Tuesday, March 31, 2009

Maybe Melungeon: A Riddle Family Research Trip Diary Part Two

Riddle Research Trip to Tennessee, North Carolina and Virginia
By Mary E.V. Hill

Part Two

Wednesday, September 10, 1997

Dear Journal, today was a truly lovely day. Everyone is being so very co-operative and we are seeing so many great things!

We went to the Courthouse of Montgomery County, Virginia this morning after breakfast, and it was truly a wonderful experience! These were seven intelligent and motivated people, and we went through drawer after drawer of files, or packets, of information on tiny slips of paper from the 1770’s and 1780’s. In four hours we found a gold mine of information:

To continue reading: Click Here.

Note: This link directs you to the research trip diary but the page contains other Riddle family information which may also be of interest.

No comments:

Post a Comment