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From: "ernest hurst" <>
Subject: RE: [Melungeon] Melungeon Heritage Association
Date: Fri, 14 Apr 2006 09:04:58 -0400


Penny

As with any other genealogical research, as long as *opinions* are
designated to be opinions, I have no problem with them and, in fact,
sometimes enjoy reading them. When folks start stating opinions as
evidence, like some who post here do, I DO have a problem with that. I'm
perfectly capable of evaluating both evidence & opinions to come up with my
own conclusions - and will continue to do so. I don't know when MHA posted
all of the documents, but that's bound to be a good thing for all concerned.

Ernie Hurst


> [Original Message]
> From: Penny Ferguson <>
> To: <>
> Date: 4/14/2006 8:26:41 AM
> Subject: [Melungeon] Melungeon Heritage Association
>
> Wayne and Jon, before what you two are calling "Joanne's" website, there
was
> not a place that I know of where the original articles were posted (on one
> site), I think a lot of researchers have contributed to the historical
> melungeon site, it provided a place to put their research findings "up"
for
> the public. MHA was never one to do this, it was never known as a
research
> organization. Anyone in business realizes that competition is a good
thing;
> it can bring about changes in a company in a positive way. I'm glad to see
> MHA have their "tools for research" button. Although I read others
opinions
> on Melungeons, I'm not as interested in what they think as to
understanding
> why they think that way. Everyone on this list has an opinion, but where
is
> it coming from? I want to know the "bottom line" (their footnote) not just
> hear their conclusions. Actually if anyone has an email of "I" think this
> and "I" think that, it may not hold much interest to anyone. This email
> I've just written falls in that category. :-)
>
>
> Penny
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: jon miner [mailto:]
> Sent: Friday, April 14, 2006 7:12 AM
> To:
> Subject: Re: [Melungeon] Melungeon Heritage Association
>
>
>
> "Winkler, Wayne" <> wrote: And while I have the
> utmost respect for Joanne's research and her website, I believe the MHA
> website takes a back seat to none. I get dozens of e-mails a week from
> people who have discovered our website and have learned a great deal from
> it. There is a lot of information on the website, some of it contradictory
> -- that's because we present the gamut of research and writings about
> Melungeons and have no particular agenda or theory of origin to promote.
In
> the section "Tools for Research," you'll find a collection of writings on
> the Melungeons ranging from the 1846 "Littel's Living Age" article to ALL
of
> Dromgoole's Melungeon articles to the work of Gilbert, Price, and Beale in
> the 1940s and 50s to contemporary articles.
>
> Wow mule wow!! in regard to Wayne Winkler's statement concerning MHA and
> his website . I am a recent addition to the computer, when I first got on
> line and started looking at web sites There was Nancy and Helen and I saw
> nothing of value on either list. In my opinion Nancy has done more harm to
> the historical people called Melungeons than she realizes with her wild
> health claims and MHA was involved in this health issue. Then along comes
> Joanne who has been a "difference maker", a great researcher who has
placed
> almost all the old articles about the Melungeons on her web site. Then
> people began to discover a different strange group of Melungeons. A place
> where researchers can actually discover the history of the Melungeon
people
> for themselves. Joanne research has done more to halt all these wild
claims
> that the Melungeons were a sickly group, with all sorts of physical
> handicaps, all of which has been advanced from and by the leadership of
MHA
> past and present. Now that
> this health issue has fell on it's face and proved untrue they want to
> deny, deny, deny. MHA gave us the documentory by weird flms incorporated,
if
> there has ever been an organization that has failed to represent the
people
> they claim to represent it's MHA. Joanne web site has sent them a clear
> message and it has helped stop part of the nonsense. Jon.
>
> http://www.geocities.com/ourmelungeons/front.html
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