Have the artist in your family illustrate your family history publication and design flyers about your family reunion. Post a map of the United States or the world and let the geography expert put map pins or sticker dots, color coded for different lines, on the map as your research progresses back toward the eastern seaboard and across the Atlantic. Plan family vacations to ancestral areas. It is very rewarding to find cemeteries and home sites where your ancestors lived and visit the courthouses where they filed deeds and paid taxes. Organize a Family Reunion One way to share your information with family members and learn more at the same time is to organize a family reunion.
Summer is the traditional time for families to choose a place to gather and visit.
Reunions can be held as a one-time event, annually, or at other intervals. Call a meeting in person or by phone of the people in your family interested in getting together. Form a reunion committee. Pool your address books and make a list of all the relatives and cousins you know. Write a form letter, make photocopies of it, and mail them to everyone who might be interested in a reunion.