About: Luanne
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- Writer fascinated by genealogy and family stories. thefamilykalamazoo.com, enteringthepale.com My chapbook Kin Types (poetry based on family history) was a finalist for the Eric Hoffer award.
Posts by Luanne :
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September 25, 2018 Kalamazoo River: Beautiful and Informative New Book
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September 18, 2018 Ethnicity Estimates or A Silly Game?
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September 11, 2018 More Photos of Great-Grandma (Hooray!)
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July 24, 2018 RIP Little Geertruit
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July 17, 2018 Can You Help Identify This Little Dutch Boy
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July 10, 2018 What Saved My Uncle
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July 3, 2018 Time for the Grandfathers
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June 26, 2018 A Marriage Found
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June 19, 2018 How Many Times Am I Related to Her?
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June 12, 2018 Thanksgiving After My Great-Grandmother Passed Away
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- Cover photo shows flooding at the Water Works Bridge in Kalamazoo, March 26, 1904. That spring, the water got 6″ higher than the photo shows.
ORDER ERIC HOFFER AWARD FINALIST KIN TYPES: FAMILY HISTORY MEETS LITERATURE


- KALAMAZOO AND SW MICHIGAN: This blog shares the photographs and stories of my mother's family--the DeKorn, Zuidweg, and Mulder families which settled in southwestern Michigan. It also occasionally shares the photographs and stories of my father's family from Chicago and Elmhurst, Illinois. Many of the posts are centered around the locations of Kalamazoo, Michigan, and Goes, Zeeland, the Netherlands. *The PAGES listed BELOW tell about this blog and summarize the main family branches appearing on this blog. *The TABS at the TOP of the page are a quick way to find posts related to particular family branches.
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All images from author’s collection © Luanne Castle and The Family Kalamazoo, 2012-2023. Unauthorized use and/or duplication of this material without written permission from this blog’s author is prohibited. The piece can be re-blogged, and excerpts and links may be used, provided that full and clear credit is given to Luanne Castle and The Family Kalamazoo, with appropriate and specific direction to the original content.
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