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 30, 2015 It Could Have Been Much Worse
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January 27, 2015 Kalamazoo: The Movie
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January 20, 2015 George Paak’s Legacy, Part V: Theresa Gets Married
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January 14, 2015 Balding with Glasses and a Mustache with Personality
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January 7, 2015 Does This Unidentified Photo Offer Any Clues?
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January 1, 2015 100 Years Ago: Pigs at Brook Lodge
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November 5, 2014 A Postcard Brings Me Information and Even More Questions
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October 22, 2014 Great-Grandpa’s Family–The Mulders of Grand Rapids, Michigan
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October 8, 2014 The Art of Marge and David Owens
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October 1, 2014 What Did She Keep in All Those Pockets?
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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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