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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>My family, the Hoskins have been holding a
reunion non-stop since 1944. The woman who started it finally passed away
last year so she couldn’t attend. She was 100 years and 2 months
old and has the biggest genealogy collection on the family I have ever
seen. They hold the reunion the last Saturday in June and it has
alternated between </span></font><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Walla Walla</span></font><font
size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:navy'> </span></font><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Wash.</span></font><font
size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:navy'> and Milton Freewater </span></font><font size=2 color=navy
face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Oregon</span></font><font
size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:navy'> over the years. A lot of the family still lives in Umatilla
and Morrow counties. So I think at 62 years we might hold the record for
continuous reunions.</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Dale</span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'>-----Original Message-----<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>From:</span></b> or-roots-admin@sosinet.sos.state.or.us
[mailto:or-roots-admin@sosinet.sos.state.or.us] <b><span style='font-weight:
bold'>On Behalf Of </span></b>EugeneMelvin.roots@comcast.net<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> Tuesday, August 15, 2006
8:36 PM<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> OR List Roots; GFO List Roots<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> [or-roots] Reunions</span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=3 face="Courier New"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;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.</span></font></p>
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style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'> </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=3 face="Courier New"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;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 </span></font><font face="Courier New"><span
style='font-family:"Courier New"'>Genealogy</span></font><font
face="Courier New"><span style='font-family:"Courier New"'> and the resources
we have to those who may not be aware of us.</span></font></p>
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style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'> </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=3 face="Courier New"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;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. But I have not heard of many family
reunions.</span></font></p>
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style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'> </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=3 face="Courier New"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>To this end I propose
opening up this forum to the discussion of Family Reunions. The ups and
downs, the ins and the outs, the successes and failure</span></font></p>
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style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'> </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=3 face="Courier New"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>Any takers</span></font></p>
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