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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November 6, 2013 Any Ideas on This Old Photo?
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November 4, 2013 The Talent of My Other Grandmother
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October 30, 2013 Remember That Relative Who Left for America Ahead of the Others?
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October 23, 2013 Pieter the Orphan
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October 15, 2013 The Links Between the Mulders and the Zuidwegs
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October 8, 2013 My Grandfather’s Story, Part XII (Final “Episode”)
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October 1, 2013 My Grandfather’s Story, Part XI
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September 30, 2013 Preserve Your Family’s Stories During National Family History Month
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September 24, 2013 My Grandfather’s Story, Part X
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September 17, 2013 My Grandfather’s Story, Part IX
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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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