DUTCH
GUIDES
The Dutch in America : immigration, settlement, and cultural change, edited by Robert P. Swierenga,
M 973.043931 D951.
Dutch Genealogical Research, by Charles M. Franklin, Geneal. R 929.1072 F854d : 9/95.
A brief history of Holland that includes maps of the provinces, and tells of the types immigration to
America. Explaining the types of Dutch records kept in America and where to locate them. A very
immense town list with the provinces the town can be found in, is also included in this book.
Dutch systems in family naming : New York [and] New Jersey, by Rosalie Fellows Bailey, Geneal. R
929.4 B155d. Naming system could be applied to Dutch in Michigan.
Faith and family : Dutch immigration and settlement in the United States, 1820-1920,
by Robert P. Swierenga, 973.043931 Sw52f.
Names from the Netherlands, by Loren J. Lemmen, Geneal. R 929.4 L543n.
Netherlanders in America Dutch immigration to the United States and Canada, 1789-1950,
by Henry Stephen Lucas, M 973.043931 L962n 1989.
A good reference for the Dutch settlement of Michigan and cultural practices of the new Dutch
immigrants.
DUTCH IN MICHIGAN
Drenthe in Michigan,by H.J Prakke, M 977.415 P884d.
Focuses on the Dutch that Emigrated from the province of Drenthe.
The Dutch churches in Michigan during the Civil War, by Wynand Wichers, M 285.732 W631d.
Dutch in Michigan, by Larry Ten Harmsel, M 977.40043931 T25d.
Historical souvenir of the celebration of the sixtieth anniversary of the colonization of the Hollanders
in western Michigan, August 21, 1907, M 977.40043931 H629.
Holland's heritage a series of sketches and narratives having to do with the founding of Holland,
Michigan, M 977.415 H719.
The immigration and early history of the people of Zeeland, Ottawa County, Michigan, in 1847, by
Anna Kremer Keppel. M 977.415 K44.
The sesquicentennial of Dutch immigration : 150 years of ethnic heritage, M 305.83931 As78s.
Collection of conference papers exploring mid-19th century Dutch emigration to Michigan and Iowa,
as led by Albertus C. Van Raalte, Hendrik P. Scholte and Cornelius Vander Meulen. Features the
early history and culture of the Dutch of Pella, Iowa; and Holland, Zeeland and Grand Rapids,
Michigan.
With this inheritance : Holland, Michigan : the early years, by Sara Michel, M 977.415
M581w.
DUTCH IN GRAND RAPIDS
The Dutch of Grand Rapids, Michigan, 1848-1900 : immigrant neighborhood and community
development in a nineteenth century city, by David Gordon Vanderstel, M 305.83931 V285dg : 12/96.
Gives insight to the Dutch neighborhoods of Grand Rapids.
Grand Rapids History & Special Collections Department • www.grpl.org/localhistory • 616.988.5400
The Dutch of Grand Rapids, Michigan : a study of social mobility in a midwestern urban community, 1850-1870, by David
Gordon Vanderstel, M 305.83931 V285d : 12/96.
Dutch Heritage in Kent and Ottawa Counties, by Norma Lewis, M 977.415 L587d.
The Dutch and their neighbors in transition : the formation, growth, and dissolution of ethnic centers in Grand Rapids,
Chicago and other places, M 305.83931 C76 1993 : 8/97.
PASSENGER LISTS
1886 Update to Swierenga's Dutch immigrants in US passenger manifests, by Robert P. Swierenga, Geneal. R 929.3492
Sw52d 1886.
Alphabetical listing of Zuid-Holland emigrants, 1881-1899, by Robert P. Swierenga, Geneal. R 929.349238 Sw52a 18811899.
Dutch and German ships : passenger lists, 1846-1856, by Edward Prins, Geneal. R 929.3774 P936d.
Dutch emigration and immigration records, 1820-1880 : (tables, charts, and figures), by Robert P. Swierenga, Geneal. R
929.373 D951t.
Dutch emigrants to the United States, South Africa, South America, and Southeast Asia, 1835-1880: an alphabetical
listing by household heads and independent persons, by Robert P. Swierenga,Geneal. R 929.373 D951 1983.
Dutch immigrants in U.S. ship passenger lists, port of New York, 1881 - 1882 : an alphabetical listing, by Robert P.
Swierenga, Geneal. R 929.3492 Sw52d 1881-1882. v. 1-2.
Dutch immigrants in U.S. ship passenger manifests, 1820-1880 : an alphabetical listing by household heads and
independent persons. by Robert P. Swierenga, R 929.373 D951i 1983 v.1-2.
Klapper op de jaarlijkse opgave van de landverhuizers, Annual Index of Official Returns of Emigrants(Groningen 18801901), by A. Goudsblom, Geneal. R 929.3492 K664.
Nederlands repertorium van familienamen. Geneal. R 929.3492 K836n v.1-11. In Dutch
Overijssel emigrants, 1881-1908 an alphabetical listing, by Robert P. Swierenga, Geneal. R 929.349216 Sw52o 18811908.
Ships to U.S.A. with a Dutch or German passenger, 1845-1855 ,
by Edward Prins, Geneal. R 929.3774 P936s.
THE IMMIGRANT EXPERIENCE
Dutch American voices : letters from the United States, 1850-1930, M 973.043931 D951d : 8/95.
Dutch immigrant memoirs and related writings, by Henry Stephen Lucas, M 973 L962 1997.
Voices from North America, by Albertus C. Van Raalte, M 973.043931 V35v : 8/93.
CENSUS
Dutch households in U.S. population censuses, 1850, 1860, 1870 an alphabetical listing by family heads, by Robert P.
Swierenga, Geneal. R 312.0973 Sw52 v.1.
ONLINE RESOURCES
Genlias - Dutch database containing essential information for genealogical research
www.genlias.nl
Zeeuws Archief - Archives of the Dutch province of Zeeland
www.zeeuwengezocht.nl
Grand Rapids History & Special Collections Department • www.grpl.org/localhistory • 616.988.5400
VERTICAL FILE HOLDINGS
Bajema Clipping Files – Dutch, 1842-1933
Churches – Christian Reformed
Dutch experience in Canada
Dutch Immigrant Society
Dutch in Grand Rapids
Dutch Settlers – Michigan
PERIODICALS
DIS magazine, Dutch Immigrant Society, 1974-current.
Gens nostra = Ons geslacht, Nederlandse Genealogische Vereniging, 1945-current.
Origins : historical magazine of Calvin College and Seminary Archives, Calvin College Library, The Archives, 1983current.
Grand Rapids History & Special Collections Department • www.grpl.org/localhistory • 616.988.5400