As a side hobby, I create websites for family and friends. it’s nothing special, but many people find the idea of creating a website somewhat daunting. if they only knew how easy it is. anyway, a couple of years ago, I was asked to email out the itinerary for an upcoming family reunion, and I said, hey, let’s create a webpage so people can download the itinerary view some photos and get more information. Having a website not only lends legitimacy and takes your reunion from just a family get-together to a real event, it gets the word out to people who may be looking to contact your or other family members for genealogical purposes. Here’s the one I created for the Sasser Family Reunion: www.gleed.net/sasser And here’s another I created for a friend of mine: www.americanwestlending.com/durfey
If you like the idea of creating a reunion website, but don’t have a site to host it, or much know-how, there are other options. You can get a free website from geocities.yahoo.com, and if you don’t want a full-blown site, you can at least advertise it for free at Rootsweb’s Reunion Calendar. For more information you can visit http://family-reunion.com which has tons of information for planning your family reunion.
