Over heard in the resturant. "Yes." said Mary, My family can trace its ancestry back to William the Conqueror. "I suppose," remarked Tony, "you'll telling me that your ancestors were in the Ark with Noah." "Oh NO," said Mary. "My people had a boat of their own."

In Congress, July 4, 1776 The Unaminous Declaration of the Thirteen United States of America When in the Course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolved the political bands which have connected them with another, and to assume among the Powers of the earth, the separate and equal station to which the Laws of Nature and of Nature's God entitle them, a decent respect to the opinions of mankind requires that they should declare the causes which impel them to the separation. We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness. That to secure these rights, Governments, are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness. Prudence, indeed, will dictate that Governments long established should not be changed for light and transient causes; and accordingly all experience hath shown, that mankind are more disposed to suffer, while evils are sufferable, than to right themselves by abolishing the forms to which they are accustomed. But when a long train of abuses and usurpations, pursuing invariably the same Object evinces a design to reduce them under absolute Despotism, it is their right, it is their duty, to throw off such Government, and to provide new Guards for their future security. Such has been the patient sufferance of these Colonies; and such is now the necessity which constrains them to alter their former Systems of Government. The history of the present King of Great Britain is a history of repeated injuries and usurpations, all having in direct object the establishment of an absolute Tyranny over these States. To prove this, lets Facts be submitted to a candid world. He has refused his Assent to Laws, the most wholesome and necessary for the public good. He has forbidden his Governors to pass laws of immediate and pressing importance, unless suspended in their operation till his Assent should be obtained; and when so suspended, he has utterly neglected to attend to them. He has refused to pass other Laws for the accommodation of large districts of people, unless those people would relinquish the right of Representation in the Legislature, a right inestimable to them and formidable to tyrants only. He has called together legislative bodies at places unusual, uncomfortable, and distant from the depository of their Public Records, for the sole purpose of fatiguing them into compliance with his measures. He has dissolved Representative Houses repeatedly, for opposing with manly firmness his invasions on the rights of the people. He has refused for a long time, after such dissolutions, to cause others to be elected; whereby the Legislative Powers, incapable of Annihilation, have returned to the People at large for their exercise; the State remaining in the mean time exposed to all the dangers of invasion from without, and convulsions within. He has endeavoured to prevent the population of these States; for that purpose obstructing the Laws for Naturalization of Foreigners; refusing to pass others to encourage their migration hither, and raising the conditions of new Appropriations of Lands. He has obstructed the Administration of Justice, by refusing his Assent to Laws for establishing Judiciary Powers. He has made Judges dependent on his Will alone, for the tenure of their offices, and the amount and payment of their salaries. He has erected a multitude of New Offices, and sent hither swarms of Officers to harrass our People, and eat out their substance. He has kept among us, in times of peace, Standing Armies without the Consent of our legislature. He has affected to render the Military independent of and superior to the Civil Power. He has combined with others to subject us to a jurisdiction foreign to our constitution, and unacknowledged by our laws; giving his Assent to their Acts of pretended Legislation: For quarter large bodies of armed troops among us: For protecting them, by a mock Trial, from Punishment for any Murders which they should commit on the Inhabitants of these States: For cutting off our Trade with all parts of the world: For imposing Taxes on us without our Consent: For depriving us in many cases, of the benefits of Trial by Jury: