July 2016 - Page 46 of 56 - Reunions Magazine

Sign on the dotted line

Signing on the dotted line is one way to preserve a very important part of your family history. For people doing genealogy and family histories,...

Tips for making memory booklets by Richard Hane

Plan early! To estimate the cost of each booklet, approximate how many booklets will be ordered and how many pages you’ll need for each. Add...

Family reunions are portrait time

Family reunions are great times to make family portraits By: J.R. vanLienden Photographing a large group, however, has many inherent problems. You must keep everyone's...

Hiring a photographer?

Here are some basics for hiring a reunion photographer. Basics for hiring a photographer Ask around. Get recommendations and check albums of friends and relatives....

Restoring heirloom photos

Laurie Thompson reports that damaged, faded, irreplaceable photographs can be saved. Storage of your valuable heirloom photos in a dark acid free environment will slow...

Is there an epidemic of memoir fever?

Many Americans are scrambling with video cameras, tape recorders and other high-tech tools to chronicle family histories before the memories are gone. When relatives share...

Proclamations, Kudos, Citations, and Greetings of all Kinds

Your reunion group is special in many ways. Have you included public recognition of your group's uniqueness? Among the many ways to highlight, honor and...

Descended from a president?

Presidential Families of America is a lineage society whose members have direct or collateral hereditary blood-lines to deceased presidents of North American Republics (USA, Confederate...

White House Greetings, Flags flown over the Capitol

Flags flown over the Capitol building in Washington DC are available to mark extra special events. Expect to pay a small fee depending upon size...

Military

Civil War Find a Confederate soldier If you’re doing genealogical or family history research and need information about an ancestor who was a Confederate soldier,...