Historical Melungeons

Christmas Trees were much like this one Modern celebrations of the Christmas holiday were late in making their way to those living in ...

by Janet Crain There was some misunderstanding when this paper first appeared that the author was saying some of the groups studied suc...

Britt offers important advice to researchers in his preface. To summarize: (1) many names in Robeson County can be Lumbee, White, African A...

Courtesy of Glenn Chavis Glenn Chavis' granddaddy on the Chavis side of the family, Lloyd Joseph Ch Virginia: Adamst...

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia The Chief Vann House is the first brick residence in the Cherokee Nation that has been call...

By Penny Ferguson: 1720:   Gedion Bunch born. (JG) 1733: Micajah "Cage" Bunch born in probably Brunswick County Virginia....

TENNESSEE MELUNGEONS AND RELATED GROUPS  Virginia Easley DeMarce Historian Branch of Acknowledgment and Research Bureau of Indian...

Ashley Marie Trent, age 26, of Sneedville, was born on July 28, 1988 and passed away suddenly on October 4, 2014 from injuries resultin...

Ancestor of Native Americans in Asia was 30% “Western Eurasian” Posted on  October 25, 2013 The complete genome has recently been sequ...

Why do Cherokees Wear Turbans? We see old portraits of Cherokees wearing turbans. Does this mean they somehow descend from Turkish men who c...

If you hurry you can get a very nice hard back book for $2.05 from Amazon. It is a respected source book about this time in Appalachia and ...

In Memory of Mattie Ruth Johnson August 27, 1940 - August 13, 2014 At the age of 73 Mattie Ruth Johnson's Holy...

If you haven't watched this before or if you just want to watch it again. This is the media's perception of Appalachia and I agree t...

by Janet Crain While I agree that politicians and reporters have always gone to Appalachia to find poor people, why stop with Richard Nix...