For transporting us beyond Seas to be tried for pretended offences: For abolishing the free System of English Laws in a neighbouring Province, establishing therein an Arbitrary government, and enlarging its Boundaries so as to render it at once an example and fit instrument for introducing the same absolute rule into these Colonies: For taking away our Charters, abolishing our most valuable Laws, and altering fundamentally the Forms of our Governments: For suspending our own Legislatures, and declaring themselves invested with Power to legislate for us in all cases whatsoever. He has abdicated Government here, by declaring us out of his Protection and waging War against us. He has plundered our seas, ravaged our Coasts, burnt our towns, and destroyed the Lives of our people. He is at this time transporting large Armies of foreign Mercenaries to compleat the works of death, desolation and tyranny, already begun with circumstances of Cruelty & perfidy scarcely paralleled in the most barbarous ages, and totally unworthy the Head of a civilized nation. He has constrained our fellow Citizens taken Captive on the high Seas to bear Arms against their Country, to become the executioners of their friends and Brethren, or to fall themselves by their Hands. He has excited domestic insurrections amongst us, and has endeavoured to bring on the inhabitants of our frontiers, the merciless Indian Savages, whose known rule of warfare, is an undistinguished destruction of all ages, sexes and conditions. In every stage of these Oppresions We have Petitioned for Redress in the most humble terms: Our repeated Petitions have been answered only by repeated injury. A Prince, whose character is thus marked by every act which may define a Tyrant, is unfit to be the ruler of a free People. Nor have We been wanting in attention to our British brethren. We have warned them from time to time of attempts by their legislature to extend an unwarrantable jurisdiction over us. We have reminded them of the circumstances of our emigration and settlement here. We have appealed to their native justice and magnanimity, and we have conjured them by the ties of our common kindred to disavow these usurpations, which would inevitably interrupt our connections and correspondence. They too have been deaf to the voice of justice and consanguinity. We must, therefore, acquiesce in the necessity, which denounces our Separation, and hold them, as we hold the rest of mankind, Enemies in War, in Peace Friends. We, therefore, the Representatives of the United States of America, in General Congress, Assembled, appealing to the Supreme Judge of the world for the rectitude of our intentions, do, in the Name, and by Authority of the good People of these Colonies are, and of Right ought to be Free and Independent States; that they are Absolved from all Allegiance to the British Crown, and that all political connection between them and the State of Great Britain, is and ought to be totally dissolved; and that as Free and Independent States, they have full Power to levy War, conclude Peace, contract Alliances, establish Commerce, and to do all other Acts and Things which Independent States may of right do. And for the support of this Declaration, with a firm reliance on the Protection of Divine Providence, we mutually pledge to each other our Lives, our Fortunes and our sacred Honor. JOHN HANCOCK New Hampshire - Josiah Bartlett, Matthew Thornton, Wm. Whipple, Massachusetts Bay - Saml. Adams, Robt. Treat Paine, John Adams, Elbridge Gerry. Rhode Island - Step. Hopkins, William Ellery Connecticut - Roger Sherman, Wm. Williams, Sam'el Huntington, Oliver Wolcott. New York - Wm. Floyd, Francis Lewis, Phil. Livingston, Lewis Morris. New Jersey - Richd. Stockton, John Hart, Jno. Witherspoon, Abra. Clark, Fras. Hopkinson. Pennsylvania - Robt. Morris, Jas. Smith, Benjamin Rush, Geo. Taylor, Benja. Franklin, James Wilson, John Morton, Geo. Ross, Geo. Clymer. Delaware - Caesar Rodney, Tho. M'Kean, Geo. Read. Maryland - Samuel Chase, Charles Carroll of Carrollton, Wm. Paca, Thos. Stone. Virginia - George Wythe, Thos. Nelson, Jr., Richard Henry Lee, Francis Lightfoot Lee, Th. Jefferson, Carter Braxton, Benja. Harrison. North Carolina - Wm. Hooper, John Penn, Joesph Hewes. South Carolina - Edward Rutledge, Thomas Lynch, Junr., Thos. Heyward, Junr., Arthur Middleton. Georgia - Button Gwinnett, Geo. Walton, Lyman Hall.

