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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September 9, 2015 Seems Like a Long Time Ago
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September 2, 2015 Tupelo Press 30/30 Project–What I’ll Be Doing in September Instead of Genealogy
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August 26, 2015 Down at the Station
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August 19, 2015 The Mulder Farm in Caledonia, Michigan, 1948
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August 5, 2015 Grandma’s School Work, late 1920s
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July 8, 2015 Alice’s Postcard Collection
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July 3, 2015 I Have a Theory about These Women: Vintage Photographs from Kalamazoo
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June 25, 2015 The Mulder Girls Grownup and With Children of Their Own
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June 14, 2015 An Anniversary of Mourning
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May 13, 2015 A Mysterious Uniform (at least to me)
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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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