- History
- The most important Slotemaker
History is the Slotemaker Story by Henry Slotemaker and the
Story of Anna by Henry Spaan--- both of which has its own section
below on this Contents listing.
- The Genealogical Accounting
- You can track the Generations of American Slotemakers with
details and some photos in a genealogical format which
has been slightly altered. The genealogical accounting
tracks both the descendants of John Slotemaker, and his
sister Anna.
- Generation Tracker
- You can see the Generations of American Slotemakers
rendered graphically in a way which makes it easy to track
the Generations, 1 - 6. This works the same way as this
collapsible/expandable list you are currently using. If
you want to know if you are a Generation 5 Slotemaker
Cousin and thus one of the Slotemaker Cousins referenced
in this website, this would be your means to determining
that.
- Anna Slotemaker Generation Tracker
- Aagje Keppel Slotemaker Generation Tracker
- We have tracked the Generations
of Dutch Keppels who stayed behind in Holland after
Aagje and Cornelis moved to America. As one looks over
the generations of Keppels one sees the history of
Europe of the past century reflected in what happened to
the Keppel family in Noord Sharwoude.
- Alida Muller Generation Tracker
- Feedback
- The Info Input System
- Email Address List
- This likely does not require much explanation. If you
would like your email address
added, simply send an
email from any of the various email links. And if you'd
like your email address removed, simply ask and it will
be removed.
- Fun & Games & Music
- The Slotemaker Juke Box
- A baker's dozen of Dutch songs with maybe one or two
American songs mixed in. If you choose 'continuous' the
juke box will randomly play from the song list. Or you
can choose a specific song from the drop down list. With
the 'continuous' or 'random' options, songs may seem to
repeat, as they are randomly generated.
- To turn on the Slotemaker Juke Box you have to
use the link at the top of the Fun & Games
section on the left panel. You must start the Juke
Box from there as the code which opens the Juke Box
window does not cooperate well with the code which
renders this collapsible list.
- Concentrate on the Slotemakers
- Same principle as the TV game show, Concentration,
only here everything you have to concentrate
on is Slotemaker related. The timer starts from the
moment the game appears, so start clicking those
tiles as soon as you see them. If you get tired of
Concentrate 1 you can go to Concentrate
II and see some fresh faces. We believe Agnes is the
time to beat, at 2:07. Concentrate
III has more faces and Concentrate
IV is in color and the faces are all Generation 5
Slotemaker Cousins.
- Slotemaker Spot Light
- This will shine a concentrated light on the original
American Slotemakers. If you want to turn on a light
bright enough to light up all the Slotemakers,
just click the spot light.
- The Slotemaker Test
- Twelve easy questions, simple to answer for most
Slotemakers, gleaned from information on this website.
After you read the instructions you may have to scroll
down to see the entire test window.
- The Slotemaker Puzzle
- The Slotemaker Mug Shot Wall
- A collection of very small versions of various
faces you will find in the Slotemaker's website.
Most of the faces are clickable and will bring you to
the source of the photo.
- Automatic Input Form
- Some people have trouble thinking of what to say in a
form. This takes care of that for you. You don't need to
think, just type and the Automatic
Input Form will take care of the thinking for you.
- Dutchman
- While called Dutchman, it may seem like another game
that goes by the name of Hangman. The instructions tell
you that all the answers are on the Slotemaker website.
However, one of those words is brookies. And this is the
only place you will find that word on the website. The
words are randomly generated from a list of 60, so they
may repeat.
- Dutch Rock
- You can choose to hear some Dutch Rock or listen to
a Dutch radio station. There will be a rocking and
rolling Dutch Boy flying about who may make it difficult
to click the links. You'll just have to click fast while
he is out of the way.
- Memory
- The Memory section has various items about our Slotemaker
ancestors
- Miscellaneous
- In addition to the items listed here, there are many other
miscellaneous items of interest accessed via links on the
left panel.
- The Slotemaker Story
- Written by Henry Slotemaker, this
is the heart of the Slotemaker website. Without this there
would be no Slotemaker website and there would be no written
history of the first American Slotemakers. Photos, documents
and additional information have been added to the original
Slotemaker Story.
- Part 1: Holland
- We meet Cornelis and Aagje
Slotemaker, Generation 1 of the American Slotemakers as the
family prepares to leave Holland.
- Part 2: America
- Cornelis and Aagje, and John and
Anna, start their new life in America, in Iowa. Eight years
later a family called Kramer with a daughter named Tillie
comes to Iowa from Holland. The family starts getting
restless. Word comes of a town in the Far West, named
Lynden.
- Part 3: Lynden
- John is sent west to check out
Lynden. He returns with stories of huge trees, mountains,
and a land resembling Holland. The decision is made to join
the great American migration and move the family west.
- Part 4: Born American
- Just over 100 years ago,
the first American Slotemaker, Cornelius, is born, followed
by Henry, Agnes, Dick, Otto and Jessie's one and two.
- Part 5: Slotemaker Farm
- 100 acres is bought a few
miles east of Lynden on which a new house is built. The 50th
Wedding Anniversary of Cornelis and Aagje takes place in
1912, followed 2 years later by the death of Aagje. World
War I and the flu epidemic are among the other calamites of
the early years on the Slotemaker Farm.
- Part 6: 1918-1964
- This part of the Slotemaker
Story covers the family growing up, leaving the farm,
getting married, starting their own families and ends with
the death of the great grandma of the Generation 5
Slotemaker Cousins, Tillie Kramer Slotemaker.
- read The
Slotemaker Story now
- also read the Anna
Slotemaker Story, Henry Spaan's account of his
memories of his Grandma Anna Slotemaker Spaan, the
sister of John Slotemaker
- also read the Alida Muller
Story by Augusta DeVries
As you click THE SLOTEMAKERS LOGO more details
will appear. Some subjects, such as the Slotemaker Story, are 4 levels
deep, so click til you get to the bottom of everything. Anything on the list may be accessed from the various links
on the left panel. Access links are also at the lowest level of the
lists. You may collapse the list by clicking on a subject
heading. This particular feature works in Internet Explorer. Click THE
SLOTEMAKERS LOGO to start expanding the list.
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