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Tag: Family Reunions

Photo: the Hale family reunion held in 1896. Credit: Hale family descendant Susan York Gagnon.

The Hale Family Reunion of 1896 (part 2)

By Melissa Berry on February 28, 2025

Melissa Berry shows a photo of the 1896 Hale family reunion and shares stories and genealogy of this family, who arrived in the New World in 1635... (Read More)

Photo: the Hale family reunion held in 1891. Credit: Hale family descendant Susan York Gagnon.

The Hale Family Reunion of 1891 (part 1)

By Melissa Berry on February 26, 2025

Melissa Berry shows a photo of the 1891 Hale family reunion and shares stories and genealogy of this family, who arrived in the New World in 1635... (Read More)

Photo: Happy Thanksgiving display. Photo credit: https://depositphotos.com/home.html

Family History: 10 Questions for Your Thanksgiving Gathering

By Gena Philibert-Ortega on November 21, 2024

In this article, Gena Philibert-Ortega provides ten questions to help your family talk about family history during your Thanksgiving gathering... (Read More)

Photo: Barbie's first clothing designer, Charlotte Johnson, posing with 1965 Barbie doll model, 13 May 1964. Credit: Nelson Tiffany, Los Angeles Times; Wikimedia Commons.

Family Memories: My Favorite Christmas Gift

By Gena Philibert-Ortega on December 19, 2022

In this article, Gena Philibert-Ortega suggests a topic to promote discussion and record family memories during the holidays: your favorite Christmas gift... (Read More)

The Bruner brothers, from a 1918 Omaha World-Herald newspaper article

Civil War Veteran Brothers Celebrate Christmas Together – in 1919!

By Melissa Berry on December 15, 2020

Melissa Davenport Berry writes about the Bruner brothers, who survived the Civil War and lived long enough to celebrate Christmas together in 1919... (Read More)

Illustration: a magician

Mary’s Queries – Magic Tricks for Kids

By Mary Harrell-Sesniak on June 27, 2019

In this article – for fun at family gatherings – Mary Harrell-Sesniak presents magic tricks (with solutions) she found in the pages of old newspapers... (Read More)

Photo: picnic shelter at Indian Springs State Park, Georgia. Credit: Dsdugan; Wikimedia Commons.

Family Reunion Idea: Write Daffydil Jokes like Our Ancestors

By Mary Harrell-Sesniak on May 24, 2019

In this article, Mary Harrell-Sesniak presents ideas for fun family reunions by finding our ancestors’ jokes, called “daffydils,” in old newspapers... (Read More)

Photo: picnic shelter at Indian Springs State Park, Georgia. Credit: Dsdugan; Wikimedia Commons.

Idea for Family Reunion Fun: Old Time Guessing Games

By Mary Harrell-Sesniak on May 14, 2019

In this article – to prepare for the summer family reunion season – Mary Harrell-Sesniak presents ideas for family fun with old-time guessing games... (Read More)

Painting: “The Christmas Tree” by Albert Chevallier Tayler, 1911. Source: Wikimedia Commons.

Interviewing Family Members for the Holidays

By Gena Philibert-Ortega on December 12, 2018

In this article, Gena Philibert-Ortega gives tips for asking family history questions of relatives gathered for the holidays... (Read More)

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