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•  DNA and the Family Historian
Chris Pomeroy has written an excellent article on DNA testing for family historians. Pomeroy explains that there are two basic DNA tests of interest to family historians: the Y-chromosome test and the mitochondrial test.

  DNA

• The History of Last Names by Rhonda R. McClure

• The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain & the United Kingdom - on-line searchable book

Family Diseases - online book by Myra Vanderpool Gormley, CG

Ethnic Research

African American
Native American
Melungeon
Jewish
German
Irish & Scottish

Southern Gypsy Records
 

Off-line Books

 

 

 
Native American African American Melungeon

nativeamericans.com

Cherokee Heritage Trails

Establishing Your American Indian Ancestry - Research advice from the Bureau of Indian Affairs.

Understanding the History of Tribal Enrollment - by Nora Livesay

Native American Records at NARA

Indian Bounty Land Applications, an article from Prologue magazine.

1835 Cherokee East of the Mississippi River

Reservation Roll Applicant Index
A listing of Cherokees applying for a 640 acre tract in the East in lieu of removing to Arkansas.

1851 Cherokee East of the Mississippi River - The Siler Rolls

A Guide to Cherokee CSA Military Units in the Civil War

National Trail of Tears Assn "TOTA"

 

Finding Your African American Ancestors: A Beginner's Guide

Black Roots: A Beginner's Guide to Tracing the African American Family Tree

AfriGeneas.com

Article:  Ancestry.com Posts Narratives of Former Slaves

North American Slave Narratives - "Documenting the American South" Project at UNC at Chapel Hill

Immigration: The Africans
A brief history of African immigration to the United States.

African American Links at Cyndi's List

A Brief Timeline of Georgia Laws Relating to Slaves, Nominal Slaves and Free Persons of Color - by Tara Fields

Profiles of African Americans in Tennessee - by Bobby L. Lovett and Linda T. Wynn

African American Women Writers of the 19th Century - online works at NYC public digital library

What is Melungeon?

The Melungeon Resource Page

Melungeon Heritage Association

The Melungeon DNA Surname Project

The Melungeon Health Education & Support Network

Shirley Hornbeck's This and That Genealogy Tips on Black Dutch and Irish, Melungeons, Moravians, Pennsylvania Dutch

Melungeon Mailing List
For people conducting Melungeon and/or Appalachian research including Native American, Portuguese, Turkish, Black Dutch, and other unverifiable mixed statements of ancestry or unexplained rumors, with ancestors in TN, KY, VA, NC, SC, GA, AL, WV, and possibly other places. Archives: browse or search.

MELUNGEONS Mailing List
For the discussion and sharing of information regarding all areas of Melungeon research including genealogy, research into their origins, historical issues, health issues common to some descendants, as well as folklore, culture and customs.

 

Irish & Scottish German Jewish

Pocket Guide to Irish Genealogy

Irish Heritage Association - at OBCGS

Irish Names and Surnames

Scottish Names of North America

Scottish Quakers and Early America, 1650-1700 

The Scottish Settlers of America, The 17th and 18th Centuries

Directory of Scottish Settlers in North America, 1625-1825 :

Chronicles of the Scotch-Irish Settlements in Virginia

German Settlers - by Myra Vanderpool Gormley, CG

History of the German settlements and of the Lutheran Church in North and South Carolina. - ancestry.com

German-American Corner - History and Heritage

A history of the German Congregational churches in the United States 

Philip A. Strobel, The Salzburgers and Their Descendants: Being the History of a Colony of German (Lutheran) Protestants, Who Emigrated to Georgia in 1734, and Settled at Ebenezer, Twenty-Five Miles above the City of Savannah (1855)  on-line book

Jewish-American and Deep South Jewish Heritage

JewishGen.org - The Official Home of Jewish Genealogy

Dictionary of Jewish Surnames in Russian Empire - searchable database

How to Read a Hebrew Tombstone - Information on reading Hebrew tombstones, including the Jewish calendar, numbers, common phrases, and special symbols

Jewish Genetic Diseases
Mazornet's staff is dedicated to compiling helpful information and resources concerning Jewish genetic diseases.

Russians to America Passenger Data File, 1834-1897 - searchable data files at NARA

 Search Jewish Family History Records at Ancestry.com

 

 


Rottenberg, Dan Finding Our Fathers:  A Guidebook to Jewish Genealogy

Genealogical Publishing Com, [1986]  ISBN 0806311517, 9780806311517
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Dobson, David Directory of Scots Banished to the American Plantations, 1650-1775  [1983, Reprinted 2007]  ISBN: 9780806310350


Bernheim, Gotthardt D.
  History of the German Settlements and of the Lutheran Church in North and South Carolina  [1872, reprint 2005] ISBN: 9780806380018

Eaker, Lorena Shell, German Speaking People West of the Catawba River in NC 1750-1800 [Second Edition-1994]

Jones, George F.  The Germans of Colonial Georgia 1733-1783  [1996, 2004] ISBN:  9780806380018\

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