-----Original Message----- From: Betty A Pace <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Wed, 5 Nov 2008 4:49 pm Subject: Re: [PACE] tri-racial Paces Kathy, Weren't the Melungeons a mixture themselves, rather than a distinct group? I have read some material but have forgotten a lot of it. Betty Pace On Wed, 05 Nov 2008 12:36:22 -0500 [email protected] writes: > > This is so very interesting.? It appears to duplicate much of the > info we have on the Melungeons.? It would appear that, if they were > Melungeons, they would not go back to that mysterious beginning but > would have simply come down from VA.? Another explanation would be > that they came down and mixed with the Melungeons, who were already > there, in TN, NC, etc. > Kathy Best > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Roy Johnson <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Sent: Tue, 4 Nov 2008 11:26 pm > Subject: [PACE] tri-racial Paces > > > > > > > > > > > I had an email request to post the rest of the pictures of the > tri-racial > family that included a Pace. Most of the pictures I received are not > of the > Pace line of descent but they show the fascinating variety of > complexions in > this tri-racial family. > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~pace/pacepix/Pace-Taylo r/ > > > > It would be great if some of the genealogical experts in the family > could > help trace Eliza Louisa Pace Taylor, who married Dempsey Taylor in > Nash > County, North Carolina, in 1843. > > > > Roy Johnson > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------- > 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 > > > > > > > ------------------------------- > 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 > > ____________________________________________________________ Can't pay your bills? Click here to learn about filing for bankruptcy. http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL2141/fc/Ioyw6i3nfvZkta3btBn6WiV1ul6aNhgQLDYZZ4oic8gQwacp6MJtxu/ ------------------------------- 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 Betty, The Melungeons said they were Portugeese, but I've heard that DNA testing shows that they do come from that part of the world but also a wide area around Portugal. You'll probably recall that stories speculate that they were first on an island off the US coast, or that they came by way of South America, etc. Sorry, this message is going on my screen crosswise instead of up and down. Do we know where these Paces originated before they were here? Kathy Pace Best
Yes, the Melungeons were a mixture, but these people do not seem to have any connection with the Melungeons, although they sound very similar. Roy -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of [email protected] Sent: Wednesday, November 05, 2008 7:54 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [PACE] tri-racial Paces -----Original Message----- From: Betty A Pace <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Wed, 5 Nov 2008 4:49 pm Subject: Re: [PACE] tri-racial Paces Kathy, Weren't the Melungeons a mixture themselves, rather than a distinct group? I have read some material but have forgotten a lot of it. Betty Pace On Wed, 05 Nov 2008 12:36:22 -0500 [email protected] writes: > > This is so very interesting.? It appears to duplicate much of the > info we have on the Melungeons.? It would appear that, if they were > Melungeons, they would not go back to that mysterious beginning but > would have simply come down from VA.? Another explanation would be > that they came down and mixed with the Melungeons, who were already > there, in TN, NC, etc. > Kathy Best > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Roy Johnson <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Sent: Tue, 4 Nov 2008 11:26 pm > Subject: [PACE] tri-racial Paces > > > > > > > > > > > I had an email request to post the rest of the pictures of the > tri-racial > family that included a Pace. Most of the pictures I received are not > of the > Pace line of descent but they show the fascinating variety of > complexions in > this tri-racial family. > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~pace/pacepix/Pace-Taylo r/ > > > > It would be great if some of the genealogical experts in the family > could > help trace Eliza Louisa Pace Taylor, who married Dempsey Taylor in > Nash > County, North Carolina, in 1843. > > > > Roy Johnson > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------- > 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 > > > > > > > ------------------------------- > 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 > > ____________________________________________________________ Can't pay your bills? Click here to learn about filing for bankruptcy. http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL2141/fc/Ioyw6i3nfvZkta3btBn6WiV1ul6aNhgQ LDYZZ4oic8gQwacp6MJtxu/ ------------------------------- 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 Betty, The Melungeons said they were Portugeese, but I've heard that DNA testing shows that they do come from that part of the world but also a wide area around Portugal. You'll probably recall that stories speculate that they were first on an island off the US coast, or that they came by way of South America, etc. Sorry, this message is going on my screen crosswise instead of up and down. Do we know where these Paces originated before they were here? Kathy Pace Best ------------------------------- 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 No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - http://www.avg.com Version: 8.0.175 / Virus Database: 270.8.6/1765 - Release Date: 11/5/2008 5:36 PM