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Well, I am all set.

Poster tree...Done!
Family tree file....Done!
Photo Albums...Done!
Empty photo album for guests to put their photographs in..Done!
Negotiated who is bringing what food...Done!
Organise the use of a gazebo or two....Done!
Organise spare chairs.....Done!

Just got to go out and buy a small "guest book" to keep a record of who attended the reunion

Buy the food and prepare

Just need the rain to hold off and the sun to shine.

Can't wait for my guest to arrive on Saturday now.


Dee

Youre in for a real nice day Dee and well done in your organising work,,,,,,hard work will be having 10 mins to yourself,,,just throw a big big bowl of crips and nuts on the table then relax}}}}},,,,,enjoy ,,

Thanks Kay

I know I will, I just hope everyone else enjoys it as much. I will report back after Saturday is over!
Dee

What a lovely thread Dee, with some really good ideas.

Hope you have a great day, let us know how it goes. I am thinking of doing something similar myself now.

Thank you

Frances

Update
Well the reunion came...and went...far too quickly.
It was lovely, everyone enjoyed meeting up after so many years. New generations came too and they loved looking at the tree on my wall and all the old photos I had attached to it.
They all had a good look through our family tree file, which I had compiled in event date order, including BMDs, census, and photos. Some of my cousins didn't even know the names of our grandparents let alone gt grandparents and gt gt grandparents. They found it fascinating.

It was a bit hectic, as fast as the food was disapearing from the table, I was topping it up with more as items were being brought in with people, and they all enjoyed the food...given that there were only scraps to clear away.

I gave all my cousins and their children a print out of their own individual tree for 4 generations which they didn't expect. They thought it was a great idea and loved them.

And I found a treasure...my cousin had a photograph of my dad when he was six years old. All be that it was a "mourning" photograph. My grandmother died when he was just 6, his brothers 8 and 10 years and his sister 12 who then had to look after them all. The photograph has all the children and my grandfather in it, in the mourning suits. I haven't seen it yet, as she felt it too precious to bring to such a gathering, but I have arranged to meet up with her and go through all the family photos which my aunt had kept and is now safe in my cousins keep....lots of scanning to get on with. She even has burial receipts with the plot numbers of family graves, so we are going off to look for them.

I can't wait, she is really keen to do it with me and see what we can find together...something I have missed when my sister passed away last year, as she always went researching with me.

Sadly....or not....I am off on holiday on thursday for a week so have had to put our meeting off until I come back....something to look forward to, but I am looking forward to my holiday right now.

I have posted this update onto the success stories for people to be inspired to organise their own family trees....so I apologise if you see it twice!

Thanks everyone for their ideas in the planning stages.
Regards
Dee

Oh Dee, seems like a good day was had by all and you gained a tree buddy to do research with,,,and who knows someone else may tag on.

have a lovely break , will give you time to plan your meet up.

sounds fantastic Dee, have a lovely holiday xxx

Thank you both

So pleased it all went well for you and your family. Have a good holiday.

Sounds like you had a great day.Well done for organising it all.

Marion