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Melungeon Voices S1 E5 – Robert Wells
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- updated:
- status: high-priority, to be worked
- genealogy, genetic genealogy, Melungeon-specific, research
date:
7.24.2020
length:
22 min
presenter:
Melungeon Heritage Associationproducer:
Lis Malone (Lis Malone LLC)
host:
Heather Andolina (MHA President)
guest:
Robert Wells
description:
Software developer, Robert Wells, repurposed his professional skills in both research and analysis to pursue genealogical studies. In this episode he shares his knowledgeable insight while providing tips on how to apply genealogical records, DNA analysis and third-party ancestry records services to learn more about your own personal family tree, as well as ways to avoid common research pitfalls.
Host Heather Andolina shares insight into her current documentary film, "Infamous Characters Notorious Villains" and how her family's Melungeon heritage discovery served as inspiration.
Host Heather Andolina shares insight into her current documentary film, "Infamous Characters Notorious Villains" and how her family's Melungeon heritage discovery served as inspiration.
peoples:
Other Resources
- The Melungeons
- First Families of Tennessee: A Register of Early Settlers and Their Present-Day Descendants
- The Electronic Front Porch: An Oral History of the Arrival of Modern Media in Rural Appalachia and the Melungeon Community
- Zotero for Genealogy: Harnessing the Power of Your Research
- How They Shine: Melungeon Characters in the Fiction of Appalachia
- The Melungeons of Newman’s Ridge: An Insider’s Perspective