Dear friends and associates: I hope your Fourth of July celebration this year will be one of happiness and grattitude for the wonderful nation in which we live. The site URL below was sent to me by another friend and I enjoyed it very much. I hope you will look in on it when you have a moment; it's well worth the effort. http://www.geocities.com/grace24u/4thofjul.html Thank you everyone for the help you have provided me with your ideas, shared genealogies and good will. Kathie Donahue Spokane, WA

Hello We just moved from Duluth a year ago and the Duluth NEws Tribune is still running.. My email is callia@nvbell.net . if you want to email me I can send you the address.......... Take care Kathy ----- Original Message ----- From: Marion Markham <mmrbm@ameritech.net> To: <MNSTLOUI-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, June 29, 2001 7:31 AM Subject: [MNSTLOUI] Photograph from newspaper > I have connected with a distant cousin and we are sharing information. She > sent me a copy or a copy of a newspaper obit for my gr-uncle, Laughlin > McLean that appeared in the Duluth News Tribune in January, 1910. (The > actual day is blurred but it looks like it might be 1, 2, or > 3.) Unfortunately, the photograph is also very blurry. Is there any way > to get a better copy? Is the Duluth News Tribune still in operation and do > they sell photographs from their archives? > > Marion Markham > >

I have connected with a distant cousin and we are sharing information. She sent me a copy or a copy of a newspaper obit for my gr-uncle, Laughlin McLean that appeared in the Duluth News Tribune in January, 1910. (The actual day is blurred but it looks like it might be 1, 2, or 3.) Unfortunately, the photograph is also very blurry. Is there any way to get a better copy? Is the Duluth News Tribune still in operation and do they sell photographs from their archives? Marion Markham

Lake Superior News Duluth September 22, 1881 List of Letters Remaining unclaimed and advertised in the Duluth, St. Louis county, Minnesota, post office for the week ending Sept. 17, 1881, Axelson, Antoine McDonald, Ronald [could it be??] Bvedthe, I.M. McDowell, H.J. Brown, Jno. C. McDonald, F.L. Boyden, C.T. McDougall, Archibald Bryce, Geo. W. McKinney, H. V. R. Bourkland, Jno. Macomber, Will 2 Bogley, Thos. H. Manny, Frank Ball, August Wm. Marshall, W. B. Berger, Henry Monnahan, Ann Burner, Theo. Maghan, Geo. Bergengren, Adott Masterhus, Mary C. Biddle, Cadwalder Manship, Mr. A. Bergquist, O. Makon, A. Cathrens, Mrs. Machor, J. M. Christensen, Jacob Mayhow, M. Clark, Howard M. Mechiver, Dora Conkling, Emma Miven, R. O. Colin, Zephira Morrison, Ellen Cunningham, Jos. Morrison, D. Creech, Jno. Meining, C. D. Cobb, F.D. Nelson, J. P. Chamberlin, Phil Neff, Alice, G. Carrick, Geo. M. Olsen, J. E. Dupuis, Mrs. M. 2 Olsen, S. Jno. Dedow, Wm. S. Olsen, S. Daily, Clarkson Olin, D. A. Dovefield, N.W. Ouslrich, F. Dalgeist, Jas. A. Pelietrier, Jos. Dutson, Madam Pairce, W. L. Diegarden, M. Pechey, P. S. Dugas, Capt. Peachey, C. Duffield, W.W. Peirce, W. L. Foriott, Jno. G. Peterson, G. J. Flinn, E. H. Pederson, J. Farrell, K.W. Plante, Edward Green, D. K. Pudell, P. E. Gibbs, J. H. 2 Richardson, Wm. Grenolds, H. N. Raske, M. L. Green, W. F. Riddle, G. T. Gallagher, R. J. Renney, H. Gazley, Henry Rearson, Mr. Gambell, A. Ross, C. W. Groulx, A. Robinson, C. H. Grauo, Johanna Rochelo, Albert Gray, A. D. St. Stewart, G. Hargrave, Laura Skjolsvold, M. J. 2 Hrukka, Erik Svenson, Aug. Hjlem, A. Suparia, A. Hinde, L. T. Tufts, C. E. Hahle, Nr Vail, D. E. Johnston, L. W. Wilford, Thos. Jackson, Hans Wold, Jasper Johanne, M. Wabuskibunaby Jno. Baptiste Knight, E. Wetherell, C. C. Kehoe, Jno. Wade, J. Lindsay, Geo. Ward, Albert Lamb, C. McDowell, D. J. Larson, Hilmer Svensson, A. Lessive, Joe ***When calling for these letters, ask For advertised letters and give date of list L.A. Marvin, P.M.

