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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.

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• 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.

• 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.

• Recent Posts

  • Catching My Balance–and New Info on Marjorie Sootsman Owens
  • Rose’s Death and the New Photo of the Young Mulders
  • A Hero’s Life: Uncle Chuck and Aunt Ruthann (Part 4 of Grandma’s Sibling Stories)
  • Uncle Pete and Aunt Ruby Update c/o Find-a-Grave
  • Narrowing in on Slupsk County, Pomerania

• Individuals and Topics

  Individuals and Topics Select Category Adriaan Zuijdweg/Adrian Zuidweg Sr. Adrian Zuidweg Alice Paak DeKorn Bassa Book review Caledonia Michigan history Chicago history Cora DeKorn Zuidweg DeKorn DNA family heirloom Family History France history Genealogy Germany history Illinois history Jennie DeKorn Culver Joseph Peter DeKorn Kalamazoo history Kalamazoo late 1800s – early 1900s Kalamazoo mid 20th century Kent County history Kin Types Klein Korean War history Leeuwenhoek Lucille Edna Mulder Zuidweg Michigan history Mulder Netherlands history Noffke Paak Peek Photography early 20th century Photography late 19th century Prussia history Remine Richard DeKorn Seattle history U.S. military Waldeck Zuidweg

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