American Gypsies A journey through the lands of the Melungeons, a community that’s been discriminated against for centuries by Alessandro Ursic Note from MHA webmaster: This article appeared in an Italian newspaper and on the website PeaceReporter.net. The original article may be seen at http://www.peacereporter.net/dettaglio_articolo.php?idpa=&idc=44&ida=&idt=&idart=3933 This article is a translation from the original Italian. Whether […]
Resources for Research
“Barbados Link May Provide ‘Smoking Gun”” by Brent Kennedy, 1997 article
Barbados Link May Provide “Smoking Gun” Clue to Melungeon Surnames by Brent Kennedy Melungeon ancestry possibilities have expanded to include significant numbers of “English” and “Scotch” settlers who came to South Carolina in the late 1600s and early 1700s, but not from England. Although these people held English citizenship, their actual ethnic make-up was far […]
” ‘Black Dutch’ – A Polite Euphemism” by Darlene Wilson, 1997 article
Black Dutch” – A Polite Euphemism? by Darlene Wilson Note: This article, slightly revised here, appeared in the winter 1997-98 issue of the Appalachian Quarterly, published by the Wise County Historical Society. My mother’s family (surname ‘Albert,’ mostly in and around Pulaski Co., VA) always said that they were of ‘Black Dutch’ ancestry but no […]
“`Black Indian’ Lists Prove Helpful” by Brent Kennedy, 1998 article
“Black Indian” Lists Prove Helpful byBrent Kennedy January 25, 1998 W. A. Plecker’s list of “mongrel Virginians” proved quite helpful in our recent efforts to demonstrate how Melungeon mixed-race families migrated westward from eastern Virginia, and how many Appalachian surnames correspond with Plecker’s list of “mongrel” surnames of eastern Virginia. While Dr. Virginia DeMarce and […]
“North From the Mountains” by John Kessler and Donald Ball, 2000 conference paper
Carmel Melungeons 1 North From the Mountains: The Carmel Melungeons of Ohio by John Kessler and Donald Ball Paper presented Saturday, 20 May 2000, Third Union, University of Virginia’s College at Wise, Wise, Virginia. Abstract. Recent research into the history, origins, and lifeways of the Carmel Indians of Highland County, (south-central) Ohio, has produced the […]
“The Saga of the Carmel Indians” by Craig Springer, 2006 article
The Saga of the Carmel Indians Crossroads town once was home to a proud people of mixed heritage. by Craig Springer reprinted with permission from Country Living, August 2006, 32-33. I’m standing in front of a tall, steepled church. Shadows of its eaves angle across white plank siding as the sun moves toward midday. The […]
