Vol 10 No 1

Autumn 1999
Vol. 10 No. 1

TABLE OF CONTENTS


Autumn 1999 (V10N1)
WELCOME TO FORT WAYNE

COLUMNS & DEPARTMENTS
Front Words

Alum&I Hay! Classmates had fun by Pat Fridgen
Q? & A!’s, Class under the magifying glass; Bright ideas!

Scrapbook Internet reunion registration, contests and research, great reunion places, Reunions in a box! potpourri of reunions and reviews

Branch Office Getting children interested in genealogy by Sharon DeBartolo Carmack
Family History Library explodes online; scholarships for genealogists

MASTERPLAN
Guiness Book of World Records says Busse Family Reunion is the largest!
Ten Commandments of Reunion Etiquette by Jennifer Crichton
Family reunion bylaws and philanthropy
From family reunions Utley, Amos Green, Bazel-Johnson, Boynton, Willis, Hibschman, Ayers, Sjulle, Pearson, Pressley

FEATURES
PLACES Fort Wayne, Indiana by Beth Gay
Pennsylvania, Maryland, New Jersey, New York, District of Colombia offer much for reunions
African American Family Reunion conference
POTPOURRI Reunions that passed in the night by George H. Gardiner
RSVP Van Valkenburgh family schedule and registration form

MRN
Hospitality is where it’s at by Douglas Bell
Shorttakes Wilson County (TN) Bicentennial Military Heritage Day, Cape Fear Fort
reunion, Pinetree Reunion 2000, Remembering Vietnam, Honor to
Tuskegee Airmen, Air Commandos enjoy 27th triumph, ‘Big Mo’ Memorial
Open, National Museum of the Pacific War
Revisiting Korea by Margaret Malsom

Reunions! Reunion Reveille, military reunions; RegisTREE, family reunions; Class reunions

Reunion Resources A directory of reunion friendly places, services, vendors and products

On the cover The McKenna Family Reunion banner says Welcome! to Fort Wayne,
Indiana.

Masthead


Publisher Jeffrey P. Wallman
Editor in chief Edith Wagner
Art Director Jennifer Rueth

Sales
Su Gregg
Marion Liston
Senior Account Manager, Lynn Ryan
Assistant Editor Jeff Perso
Webmaster Mary Jo Klein
Administrative Staff
Karla Lavin
Jean Salzer

Contributors
LueVenia R. Alford
Douglas Bell
Col. Colin Benson
Vic Boyton
Teresa Burks
Georgia Burnette
Sharon DeBartolo Carmack
Jennifer Chrichton
Gwendolyn Davis
Anita Capron Deghani
Pat Fridgen
Lucy Funk
George H. Gardiner
Emalou Burton Garten
Beth Gay
Patsy Gibson
Reid Godsborough
Sheila Skaggs Hale
Margaret Malsom
Sharon Menk
Al and Essie Morris
Paula Sheagley
Karen Sjullie
Dorothy Stanaitis
Jackie Utley
Ione Vargus, PhD
Harold Witkov