Links

The Melungeon Heritage Association does not vouch for the information contained in the following websites, nor does it necessarily endorse all the views expressed on these sites.

MELUNGEON SITES:

Vardy Community Historical Society - Dedicated to preserving the heritage of the vardy Community School and Mission in Hancock County, Tennessee.

Melungeon-L List - Rootsweb's list for discussion on Melungeon topics.

Jack Goins Research - containing genealogical research and information about hte Core Melungeon DNA Project

melungeons.com - Helen Campbell's Melungeon site, featuring monthly articles and archives.

Melungeons and Other Mestee Groups - Mike Nassau's pioneering work on Melungeons.

Atlanta Melungeon Project - The key purpose of the Atlanta Melungeon Project is to help descendants acquire a greater knowledge of their ancestors through genealogical studies.

Hancock County: Home of the Melungeons

History of the Mullins Family - Descendancy of "Irish" Jim MULLINS, of Newman's Ridge, Hancock Co., TN

The Melungeons

MALUNGU: The African Origin of the American Melungeons - by Tim Hashaw

The Lost People of Appalachia - A BBC report on the Melungeons

The Melungeons - by Bonnie Ball

Origins of the Melungeon Appalachian Sub-Culture - by Henry Burke

The Mysterious Melungeons

The Melungeons - by Dr. A. Zahoor


MULTI-ETHNIC SITES:

Redbone Heritage Foundation - The purpose of The Redbone Heritage Foundation is to foster research into the origins, the history, the culture, and the ethnicity of those people known as Redbones.

Interracial Voice

Tri-Racials: Black Indians of the Upper South

North American Multiracial Life and Survival Basics

The Ramapough Mountain People - Also known as the "Jackson Whites."

Redbones and Melungeons

Lumbee Tribe

Erin Locklear's Lumbee Page

Turks of Sumter County discussion - Discussion of legends of Moorish and/or Turkish origins of the Turks of Sumter County, SC.

Battles in Red, Black, and White - Virginia's Racial Integrity Law of 1924

Black Dutch

The Moors of Delaware

Saponitown Forum


OTHER SITES:

Cherokee Nation - Official site of the Cherokee Nation, Talequah, Oklahoma

Cherokee - Eastern - The official website of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians

Occaneechi Band of Saponi Indians - The official site of the Occaneechi-Saponi, a small Indian community located primarily in the old settlement of Little Texas Pleasant Grove Township, Alamance County, North Carolina. The community is a lineal descendant of the Saponi and related Indians who occupied the Piedmont of North Carolina and Virginia in pre-contact times.

Free African-Americans in the Colonial Southeast - Paul Heinegg's landmark history of The history of the free African American community as told through the family history of most African Americans who were free in the Southeast during the colonial period.

Portuguese-American Historical and Research Foundation - Researching early American history and the Portuguese settlements in North America as well as other groups who may have Portugese ancestry.

Patrin: The Romany Website - Dedicated to Romani (Gypsy) culture and history

The Museum of Appalachia - Founded and directed by John Rice Erwin

The Archives of Appalachia - East Tennessee State University's collection of Appalachian material