Hi Guys! Sorry I forgot to include the url for my website in my previous post. It is noted below. To answer Lee's questions: Ah that it would be so easy!! :-) You will find NO records w/ the mention of the word Melungeon on them. No census, no marriage, no birth nor death. What you may find is one of your ancestors listed as mulatto or perhaps even black. But even that is difficult for most. I have NEVER found one of my ancestors so listed. Yet they carried one of the common Melungeon surnames, lived in the areas commonly known to be where Melungeons lived, and I have Familial Mediterranean Fever an inherited illness that I believe came through this ancestry. One suspects Melungeon if there is a Indian grandmother 'myth' which is unprovable or simply if they are hard if not impossible to find on any records, and if they did indeed look like they had NA or other exotic ancestry or if the family story says that they are Portuguese. And the family moved around a lot, were secretive about their family backgrounds, had an adoption story or an Indian kidnapping story, or Grandpa arrived over the mountain w/ his shotgun and said all his family was dead. There are certain physical characteristics that Melungeon descendants MAY have which also can provide a clue to this ancestry and sometimes, it is simply a feeling of coming home and knowing after centuries of hiding that you are home. Melungeon research is the most difficult thing I have ever seen genealogically speaking. My grandfather Will Collins is gone sometime around 1848-1850. I know only that abt him. Have been searching records for 25+ yrs for more info on him to no avail. Dr Kennedy told me that he had never known a COLLINS who came from the Wise, Va area who was not a Melungeon and my Will's dtr was b. there. I will be glad to send you free and via e-mail my packet on the Melungeons if you would like. I have a lot of URLs for searching specific names there. Nancy S Sparks Genealogy: http://SparksGenealogy.net THE MELUNGEON HEALTH EDUCATION AND SUPPORT NETWORK: http://www.melungeonhealth.org