If you’re not familiar with the term Melungeon, then you’re not unlike many others, even some genealogists aren’t aware of the term and haven’t a clue what it means, or who it applies to. However if your family comes from the Cumberland Gap area, or Cumberland Plateau, and called Virginia, Kentucky, North Carolina, Tennessee, or West Virgi...

What is a Migrant Ancestor? Does everyone have a migrant ancestry? What are Naturalisation Records? What if I need to trace Naturalisation Papers in the USA? How do I follow a migrant paper trail? ...

What is the civil registration for births, marriages and deaths? What is the County Record Office? Are they useful to me? Where else can I go to search records? What is a birth certificate? Where can I obtain a copy? What should I do if I am adopted? How do I look for a marriage within my family History? How do I look for and obtain a copy of Birt...

The internet is one of the latest and greatest new tools in our genealogical research and can be used to offer us: ~People and places to learn from. ~Meeting of the minds, people to assist us and places to discuss our research. ~A place to publish your conclusions, in many cases free of charge. A few of the things it won’t give you however a...