Is it all in the family

Hello everybody,

I am also a Van ‘t Slot. I’ve always wondered where my familyname did come from.
Now I think I know….but I’m not sure yet. Are we related, and if so why did we never knew.
My fathers name was Wouter, and he was born in the town of

Ellisislandrecords.org

Have any of you searched the New Ellis Island Records web page. I found Grandpa’s information without too much trouble. He traveled with a lot of Russians! There is a ships passenger list and information on the ship.

New relative discovered?

There are even more vantslots then already known..

Grandpa’s Chess set

My son Jared and I have been playing some chess on these long winter evenings. Jared is eleven. He learned on a plastic set of chess players. But last night I got out Grandpa van’t Slots chess set. It is impressive as well as very sentimental. Grandpa

Vant Slot Geneology

A complete geneology or \”genealogie\” of the van\’t Slot family dating back to 1664 ( I have a chart dating back to the prior century) was completed by B. Rugers last year. Mr. Rugers, a longtime friend of my uncle Jan van\’t Slot (Hendrick Jan) of Vassen