Folks, don't forget the Annual East Tennessee Germanna Descendants Reunion to be held in Washington Co., TN, on 8 and 9 September. I've had positive responses from about 25 families across the country so far. I sure would like to see more of you show up. Just remember, if you descend from ANY of the East Tenn. Germanna families, you are not only welcome to attend, you are ENCOURAGED to attend! Check out the web page for the Reunion to see a list of the families that has been compiled so far. I know it is not complete, and if there are any families (of whatever spelling variant) not there, be sure to let me know. If the Reunion this year is successful, we want to expand it in future years. I know that the official Germanna Reunion at Germanna is the main event of the year for us, but I don't think there is another place in the country where so many families are represented, and from which so many people descend, as East Tennessee! (Which really includes about half of Tennessee, all the way over into what is officially called "Middle Tennessee". If you draw a line down through the middle of the state, you'll find that a very large percentage of Germanna descendants can trace back to that half of the state. It doesn't matter if your main lines trace back to KY, IL, IN, or GA, AL, MS, AR, TX, chances are those ancestors came through TN first. Some stayed in East. TN, but many, many of them went on to "greener pastures", north and west. I urge any who can to attend the Reunion. And, anyone reading this post has permission, and should, forward it on to other Germanna-related Mailing Lists. The latest info can be found at this URL: http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~george/easttennesseereunion.html If there's anything I have omitted from this web page, be sure to let me know. I welcome suggestions for changes and/or additions. See you at the Reunion, SgtGeorge George W. Durman