HI, I was wondering if someone who might live in the Hibbing area could help me. I sent an e-mail back in January to the IronWorld and have not heard anything. My inquiry is this, wanting to find out about an Earnest/Ernest Christie/Christy who died in Hibbing Jan 17, 1899. I am assuming he worked in the mines. The family Bible states Hibbors mines. Does anyone have access to early death records or a newspaper that might tell what happened? I have a death certificate number as 5000. Ernest was born Nov 22, 1868 in Clark County WI. Son of Robert and Araminta Jane Baird Christie. Ernest was first buried in Hibbing, but later moved to Duluth. Any help with this would be greatly appreciated.. Many thanks. Will gladly reimburse for copies and postage. Debbie Christie-Rogers 3313 E. Dutchman Circle Bellevue NE 68123-3179 If requesting Genealogy look ups, please send snail mail address in your e-mail. Thank You. Our website, New Addy. http://debbier.home.radiks.net

Hi, I'm looking for information on Bert Gardner and Marie (Marina) LaComb. I guessing Bert and Marie were married in Hibbing sometime after the 1920 census and before March 1921. They had a Robert Lee Gardner on March 6, 1921, in Hibbing. They also had two other children; a baby on Jun 21, 1923 and Margaret Ann Gardner on July 12, 1924. Both were born in Hibbing. We believe there may have been more kids, but we're not sure. Marie also had a child in 1919 in Hibbing, Minnesota with a man named Charles Larson. I do know that around 1930 Robert went to live with Edward Beldo. Edward Beldo also lived in Hibbing. Any information on any of these people would be great. Kimberly Sandquist Marie Lacomb

"GILBERTSON MARTIN 3/26/1938 Death certificate #5181 VIRGINIA, MN" If you would like to obtain a copy of a death certificate from St. Louis County MN, write to: St. Louis County Recorder P.O. Box 157 Duluth MN 55801-0157 ---$11.00 for a certified copy ---$11.00 for a non certified copy Make check or money order payable to: County Recorder Please make sure to send the information that is found with each entry in the Death Record Index Name, Date, Record #, and Comments/Location -----Original Message----- From: Daniel Walker <walkergen@go.com> To: MNSTLOUI-L@rootsweb.com <MNSTLOUI-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Tuesday, June 19, 2001 12:34 AM Subject: [MNSTLOUI] Martin Gilbertson of Virginia, Minnesota Is there anyone in St. Louis County that could search the records pertaining to the death of Martin Gilbertson who died in Virginia, Minnesota in 1938. He may be the brother of my g-grandmother Gertrude Gilbertson Rollins. He was a resdient of Virginia, Minnesota when his mother Carrie Gilbertson died in Barron County, Wisconsin in 1923. Thank you in advance, Dan Walker. ___________________________________________________ GO.com Mail Get Your Free, Private E-mail at http://mail.go.com

