 Welcome to Friday night bingo. How's everybody doing today? I guess the big question is is everybody warm How's everybody going with the temperature where you guys are at? And I know that I'm in Atlanta right now. It is 15 degrees, but with windshield It's minus two and we're not used to that down here in Atlanta So I hope everybody is nice and warm and comfy where you guys are at or Waiting on It went to come in from just a little bit late, but let's go ahead and ask a few questions So today we're going to be talking about the Appalachia project. So if you are Currently in Appalachia or an Appalachian go ahead and give me a shout out in the chat And also if you don't know what I'm talking about or where the region is Goodness you came to the right place at the right time So we're going to talk a little bit about Appalachia today is what it is where it is How to say it how to pronounce it if we're ready to go right as I've got some some pointers already So does anybody have a bugger in the middle? I'm going to guess even that you must be from Appalachia Or you studied ahead of time So let's go ahead and bring up the screen and show you The Appalachia project here and this is one wiki tree. We're fairly new for about six months old You probably recognize this from our pretty blue sticker And It's really interesting what Appalachia is it the name actually comes from an Indian tribe and I'm not even going to try to pronounce what the Indian tribe Actually called it because I will get it wrong without a doubt, but let me show you So it's something like Appolin But then the Spanish took it over and that's where we kind of come into the Appalachia name And there's also an Appalachia Florida by the way that has nothing to do with this So we've got the Appalachia name. What's really kind of interesting for those of you that are into novels and artists Washington Irving actually suggested and it almost became a fact that America was going to be called Appalachia He wanted to separate America from the other Americas and give it a very unique name So he actually recommended it and it came really close to being called Appalachia And he also wanted to give a little shout out to the natives who called it Appalachia But the really cool thing is Appalachia is the fourth Oldest surviving European place name in the United States So we go pretty far back and a lot of you might ask well, where is Appalachia? What is it? So let me see if I can bring this screen up a little bit further. This Is going to be Appalachia and you'll notice that it goes from New York where it's green and Comes down into Pennsylvania into Western Maryland goes into Eastern Ohio all of West Virginia As well as going into some of Kentucky, Tennessee, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia and believe it or not Mississippi and Alabama So these areas are what is classified by the US government agency Appalachian regional commission as Appalachia So if you kind of look at that and if you can see if you actually live in that county right now You could be an Appalachia It looks like we've got a good group in here today too. I posted the bingo card in advance So I will do it one more time for those of you just joining You can get your bingo card ready. We're going to do bingo in just a few minutes There you go, and you're ready. So have you heard of Appalachia also called Appalachia? And I admit I will depending on which region I am at in this map my Changing of the word pronunciation does change But if you live In the region you're going to call it Appalachia if you typically leave outside the region, let's say Uh, Colorado Idaho something like that you will tend to call it Appalachia And that's how we as Appalachians know if you are from the region or not So that's kind of and I know somebody mentioned uh coal miners Something kind of interesting came up too that somebody on wiki tree Asked me if Appalachia was only where the coal mines are And no, it's not but it's a it's a Good idea of what they were thinking because Appalachia is full of coal mines We did have the coal mine wars. So I can understand that thinking the other Thing that I get asked a lot is Appalachia equal The Appalachian trail and that's a no Is that the Appalachian trail does run through Appalachia? kind of like this And it's it actually is in georgia and goes up To new york and beyond But Appalachian trail does not equal Appalachia or vice versa So I just want to point that out a lot of people seem to think that those two Equal each other they do not and if you'll notice in front of my mouth I'm just going to do a little line down here That line is about where the trail is for the Appalachian mountain range and Appalachia expands out way past east and west of that particular trail and for those that happen to dabble In the genealogy of Appalachia We sometimes have a little bit of a difficult time with the genealogy and sourcing When the u.s. Civil war occurred A lot of our courthouses were burned down and what was in those courthouses our sources So we get a lot of brick walls at times because of that and It's pretty well known even to this day that Appalachians especially in certain areas particularly i'm going to point out the west virginia area because that's where i'm familiar with They are very distrustful of outsiders the Appalachians tend to get a bad name And they are thought of as uneducated or very poor or even at times drug users the so They tend to not trust outsiders So when you see people come from the outside In trying to get census information for example or trying to get information on their housing Their living environment where they were Appalachians tend to be a little bit distrustful if A good example is if you remember bone with the wind there was a scene after the