What's New - 2008
December 2008
12/30/2008: Civil War
Obituaries: Capt. William H. Dunn, Allen C. Floyd, Alva
Hayward,
John E. Hodges, Henry A. Cook, Henry Shuster, James Wheeler, Arie Woltman transcribed by
Joan Van Spronsen
12/30/2008: Links repaired and some changes made
to Obituaries - they are divided by Surname
into A-J,
K-R and
S-Z.
12/18/2008: Corrected obituary of
Cpl. Andrew Thompson,
Civil War veterans by
Joan Van Spronsen
12/18/2008: Bill Wiersma's genealogies online -
Wiersma, Johnson, Wyngarden and
VanLiere Families from
Ottawa County and the Netherlands
November 2008
11/29/2008:
Genealogy Links in Norway contributed by Stine Kvistad
11/28/2008: Hudsonville High School Sports -
1926 Baseball
Team;
1931 Baseball Team,
1932 Baseball
Team and
1932 Football
Team
11/28/2008: Hudsonville School -
1925, 3rd & 4th Grade
Classes; 1929,
7th & 8th Grade Classes;
1930, 8th Grade
Graduates; 1934
Hudsonville High School Graduates
11/28/2008: Canada Hills School -
Photo
of 1925 students;
1929
Eighth Grade Graduates
11/26/2008: Genealogies of
Samuel Edson
and John
Boynton families transcribed by ES
11/26/2008:
The Rise and
Fall of Port Sheldon transcribed by ES
11/26/2008:
Holland Interurban
11/26/2008:
Hudsonville
Christian Graduates, 1918-1942 transcribed by ES
11/24/2008: Photo of an
Interurban Car in
Jenisonville and a photo of
Building the
Interurban on 8th Avenue
11/24/2008: Photo of
Grading the Road
at Shackhuddle hill.
11/22/2008: Search engine for the MiGenWeb
Archives -
http://www.usgwarchives.net/search/search.cgi/searchmi.htm
11/21/2008: Photo of Overisel
Reformed Church
11/15/2008: Drenthe Reformed Church
Members, 1847 - 1882 transcribed by ES
October 2008
10/20/2008: 1934 Allendale High
School Sophomore Class Commencement contributed by Pat Hovey
10/20/2008: Blendon Township
Cemetery updated by ES.
10/16/2008: See Projects
Pictorial Glimpses of the Hudsonville Area
Compiled by
Evelyn Sawyer and Shirley Krombeen
October, 2008
Photos of the Hudsonville area plus
Georgetown, Jamestown and Blendon Townships including
early families, businesses, schools and churches along with the early histories
including arson and murders.
10/20/2008:
Links for research in Norway contributed
by Stine Kvistad.
10/19/2008: Norway Genealogy
Research - if you are wanting to do Norwegian
research, Stine Kvistad is willing to direct
you to records in Norway and will do translations. To contact her by
email: stine.heldal@gmail.com
10/19/2008: Genealogies:
Ole Andersen family from
Norway to Holland, Michigan in 1925 contributed by Stine Kvistad.
Includes the families of Dozeman, Eastman, Hansen, Lindberg, and Shank
10/02/2008:
Genealogy
and photos of Stephen Owens and wife, Matilda (Rosegrant)
September 2008
09/26/2008:
Information on Michigan
Native Americans
09/22/2008:
Civil War Soldiers Obituaries:
Joseph Baranoski, James Grootenhuis, Teunis Keppel, James Reeve,
Bethuel Rice,
John Wise and Horace Wood and the obituary of
Harm Rypma transcribed by
Joan Van Spronsen
09/16/2008: Genealogies;
Gerrit
Klomp family of Allegan and Ottawa Counties:
Mathew
French family of Allendale and
Robinson Townships
09/15/2008:
List of Zeeland Bank
Stock Owners (Unknown date) transcribed by ES
09/15/2008:
Photo of Zeeland Township
Elementary School Class about 1900
09/13/2008:
Cemetery Abbreviations
09/13/2008: A new link to Dibean
Marriages:
http://www.usgwarchives.net/mi/ottawa.htm
09/13/2008: Genealogies:
Samuel Hall
family of Blendon Township;
Hendrick Nyhuis family of Blendon and
Georgetown townships.
