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Show Some Reunion Love By Lisa A. Alzo

With Valentine’s Day approaching on February 14th, it’s a great time to show your reunion some love. Why not celebrate the “how they met stories”...

Update Your Reunions Contacts List by Lisa A. Alzo

The beginning of a new year is the perfect time to review and update your contacts list for your reunion invites. Every year I receive holiday greeting cards from relatives, and I typically save the return address labels from the envelopes.

Reunion tech check from Lisa A. Alzo

If you are planning to hold a scanning event at your next reunion, it’s never too early to make a checklist for logistics and technology....

Recipes, Reminiscing and Reunions by Lisa A. Alzo

INTRODUCTION Holidays are a time when we reminisce about family memories.Whether it is a long-standing tradition to gather for a meal, a party, or other...

Bell-Ransom Family Reunion

Bell-Ransom Family Reunion invitations reflect a long (43-year history) of preparing for reunions. Each includes a cover sheet with the important facts: when, where, and...

Family Reunion Photos – Sorting the Clues

In August, I dedicated all my podcast episodes to family reunion focused activities and guests. Since it’s Family Reunion season, that means we’re pretty likely...

How are we related?

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Commemorations – State and Local Recognitions

ARIZONA Arizona pioneers If you can prove you had an ancestor in Arizona before their statehood date, February 14, 1912, you can apply for a...

Cemetery Reunions

Windham Family Reunion Memorial Walk We usually start our Windham Family Reunion in Aliceville, Alabama, on Friday by doing a Memorial Stroll. We visit grave...

A Patriot history almost forgot

Recently, Oscar Marion became the first slave who fought in the Revolutionary War to receive military honors at Arlington National Cemetery. Marion was the personal...