ATTENTION: DEAR FRIENDS,
ALTHOUGH THIS SITE STILL CONTAINS SOME INFORMATION, MOST OF THE LINKS ARE OUTDATED AND MAY NOT EXIST ANY LONGER. PLEASE GO TO MY NEW SITE AT
TRI RACIAL GENEALOGY.COM OR CLICK HERE

THE NEW SITE IS NOT FINISHED, (BUT NO GOOD WEBSITE EVER REALLY IS), I WOULD APPRECIATE IT VERY MUCH AT THIS EARLY STAGE,
FOR OPINTIONS, SUGGESTIONS AND ANY COMMENTS REGARDING THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE NEW SITE.
THE NEW SITE CONTAINS A NEW MESSAGE BOARD FOR VISITORS TO POST QUESTIONS AND HOPEFULLY HELP OTHERS WITH THEIR OWN.
THIS IS AN ASPECT I WOULD LOVE TO SEE GROW,
SO PLEASE VISIT MY NEW TRI RACIAL WEBSITE AND
HELP ME GET THE WHEELS TURNING.
THANK YOU,
CHRISTOPHER L. MOORE
1/17/2006

 

Long time coming, friends!
Welcome!
Wa' do!

 

Last Update:
2/12/04 : 7:35 pm
Check out some new pages on the Family Sites Page. More will be added as soon as I can find added source for web space. Seems, I've overloaded my own AOL server. Also, I've
added a link to Photos of Virginia Indians at the bottom of this page.


"Don't follow a worn path to find out where it leads, but go where no one else has and create your own."

Before traveling beyond on this page, I would like you to visit and read a wonderful poem that sums up all the work I've put forth to creat this page, thank you!

"The Invitation"
By Odediah Mountain Dreamer "Native American Elder"

 

 

 

 

 

Tin Type of my Great Grandfather, Andrew Jones or His Father, James Jones

 

 

My Grandfather, David Franklin Jones around the mid 1950's












 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 



Visit this collection of photos on Virginia Indian families. Many of them were caught up in the bi-racial laws; (colored/mulatto), Eugenics theory of early Virginia. You can view the unique perspective on each family's appearance, but these photos are just merely covers of books where finding their true contents is difficult.
We all have strong opinions on their heritage (usually based on our own personal perspectives - and what we want to see), but no conclusive evidence.
ENTER THE PHOTOS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 



*Don't forget to sign my Guestbook at the bottom of the page and give me ideas on
what to improve... or what to scrap.



**Also add your queries or questions to the Forum, located at the bottom of the page also.
These can be used as tools to assist in genealogy research.



Summary:

This page contains many different avenues of genealogy research. I began reseaching my own family after my son was born nearly 13 years ago.
Having no luck finding any of my ancestor's names in the mainstream genealogy texts, I started to consider the family's contention that we descended from Indians in Virginia. Never knowing much about the family or it's history... and the seemingly lack of knowledge or recall from my own elders about our roots, left me wondering exactly where and who we descended from, pushing me into researching more and more about our past. I discovered more than I ever dreamed about my family and the conditions of the Southeastern United States.

"Tri Racial" is a catch-phrase. It's not a technical measure of identity, but helps categorize the three major races that contributed to such a muddled history during the early periods, (and even later ones), of some American families ancestry; White, Native-American and African American.

These pages also offer differing points of view and conflicting claims. This is not to be a reflection regarding my view-points, but the offering that all avenues and considerations be used in researching this type of genealogy. There are many who may not wish to claim a mixed ancestry; but as a person that has read and studied so much information, there is only one conclusion... that my family descended from African American, Indian and White ancestors.


My Mother, age 13.



If you're here for research, then I'll skip my family's story and let you get on your way
to researching your own.

But, let me tell you that many of the families that were caught in this situation are far more
connected by history than bloodline.

Hints to your research may be found in my own and other's research and what
we have learned along the way.


"It's not your blue bood, your pedigree or your college degree. It's what you do with your life that counts."
~Millard Fuller~


I've decided to keep the title page simple, for those just looking for links and assistance.

For those who may have similar circumstances and questionable doubts about their ancestry,
might want to examine my own research discoveries and what they have led me to find.

Those who are interested in searching further tri-racial and confusing family histories, (such as my own) . .. proceed by clicking this link.

Special thanks goes to many who have helped me on this long journey with or without their knowledge;
Helen Rountree, Virginia DeMarce, Charles Byrd, Paul Heinegg, Angela Walton, Christine Charity,
Ellie Hill, and many Virginia Librarians.. and the one who pointed me in the right direction from the beginning...
Selma Stewart.

 


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