09/13/2008:
Robinson Township
Lot Owners for the East Section transcribed by ES
09/13/2008:
2008 Robinson Township
Cemetery Records transcribed by ES
09/03/2008:
Civil War Obituaries: Dr. Henry Hull, Benjamin Norton and
Amos Wolverton transcribed by Joan
Van Spronsen.
August 2008
08/23/2008: Vriesland Reformed Church
Marriages updated -
Brides
Grooms
08/23/2008: Civil War Obituary -
George Haas and his picture
transcribed by Joan Van Spronsen
08/18/2008: Civil War Obituary:
Charles Nichols and picture of
him and his wife; picture of
Walter S. Cole
added to his obituary. Photos by permission of
Susan Gates Davis
08/13/2008:
Civil War Obituaries: Walter S. Cole, Myron S. Creagor,
Charles Hovey, Patrick Padden,
Thomas Toogood and Benjamin Treat contributed by Joan
VanSpronsen
08/13/2008:
History of the
Jamestown Bank contributed by Michael Steenwyk
08/10/2008:
1912 Maps of Ottawa County - now complete
July 2008
07/31/2008:
1912 Maps of Ottawa County
(All but Zeeland Town and Township - work in progress)
07/08/2008:
Photo of William Bell tombstone, a veteran of the War of 1812
scanned by Joan Van Spronsen
07/08/2008: Civil War Obituary:
Dr. Jacob McNett
transcribed by Joan Van Spronsen
07/08/2008:
A letter from Capt. R.
E. Peter to John Kramer - Battle of Tebbs Bend plus a map
of the area
submitted by Joan Van Spronsen.
June 2008
06/22/2008:
Photo of the
tombstone of the first burial in Pilgrim Home Cemetery -
Janna Vanden Beldt submitted
by Joan Van Spronsen
06/22/2008: Genealogies:
Augustus
W. Taylor and
Friederick Viebrock I submitted by Carol Kesteloot
06/22/2008: Civil War Soldiers Obituaries:
August Bruske and
Nathaniel Abbey; Obituary for
Gerrit Hemkes
transcribed by Joan Van Spronsen
06/11/2008:
Pilgrim Cemetery - list of those buried in the Potter's
Field transcribed by Joan Van Spronsen
06/11/2008: Civil War Obituaries:
Joseph Brown,
John Jackson,
Peter Steketee and
Lemuel Ward transcribed
by Joan Van Spronsen
06/11/2008:
Jamestown
Township Biographical Sketches from the 1882 Ottawa County
History transcribed by ES
06/11/2008:
Georgetown
Township Biographical Sketches from the 1882 Ottawa County
History transcribed by ES
May 2008
05/29/2008:
Early Deaths Found in Newspapers, 1851-1867
05/29/2008: Early Marriages Found in Newspapers,
1851-1867
Alphabetically by
Brides
Grooms
05/27/2008: Vriesland Reformed Church Marriages,
1872-1896 and 1912-1943
Alphabetically by Bride's Name
Alphabetically
by Groom's Name
05/25/2008:
Olive Township
Historical Society 2008 Events
05/25/2008: Ottawa
County Probate Court Information - contributed by Roxanne
Munns
05/22/2008:
Membership List for Hudsonville
Christian Reformed Church, 1970-1979
05/09/2008: Genealogies:
Abraham
Stauffer and additions to
Abijah Edson
and Albert
Gebben
05/09/2008: Civil War Obituary:
Charles Tuttle from Mary
Trimbach.
05/09/2008: The history of the
Dutch Reformed
Church movement in the Netherlands, 1860's-1900.
05/04/2008: State
Archives of Michigan - Fees for research and the topics that
they will research.
05/04/2008: Corrections made to some broken
links.
April 2008
04/25/2008:
Current rules for obtaining vital records from the Ottawa County
Clerk's Office.
04/12/2008: Photo of the
Grand Haven Orpheum
Theater contributed by Sheila Cadawaler.
