Welcome to our family history website, a genealogical connection for our family.
You are encouraged to search these files for your own use. All we ask is that you
share your own research data with others in return.
The world is shrinking more everyday and as we find out more about our past the more
connected and closer we become. Our nation is great because of the diversity that
makes up the population. For some of us finding each of the branches that led to us
is a great pastime and for some a dedication. The following pages are limited to
our family but offer some history and links to help others.
Our family tree begins with three surnames and our Native American heritage;
We have heard stories about our native heritage since we were old enough to listen.
Our Grandmother told us stories about our Great-Grandmother and Great-Great-Grandmother
all of which were born on the reservation in Oklahoma. The history of the first settlers
in North America is a sad story but the strength of our peoples still live on in us. All
Native Americans hold our culture and history dear and keep it alive in both the telling
and today in written volumes. Our family is part of the
Cherokee Nation with its capital
in Tahlequah, OK.
The most researched line of our family is the
Cobbs family.
Several of our family have started researching their family and we are beginning to connect with
each other to bring the whole story together. The best source for the Cobbs family line going
back to the first known Cobb is Mike Cobb's database at
Cobb and Cobbs.
Mr. Cobb's site has documented nine separate Cobb/Cobbs family lines in North America
and supports a DNA Analysis research project by Robert Stricklin. The COBB DNA PROJECT
is now in its fifth year. The only requirement is that the submitter be a biologic male
Cobb. The test does not involve any needles. No blood is required. Please go to
Cobb and Cobbs
or contact Robert Stricklin directly at
rstrickl@oregonvos.net.
There are at least two major publications of Stapleton Geneology and history, the best
known is
Dr.
William Columbus Stapleton's Genealogical Research. Most of our family history is found
in and around Eastern Kentucky and across the Big Sandy River in Virginia but, since the
early 1800's the Stapletons have moved across this nation both north and south.
As you may know, or have guessed, Villasana is a Spanish surname from a village in
Northern Spain,
Villasana de Mena.
We have only just started looking at the history of the Villasana family in North America.
