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Pryer/Gilbert Attendance at 1,800!

The first Pryer Family Reunion was held in 1989 in Rosedale, Louisiana, attended by 550 relatives. The second Pryer/Gilbert Family reunion was in 1996, with...

Famous Census

Michael Neill has posted census images from the “rich and famous.” The main page is www.rootdig.com/1930census/. Some of the many images linked are Lucille Ball,...

Surprise! Finding Relatives by Arliss Treybig

On my first visit to Büdesheim, Germany, in 1987, I stayed and traveled with my cousin Gene Treybig and his wife Jane (now of Boerne,...

A lasting reunion keepsake: a family tribute DVD by Lisa A. Alzo, MFA

A reunion is a truly special event family members can share. Large or small, annually or every few years, relatives or long-lost cousins, the family...

Who would you ask, if you couldn’t ask granny?

Ask Granny© is a program of specially designed materials that make it easy for grandparents to create a wonderful gift for their families -- putting...

Family holds reunion the old-fashioned way: at the cemetery

Gladys Pittman fretted because there weren’t more folks waiting to dig into a holiday picnic. In reality, they were surrounded by dozens more relatives -...

One Foot in the Grave

While attending a family reunion in Missouri, we took an excursion to visit a small family cemetery near Webb City. Our host, Aunt Esther, reminisced...

Honoring a Revolutionary War soldier

For more than 175 years, Revolutionary War veteran William Ballenger's grave was a fieldstone with crude engravings. His descendant Margaret Currie and her husband, Randy,...

Cemetery Access Problematic

Visiting cemeteries is not always easy. The McCoys (of Hatfield and McCoy fame) cemetery is on private land and not available to family. The McCoys...

Family saves and preserves cemetery

The Fergus/Related Families “Gathering” place was chosen because of the cemetery at Cookeville, Putnam County, Tennessee. We wanted to do restorative work and call attention...

Family Reunions

Additional Topics

Activities

Family Health History

Family History & Genealogy

Family History Touring

Food

Games

Ice Breakers

Kid's Stuff

Themes

Toasts, Speeches & Dedications