Hi Marion - It's Kate McLean who married uncle George. But I wonder if your McLeans and McKays came from Ontario? As far as I know all my Randall's came in 1882/3 after their father died. But I have a Walter Randall who died in 1880, we think, but can't find place of death. Maybe he was the first to venture west. Thank you for answering and happy hunting. Nicki nickih@centurytel.net Marion Markham wrote: > I checked the 1880 census and the only Jane McLean I could find was the > daughter of my gr-uncle Lachlin and I know that she married a > MacKay. However, it's interesting to note that the only Randall I could > find -- no first name -- seemed to be living with some MacKays. I have no > idea what that means. > > Marion > >HI > > > >My relative George Edward Randall married a Kate McLean in the 1890's in > >Duluth. Any connection? The Randalls are all buried in Forest Hills. > > > >Nicki > >nickih@centurytel.net > > > >Marion Markham wrote: > > > > > Does anyone have a connection to John McLean, born in Canada in 1844? In a > > > copy of a letter from the files at Forest Hill Cemetery, John McLean refers > > > to his brother, Charles. However, it cannot be the Charles who was the son > > > of my gr-uncle Laughlan McLean, because Laughlan was still in Scotland in > > > 1844 and unmarried. > > > > > > In 1899-1900 John McLean, although living in Bemidji, was paying for a > > > cemetery plot in Forest Hill so he must have had some Duluth connection. > > > > > > If anyone has access for a Duluth city directory for that period, please do > > > a lookup for Charles McLeans. Thanks in advance. > > > > > > Marion Markham

Is there anyone in St. Louis County that could search the records pertaining to the death of Martin Gilbertson who died in Virginia, Minnesota in 1938. He may be the brother of my g-grandmother Gertrude Gilbertson Rollins. He was a resdient of Virginia, Minnesota when his mother Carrie Gilbertson died in Barron County, Wisconsin in 1923. Thank you in advance, Dan Walker. ___________________________________________________ GO.com Mail Get Your Free, Private E-mail at http://mail.go.com

Is there anyone in St. Louis County that could look up an obit for me concerning Hiram Walker, who died in Virginia, Minnesota on 30 January 1911. He would be my g-grandfather. Thank you in advance. Dan Walker from Wisconsin. ___________________________________________________ GO.com Mail Get Your Free, Private E-mail at http://mail.go.com

I checked the 1880 census and the only Jane McLean I could find was the daughter of my gr-uncle Lachlin and I know that she married a MacKay. However, it's interesting to note that the only Randall I could find -- no first name -- seemed to be living with some MacKays. I have no idea what that means. Marion >HI > >My relative George Edward Randall married a Kate McLean in the 1890's in >Duluth. Any connection? The Randalls are all buried in Forest Hills. > >Nicki >nickih@centurytel.net > >Marion Markham wrote: > > > Does anyone have a connection to John McLean, born in Canada in 1844? In a > > copy of a letter from the files at Forest Hill Cemetery, John McLean refers > > to his brother, Charles. However, it cannot be the Charles who was the son > > of my gr-uncle Laughlan McLean, because Laughlan was still in Scotland in > > 1844 and unmarried. > > > > In 1899-1900 John McLean, although living in Bemidji, was paying for a > > cemetery plot in Forest Hill so he must have had some Duluth connection. > > > > If anyone has access for a Duluth city directory for that period, please do > > a lookup for Charles McLeans. Thanks in advance. > > > > Marion Markham

HI My relative George Edward Randall married a Kate McLean in the 1890's in Duluth. Any connection? The Randalls are all buried in Forest Hills. Nicki nickih@centurytel.net Marion Markham wrote: > Does anyone have a connection to John McLean, born in Canada in 1844? In a > copy of a letter from the files at Forest Hill Cemetery, John McLean refers > to his brother, Charles. However, it cannot be the Charles who was the son > of my gr-uncle Laughlan McLean, because Laughlan was still in Scotland in > 1844 and unmarried. > > In 1899-1900 John McLean, although living in Bemidji, was paying for a > cemetery plot in Forest Hill so he must have had some Duluth connection. > > If anyone has access for a Duluth city directory for that period, please do > a lookup for Charles McLeans. Thanks in advance. > > Marion Markham

