"Verry Slitly Mixt"

Tri-Racial Isolate Families of the Upper South
A Genealogical Study

By Virginia Easley DeMarce, Ph.D.

National Genealogical Society Quarterly 80.1 (March 1992): [5]-35.

This seminal paper by noted historian and past National Genealogical Society president, Virginia Easley DeMarce, surveys the literature as of 1992 on tri-racial isolates, including Melungeons and the Goins family, and discusses how genealogical research can contribute to the knowledge of their origins and migrations.

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Note: This is a reblogging of an important past MHS Blog entry.