04/12/2008:
Genealogies: David
Austin, William Baehre, Daniel Bennett, John Beuschel, Jacob
Denhof,
Ephriam Devenport, Shadrack Doane, Hendrikus W. Driesenga, John
Dys, Phillip Fahling, Jacob
Gilbert, John Gillhespy, Henry Host, George Irish, John Keas,
Engelko Koolman, Conrad Kraft,
Adam Lachmann, Jonas Mauterstock, Aaron McClain, John McNitt,
Daniel McWilliams, Wilson
McWilliams, Amos Merrick, George M. Miller, Jared Miller,
William Morley, Abram Nostrant,
Lewis Pierce, William Rauber, H. Adam, Ritz, Henry Schaefer,
George Ulmer, John Umlor,
Gilbert Vander Hoof, Klaas VanderMolen, Cornelius
VanderWiltenburg, Johannes VanOeffelen,
and William Wright transcribed by ES.
04/12/2008: Civil War
Obituaries: Nathaniel B. Abby, Dr. John Austin, Albert E.
Bolt, Joel Bond,
Michael Canty, John Cooney, Charles N. Dickinson, Charles
Hinsley, Albertus Kronemeyer, Thomas J. McCulloch,
Henry E.
Plant, Asa L. Porter, William Miner Porter, James Richardson,
Elijah Smead, Charles R. Steward, Arthur VanderHoef, Andrew
Webster and John A. Williams transcribed by Joan Van Spronsen
04/12/2008:
Obituary of Charles Smead transcribed by Joan VanSpronsen
04/12/2008: Obituary
and Photo of William Comstock contributed by Chris Korstange
March 2008
03/28/2008: Corrections made and broken links
repaired.
03/21/2008: Obituaries of Civil War Soldiers:
Albert Boardmann,
John W. Downs,
Frank Jones,
Alfred Muzzall and
Asa Rice transcribed by Joan
Van Spronsen.
03/03/2008: The genealogies of
Willem
Lievense,
Jan
Machiela and
Albert
Siersema are being replaced by
newer information from Jeff Machiela
February 2008
02/29/2008: Some additions and corrections made.
02/20/2008: Some church records rearranged - see
Churches category
02/19/2008: Drenthe
Presbyterian Church - Married Women and their Spouses and
Baptisms, 1852-1886
02/19/2008: Genealogies:
Menne
VanSloten,
Lewis C. Moomey,
Robert Moon
and
Charles Mulliken
02/14/2008: Wright Township Death Records:
Abbreviations of
Birthplaces,
List of Cemeteries in
Numerical Order,
List of Cemeteries in Alphabetical Order transcribed by ES.
02/07/2008:
Wright Township Death Records, 1897-1952 transcribed by ES.
02/07/2008: Genealogies:
Gray-Martindale Families;
Hugh
McMillan,
McNitt-Place Families,
Samuel T.
Stauffer and
John T. Tyres transcribed by ES.
January 2008
01/26/2008:
Coopersville Cemetery,
2007 transcribed by ES
01/26/2008:
Holland Police, 1907 -
2007 transcribed by ES
01/23/2008: Obituary:
Myrtle Louise Dutcher
contributed by Juan B. Rey
01/23/2008: 1897
Land Records updated
01/23/2008: Biographies/Settlers
new setup with a picture of William Ferry of Ferrysburg.
01/22/2008: New URL for Michigan immigration
information:
www.migrations.org/mimig.html
To email:
patrick@migrations.org
01/20/2008:
Dekker Huis Museum of Zeeland, Michigan information
01/20/2008: Civil War Obituaries:
Eeltza Elgersma,
Ozias Noble,
Henry Spore and
Levi Stamp
transcribed by Joan Van Spronsen - Joan, on her own, has
taken this project of searching for the
Civil War veterans obituaries of Ottawa County. It is
a real asset to those looking for this kind of
information and her efforts are really appreciated.
01/06/2008:
Zeeland Historical Society's events for 2008
01/06/2008: Civil War Soldiers obituaries:
Edwin Washburn,
Andrew J. Ward, and
Fayette Eseltine
(including photo of tombstone) contributed by Joan Van
Spronsen.
Created: 2008
URL:
http://ottawa.migenweb.net/whatsnew/2008.html