Spring 2001
Vol. 11 No. 3
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Spring 2001 v11n3
ALUM & I Happy, happy birthday, baby by Judith T. Witmer, EdD.
Twain surprises reunion
Decades t-shirt, Memory Mail, all 60s class reunion, youthful
Lessons remembered
Scrapbook Conference and workshop opportunities, Reunions on the road,
living history, reunion signage, contest winners, searching, a
fateful reunion
Branch Office Harmelink Archives, Ellis Island listings, slave ancestry, resource
of 12 million names online
Reviews Discovering Your Immigrant & Ethnic Ancestors, Discovering
YourGermanic Ancestors, Discovering Your English Ancestors
MasterPlan Reunion planning: another view by Georgia Burnette
Revelations on a family reunion by Harold Lamar
The Spellcrafter by Marjorie F. Fagerstrom
Lots of ideas from family reunions, Steelman, Howitt, Brueggeman
Kids Stuff A reunion teenagers will talk about by Marian McKenna Koon
History activities for kids, teen rewards
FEATURES
Reunion Venues
Ranches We shall gather by Cassell Amend
Visit the old west, at dude ranches, Buffalo Bill Museum, Great
Platte River Road Archway Monument, Lewis and Clark
Bicentennial and commemoration, Custer’s Last Stand Reenactment
Cruising Reunions sail on tall ships, Cruising is a great reunion choice
Reunion ideas Spring to Mind by Jacky Runice
Preserving Reunions
Portrait of your relatives by Ruth McHaney Danner
Autographs and autographs books, memory books, family history videos,
Association of Family Historians
Review One Memory at a Time
POTPOURRI
My mother, the Mermaid by Sloane Golden
RSVP
Blooming Lonneys reunite
Games reunions play, reviews by Adam Rose
Tripping backwards by Saul Schachter
MRN When great things happen, the Normandy experience by Capt. Ken
Kreisler
Gusty LST-325 sailors, Torchlight 2001, remembering Korea, National
D-Day Museum, Rosie the Riveter Memorial, USS Tennessee and Stalag
XVII-B reunions, Tuskegee Airman, 10th Cavalry “Buffalo Soldiers”
Reunion Resources A directory of reunion friendly places, services, vendors and products
About the cover
Enjoy spring reunions at Callaway Gardens. See page 32.
Masthead
Publisher Jeffrey P. Wallman
Editor in chief Edith Wagner
Art Director Jennifer Rueth
Sales
Lynn Ryan, Senior Account Manager
Marion Liston, Senior Account Manager
Kristen Holmes, Account Manager
Webmaster Kevin Kahler
Editorial Assistant Adam Rose
Administrator Karla Lavin
Administrative Staff Jean Salzer
Contributors
Cassell Amend
Georgia Burnette
Sharon DeBartolo Carmack
Shelley Chell
Ross Clausi
Ruth McHaney Danner
Marjorie F. Fagerstrom
Sloane Golden
Sondra (Einfeldt) Harmelink
Vernon Harmelink
Betty Jo Howitt
Thelma D. Jones
Capt. Ken Kreisler
Marian McKenna Koon
Harold Lamar
Anne LaGrange Loving
Diana Montgomery
TSgt Rick Parker
Mary Lou Peterson
Jacky Runice
Saul Schachter
Paula Sheagley
Jamila Z. Sloan
Pat Steelman
Judith T. Witmer, EdD.
