"c.p.kamhoot" wrote: > Dear Mr. or Mrs. > On your site about Michigan i found some pages of a book. > One of my ancestors left the Netherlands in 1849 and arrived in Grand Haven. > He wend to the holland colony. On a site with a census list about Grand > Haven City is a Marinus Kamhout = saloon > Does your book mention more about the lastname KAMHOUT or KAMEHOUT or > CAMHOUT or any other equivalent.? > I am trying to locate the descendents of Gerrit Kamhout who arrived in 1849 > with his wife and seven sons on sailing ship "de Louvre". I found this ship > by the list of Luann deVries, they where called KAMAT on this list. > Any information about this family is welcome. > > Thank you for reading this, and hope to hear from you, > Regards C.P.Kamhoot, the Netherlands > The book is called "A Dutch Settlement In Michigan" and is located on web page <http://www.macatawa.org/~brianter/DutchSettlementBibliography.html>. I did not find the surname(s) you requested in the Index. I will send a copy of this letter to the Ottawa County Mailing List <[email protected]> ... perhaps someone on the list will respond to you. Sincerely, (Mrs.) Terri Rene DaVar-Howard