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<DIV>For a good many years my husbands family had reunions. Then some
passed away and it stopped for several years, but two uncles in their 90's
wanted one this year. There were 75 people there and more had signed up
but got sick.</DIV>
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<DIV>Several years we held it at the fairgrounds, and then it was held at one of
the relatives homes. We had people come out from the East Coast to the
West Coast for these reunions. One thing we found out is that the younger
members of the family are now interested in meeting and getting to know their
relatives.</DIV>
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<DIV>When we first started out to have our reunions it was pot luck and then
become catered.</DIV>
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<DIV>Dorothy Wogh</DIV>
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<A title=EugeneMelvin.roots@comcast.net
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A
title=or-roots@sosinet.sos.state.or.us
href="mailto:or-roots@sosinet.sos.state.or.us">OR List Roots</A> ; <A
title=ORFORUM-L@rootsweb.com href="mailto:ORFORUM-L@rootsweb.com">GFO List
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Tuesday, August 15, 2006 8:35
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> [or-roots] Reunions</DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'">There was an interesting article in the
Tuesday August 15, 2006 Oregonian, Food Section, about an Italian/American
family that has been doing family reunions for the last fifty
years.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'">I wonder how many other Families are doing
reunions that we never here about and what a great opportunity this would be
to promote Genealogy and the resources we have to those who may not be aware
of us.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'">Over the last couple of years I have heard
a lot of individuals looking for individuals and just as many others willing
to help.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>But I have not heard of
many family reunions.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'">To this end I propose opening up this forum
to the discussion of Family Reunions.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</SPAN>The ups and downs, the ins and the outs, the successes and
failure<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'">Any
takers<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>