civil war happened where a member An actor came up and that was classified basically as a carpet bagger Our Appalachians and Southerners tend to talk about outsiders as the term carpet baggers because they're just very Untrusting of people that come in to the region that they do not know It's a pretty tight knit area We do tend to know each other a lot And one other thing I want to mention about Appalachia is the regions do have different dialects So if you're up north in the new york area, you're going to have a very different dialect Then if you're all the way in the south in georgia where I am I'll give you a great example. I like to say y'all a lot and You'll hear that more in the blue area and in that coral Reddish area or just area you will not hear that a lot up in that very top area So let's go ahead and get started. Does everybody have their bingo card. I'm going to post it one more time And I'm going to bring up the bingo card myself A couple things to know about the bingo card There we go Is bingo you win either diagonal horizontal or vertical the first person who Types the word bingo in the chat Wins So you got to be quick because sometimes two people can get bingo at the same time But whoever puts it in first is the one that's going to Win the bingo and you either win a t-shirt or a mug and I'll give you more information about that as well The other thing to know about this bingo is that all the words are going to relate to So if you know one of these wild and crazy words, please feel free to define it in the chat That would be fun So the very first word that we have for our first bingo game tonight is cold wars And blue people if you have a question, I'm not sure Pam is is online in here Pam actually does a sub project with a group called the blue people of kentucky And it's actually a genetic Difference and I do believe but let me double check with Pam I do believe that the blue people are no more of kentucky I think that the genetics have died out with that particular group But their skin is actually change blue Wrecking Wrecking to us means yeah, I reckon so probably so I reckon that's correct Malungans and this is a really really good sub project that we have going on. This is a fascinating one. The malungan group is actually a group of Native americans and the black americans that came in Along with the spanish and it's a mix of the three And they are really interesting research, especially if you're into dna And if you have malungans in your particular family group The dna is fascinating to see this holler Okay, anybody wanted to give me an idea what you think holler is And the first person gets it right. I will tell you that you got it branch and branch to to us and in Appalachian language is a small stream It's not actually a branch from a tree. It's a small stream So a lot of times when I was growing up my dad had a branch in his backyard and it was just a small trickle of a stream And that would be correct It's a low point, but it's also like on this side Mounts it what you can do is you can holler over to your neighbor Bridges this one's pretty easy. We tend to say bridges instead of pants or trousers Over yonder and I gotta tell you this is this is like one of my favorite songs right now. So by a west virginian Called charles wesley godwin and he sings a song over yonder Over yonder is pretty much what we say when we're like over there It's it's over yonder if you want to go get that bucket. It's over yonder and Over mount this this kind of messed up my fault Over mountain men it should say And this is a frontier group of men That we're working together around grandfather mountain Both around the right before I would say the revolutionary war And for those of you that don't know grandfather mountain if you're into any type of history or revolutionary war Definitely look it up. It is a fabulous Place to visit, but it's fascinating history for the united states Ooh More clothes Pope Now most people would think poke. Let me go ahead and poke you in the side That's not it. Oh to us the tab lachens poke is a small bag And it originally started where some of the frontier men would keep to trinkets treasures Tobacco things like that and if you think of the scots wearing their kilt They had a little bag in front that they wore So that's kind of where the pope came from with being a small bag I see a lot of you are really close to whistle pig This is actually a name that we call an animal that you guys probably saw recently And I'll give you a hint Pucks in any pill a bill see? You can't talk tonight. So whistle pig Is what you find when you're trying to see if you've got more winter or if winter's over It's a groundhog. I don't really know if they whistle though. That'll be good. So hat field Who's heard of the hat field and macaws? as a famous group One side was in kentucky one side was in west virginia And they fought and they fought hard great Show that was on amc a while ago called the hat field macaws. Oh, we got finger So So what was it Karen was at hat field? And let me tell you how to claim your prize So what you'll want to do Is you'll want to email I went and tell her that you won the bingo For the 6 p.m. Or the very first bingo for the apple ads your project bingo And you get to pick a shirt or a mug and she'll give you more information about it and I will tell you the friday night bingo mug is very very coveted You might want to think about that one Oh, and I agree This would be true. I need cornbread to cornbread would be a very very interesting good thing that So how many of you have heard and know The the region or the area of Appalachia Do most of you know of the area region? Or at least I bet you a lot of you probably did not know That it was going to be located even all the way up into