New Years Resolution - Family Reunion

If you're like me you can't believe 2023 has come and gone. There are scores of things I accomplished last year. Like the garden pond you see in the photo. When we moved into our new ranch style home last year I immediately started planning our flower beds and organic vegetable gardens. 

The following month I built a garden pond to catch rain water.  Later that year I built a semi-circle driveway and converted the lower floor into a personal art gallery. But there are still many things to do in 2024, including the following. 

1. Plan a 2024 family reunion.

2. Build a larger keepsake hope chest to add more memories.

3. Write a family history journal

4. Complete fire pit construction.

5. Build decking around the fire pit.

A great way to get things done in 2024 is to make a New Year's resolution list with your priorities near the top of the list. As you can see, I'm gearing up for many memorable gatherings this spring and summer. So what will you put on the top of your list? My 2024 priority is planning a family reunion attended by my mother and father and their three generations of progeny. 

Since we are the current caretakers of the new family homestead here in PA and had our DNA ancestry processed, our reunion theme centers on genealogy, and we'll have our family gathering right here at the new homestead. 

There is a wonderful family reunion theme called "Genealogy and Homestead Tour" that includes everything you need to know to throw a memorable family reunion on a home town property.  It is one of the five theme planners included in the reunion planner book "Fimark's Family Reunion Planner".

Theme: "'Genealogy and Homestead Tour' - Learn the beginnings of your roots while on tour from the deep south to the industrial north. Chart the course and travel to places that will answer questions about your family history. Visit a cemetery or grave site. Tour an historic home. Visit a restaurant. Tour the homestead town as it was in the past, and compare to what it is currently."

The book includes themed itineraries, worksheets with suggested activities, entertaining dinner/luncheon program, planning tips, slogans, logo ideas and more.

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Get the eBook and print book version of Fimark's Family Reunion Planner - A keepsake reunion planning guidebook at https://family-reunion-planner.fimark.net.  

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Becoming A Family History Digger Part 1

Say what? Our mind, body, and spirit have ways of communicating with us that is not explained in main stream media or secular education books. Have you ever had an urge to eat something that does not normally appear on your weekly menu of preferred food items? Your body is likely telling you that you need to supplement your diet with a nutrient supplement vital to your continued good health.

Have you ever had a desire to travel to a certain city, state, country or island? The past may be calling out to you in ways you do not understand. After doing so many travelers found out they have genetic connections to the aboriginal inhabitants of the land.

Have you ever opened a box found in the attic, basement or garage and just started pulling everything out until you found a precious family heirloom you forgot you had that suddenly unlocked memory long forgotten? Sometimes those memories have a way of putting you back on track and solidifying goals once defined and principles followed by your better self.

Do you like to find hidden gems of truth and put that knowledge to work to better yourself, and empower your family? Who doesn't? The past may be calling out to you in ways you do not understand. Perhaps to become the family historian. Are you a digger? Now is a time of great ancestral enlightenment. Many genealogists realize that secular history books are not telling their story accurately. Is it time to find out the truth about who you really are? The four part series "Becoming Family Reunion Historian" will delve into the fascinating pastime of discovering and recording family history while revealing the challenges, solutions, treasures, and joys of being a family history digger. Get your family genealogy research and presentation forms ready for the biggest find of your life.

Keepsake genealogy research and presentation forms can be found in Fimark's Family Reunion Planner Guide and Keepsake book or ebook in PDF format and start digging up the treasures of the past. Get Fimark's Family Reunion Planner Guide and Keepsake and start digging.

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