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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March 27, 2019 Kids Out in Front of the House
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March 20, 2019 Happiness is A Labelled Photograph
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March 13, 2019 Mulder Family Reunion Photo–IDENTIFICATIONS!
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March 6, 2019 It’s Women’s History Month, Folks!
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February 28, 2019 1940s Children
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February 13, 2019 Could This Be Fred Waldeck? Mystery Solved!!!!
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January 29, 2019 Sunday School: Bethany Reformed Church, Kalamazoo: c1918
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January 8, 2019 Uncle Frank Comes to Visit
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January 2, 2019 Grandpa’s Baby Pictures
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December 27, 2018 New Info Makes Me Smile
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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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