Tag: family history
The Starving Time in Jamestown
Smith was not the only one to suffer after he left Virginia. Jamestown became a…
Some Generall Historie
[caption id="attachment_156" align="alignleft" width="155"] The Black Horse Tavern, a historic public house in Colonial times.[/caption]…
The Suicide that was Murder
Dr. Isaac "Cam" Anderson, brother of Bristol's Mayor Anderson, wedded a Gate City beauty named…
The Importance of Good Catering
A lavish wedding occurred at Virginia's Emory and Henry College, in May of 1855. Noted…
Y-DNA of the Fomorians
[caption id="attachment_136" align="alignleft" width="300"] Marcel Roux- "Halte de démons"[/caption] In Irish mythology, the Fomoire (or…
Melungeon Bibliography and Research
"A New Race." Daily Public Ledger [Maysville, KY] 23 Jan. 1894. Print. Salt Lake Herald…
Other Pertinent Melungeon Notes
There are a number of other topics and tidbits to consider. Here are several: As…
Melungeons and the Portuguese Theories
As stressed earlier in this article series, there are no definite or concrete records for…
Melungeons were Portuguese?
It's easy to see how uneducated mountaineers might have classified people who were Italian, Greek,…
Dromgoole’s Malungeons
Will Allan Dromgoole, as noted earlier, had a very special vocabulary for the Melungeon people.…