/ Van Raalte Institute

Albertus and Christina

The Van Raalte Family, Home and Roots
By Elton J. Bruins et al.

Book coverThis volume records for the first time a fully documented family history and genealogy of the primary leader of Dutch immigration to West 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 worked diligently to “set the record straight” and provide a document future historians and genealogists can build on. The book includes brief biographical sketches and an account of what happened to the Van Raalte papers and homestead and traces what happened to their seven children and their descendants.

Fully documented and filled with photographs of the Van Raalte family and homestead, “Albertus and Christina” will be a welcome source for anyone interested in the story of this pioneering family or in the history of western Michigan.

VRP Press