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The VanSchaick-Breedlove-Weaver-Proudfoot Legacy

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Anatomy of a Real American Family:
 
     I have only recently discovered my Heritage; a truly "American Heritage;" from my research I have found that I have the Bloodlines of Royalty (Weaver) from most of Ancient Europe; My Dutch Ancestors (VanSchaick) settled New Amsterdam, New Netherlands (New York City) in the 1600's, and were foremost to settle the East Coast and then Pioneered Westward to cover the United States; Other Ancestors (Breedloves) left England and settled in British Colony Virginia in the 1600's. Even other Ancestors (Scotts) were here even before the first Colonist's; They were Cherokee Indians who were among the Original Americans. They saw the first Immigrants come to the New World.
Some even saw it differently; they saw it from the eyes of Bondage; they were Slaves who wanted the Freedom of the young US colonys so badly they escaped the Oppression of their Masters and joined the Cherokee Tribes. Such marriages were considered "Good Medicine" among the Tribes the Runaways they settled in; one of my Great-Grandmothers was the Daughter of one of these marriages.
     In the future I will be adding some History of my Wife's Family in a linked website; she has a Family Tree as richly colored as my own, I have traced one of her family lines back almost 40 Generations; which also includes considerable Nobility.
 

On this page I'll provide a little information about who I am and what inspired me to do this research. Most of this information was probably obtained from talking to living relatives and from researching public records. In the course of doing this research, I've discovered that I have many more relatives than I ever thought possible!

This is a work in progress, so please contact me if you have any information that might help round out the picture. 

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Picture of the Headstone of my Grandparents: Boyd Marcus (Father); Doyle B. (Son); and Ethel Cora (Mother) (Also listed in Genealogy lists as Cora Ethel) (Weaver) VanScoy. Location: Warren County Cemetery; New Virginia, Iowa. Picture Courtesy of Vernon Wilson; Iowa

I wish to Thank Rootsweb.com Freepages for the webpages they have that led to much of my sucess in finding my Roots.
 
Individuals I'd like to Thank include:
Vernon Wilson: AllTheTubThumpers.com; A wonderful Cousin who has a very  extensive Database on the Weaver's; My Paternal Grandmother's Family Line. 5000+ names
Sandra Duncan: VanScoy Family mailing list, Rootsweb.com; another Cousin, who works to keep the info flowing and helps everyone connect with the information they are seeking.
Carla Farrell: "Descendants of Cornelis Aertsen VanSchaick" Family website- My Family.com & Rootsweb.com- "Descendants of Cornelis Aertsen VanSchaick" Family Tree (My first big hit in my search for my Ancestors).
Sean Bagby: Bagby-VanSkike Family website; Carla Farrell refers to him as her VanScoy Expert; He has the Most extensive VanSchaick related site that I know of existing; the GED file contains 30,000+ names
Phil Breedlove: History of the Breedlove's; Family Tree, History, & Origins of the Breedlove Name Website on Rootsweb.com.
 
Other Thanks to  Larry Smith; A Breedlove Cousin who helped fill in some Gaps in the Family lines.
Ron Smith: Related by Proxy of his relative Edsel Fritts marrying my Aunt Norma Jean, and supplying a large family worth of Data apx 30,000 names.
 
In the Future I will provide links to all these sites as I develop this site.
 

 Links To Other Family Related Sites:
 

Weaver Family: https://svanschaick.tripod.com/vanschaicklegacytheweavers

Link to Weaver-VanScoy Memorials: Do a search of first/last name and State. Add your own memorials while you are there. Good Site; but needs more data: http://www.findagrave.com