new york a lot of people will assume west virginia They'll probably assume kentucky into tennessee as well But it's rare that people think that mississippi and albama which are down in the foothills of it That are part of appalachia and for sure I find that most people curious that new york is part of it as well So that's pretty good. So you guys are making me hungry. I mean you're all talking about the cornbread and the corn pudding You're making me very very hungry anybody want to help out with david's question here And I'll tell you um david we were actually talking um my code for this word is casper If that gives you a good hint and I might point out that um I've already learned more today than I knew before that's great. I will point out since I'm looking at david's as well david just took over the Governor's project. So if you notice we have a lot of states That have governor needs on his project and I believe and david correct me if I'm wrong West virginia is one of the first states that you started working on. So if you guys Want to help david out? There are a lot of governors and a couple of the states that we could actually use your help in And yep, you got it. It's a go I don't know pip you're gonna have to help me out with this one But I think I'll go with mine if you've never had a west virginia peperani world You don't know what you're missing in life is one of the best things in the world Especially if you have it for breakfast. It seems to be really great Oh, well john says it's at least a friendly ghost. So we got it there. Oh the mountain men. Thank you. Liz um Liz pointed out that the the over mountain men were instrumental in americans winning that battle of kings mountain And kings mountain is a very large part Of america and the build up to the revolutionary war. So if you're definitely in To history check out that sub project that we have because it's really really cool. And while I Pause for just a second. Let me go ahead and get you guys the second bingo part Now the second bingo part will be a little bit different The second bingo part is set up more to talk about some of the regions Of apalachia. So if you have any questions as we bring them up or if you visited some of these spots some of them are tourist spots So if you've done that as well, then Let us know and I will bring up The next bingo you guys ready? Don't worry. Liz. We got you I think that's that's very cool What were they over mountain men pit? That's really cool to find out that your ancestors were such a huge part of america becoming america Okay, but add the bingo and the first word Is harpers berry harpers berries in west virginia and if you Don't know that would be where john browns raid was for the u.s. Civil war maryland maryland, it's Only the western part of maryland. It's not the whole state But it is a couple of the counties if you know cumberland maryland or if you've been to frostberg state university Those are in apalachia Ohio and we're talking more of the south east of Ohio and there are a lot of coal mines there as well Huh, you knew I had to put a dolly reference in so we've got dolly wood Shout out if you've been to dolly wood My mom loves dolly wood. She doesn't go anymore, but she loves dolly wood In pigeon forge area. It's in tennessee And west virginia. That's where you'll find me doing most of my research That's where all almost all my family live right now But all my ancestors pretty much came from that b.a. Virginia west virginia area And I will point out that's where we get our pepperoni rolls as Mindy said for the coal miners North carolina, this is going to be that blue ridge area of north carolina. And this is pips hometown This is pips stomping grounds around here. It's a beautiful area mississippi I've actually had a gentleman contact me about how mississippi is absolutely part of apalachian He's argued with some who thought it wasn't but mississippi has the foothills part of apalachia in pennsylvania white bit of pennsylvania Is in apalachia and actually one of the biggest at largest cities of apalachia Is pittsburgh new york. We do go into new york. We don't cover all of it, but apalachia is in new york uh-oh You guys are in trouble. Steven's one way Go ahead. Steven tells us what you want. Which one are you looking for? Oh, that's interesting the crystal grottoes the blue ridge and actually Oh, we got bingo Eric you won. Let me finish my my blue ridge story So the blue ridge is where I often go on the weekends. It's not far from me And you'll see that the our blue sticker is based off of the location where I go in north george at the blue ridge mountains so Poor steven. I'm so sorry steven I got great news though for you steven. They'll be bingo in two weeks. So don't worry So you guys were close then that's pretty cool Okay, so let me tell you then How to get your bingo prize and you will have to let us know eric about How it gets to you And you want to email a went and she will give you all the information that you need To get your prize again the t-shirt and there's many choices on the t-shirt There's a really really cool one with a dog on it. I'll say that and then you know the coveted mug the friday night Bingo. Love this mug. Just got it. It's got my hot chocolate in it. So You will be all set And ready to go I'm still cracking up over steven. Sorry steven next time. They'll be Be an opportunity. I promise Oh, so we needed southern appalachia and southern appalachia is going to include georgia Mississippi, alabama and parts of south carolina if you're a clemson fan clemson is in southern Appalachia in fox fire. I gotta tell you. I love fox fire fox fire is also in northern georgia but if You were younger You probably had got the fox fire books the fox fire magazines. They are awesome And fox