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Family Reunion : A Complete Guide
Our families define us, and hence we feel the periodic need to reconnect even (or especially) with those most distant from us. This is no trivial undertaking, though, especially for a typically far-flung American clan. Help for the harried has arrived in the form of Family Reunion, a comprehensive, step-by-step guide to planning and staging a gathering to remember.
Author Jennifer Crichton knows what she's talking about, having helped organize her own 125-member reunion. Whether your family has hundreds of people or only a dozen, her advice is clear and always helpful. Topics covered include record keeping, choosing a site, entertaining kids of all ages, and etiquette ("Thou shalt orchestrate spontaneous praise unto the reunion organizer"), as well as the dynamics and logistics necessary when herding a large group of people. Peppered with examples from American families large and small, Family Reunion makes reunion organizing manageable, rewarding, and even fun. See you next year! --Rob Lightner 

Book Description
An accessible, information- and idea-packed book, Family Reunion shows how to create a workable timetable, organize a committee, and set up a fund for expenses. There are chapters on location, including little-known church camps and family resorts; on scheduling activities for kids and adults; on genealogy; on recording the event; and even on etiquette, including how to handle black sheep, in-laws, and stepchildren. With its case studies of real-life reunions and duotone photographs, it's the book that helps us connect....Read More
 
 

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This was a wonderful book in helping to plan our reunion. 
I wish I would have found this book in the earlier stages of planning our family reunion. It has many wonderful ideals. I am using the form to put together a family directory and also using the Family group form in hopes that our family geneology can be past down from generation to generation from here on out. 
A reader from Indianapolis, Indiana 

Very helpful at whatever stage of planning you may be! 
Jennifer Crichton has put together an unbelievably helpful book. Whether one has come to the panic stage of time and planning or should the reader simply be considering a family reunion some time in the distant future this book is a must. This author and her resources have been there, done that!....Read More