Thanks for the info on the Haines researcher! I may just look his article up!!! Jenn > > From: HubbellGen@aol.com > Date: 2006/03/24 Fri PM 06:45:29 EST > To: REED-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [REED] John Reed b. 1812, m. Mary Witt 1830 Stokes Cty, NC > > Wow, it sounds as if you have an interesting ancestor. You'll find many, many > references to the "Black Dutch" on the Internet, just Google the term and do > some reading. Many people use the term interchangeably with Melungeon, but it > is likely not the same thing. There are even some DNA projects around the > Melungeons as a matter of fact. Google Melungeon, too for some interesting > reading.I think the term "Black Dutch" was around a lot longer than Melungeon though. > Just one interesting site is this one: > http://www.geocities.com/mikenassau/BlackDutch.htm > Most of the Melungeons seem to be in the Appalachians as a general rule, and > in several states for that matter. There are many articles written about > tri-racials in the south, and the Melungeons are mentioned in some of them as well. > > There is a NC researcher, Jeffrey L.Haines, who did a marvelous study > written up in the NGS Journal a few years ago that traced just such a migration > pattern as your family. He has a web page at > http://ourworld-top.cs.com/HainesJeff/index.htm that talks a bit about his area of research, so you can understand > that he is well experienced in researching that part of the country. His > article was fascinating and I really enjoyed reading it. If you don't have the > journal yourself, perhaps your local genealogical library has it on its shelves. > I'm sure you'd enjoy it. It may give you some pointers on how to proceed with > your research. > > When the NGS had its conference in the states in Nashville, TN last year I > was fortunate to spend the afternoon in the State Archives there, and enjoyed > seeing the vast resources they have on Tennessee families. There is a great deal > to be seen there on the families of western North Carolina too, naturally, as > eastern Tennessee was once North Carolina. If you have access to this > wonderful resource I'm sure you will learn a lot more about your family's progress > westward. > > The NCGS lists genealogical societies in the state, and the listing for > Stokes County is here: http://www.ncgenealogy.org/ > > It sounds like you're going to have fun with this family. Good luck. > > Carol > > > ============================== > Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million records added in the > last 12 months. Largest online collection in the world. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx > >