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<DIV><FONT face=Arial>There are still family reunions being held. Through
the internet I discovered information on my husband's ancestors - the Hoffers of
Snyder County, Pennsylvania. They have an annual reunion on the last
Sunday of July at a park which is built on land donated by the immigrant Hoffer
and they have a standing reservation for that date. I asked my
mother-in-law if she was interested in attending and I drove to Washington and
we flew out of Seattle in 2001 for the 78th annual Hoffer Reunion. Their
83rd reunion was held three weeks ago. Our Oregon connection to this
family was Phares and Maggie (Hoffer) Straub who died in Linn County and are
buried at Brownsville Cemetery.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial>On a more personal level for me, we have a reunion with
our Mitchell cousins every two years alternating locations in Oklahoma, Texas,
and Colorado where most of them live. I travel there from Oregon each
time. I take advantage of every reunion to update them on where we are in
the research ("we" being my brother and I) and printing out reports and trying
to get updated information on the families of these cousins.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial>Sue</FONT></DIV>
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style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=EugeneMelvin.roots@comcast.net
href="mailto:EugeneMelvin.roots@comcast.net">EugeneMelvin.roots@comcast.net</A>
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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
Roots</A> </DIV>
<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>