Lakeminite Melungeon Nation (formerly Great Lakes Melungeons) is a 501(c) nonprofit Lineage Society.  

 

Incorporated in 2019, the Lakeminite Melungeon Nation is a sovereign lineage society dedicated to the documentation, protection, and revitalization of the Melungeon families of the Hillbilly Highway Migration Diaspora that landed in Michigan. We are committed to historical, genealogical, and cultural preservation.  LMN upholds credibility standards regarding source records, oral histories, and community corroborated knowledge. 

 

​We offer a variety of resources for cultural reconnection, genealogy research, and history archives.