Product Description: This volume records for the first time a fully documented family history and genealogy of the primary leader of Dutch immigration to western Michigan, Albertus C. Van Raalte, and his wife, Christina de Moen. Drawing on previously compiled genealogical information, archival records, and family letters and photographs, the authors have worked diligently to "set the record straight" regarding the Van Raaltes' ancestors and descendants, as well as to provide a document that future historians and genealogists can build on...read more

Product Description: The first fully documented biography of Albertus Christiaan Van Raalte, founder of one of the major settlements of Dutch immigrants to America. Albertus C. Van Raalte (1811-1876) was born in the Netherlands during a tumultuous period of history...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

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