Hi! I saw your inquiry about your relative in KellyLake. I live in Hibbing which isn't far from Kelly Lake. Infact, children from Kelly Lake attend school in Hibbing. I see that there is a James A. McGraw who lives in Kelly Lake. Perhaps he is a relative. The address is:James A McGraw, 200 North 1st Ave., Kellly Lake, MN 55746. I hope this helps you. If I can help in any way let me know. I can be reached at augerro@hotmail.com ----- Original Message ----- From: <Szelsdorf@aol.com> To: <MNSTLOUI-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, June 13, 2001 3:18 PM Subject: [MNSTLOUI] Robert McGraw Family > Hi > > I'm new to the list and I'm looking for information on a great-uncle of > mine. I will tell you what little I do know of him. > Robert McGraw was born in IL around 1886, moved to Kelly Lake, (near Hibbing) > in the early 1900s. He was a railroad conductor from about 1910 to the 1940s. > I know he was alive in 1948 but lost contact sometime after that. His wife's > name was Margaret, they had two children Jim and Lauretta. I know these dates > a sketchy, but I'm going on my dad's memory. :) > The family is Catholic, is there a Catholic church near Kelly Lake that I > could check with? Is there a cemetery in Kelly Lake? I have really hit a > brick wall with this family. If anyone has any info. I appreciate any help I > can get. > Thanks in advance > Sue Zelsdorf > Barrington, IL > >

Sue: There is a Catholic Church, St. Anne's opened abt. 1911. Unsure if still in service. Mary

Hi I'm new to the list and I'm looking for information on a great-uncle of mine. I will tell you what little I do know of him. Robert McGraw was born in IL around 1886, moved to Kelly Lake, (near Hibbing) in the early 1900s. He was a railroad conductor from about 1910 to the 1940s. I know he was alive in 1948 but lost contact sometime after that. His wife's name was Margaret, they had two children Jim and Lauretta. I know these dates a sketchy, but I'm going on my dad's memory. :) The family is Catholic, is there a Catholic church near Kelly Lake that I could check with? Is there a cemetery in Kelly Lake? I have really hit a brick wall with this family. If anyone has any info. I appreciate any help I can get. Thanks in advance Sue Zelsdorf Barrington, IL

