Does anyone else hold family reunions every year? Our reunion was yesterday and I'm so exhausted. I make 30 lb. of Italian sausage with peppers and onions and every year it gets harder to do (I'm no spring chicken). I gave up making the bean soup a few years back and my stepson makes it now.

I've also been doing the family history but the younger generation doesn't seem interested. My aunt has the first secretary book and we oldies (3 of us) were looking at it yesterday. Our reunion started in 1949. That's 68 years! Dues back then was $1.50. This year it was $10. There's only one male person with the reunion surname left. It's so sad, but everyone stays in their own little family and don't mingle.

Yes and sort of. It's not like it use to be because like you said in sorts, the younger generation
does not have the interest like the older did.

Maybe you have heard of TVA (Tennessee Valley Authority) that also stretches into KY.

Back in the 50's, early 60's when the government came in and run everyone out of their homes
in the LBL (Land Between The Lakes) to make it a national park, people spread to various states
to live.

To make it short, every year in the summer, they hold what's called 'The HomeComing' at the
Kentucky Lake area. Everyone that lived or related to the people that lived between the rivers,
gather there. It is or at least was, a very huge gathering. There is long tables set up with almost
everything you can think of to eat. They have the huge iron kettles and fry fish and hushpuppies.
There's the old time barrels full of MOONSHINE. REAL old time moonshine that will knock your
socks off!!! It even has corn floating in it! The whole shebang is lots of fun and lasts an entire
weekend. Everyone is friendly and everyone talks about who is related to who and the old
cemetery's and who is buried where and who married who and all the churches and who went
to which and what state people live in now etc. It's thousands of people and everyone is friendly.
Most the people are related to each other in some way, which is also hilarious to hear people talk
about 10th and 12th cousins! It was free.

It's been years since I have gone so I don't know how many people actually attend any more.
I know it can't be like it use to be because most everyone that lived in the LBL are dead now.
And so it is not like it use to be, for sure.

My family would have a gathering every year usually in the summer. I had an uncle that lived in
Florida and spent his life in the Air Force and often the family get togethers had to focus on his
time frame that he was free. I had an aunt that lived in Kansas. Most the rest of us lived in the
Chicago area until years later. It was always fun.

Yeah, I did some family research and have most of it compiled to print out. It's a lot of pages
and I intend to make three copies, for each of my children. I'll have to buy a ton of ink first.
I have pictures to print out, etc. Lots of work when you start the family history research.

Nice to have it but 10 000 miles is to far to have it ...Croatia-Australia

For me similar story.Some family here and in eastern Canada
but majority in Holland.For me to costly to make that trip.

valerie wrote: Yes and sort of. It's not like it use to be because like you said in sorts, the younger generation
does not have the interest like the older did.

Maybe you have heard of TVA (Tennessee Valley Authority) that also stretches into KY.

Back in the 50's, early 60's when the government came in and run everyone out of their homes
in the LBL (Land Between The Lakes) to make it a national park, people spread to various states
to live.

To make it short, every year in the summer, they hold what's called 'The HomeComing' at the
Kentucky Lake area. Everyone that lived or related to the people that lived between the rivers,
gather there. It is or at least was, a very huge gathering. There is long tables set up with almost
everything you can think of to eat. They have the huge iron kettles and fry fish and hushpuppies.
There's the old time barrels full of MOONSHINE. REAL old time moonshine that will knock your
socks off!!! It even has corn floating in it! The whole shebang is lots of fun and lasts an entire
weekend. Everyone is friendly and everyone talks about who is related to who and the old
cemetery's and who is buried where and who married who and all the churches and who went
to which and what state people live in now etc. It's thousands of people and everyone is friendly.
Most the people are related to each other in some way, which is also hilarious to hear people talk
about 10th and 12th cousins! It was free.

It's been years since I have gone so I don't know how many people actually attend any more.
I know it can't be like it use to be because most everyone that lived in the LBL are dead now.
And so it is not like it use to be, for sure.

My family would have a gathering every year usually in the summer. I had an uncle that lived in
Florida and spent his life in the Air Force and often the family get togethers had to focus on his
time frame that he was free. I had an aunt that lived in Kansas. Most the rest of us lived in the
Chicago area until years later. It was always fun.

Yeah, I did some family research and have most of it compiled to print out. It's a lot of pages
and I intend to make three copies, for each of my children. I'll have to buy a ton of ink first.
I have pictures to print out, etc. Lots of work when you start the family history research.

I wrote a long reply yesterday but because I took a long time to answer, I was timed out and my message disappeared. i didn'f feel like redoing it.

But, we had a few places around here like what happened in your case. My grandfather was forced to move when the government decided to build a desilting dam to keep the coal dirt from washing into the river. They never tore down the homes in that valley. Just flooded it.

Two wealthy businessmen decided to build a gated community with large lake for summer folks from NYC, etc. Sold lots for $35K. Only problem was they built it between 2 mountains flooding all the valley in between. The lake was high above the homes that were left below the property. Scary. The businessmen went bankrupt and now the lots sell for $8,000.

A coal company in the area back in the '40s sold homes to the workers but not the land under them. In the past 10 years, that coal company has kicked out the people who lived there and closed the road so they could strip mine the area under the homes. People lived in the one town for generations. The other town was the same and they do hold a reunion for families that lived there.

Those are only a couple examples.

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When I clicke 'close', everything went away. No big deal. usually I do copy before submitting a post, but it was early morning and my brain wasn't quite awake yet.