Conferences & Events

Family Reunions

• Do you have a family reunion to publicize? NGS will list members' reunion details here, free of charge. Listings may be edited for length and content. E-mail your plain-text announcements in a format similar to the example below to: webmaster@ngsgenealogy.org. Please include your NGS membership number in your e-mail submission.
• NGS members may also request that their family reunion be published in NGS Magazine.
• The following is a list of upcoming family reunions compiled from newsletters, circulating announcements, and e-mail submissions.

Sample Family Reunion Listing

ROMERO Family Reunion and Annual Meeting will be held 1-3 July 2010, Taos, New Mexico. [Brief activity description, not to exceed 100 words]. Contact [name and e-mail address] for more details. Additional details are also available at our website [include your website URL address].

The CHANDLER Family Association will meet September 16-18, 2010, to celebrate the 400th anniversary of the arrival of John Chandler, first immigrant of the Chandler name to America. John spent much of his adult life in the area of present-day Hampton, which is also celebrating its 400th anniversary. Attendees will share their personal research, connect with new family members and access the extensive CFA Library which includes unpublished research manuscripts and out-of-print genealogical books. Anyone interested in Chandler genealogy is invited to attend; however, there is a $15.00 fee for non-members. The fee includes a one-year CFA membership and subscription to its award-winning newsletter. Thursday, September 16, is for pre-registered members only. The Friday meeting, open to all, begins at 8:00 am, September 17, at the Hampton Roads Convention Center. Contact Helen Chandler, CFA Secretary-Treasurer, at 901-355-5614 for more details. Website: www.thecfa.org.

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The descendants of Joab and Nancy Ann CLARK SHAEFFER will hold their third family reunion at Cedar Grove Baptist Church, Warsaw, Benton County, Missouri on Saturday, 2 October 2010.  Please contact the reunion coordinator at bekalu@centurytel.net  for more information.

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30th ANNUAL DILLION ASHER REUNION October 1st, 2nd, and 3rd, 2010 This is the 30th year for the Dillion Asher Reunion! Friday, October 1: Pine Mountain State Resort Park Lodge, Pineville, KY 5:00 pm: Dinner (Buffet or Order from Menu) 6:30 pm: SOCIAL GATHERING (Azalea Room) Saturday, October 2: Cardinal Inn, Queendale, Clay CO, KY (Next to Dillion Asher's Homestead) 11:00 am: ALL-DAY "POT LUCK" PICNIC Come early and please bring a covered dish. We will begin eating at 12:00 noon. Entertainment: "Asher Reunion Jam,” Featuring Virginia Halcomb and Ensemble (Professionally known as “Mixt Company”) Sunday, October 3: Little Creek Cemetery, Red Bird, KY 11:00 am: MEMORIAL SERVICE In Honor of Deceased Descendants Presiding: The Rev. Ted Collett Featuring : “Soldiers of the Cross,” Larry and Debbie Green, Adrian and Wes Mason Updated 2010 editions of all genealogy books will be available at each event.

1. Descendants of Dillion Asher and Nancy Davis - $40
2. Descendants of Dillion Asher and Sarah (Sally) Davis - $35
3. Descendants of John Asher 1769/Robertson Asher 1766 - $30
4. The William Collett Family of Southeastern Kentucky - $40 5. Descendants of Ezekiel Hendrickson - $40

Prices include shipping via book rate. You may order from Hildegard Hendrickson, 2559 NE 96th St., Seattle, WA 98115-2406. Include your name, address and check in the correct amount. Specify the book(s) you want. Books can be ordered from August 2010 on. Toll free #’s for reservations: PINE MOUNTAIN STATE PARK: 800-325-1712, Pineville. BEST WESTERN: 800-528-1234, Barbourville & Corbin. HOLIDAY INN EXPRESS: 800-465-4329, Middlesboro. DOWNTOWN INN & SUITES: 877-787-1313, Middlesboro. If using Pine Mountain State Park, tell them you are with the Asher reunion. For additional information, contact Janene Carole Simpson at: P. O. Box 1352, Pineville, KY 40977; phone: 606-337-5062; e-mail: missky@kih.net

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The Sgt. William HARLOW Family Association Annual Reunion will be
held August 28-29, 2010 in Kingston and Plymouth, MA.

On Saturday - August 28th at 10:00 am we will hold our annual
business meeting at the Beal House 222 Main St. Kingston, MA. At 6:00 pm the
Harlow cousins will gather for an evening meal at the Beal House followed by
a lively fund-raising auction.

On Sunday - August 29th we meet at our ancestral home, "Harlow Old
Fort House" at 119 Sandwich St. Plymouth, MA for a church service at 10:00 am followed by a group picture at 11:30 am and a picnic lunch (hamburgers and
hot dogs) at noon. We then have an afternoon program which includes a short
business meeting, results of our silent auction, and ending with this year's
guest speaker, Ms. Peggy M. Baker, Director Emerita, Pilgrim Hall Museum.

In case of inclement weather, we will move all of the Sunday
festivities to the Beal House in Kingston, MA. For more information please visit
http://www.harlowfamily.com/current_events.htm or email Winfield Harlow at harlowfamily@cox.net.

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