Your Family Reunion: How to Plan It, Organize It, and Enjoy It [Paperback]

George G Morgan (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: June 13, 2001

This book is a guide for organizing a successful and exciting reunion, regardless of whether it is a casual backyard barbecue, a get-together at a hotel or resort, or a weeklong cruise. No matter whether this is your first family reunion or your tenth, the keys to a successful event are to plan and organize a structure for it, get the people together, and provide opportunities for a variety of memory-making activities.

"Your Family Reunion: How to Plan It, Organize It, and Enjoy It", is a complete guide to putting on a successful family reunion -- from compiling the family address book, developing a realistic budget, choosing a great venue, working with hotels, caterers and other vendors, keeping records, and sending invitations to planning activities to get people communicating, ideas for sharing and gathering genealogical information, setting up the site, managing details on-site, and evaluating the event. Included are scores of helpful Internet sites that provide a wealth of resources to help you with all facets of successful family reunion planning.

George G. Morgan is the renowned author of the weekly genealogy column, "Along Those Lines ..." at Ancestry.com, magazine and journal articles, and the book, "The Genealogy Forum on America Online", and popular genealogy speaker. He shares his extensive professional meeting planning and organizational experience to help make you a successful family reunion planner.

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"I've been organizing reunions for our family for 7 years and have read all the books on reunions. This one is the best. It was well organized and contains lots of great tips. It's also the only one I've seen that has links to Web sites, and every one I looked at had good content. This one is the best!"

About the Author

GEORGE G. MORGAN (Odessa, FL) is an internationally recognized expert in the field of genealogy and a widely published author of books, magazines, and journal articles.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 200 pages
• Publisher: Ancestry.com (June 13, 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0916489973
• ISBN-13: 978-0916489977
• Product Dimensions: 11 x 8.6 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #445,340 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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46 of 46 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Best Reunion Book on the Market, October 17, 2001

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This review is from: Your Family Reunion: How to Plan It, Organize It, and Enjoy It (Paperback)

I've been organizing reunions for our family for 7 years and have read all the books on reunions. This one is the best. It was well organized and contains lots of great tips. It's also the only one I've seen that has links to Web sites, and every one I looked at had good content. I used the book as our guide to organizing our reunion this September for about 75 people, and it made it lots easier. Great forms, good advice and excellent reading. This one is the best!

20 of 23 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Good source of information, February 20, 2002

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This review is from: Your Family Reunion: How to Plan It, Organize It, and Enjoy It (Paperback)

If you have never attended or planned a family reunion, this book is for you. If you have planned a reunion before it is slightly helpful and can give you some extra pointers.

0 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Your Family Reunion, April 17, 2011

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This review is from: Your Family Reunion: How to Plan It, Organize It, and Enjoy It (Paperback)

I actually picked this because I hope to plan a large family reunion in the near future. I have only flipped though the pages so far as I haven't had time to sit down with the book yet. It seems to be very nice. I hope it gives me lots of ideas. Arrived as listed and shipping was timely. Good purchase.