Re: The Lost Colony of Roanoke Island
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Re: The Lost Colony of Roanoke Island
Robin Wright 3/13/08
Hi Robin !
Thanks for contacting me !The Lost Colony history certainly is very fascinating, and definitely remains a mystery !We have talked with a fairly large number of people who have always heard that their ancestor was a colonist, but no one who has definitive proof !There are a couple of people who have some promising genealogy, and we are working with them in hopes of finding some kind of connection.One of the main problems is that there was what we call a "dark period" of about one hundred years from the time John White left the colonists to return to England and the time some vague reports began to circulate about there being some survivors.What happened during that dark period is unknown.So far, no surviving records have ever appeared.We are presently collecting dna from people who have the history of the colony in their family, and / or a matching surname.If your husband has this history in his family, or his ancestors were from eastern NC, I would love to know about it !
Anne