fire is northern georgia. Raven county It's actually not in clayton. I think it's a mountain city georgia So but it's if you're ever around or georgia You should definitely check this place out. It is a village a recreated village of appalachian Houses stores Farms and it's really quick to go through it's fabulous around the holiday season because they have um living actors that go up and demonstrate the Blacksmithing or the farming or the cooking. So it's a really cool place Oh, steven. I wondered where you were you missed us. I was curious where you were And uh blood mountain is actually somewhere else. It's not in in the north georgia area of fox fire You guys have good questions today Oh the blue ridge mountains of virgin I also mentioned to that So I think steven mentioned it that one of our most popular songs is going to be country roads I know that it's mostly specifically West virginia, but our us Appalachians We will go ahead and sing that quite often and if you're ever anywhere near the state of west virginia in here That song played It is deafening But I found out something a month ago Apparently during soccer matches over in germany They love that song and they will sing it louder than the west virginians do so Appalachia actually goes pretty far When we've got our music In in Appalachia, we have primarily the scots irish are our largest immigrants But we have the polish coal miners The Italian coal miners the welsh coal miners We have the english coal miners. We we have a lot of people that came over Scandinavian too that came over and emigrated into the Appalachian area to make it a multicultural place Okay, oh so now you're going to mention that's a Blairsville Blairsville is kind of over towards the middle of north georgia Oh no, you got and then david Oh west virginia is going to be the first state to have all the oh, that's awesome I will tell you that it's a fun project the governor's project is really fun And there's a lot of members that are in the chat now that are in Appalachia And the governor's project working on it. So it's extremely fun to do and I would agree Bluegrassers do they do a great cover and since I've got to mention dolly again Definitely check out dolly's version of stairway to heaven Or shine there the bluegrass versions. They're awesome. They're very very awesome work to do And then let's see David. What do you we've got some bio work for? Oh, I will tell you Since you're mentioning this in west virginia that there is Joe Manchin who who's a senator now, but he was a governor west virginia If anybody in this chat Has any access to italian records? I would appreciate you heading over to the west virginia governor's project and looking up joe manchin because He is a second generation italian and it's very hard to connect him with the records that we have going on So that would be now before I finish if you guys have any questions, let me know but The next week will be friday night date night as usual and then the next Friday so in two weeks we have two new groups projects coming and I am so excited about these projects these projects were Some of the most requested projects that we had when we started this bingo up The very first one that's going to be at noon eastern in two weeks Is going to be banion tree and it's it's actually the connected thong group banion tree But they're going to be talking about how they're trying to get the india project going. I am so excited They are a great group. They are energetic They are willing to put in the wiki tree work and it's going to be exciting for me To learn about a new area to research and look at I can't wait to see their profiles as well And then one of the probably if not the most requested Project that I've been given for the bingo will happen in two weeks at the 6 p.m Eastern bingo and that is the native american project And I know from working with the apalachia project the native american project has been Such a big topic with us. We get so many questions and I want to point out that The native americans and apalachians are not considered apalachians They are considered native american. So if you ever come across Any in wiki tree or your research or in person There's a there's still a lot of tribes in apalachia that you can go and visit they welcome it Do not call them apalachians and a lot of times they don't like to be called by their state like south carolinians or georgians They like to be called the native americans and their tribe name Specifically we have a lot of charity in apalachia But the native american project will be here in two weeks at 6 p.m. Eastern and I am so excited for those two projects those two projects Are really great ones that to learn that we don't really know a lot about we'll learn about What they are what their goals are How to categorize them and sticker them within wiki tree and how to research them So it's really good all the way through And if you guys have any questions, let us know but otherwise you can always go and check out. Let me bring it up again Check out the apalachia project And you'll notice us by the pretty blue sticker We have a lot of information here We have a reliable sources our notables, but we also have our membership and our newsletters and our newsletters are chock full Of information about What we are who we are and also just general wiki tree information and i'll point out that we did have a symposium Presentation and that's what you see here on apalachian music But what's really cool is you'll see a video of our project members as well So if you've got any questions, just let us know we'll be here to help We'll be here to answer any questions and we'll be here to convert you make you an apalachian as well That's about it. You guys stay warm. I'll see you in two weeks Bye guys