Thanks , I'll try that , it is a good idea. I am fairly new at this . Tommy ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ava H. Nackman" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, November 06, 2007 12:33 PM Subject: Re: [NCDOGS] D-OGS Meeting Reminder, Wednesday, 7 November 2007,"Kinfolks: Falling Off the Family Tree - The Search for MyMelungeonAncestors" > Tommy, > You didn't mention this, so I'll ask. Did you check the 1910 census for a > roughly 20 year old Claude Hunt -- and not necessarily in the state where > the rest of the family was? And re the census listing, you haven't seen > anything yet. I spent about two hours last night trying to locate my great > grandparents and their family in the 1910 census. The last name was garbled > from Hartman to Hatman, my great grandfather's last name was shortened from > Newton to Newt, my great grandmother's was listed as Gannet instead of > Garnett, and several of the children's names were messed up in one way or > another as well. Each error was minor, but those minor errors, especially > in combination, can make finding them with a search engine really > challenging! I've learned to get VERY creative and persistent in trying > every possibility before concluding that they aren't listed. > Ava > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On > Behalf Of Tommy Hunt > Sent: Tuesday, November 06, 2007 8:38 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [NCDOGS] D-OGS Meeting Reminder, Wednesday, 7 November > 2007,"Kinfolks: Falling Off the Family Tree - The Search for MyMelungeon > Ancestors" > > Paul , My name is Tommy Hunt and I live in Durham . I have just joined the > Durham-Oragne Gen. Society. > I need some help and ideas and do not know who to call on . The Problem; > I have checked the Census Report for 1900 and found my father , Clarence > Marvin Hunt , age 3. His older sister is also there age 7. There is also an > older brother , age 10 named Claude. It clearly list him as a son of my > Grandmother. I had never heard of Claude from my father or any of his > brothers or sisters. My Grandmother never mentioned him . I checked the 1910 > census , he was not there . He either died or left home . If he had left > home I am sure someone would have mentioned him . I have checked the death > records in Durham County and they only start at 1913. He is not there. I > have checked the cemetaries , not there. Can anyone give me any other ideas > as to how I can find what happened the this person. ? By the way , the > cencus recorder at that time listed my Grandfather as R.M. Hunt not Robert > Lee Hunt as it should have been listed. It also listed my Grandmother as > Maggie instead of Margaret. I think he was in a big hurry to go to lunch. > Many thanks , Tommy Hunt , [email protected] Original > Message ----- > From: "Paul Hollinghurst" <[email protected]> > To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> > Sent: Monday, November 05, 2007 11:24 PM > Subject: [NCDOGS] D-OGS Meeting Reminder, Wednesday, 7 November 2007, > "Kinfolks: Falling Off the Family Tree - The Search for My Melungeon > Ancestors" > > > > Wednesday, 7 November 2007 -- D-OGS Meeting > > > > TOPIC: "Kinfolks: Falling Off the Family Tree - The Search for My > Melungeon > > Ancestors" > > > > Speaker: Lisa Alther > > > > Lisa Alther, the author of several books, just published her first > > non-fiction book "Kinfolks: Falling Off the Family Tree - The Search for > My > > Melungeon Ancestors". Her story begins with her childhood and involved > > travels through the South and to several countries in search of the truth > of > > her origins, including a DNA test to confirm her suspicions. Lisa finds > > answers about her origins but many mysteries remain. > > > > An extremely provocative element in Alther's search revolves around > > boogie-man stories from childhood about Melungeons. She heard they had six > > fingers on each hand. As a child, she didn't know if this was true, or if > > Melungeons existed. Haunted by this mystery, she began trying to learn all > > she could and met a man in southwest Virginia who, indeed, was born with > six > > fingers on each hand who showed her scars from surgery to remove the sixth > > finger; he turned out to be a distant cousin of hers. > > > > As Alther says, "Conflicting origin of stories for the Melungeons abound. > > They're said to be descended from Indians who mated with early Spanish > > explorers, or from the survivors of Sir Walter Raleigh's Lost Colony on > > Roanoke Island, or from Portuguese sailors shipwrecked on the Carolina > > coast, or from African slaves who escaped into the mountains." Her > > newly-discovered cousin thought they had Turkish ancestry. After traveling > > the South and Turkey and other parts of the world for extensive research, > > Alther concludes she is Melungeon, especially after having a DNA test > which > > showed all her genetic make-up. > > > > D-OGS Meeting will be held on: > > Wednesday evening, 7 November 2007 at 7 p.m. > > Duke Homestead Visitor's Center > > 2828 Duke Homestead Road, Durham 27705 > > Phone: (919) 477-5498 > > One-half mile from I-85 and Guess Rd (Exit 175) > > Follow the brown historic site road signs. > > > > A Map! http://tinyurl.com/3mbuj > > Another Map! http://tinyurl.com/4gnkm > > ******************************** > > > > ************************* > > 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] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message > > > > ************************* > 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] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message > > > ************************* > 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] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >