This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Mattingly-Matney in Russell Co Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/ABC.2ACE/3848.1.1 Message Board Post: Consider Melungeon ancestry also. Do an internet search, there is a great deal of information about Melungeon ancestry. They are an interesting mix of people, some Native, some Portuguese, perhaps Jewish, some African. I have a couple of family lines that may be Melungeon, but not from Russell Co., proper.