About: Luanne
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- https://thefamilykalamazoo.wordpress.com
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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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January 17, 2018 Looking at the Timeline for Clues
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January 9, 2018 Vintage Jewelry
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January 2, 2018 Kin Types reveals one way to understand your family history more fully
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January 2, 2018 Steps Toward Identifying This Antique Tintype
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December 28, 2017 Photo Identification Isn’t Always Helpful!
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December 20, 2017 A Christmas Tradition . . . From the Old Country?
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December 13, 2017 Pioneer of the Family
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December 6, 2017 Photos Rescued at the Last Moment
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November 29, 2017 Sometimes You Find Something You Didn’t Want to Find
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November 22, 2017 Another Photograph to Identify: Alice and Who Else?
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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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