Dee, what is the surname you are working on? when looking into the Melungeon theory i bought a book by an N. Brent Kennedy, "The Melungeons, The Resurrection of a Proud People" turns out i am a distant cousin of his but one thing i got a kick out of is that some members of one of his lines moved from "Coeburn Mountain" in Virginia to Duluth, Mn. the name is NASH. after corresponding with him i sent him the page from the phone book of Nashes but i don't know if he ever checked them out. i have thought to do it to but have not. family tradition refers to nationalities being French, "Black Dutch", Scot-Irish, English and Indian. Melungeons were very discrimated against and on some census records referred to as "Free People of Color" I know I was always told my Great Grandmother was 1/2 Cherokee and her mother full-blooded Cherokee. but in researching there is absolutely nothing that would connect them to the Indians. its sure been fun learning about these people. good luck in your search....marilyn ----- Original Message ----- From: "Darlene S Poff" <deespoff@galaxyinternet.net> To: <MNSTLOUI-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, May 22, 2001 9:56 PM Subject: Re: [MNSTLOUI] Re: mixed marriages > Interesting discussion. I am also reseaching my husband's family in TN. > Legend says my husband is 1/64 Indian. No clue which tribe. The > physical appearance supports this possibility. This is a missing piece that > can drive me crazy. Thanks for a new clue to hunt! Dee > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Marilyn Deloach Elliott" <mightymare@prodigy.net> > To: <MNSTLOUI-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Tuesday, May 22, 2001 8:37 PM > Subject: Re: [MNSTLOUI] Re: mixed marriages > > > > ok...sorry for interrupting best of luck on your research > > > > marilyn > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Kim Pollard" <merick@cableone.net> > > To: <MNSTLOUI-L@rootsweb.com> > > Sent: Tuesday, May 22, 2001 10:05 AM > > Subject: Re: [MNSTLOUI] Re: mixed marriages > > > > > > > Thanks but there wasn't much to the discussion. The family member and I > > were > > > referring to relatives in northern Wisconsin and Upper Michigan. > > > > > > Kim > > > > > > Marilyn Deloach Elliott wrote: > > > > > > > Kim...i just want to jump in here...i think i have missed some of the > > > > discussion. may i ask what part of the country you are talking about > > with > > > > the Scots and possible indian connection? my family is from TN, NC, > > KY, VA > > > > and i discovered people referred to as Melungeons. most stories are > > that > > > > some ancestors were indian but there was no proof of that. they have > > the > > > > characteristics you mentions...high cheek bones...dark eyes...olive > > > > complections... the subject of Melungeons is rather complicated but > > very > > > > interesting. if you search the word on the net you will find lots of > > info. > > > > just a suggestion. > > > > marilyn deloach elliott > > > > duluth mn > > > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > > From: "Kim Pollard" <merick@cableone.net> > > > > To: <MNSTLOUI-L@rootsweb.com> > > > > Sent: Sunday, May 20, 2001 9:55 PM > > > > Subject: [MNSTLOUI] Re: mixed marriages > > > > > > > > > That same topic came into a family conversation just the other day. > > The > > > > high > > > > > cheek bones, the dark eyes, and dark hair. There is a family trait > > that > > > > almost > > > > > looks more towards the "Oriental" > > > > > features minus the eyes. The eyes are more "cat like" in shape. > The > > > > thing with > > > > > that is to my knowledge so far I have only found one story of a > > possible > > > > indian > > > > > marriage and that isn't even in our line! It makes one wonder.... > > > > > > > > > > Kim > > > > > > > > > > Kathie Donahue wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > Regarding the possibility of mixed blood Scots and Indian, > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > > http://www.cableone.net/jamez/family.htm > > > > > > > > > > Check out some of the other websites I'm running. > > > > > > > > > > http://drew-ms.netfirms.com/ > > > > > > > > > > http://www.fortunecity.com/westwood/beautiful/877/ > > > > > or > > > > > http://nav.to/Merick > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > http://www.cableone.net/jamez/family.htm > > > > > > Check out some of the other websites I'm running. > > > > > > http://drew-ms.netfirms.com/ > > > > > > http://www.fortunecity.com/westwood/beautiful/877/ > > > or > > > http://nav.to/Merick > > > > > > > > > > >

