In 1587, over 100 settlers landed in the New World to establish England's first permanent colony. Three years later, they had vanished. Investigating America's oldest missing-persons case, Josh Bernstein flies high above Roanoke Island in a powered para-glider; climbs and cores a cypress tree to study the climate conditions the settlers faced; participates in an American-Indian powwow; and learns to cook as the local 16th-century natives once did.

Originally released by A&E Networks, 2006. Streaming video file encoded with permission for digital streaming by Infobase on May 16, 2015.

Settlement of Roanoke Island. (5:43); --Life for English Settlers (5:20); -- Aerial View of Roanoke Island (3:18); -- Roanoke Colonists at Fort Raleigh (3:56); -- Climate on Roanoke Island (5:24); -- Roanoke Colonists Disappear (4:28); -- Roanoke Colonists on Croatoan (3:09); -- Roanoke Colonists at Bachelor Bay (4:17); -- Descendants of Henry Payne (4:43); -- DNA Results for the Payne Family (4:15); .