Melungeon
A link on languaghat's site reminded me of this word. According to a Rootsweb site, it's possibly from French melangeRead More
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The OED suggests mélange. And while we're at the OED entry (draft rev. Dec. 2004), check out the first citation:1813 Minute Bk. Stony Creek Baptist Church 26 Sept. in searches.rootsweb.com/ (O.E.D....
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Genealogy is one of my hobbies, and in my opinion so far from my personal research, "melungeon" is romantic fantasy (though I may be proven wrong someday). I have a relative who swears that we have...
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Wow, neat stuff (well, if it's true, per Myridon's post). I love stories about mutts, being one myself. Thanks for the post.
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LH,I've never seen a reference like that before. Is that a citation from the minutes of a church meeting? Myridon,Why do you doubt the existence of the Melungeons? I have no background in this sort of...
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Some fascinating links - not all etymological, but fascinating nevertheless - so thank you, everyone. The OED citation seems to have been taken from a (hand-written?) record of a church meeting. The...
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Absolutely; I think it's great. I'd just never seen it before.myridon: Did you check out the links? Of course Melungeons existed; the fact that your family is not part Melungeon does not change that.
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There is something that someone in your 1813 quote called something like melungeon. Whether that is the same thing that all these links (all to genealogy sites) reference is debatable which is...
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Myridon, I, too, tried to stay on topic. This is also from the link I provided:Many Melungeons described themselves as "Portyghee," which gave credence to their supposed Portuguese ties. However, to...
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But just who are these "many melungeons" and who are these "ethnologists" mentioned?I think the Wikipedia article is more "fair and balanced"(TM) than what has been presented here so far. Read More
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it appears that the families who would later be called "Melungeons" in Tennessee were not yet known by that term in 1813 VirginiaPossibly. So? That doesn't even begin to prove that the whole concept...
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In review of the church record in question, as transcribed on-line, I don't see whence the assertion that there were "Melungeon" church members. The word "Melungin" appears just the one time, and I...
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In review of the church record in question, as transcribed on-line, I don't see whence the assertion that there were "Melungeon" church members... I suppose the OED bracketed this citation?No. The...
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I meant maybe the OED bracketed (or should have bracketed) the whole citation to indicate that it is not certain that the word here is the same as the similar word used later. I haven't seen the...
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The OED citation is fragmented and confusing. As Dr Techie suggests, if they're following their normal orthographic convention, they're transcribing verbatim from someone's notes and including his/her...
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I meant maybe the OED bracketed (or should have bracketed) the whole citation to indicate that it is not certain that the word here is the same as the similar word used later.Sorry, I guess following...
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OK, now MY posting has disappeared from the thread, even though the index page shows me as the last poster. (I've tried clearing my cache, restarting my browswer, and even using a different browser...
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Dr. T,I'm having the same problems with the server as you. It hasn't deleted any posts of mine (that I know of) but it's showing posters who aren't there or it's several posts behind. I dumped my...
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If the document containing the 1813 citation is read without preconceptions, I think it's far from clear what the word transcribed "Melungins" is.The verb "harbor" routinely and naturally takes two...
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Precisely. Your post fleshes out what I said earlier:The OED citation is fragmented and confusing. As Dr Techie suggests, if they're following their normal orthographic convention, they're...
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