D-OGS and friends, Wednesday's meeting would be a good opportunity to bring a friend or neighbor who is not yet into pedigrees and ahnentafels, but has wondered about those interesting family stories that don't really make sense, but seem to endure over the years in their family. People have been aware of the Melungeons for generations through Appalachia, but the tittle has not always been a popular one, and sometimes even disparaging. You will notice that many of the names commonly associated with the Melungeons are ones you have seen in this region but never thought twice about. Do you know any of them? Do you have these stories in your family? Some of them are found here: http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~mtnties/name.html#Melungeon This is a page of basic information if the term is new to you: http://www.melungeon.org/?BISKIT=1116845&CONTEXT=cat&cat=10076 Here's another page you might like to look at: http://members.aol.com/bbbenge/page15.html A clearinghouse of Melongeon sites: http://www.nativeamericans.com/Melungeon.htm I expect we will learn more about some of these sites; bear in mind I turned them up in a Google search to prepare myself for Lisa Alther's presentation so I cannot comment on their accuracy. Try not to miss this meeting, we're all sure to learn a lot about these interesting and elusive people. I'm looking forward to it. Carol ************************************** See what's new at http://www.aol.com
Thanks Carol! ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, November 05, 2007 11:55 PM Subject: Re: [NCDOGS] D-OGS Meeting Reminder, Wednesday, 7 November 2007,"Kinfolks: F... D-OGS and friends, Wednesday's meeting would be a good opportunity to bring a friend or neighbor who is not yet into pedigrees and ahnentafels, but has wondered about those interesting family stories that don't really make sense, but seem to endure over the years in their family. People have been aware of the Melungeons for generations through Appalachia, but the tittle has not always been a popular one, and sometimes even disparaging. You will notice that many of the names commonly associated with the Melungeons are ones you have seen in this region but never thought twice about. Do you know any of them? Do you have these stories in your family? Some of them are found here: http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~mtnties/name.html#Melungeon This is a page of basic information if the term is new to you: http://www.melungeon.org/?BISKIT=1116845&CONTEXT=cat&cat=10076 Here's another page you might like to look at: http://members.aol.com/bbbenge/page15.html A clearinghouse of Melongeon sites: http://www.nativeamericans.com/Melungeon.htm I expect we will learn more about some of these sites; bear in mind I turned them up in a Google search to prepare myself for Lisa Alther's presentation so I cannot comment on their accuracy. Try not to miss this meeting, we're all sure to learn a lot about these interesting and elusive people. I'm looking forward to it. Carol ************************************** See what's new at http://www.aol.com ************************* Visit the D-OGS web site: http://www.rootsweb.com/~ncdogs/ Please post all queries using the D-OGS query form: http://www.rootsweb.com/~ncdogs/memquery.html ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] b.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message