Genealogy Resources
Family Reunions and Family Associations
Some of the topics you will need to address for a family reunion include: forming a committee, physical facilities, registration, family history, activities, food, finances, and program.
- Anderson, Adrienne. Fun & Games for Family Gatherings,
with a focus on reunions. San Francisco, California: Reunion
Research, 1996.
- Arrington, James. Aunt Pearl's Family Reunion Book:
Personal Pointers on "How to 'Farley-up' Your Family Reunion"
Reunion Book. Salt Lake City, Utah: Deseret Book, 1998.
- Basirico, Laurence A. The Family Reunion Survival Guide:
How to Avoid Problems with Your Family Without Avoiding Your
Family. Burlington, North Carolina: Identity Pub., 2003.
- Brown, Barbara. Family Reunion Handbook: A Guide for
Reunion Planners. San Francisco, California: Reunion Press,
1996.
- Clunies, Sandra McLean. A Family Affair, How to Plan and
Direct the Best Family Reunion Ever. Nashville, Tennessee:
Rutledge Hill Press, 2003. A Family Affair gives you all the
tools you need to plan the best family reunion ever. Resources
include checklists, sample forms, Web sites for topics of
special interest, and tips from others who have held successful
reunions.
- Crichton, Jennifer. Family Reunion: Everything You Need
to Know to Plan Unforgettable Get-Togethers. Workman
Publishing Co., Inc., 1998.
- Cyndislist
- Reunions
- Duncan, Ed E. The Complete Guide to Planning Your Family
Reunion. Cleveland: Cleve-Coast Enterprises, 1993.
- Family Reunion.
Plan the perfect family reunion.
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Family Reunions. Planning the perfect family reunion.
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Family Reunions Calendar. Upcoming family reunions as listed
on the National Genealogical Society website.
- Hackleman, Phyllis A. Reunion Planner. Baltimore,
Maryland: Clearfield Co., 1993, reprint 2005. A virtual A-to-Z
guide on reunions.
- Hartley, William G. Everything Family Tree Book.
Holbrook, Massachusetts: Adams Media Corporation, 1998.
- Morgan, George G. Your Family Reunion, How to Plan It,
and Enjoy It. Orem, Utah: Ancestry Pub., 2001.
- Ninkovich, Thomas. Family Reunion Handbook: A Complete
Guide to Planning and Enjoying Family Reunions. 2nd edition.
Betterway Books, 1998. Over 3,000 reunion planners were surveyed
to provide information for this book.
- Ninkovich, Thomas. Family Reunion Handbook: A Complete
Guide for Reunion Planners. San Francisco, California:
Reunion Research, 1998.
- Reunion Tips.
This Web
site provides planning tips & information on products and
resources for group reunions (family, school, and military).
- Rose, Christine. Family Associations, Organization and
Management, A Handbook for New and Existing Organizations.
San Jose, California: Rose Family Organization, 1994.
- Rose, Christine. Family Associations: Organization and
Management. 3rd edition. Rose Family Association, 2001. This
newly revised book is a handbook for new and existing
organizations. Interest is high in forming family associations
but before doing so some careful considerations and decisions
can assure that yours is among the successful. This book assists
those family groups yet not organized as well as providing
active associations with new tips and ideas to keep the group
active and successful.
- Williams, Krystal G. How to Plan Your African-American
Family Reunion. New York: Citadel Press, 2000.
- Wisdom, Emma J. Family Reunion Organizer: Monthly Calendars, Planning Suggestions, Quotations, 1-800 Source Telephone Numbers, Space for Notes: Your Three-Year-In-One Reunion Notebook. Nashville, Tennessee: Post Oak Publications, 1992.
Periodicals
- Reunions Magazine. PO Box 11727, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53211.