~appalachian/melungeons/THE_GRAYSVILLE_MELUNGEONS.txt

Jack Goins Research
Dedicated to research on the northeast Tennessee and southwest Virginia Melungeon communities. Includes information on DNA research as well as information about his book.
http://www.jgoins.com/

Melungeon Family Genealogy Forum
Discussion of genealogical topics about Melungeon families.
http://genforum.genealogy.com/melungeon/

Melungeon Family Photo Album
Site where Melungeons can post pictures of their family for others to see.
http://groups.msn.com/MelungeonFamilyPhotoAlbum/

The Melungeon Health Education and Support Network
By Nancy Sparks Morrison. Provides information about the major Mediterranean illnesses that are inherited through the Melungeon connection.
http://www.melungeonhealth.org/

Melungeon Heritage Association
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 Heritage Research Group
Melungeon group dedicated to correcting erroneous assertions about Melungeon history and origins, in particular the false belief that Melungeons are Turkish or join the Turks in denying the Armenian genocide.
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Melungeon_Heritage_Research_Group/

Melungeon Mailing List
Discussion group for genealogy and history. Includes searchable archive of past messages.
http://lists.rootsweb.ancestry.com/index/other/Ethnic-Mixed/Melungeon.html

Melungeon Origin Group
Discussion group on Melungeon origins and history.
http://www.groups.yahoo.com/group/MelungeonOrigin

The Melungeon Reemergence in Southern Appalachia
Jason Adam's paper on the Melungeon struggle for self determination.
http://www.interracialvoice.com/jason.html

Melungeon Resource Page
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.ancestry.com/~mtnties/melungeon.html

Melungeon Voices
Announcement for a new film about Melungeons.
http://www.melungeonvoices.com/

Melungeons | Google Group
Discussion group on Melungeon genealogy and history.
http://groups.google.com/group/melungeons?hl=en

The Melungeons: An Untold Story of Ethnic cleansing in America (by Brent Kennedy)
This is an excerpt or introduction to the most famous and controversial book on the Melungeons.
http://www.mediamonitors.net/brentkennedy1.html

The Melungeons: My Perspective
By Brenda Nichols. Histories of her family and some notable Melungeons such as Mahala Mullins.
http://brendanichols.tripod.com/melungeon.html

The Melungeons Revisited: First Union
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

Melungeons.com
Gives links to many sites, including the articles on the new DNA study.
http://www.melungeons.com/

Muslims in the Americas Before Columbus
Some evidence for Moorish and Mandingo presence, which some people believe to be part of the ancestry of Melungeons.
http://www.cyberistan.org/islamic/mamerica.html

The National Melungeon Registry
Searchable list of surnames, with family registration facility.
http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Flats/5649/melunreg.htm

Native American Muslims
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

North from the Mountains: The Carmel Melungeons of Ohio
By John S. Kessler and Donald B. Ball. Paper on the Melungeons of Carmel, Ohio, presented at Third Union.
http://www.geocities.com/BourbonStreet/Inn/1024/carmel1/Carmel1.htm

People of Color in Old Tennessee
Patrick Minges' articles on Cherokee history, with an emphasis on race and religion. Discusses the racial mixing which contributed much to the Melungeons.
http://www.tngenweb.org/tncolor/color-pm.htm

Redbone Heritage Foundation
A group dedicated to investigating the history and origins of the Redbones, also known as the Louisiana Melungeons.
http://www.redboneheritagefoundation.com

Redbones and Melungeons
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

Shalacy's Melungeon Homepage
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

Under One Sky
Bill Fields' personal web site including the archives of Under One Sky, newsletter of the Southeastern Kentucky Melungeon Information Exchange. Information on Melungeon Heritage.
http://www.underonesky.org/Under_One_Sky.html

Walking Toward the Sunset: The Melungeons of Appalachia
Wayne Winkler's book with much of the text given in the preview.
http://books.google.com/books?id=bPV05xDZe70C

Wayfaring Stranger
The Black Dutch, German Gypsies, or Chicanere, and their relation to the Melungeons, by Linda D. Griggs.
http://sciway3.net/clark/freemoors/Patrin1.htm

What Is A Melungeon?
History and description of several groups known as Melungeon.
http://whatisamelungeon.webs.com/