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From: Lila Davis <>
Subject: RE: [APG] Southern records-Mixed race -was Census-Mixed race
Date: Tue, 2 May 2006 04:58:47 -0700 (PDT)
In-Reply-To: <006501c66d93$9f5cb170$ece5e8c7@ernestyo82drn7>


Here's another site for Melungeons
http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~mtnties/mlgn.html


--- "Ernest E. Blevins" <> wrote:

> It would help to know where he sent this to. Its
> unclear if Mr. Plecker
> is a federal or state level official. I've never
> heard of the Melungeon
> although Mulatto was quite common (usually 1/2 black
> 1/2 white but I
> have seen it (in my opinion wrongly although it can
> be argued either
> way) used for Indian mixed with black or white).
>
> Ernie
>
> Ernest Everett Blevins, MFA
> Blevins Historical Research
> 110 Evergreen Way
> Villa Rica, Georgia 30180
> 770-456-1876
> http://blevinshistoricalresearch.com
>
> Historic Preservation Consultant -- Historical and
> Architectural
> Research -- Genealogical (Family) Research --
> Preservation Planning and
> Documentation -- House History
>
> Member: Association of Professional Genealogists,
> Georgia Association of
> Professional Genealogists, Ambassador of the New
> England Historic
> Genealogical Society, Historian: Casimir Pulaski
> SAR, Registrar: Georgia
> Society of Founders & Patriots, and member of
> numerous other lineage
> and heritage societies.
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Beth Gay [mailto:]
> Sent: Monday, May 01, 2006 10:46 PM
> To:
> Subject: [APG] Southern records-Mixed race -was
> Census-Mixed race
>
> Sorry, the message does not say census records. This
> message is from the
> Berry Family Forum on Genforum # 7601.
>
> Portion of the message is "am beginning to believe
> it is all due to a
> Mr.
> Plecker (or some name similar to that). This man was
> a government
> official
> who sent notices to the record keepers in Southern
> Counties to destroy
> all
> records having to do with people of mixed race. This
> mixed race group
> are
> now referred to as Melungeons. Cannot prove the
> Melungeon theory either,
> although there has been rumors that one of the early
> Berry men did
> indeed
> marry an Indian or a black woman."
>
> Is there any truth to this allegation?
>
> Kindest regards,
> Beth G.
>
>
>
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