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 11, 2019 Grandpa’s Cousin Passes Away at 97
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September 4, 2019 WWI in Kalamazoo, Part II (with YET ANOTHER UPDATE!)
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August 28, 2019 WWI in Kalamazoo
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August 7, 2019 Who is This Couple?
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July 24, 2019 At Entering the Pale This Week
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July 17, 2019 At Entering the Pale This Week
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July 10, 2019 A Mulder Anniversary Photo
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July 3, 2019 Photos of Alice Leeuwenhoek in Kalamazoo
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June 19, 2019 Great-Grandpa’s Will
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June 12, 2019 A Huge Thank You to Val Erde at Colouring the Past!
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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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