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Aug 29, 2009 | Posted by: roboblogger

The Origins of the Melungeons

Full story: Eastman's Online Genealogy Newsletter

Melungeon is a term applied to many people of the Southeastern United States, mainly in the Cumberland Gap area of central Appalachia: East Tennessee, Southwest Virginia, and East Kentucky.

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