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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August 3, 2017 Senior Portrait Perhaps
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July 29, 2017 A Beating, or The Leeuwenhoek Connection: Part 3
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July 27, 2017 Now the Work Begins
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July 22, 2017 The Leeuwenhoek Connection: Part 2
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July 21, 2017 Kalamazoo in Photos
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July 15, 2017 The Leeuwenhoek Connection
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July 13, 2017 Grandpa’s Best Friend
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July 5, 2017 A Gift for My Grandmother’s Service
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June 29, 2017 History as Mirror: Cora DeKorn Zuidweg’s Death Certificate
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June 27, 2017 Medical Theories Welcome Here: Richard DeKorn’s Death Certificate
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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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