tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-691016683378293851.post7636391048778990816..comments2024-03-03T16:35:25.083-05:00Comments on Marian's Roots and Rambles: My First Family Association ConferenceMarianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04738104230962644360noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-691016683378293851.post-9847323049809062492012-07-01T23:35:55.065-04:002012-07-01T23:35:55.065-04:00Since another of my favorite bloggers is a Sisson ...Since another of my favorite bloggers is a Sisson (marksdailyapple.com), I passed your posts on the gathering along. :-)Ellenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15985015565466937085noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-691016683378293851.post-19391376060232588892012-06-26T18:39:16.926-04:002012-06-26T18:39:16.926-04:00I've attended some of the MUNRO clan meetings,...I've attended some of the MUNRO clan meetings, and I'm a member of the WYMAN and FELTON associations (The Wymans have been meeting for over 100 years and have maintained the Francis Wyman homestead built in 1666) which have annual summer meetings. They include socializing, business meetings, and usually food. I consider my Mayflower meetings family associations, since so many of us are inter-related by marriage, too, and most of the Mayflower passengers also have individual surname associations. The best part of these associations is that they usually maintain good genealogical records, have DNA projects, preserve archives and material possessions, and ocassionally (like WYMAN, FELTON, FAIRBANKS, WHIPPLE, BALCH, and EMERSON) maintain or meet at the ancestral homesteads.Heather Wilkinson Rojohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17704949156266722016noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-691016683378293851.post-45513475835045539602012-06-26T18:27:23.912-04:002012-06-26T18:27:23.912-04:00Very useful post. I do believe this is the kind of...Very useful post. I do believe this is the kind of conference that may grow. I'd be interested in hearing the thoughts of others. Thanks, so much for this useful information on what is going on out there in this area! ;-)Dr. Bill (William L.) Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04857619677138020430noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-691016683378293851.post-4006567817253089702012-06-26T10:25:43.240-04:002012-06-26T10:25:43.240-04:00Great post, Marian! I attended a much less formal,...Great post, Marian! I attended a much less formal, more reunion-ish Buchanan family get-together in NC some years back and had the same sort of experience of someone saying she felt like she was meeting her family for the first time. Her Dad -- the Buchanan -- had been killed when she was a baby. Very emotional moment.Judy G. Russell, CGhttp://www.legalgenealogist.com/blognoreply@blogger.com