Numerous evidence suggests that Muslims from Spain and West Africa arrived in the Americas at least five centuries before Co1umbus. Columbus had two captains of Muslim origin during his first transatlantic voyage: Martin and his brother Vicente Pinzon were related to Moroccan Sultan Abuzayan Muhammad III (1362 - 66 CE) of the Marinid dynasty (1196 - 1465 CE).

Welcome to the Melungeon Resource Page! Since you ended up on this page, it probably means you are interested in Melungeons...maybe you are a Melungeon descendant or researcher or just heard the term and are trying to figure out What the heck is a Melungeon anyway No matter which we are glad you found us and hope that these pages help answer some of your questions about Melungeons as well as ...

Forum Guestbook Search this site Feature of the Month....The Melungeons, DNA and Inherited Illnesses by Nancy Morrison.... Photos from the MHA's 4th Union.. See if any of your Ancestors are listed in the Early Voyagers to America and Cuba Melungeon links Melungeon Articles Melungeon Books Melungeon Genealogy Melungeons & History Melungeon Homepages Melungeon Multimedia Melungeon Unions First ...

The Melungeon Health Education and Support Network HELLO! I am Nancy Sparks Morrison, Co-author of the Sparks Genealogy Web Site at: http://SparksGenealogy.net This Melungeon Health Site is dedicated to the health of those Melungeons descendants who have one or more of the 5 major Mediterranean illnesses that are inherited through the Melungeon connection. I hope that you will find some answers ...

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Another family whose name is a giveaway for their African heritage is that of Locklear - yes, the same one that Heather, the blond bombshell of the TV series, Melrose Place, claims as her own. Although as Anglo Saxon sounding as you can make it, the name is, in fact, an Indian one and in the language of the Tuscarora tribes means hold fast. Indeed, it would appear that Ms. Locklear's family, at ...

Tell me when this page is updated The Melungeons My Perspective I guess I'm luckier than a lot of people whose genealogical research leads them to the conclusion that their ancestors may have been Melungeons. I was told all of my life that my father's family was Melungeon. The explanation that I was given about what Melungeon meant was that they were a mixture of three different races. I ...

First Union: The Melungeons Revisited BY JOAN VANNORSDALL SCHROEDER Pioneer researcher Brent Kennedy. His 1992 Blue Ridge Country article and 1994 book The Resurrection of a Proud People opened the door for Melungeon knowledge. In 1991, writer Joan Vannorsdall Schroeder spent time in southwest Virginia and northeast Tennessee investigating the Melungeons, a group of people who'd been an enigma ...

Tell me when this page is updated THE MELUNGEONS It is my hope that this page will grow over time to be a comprehensive guide to all things Melungeon both on and off the web. Please keep checking back as something new is added almost everyday! click here to go straight to the links section guide to Mailing Lists, Forums, and Chats Melungeon News here Who were and ARE the Melungeons

Tell me when this page is updated Welcome to the Road Well-Travelled! WAYFARING STRANGER WAYFARING STRANGER: The Black Dutch, German Gypsies or Chicanere and their relation to the Melungeon by Linda Griggs Revision of 4 April 2000 Introduction Melungeon are an olive complected, dark eyed, dark skinned people living in Appalachia. Their claim of Portuguese descent was largely ignored and they ...

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Ian Morphitt goes in search of the lost tribe of America... Huddled against the Appalachians in the most north-easterly corner of Tennessee lies Hancock County. The term 'off the beaten track' could have been coined for it and the neighbouring Lee and Wise counties across the state line in Virginia. In his travelogue of America, The Lost Continent, Bill Bryson commented that they received so few ...

Tell me when this page is updated E-mail this page to a friend Free Homepages! Search homepages: WHO TO CONTACT IN YOUR AREA Here you will find contact people in your area willing to sit down and discuss the Melungeons with you, or a group of interested parties. When you contact them please put MELUNGEON in the subject line. TENNESSEE Blount County Donna Harwood Donna Harwood - alternate email ...

Re: Muslim Native American To: Rbey123@aol.com, afrigeneas@msstate.edu Subject: Re: Muslim Native American From: Neil Scott npscott@afrigeneas.net Date: Wed, 17 May 2000 01:56:08 -0500 (CDT) Sender: owner-afrigeneas@Lists.MsState.Edu Raham, Below is a copy of a message from the SC State Archivist, on the subject of Moors in South Carolina at the beginning of the 19th Century. {This subject ...