Atlanta Melungeon Project

MHA Vice President Wayne Winkler and Redbone President Stacy Webb speak in Atlanta!!!

November 18th @ 10 AM at the Atlanta Central Library

for more information contact kevinhayes@creativework.org

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Who are the Melungeons?

Prior to the landings at Jamestown by the English settlers in the 1600s, there were sailors of Turkish, Moorish, and Portuguese mixed lineage brought to North America. According to leading Melungeon historian Dr. N. Brent Kennedy , these newcomers married into various cultures and helped to develop what is known today as Melungeons.

The key purpose of the Atlanta Melungeon Project is to help descendants acquire a greater knowledge of their ancestors through genealogical studies. One key to being Melungeon is your surname or the surname of a family member who is directly in your "back" lineage. Your mother, father, grandparents, their parents, etc. are all responsible for your genetic make up. There are several surnames that are Melungeon-related (see list below). Even if genealogy is of no interest to you, knowledge of Melungeon ancestry is key to better understanding the unique physiological makeup that you may possess and pass on to your offspring. There are several illnesses that Melungeons are prone to due to the Turkish component that most of us possess. (see Medical link for more information).

Having one of these surnames in your line does not necessarily mean that you are or are not of Melungeon descent. However if you are interested in finding out more about the Melungeons and your possible connection to them contact, Kevin Hayes at 770-361-6701 or kevinhayes@creativework.org for more information.


	Race Matters? MHA Vice President Wayne Winkler and Redbone President Stacy Webb speak in Atlanta!!! November 18th @ 10 AM at the Atlanta Central Library for more information contact kevinhayes@creativework.org ****************************************************************************************************************************** Who are the Melungeons?** Prior to the landings at Jamestown by the English settlers in the 1600s, there were sailors of Turkish, Moorish, and Portuguese mixed lineage brought to North America. According to leading Melungeon historian Dr. N. Brent Kennedy , these newcomers married into various cultures and helped to develop what is known today as Melungeons. The key purpose of the Atlanta Melungeon Project is to help descendants acquire a greater knowledge of their ancestors through genealogical studies. One key to being Melungeon is your surname or the surname of a family member who is directly in your "back" lineage. Your mother, father, grandparents, their parents, etc. are all responsible for your genetic make up. There are several surnames that are Melungeon-related (see list below). Even if genealogy is of no interest to you, knowledge of Melungeon ancestry is key to better understanding the unique physiological makeup that you may possess and pass on to your offspring. There are several illnesses that Melungeons are prone to due to the Turkish component that most of us possess. (see Medical link for more information). Having one of these surnames in your line does not necessarily mean that you are or are not of Melungeon descent. However if you are interested in finding out more about the Melungeons and your possible connection to them contact, Kevin Hayes at 770-361-6701 or kevinhayes@creativework.org for more information.
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	Common Melungeon Surnames: ADAMS ADKINS ALLEN ALLMOND ASHWORTH BARKER BARNES BASS BECKLER BELCHER BEDGOOD BELL BENNETT BERRY BEVERLY BIGGS BOLEN BOLLING BOLTON BOONE BOWLIN BOWLING BOWMAN BRADBY BRANHAM BRAVBOY BRIGER BRIDGER BROGAN BROOKS BROWN BUNCH BULLION BURTON BUTLER BUTTERS BUXTON BYRD CAMPBELL CARRICO CARTER CASTEEL CAUDILL CHAPMAN CHAVIS CLARK CLOUD COAL COFFEY COLE COLEMAN COLES COLLEY COLLIER COLLINS COLLINSWORTH COLYER COOPER CORMAN COUNTS COX COXE CRIEL CROSTON CROW CUMBA CUMBO CUMBOW CURRY CUSTALOW DALTON DARE DAVIS DENHAM DENNIS DIAL DOOLEY DORTON DOYLE DRIGGERS DULA DYE DYESS ELY EPPS EVANS FIELDS FREEMAN FRENCH GALLAGHER GANN GARLAND GIBSON GIPSON GOINS GOINGS GORVENS GOWAN GOWEN GRAHAM GREEN(E) GWINN HALL HAMMON(D) HARMON HARRIS HARVIE HARVEY HAWKES HENDRICKS HENDRIX HILL HILLMAN HOGGE HOLMES HOPKINS HOWE HYATT JACKSON JAMES JOHNSON JONES KEITH(E) KENNEDY KISER LANGSTON LASIE LAWSON LOCKLEAR LOPES LOWRY LUCAS MADDOX MAGGARD MAJOR MALE MALONE(Y) MARSH MARTIN MAYLE MINARD MINER MINOR MIZER MOORE MORLEY MOSELY MOZINGO MULLINS NASH NELSON NEWMAN NICCANS NICHOLS NOEL NORRIS ORR OSBORN OSBORNE OXENDINE PAGE PAINE PATTERSON PERKINS PERRY PHELPS PHIPPS PRINDER POLLY POWELL POWERS PRITCHARD PRUITT RAMEY RASNICK REAVES REVELS REEVES RICE RICHARDSON RIDDLE RIVERS ROBERSON ROBERTSON ROBINSON RUSSELL SAMMONS SAMPSON SAWYER SCOTT SEXTON SHAVIS SHEPHARD SHEPHERD SHORT SHORTT SIZEMORE SMILING SMITH STALLARD STANLEY STEEL STEVENS STEWART STROTHER SWEATT SWETT SWINDALL TALLY TACKETT TAYLOR THOMPSON TIPTON TOLLIVER TUPPANCE TURNER VANOVER VICARS VICCARS VICKERS WARE WATTS WEAVER WHITE WHITED WILKINS WILLIAMS WILLIAMSON WILLIS WILSON WISBY WISE WOOD WRIGHT WYATT WYNN