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Read about members of the family De Ruyver dating back to 1540.
Family Trees
Follow the generations of De Ruyvers from 1540 to the present.
View documents upon which our family history is based. Learn about the area of Belgium from where our family originated. This tour includes lots of photographs of the region and exploratory links! View photos of the family De Ruyver Need help navigating this site? Click here |
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addition to providing a forum for scattered members of the family to
regain contact and keep in touch, this site is devoted to the
recuperation and dissemination of the history of the family De Ruyver,
originating from the Barony called �Land of Schorisse�E now sited in the
south of the province of East-Flanders in Belgium. The life of every
member of our family will eventually be described briefly, in as much as
historical records and privacy concerns permit. If you suspect you're a
member of our family please contact us! Our goal is comprehensiveness
and inclusiveness; further contributions to this site are always
welcome. This site is continually being updated as a) new information
comes to our attention and b) the site designer and administrator finds
time to mount it.
Future directions of this site include links to sites introducing the regions or towns where the De Ruyver ancestors lived. Also Web sites concerning the historical time or institutions affecting the life of the De Ruyvers will be linked to this site, as to permit the reader to get a more global picture. An effort will also be made to expand this Web site with detailed original articles or English translations of existing studies about the world of the De Ruyver ancestors. Dirk De Ruyver lives in Japan, where
he works as director of the Tokyo office of Flanders Investment and Trade, an agency of Government of Flanders. He has researched and published The De Ruyvers
in Belgium, America, France, Canada and Japan from the 16th century to the
Present. His e-mail : [email protected]
Debra DeRuyver is an
advanced Ph.D. student in American Studies at the
University of Maryland in College Park, MD. In addition to teaching and
going to school, she has worked as a reference archivist at the
National Archives. She is currently the
Electronic Communications Director for the
James MacGregor Burns Academy of Leadership at the University of Maryland. Her e-mail : [email protected]
Information for this site has also been provided by Luc De Ruyver
from his research and manuscript Het Oost-Vlaamse geslacht De Ruyver
rond Wetteren, Gontrode, 1998. Luc currently resides in Belgium where he is
continuing his research. His e-mail : [email protected]
This site was last updated on July 28, 2007. |