About: Luanne
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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 14, 2013 The Park with a Literary Name
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January 10, 2013 Doppelganger in Kalamazoo?
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January 8, 2013 Who Put the Ring Stain on the Scrapbook?
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January 1, 2013 My Great-Grandfather Reinvented Himself as a Business Owner in the U.S.
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December 28, 2012 Intriguing Coincidence or An “Of Course” Moment?
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December 20, 2012 Edna Mulder’s Teacher Contract 1931-32
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December 3, 2012 Western State Normal School, Kalamazoo, Michigan: A Personal View
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November 18, 2012 Richard DeKorn, Brick Mason and General Contractor
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September 22, 2012 Cora Wilhelmina DeKorn Zuidweg
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September 16, 2012 Downtown Kalamazoo early 1900s by Joseph DeKorn
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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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