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 6, 2016 A Mulder Connection!
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December 30, 2015 A Van Wyck from Kalamazoo: An Update
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December 23, 2015 Christmas with My Grandmother
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December 10, 2015 George Paak’s Legacy, Part VII: Imagining The Man and His Home
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December 2, 2015 Look What Day It is!
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November 25, 2015 George Paak’s Legacy, Part VI: Who Were the Pickards?
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November 17, 2015 We’re Complaining About Business Hours Today? What about 100 Years Ago?
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November 2, 2015 The Warufs Travel to Cuba in 1931
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October 28, 2015 P.S. 83, Ravenswood, and The Mister
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October 13, 2015 Farm Life 100 Years Ago
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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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