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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June 1, 2016 What Can the Photographer Tell Me (When He’s No Longer Here)?
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May 25, 2016 Is it Live or is it Memento Mori?
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May 18, 2016 A Noffke Portrait
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May 11, 2016 What I Discovered in the Box of Unscanned Remine Photos
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May 4, 2016 (Almost) Wordless Wednesday: Lillian Heddle Remine
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April 13, 2016 Reminders to Self about the Remines
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April 6, 2016 Mysterious Antique Photographs
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March 31, 2016 Bessie Klosterman’s Mother with Another Update
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March 23, 2016 How to Explain This Death (updated with more info)
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March 16, 2016 Kalamazoo Woman Supports WWI Troops
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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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