Interesting discussion. I am also reseaching my husband's family in TN. Legend says my husband is 1/64 Indian. No clue which tribe. The physical appearance supports this possibility. This is a missing piece that can drive me crazy. Thanks for a new clue to hunt! Dee ----- Original Message ----- From: "Marilyn Deloach Elliott" <mightymare@prodigy.net> To: <MNSTLOUI-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, May 22, 2001 8:37 PM Subject: Re: [MNSTLOUI] Re: mixed marriages > ok...sorry for interrupting best of luck on your research > > marilyn > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Kim Pollard" <merick@cableone.net> > To: <MNSTLOUI-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Tuesday, May 22, 2001 10:05 AM > Subject: Re: [MNSTLOUI] Re: mixed marriages > > > > Thanks but there wasn't much to the discussion. The family member and I > were > > referring to relatives in northern Wisconsin and Upper Michigan. > > > > Kim > > > > Marilyn Deloach Elliott wrote: > > > > > Kim...i just want to jump in here...i think i have missed some of the > > > discussion. may i ask what part of the country you are talking about > with > > > the Scots and possible indian connection? my family is from TN, NC, > KY, VA > > > and i discovered people referred to as Melungeons. most stories are > that > > > some ancestors were indian but there was no proof of that. they have > the > > > characteristics you mentions...high cheek bones...dark eyes...olive > > > complections... the subject of Melungeons is rather complicated but > very > > > interesting. if you search the word on the net you will find lots of > info. > > > just a suggestion. > > > marilyn deloach elliott > > > duluth mn > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > From: "Kim Pollard" <merick@cableone.net> > > > To: <MNSTLOUI-L@rootsweb.com> > > > Sent: Sunday, May 20, 2001 9:55 PM > > > Subject: [MNSTLOUI] Re: mixed marriages > > > > > > > That same topic came into a family conversation just the other day. > The > > > high > > > > cheek bones, the dark eyes, and dark hair. There is a family trait > that > > > almost > > > > looks more towards the "Oriental" > > > > features minus the eyes. The eyes are more "cat like" in shape. The > > > thing with > > > > that is to my knowledge so far I have only found one story of a > possible > > > indian > > > > marriage and that isn't even in our line! It makes one wonder.... > > > > > > > > Kim > > > > > > > > Kathie Donahue wrote: > > > > > > > > > Regarding the possibility of mixed blood Scots and Indian, > > > > > > > > -- > > > > http://www.cableone.net/jamez/family.htm > > > > > > > > Check out some of the other websites I'm running. > > > > > > > > http://drew-ms.netfirms.com/ > > > > > > > > http://www.fortunecity.com/westwood/beautiful/877/ > > > > or > > > > http://nav.to/Merick > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > http://www.cableone.net/jamez/family.htm > > > > Check out some of the other websites I'm running. > > > > http://drew-ms.netfirms.com/ > > > > http://www.fortunecity.com/westwood/beautiful/877/ > > or > > http://nav.to/Merick > > > > > >

ok...sorry for interrupting best of luck on your research marilyn ----- Original Message ----- From: "Kim Pollard" <merick@cableone.net> To: <MNSTLOUI-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, May 22, 2001 10:05 AM Subject: Re: [MNSTLOUI] Re: mixed marriages > Thanks but there wasn't much to the discussion. The family member and I were > referring to relatives in northern Wisconsin and Upper Michigan. > > Kim > > Marilyn Deloach Elliott wrote: > > > Kim...i just want to jump in here...i think i have missed some of the > > discussion. may i ask what part of the country you are talking about with > > the Scots and possible indian connection? my family is from TN, NC, KY, VA > > and i discovered people referred to as Melungeons. most stories are that > > some ancestors were indian but there was no proof of that. they have the > > characteristics you mentions...high cheek bones...dark eyes...olive > > complections... the subject of Melungeons is rather complicated but very > > interesting. if you search the word on the net you will find lots of info. > > just a suggestion. > > marilyn deloach elliott > > duluth mn > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Kim Pollard" <merick@cableone.net> > > To: <MNSTLOUI-L@rootsweb.com> > > Sent: Sunday, May 20, 2001 9:55 PM > > Subject: [MNSTLOUI] Re: mixed marriages > > > > > That same topic came into a family conversation just the other day. The > > high > > > cheek bones, the dark eyes, and dark hair. There is a family trait that > > almost > > > looks more towards the "Oriental" > > > features minus the eyes. The eyes are more "cat like" in shape. The > > thing with > > > that is to my knowledge so far I have only found one story of a possible > > indian > > > marriage and that isn't even in our line! It makes one wonder.... > > > > > > Kim > > > > > > Kathie Donahue wrote: > > > > > > > Regarding the possibility of mixed blood Scots and Indian, > > > > > > -- > > > http://www.cableone.net/jamez/family.htm > > > > > > Check out some of the other websites I'm running. > > > > > > http://drew-ms.netfirms.com/ > > > > > > http://www.fortunecity.com/westwood/beautiful/877/ > > > or > > > http://nav.to/Merick > > > > > > > > -- > http://www.cableone.net/jamez/family.htm > > Check out some of the other websites I'm running. > > http://drew-ms.netfirms.com/ > > http://www.fortunecity.com/westwood/beautiful/877/ > or > http://nav.to/Merick > >