--part1_bcff94a2.245daf06_boundary Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Charlene, The website included in the email I am forwarding to both you, personally, and the list is the most exhaustive explanation so far of the term "black dutch". It seems TURNER is one of the "black dutch" or "melungeon" surnames of the peoples of the Appalachians who were already here and living in cabins when the colonists arrived! If this term intrigues you as much as it did me, this website is a must! --part1_bcff94a2.245daf06_boundary Content-Type: message/rfc822 Content-Disposition: inline Return-Path: <mdtaffet@mailbox.syr.edu> Received: from rly-za01.mx.aol.com (rly-za01.mail.aol.com [172.31.36.97]) by air-za03.mail.aol.com (v59.4) with SMTP; Sat, 01 May 1999 23:53:50 -0400 Received: from mailbox.syr.edu (mailbox.syr.edu [128.230.18.5]) by rly-za01.mx.aol.com (8.8.8/8.8.5/AOL-4.0.0) with ESMTP id XAA27053 for <BCHBUM3@aol.com>; Sat, 1 May 1999 23:53:49 -0400 (EDT) Received: from mailbox.syr.edu (sudial0505-084.syr.edu [128.230.151.84]) by mailbox.syr.edu (8.9.2/8.9.2) with ESMTP id XAA17774; Sat, 1 May 1999 23:53:48 -0400 (EDT) Message-ID: <372BCB00.440F2CA1@mailbox.syr.edu> Date: Sat, 01 May 1999 23:48:16 -0400 From: "Mary D. Taffet" <mdtaffet@mailbox.syr.edu> Organization: Syracuse University X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.5 [en] (Win98; I) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: BCHBUM3@aol.com CC: PADUTCHgenONLY-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [PADUTCHgenONLY-L] "Black dutch" References: <218eb686.245d0e62@aol.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit FYI -- While they are apparently not the same thing, a group of persons living in North Carolina, known as Melungeons, have sometimes been referred to as "Black Dutch", according to information found at the following web site: http://bright.net/~kat/melung.htm -- Mary Taffet mdtaffet@syr.edu P.S. This site includes a list of Melungeon surnames. BCHBUM3@aol.com wrote: > > Does anyone know what the phrase "black dutch" means? Someone on another > list I'm on (TURNER-L) said it was a phrase used to describe her gg > grandmother whose last name was TURNER. The gg grandmother was born in North > Carolina. > > I was intrigued. > > Thanks > > ==== PADUTCHgenONLY Mailing List ==== > Please change the subject line when you change the subject. > This will help others and help you get the most from the list. --part1_bcff94a2.245daf06_boundary--