Hi Sarah, For our first ever family gathering this Fall, I had a variety of pictures/documents available for viewing, as everyone takes things in and enjoys...
Hi everyone! I apologise for being so out of the loop lately; the second half of 2002 was a doozy for me. Lets look back over 2002, and onward to 2003. What...
In a message dated 12/31/2002 3:04:12 PM Pacific Standard Time, ... I'm not sure if I agree with this, but I suppose it depends on the context of what we're...
In a message dated 12/31/2002 5:37:25 PM Pacific Standard Time, ... People tend to have a selective memory and that memory tends to smooth over the things we...
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In a message dated 1/1/2003 9:28:41 AM Pacific Standard Time, ... If today's emphasis on psychoanalizing everything should teach us anything, it is that people...
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... I don't know the answer to your question about the DVD presentation, but as for how to present the information, if I were in that situation, I'd try to put...
I have to put my couple of cents in - perhaps other's will be inspired... We have two large gatherings every year on my father's side - one each for my...
... I've had to make some judgment calls on how much to include in my journaling ... I come from a happy, close-knit family on both sides, but there are some...
In a message dated 1/2/2003 7:34:22 PM Pacific Standard Time, ... I think this is a very good major of what should be included in scrapbooks intended for...
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Hello! I am very excited to join this group. I am in my 20's but am blessed to have all of my grandparents still alive. Last year for Christmas I put...
Hi Sarah, Welcome to the list! How wonderful for you that you have all your grandparents still alive and can interview them and ask all kinds of questions and...
There are a lot of people who have joined the list recently but have not introduced themselves. Please take a moment to do so and join in the conversations....
Sarah, I think everyone else answered your other questions, but about Power Point...it should work on any computer that has Power Point on it and if you are...
Thanks Dennis. Your family gatherings sound neat! I appreciated hearing all you do for your reunion and how it goes. It is a lot of hard work but it sounds...
Hi all, Just a short note to introduce myself. I'm a wife of 1, mother of 4, grandma of 11, and so on... I'm a self appointed family historian. Retired about 1...
Hi, Vicky in Oregon, I am glad to see you introducing yourself. We have had several new people jump right in and I really appreciate that. It doesn' help a lot...
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... about Power Point...it should work on any computer that has Power Point on it and if you are familiar with that program it would work fine for your slide...
welcomet ot the list vicky what part of OR are you from? cheryl, also in OR ... Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail Plus - Powerful. Affordable. Sign up now [Non-text...
Thanks for the welcome Cheryl. I am in Northwest area of Oregon. Out of Portland in small town of Cornelius, close to Forest Grove & Hillsboro. Where are you...
Do any of you have ideas for games to play at family reunions? We have
one every year, with about 100 people there from all over the country,
but it's seeming...
I'm terrible at games etc, but my family reunion will often have a theme. LIke this last summer they did a Hawaiian theme and they had a contest to see who...
HI Vicki, Welcome to the list! I'm originally a PNW girl too (grew up in WA). I love the idea of doing the accordion style small scrapbooks for your...
Thanks for letting us know about Power Point Producer. I am going to look that up. I don't know why it wouldn't run on your Windows 98 unless it was an XP...
When I was a kid, we would play lots of games at our family reunions. For one reason or another, as us kids got older, the games diminished and then the DJ ...
Hi Vicky, Welcome! I'm over in Portland and have been on this list for some time (however, rather quietly lately). As far as scrapbooking, I've been using ...
Sarah: Welcome to the group! I think it's fabulous that you are starting on your family history journey while you're young. I also started in my mid-20s, and ...
On 1/6/03 8:33 AM, "FamHistorians@yahoogroups.com" ... any web sites with suggestions you can send in? Hi Michelle, I haven't been to a family reunion in a...
THANK you! What good sites! We all descended from 11 siblings who
came over from Scotland in 1835, so there are the 9 lines who had
children who come, and...