First and foremost, Let me apologize to the lists and/or individuals who are not concerned and/or have no interest what-so-ever. This should be the last time I do a mass mailing for those that are. A Big Hello to Everyone! or as I used to say "Hey, y'all"!, I hope that everyone had a wonderful Christmas and that the New Year brings you everything you may want and need! I won't ask for too many things of you for the next few years, hopefully. That is why I decided I had better ask now and get it out of the way. The only things right now that I really need of anyone is that you send me your last names, email addresses, home addresses, phone numbers, and "Family" name of origin(s). Some of you already have, thank you. No personal information will be given out to anyone for any reason whatsoever!. This is just a way that I will be able to keep track of everyone who is interested in the reunion. It will be the only way to keep track of the ones who have paid/pre-paid for any of the events, ie., lunch, dinner, etc. I would not want someone to come to this who hasn't taken care of their fair share. I would also ask that you subscribe to the newsletter on the site. This way I won't have to add all these emails addresses to a separate site. As it is, some people have said that they are interested and want to be kept up-to-date with everything, but have not left an email address as to where I can make contact. I would hate for someone to miss out on something! As far as the newsletter goes, I first thought that I would attempt to do it on a monthly basis. At this point in time, I really don't see a need in it. When the time gets closer, maybe within a years time, maybe. If something should come up of great interest, concern, or otherwise, I will definitely send something out. For some that have not looked at the site in some time, I have added a page "Your Family Photos". There are some pretty interesting ones on there already. If you have some and would like to share, please feel free in sending them on and I will post them. I have plenty of room for 500 on the site. If you have other things such as something an ancestor had written about years ago and might be of interest, there is the "Article" section. I'll be more than happy to post it there. Check it out, again, pretty interesting! Someone observed that the message board is not being utilized to the best of its ability. Granted, there is not a lot of information about one family in particular there unlike some other larger family sites. This is a little different from others because it includes so many families with many other connections available from one town in particular. We all have cousins out there that have hit brick walls or are just getting started that could use all of our help. So, please if you see someone that could use your help in finding something or someone, help your brother and sister (cousin, I should say) out! Ideas have been coming in, and one in particular, seems to be one that would be great if we can get it together. We would like to get family recipes together in order to have it printed. It would be a great fund-raising project in order to keep the costs down on everything. My thinking on this, also, is that any "leftover" books not bought amongst ourselves, will be sold at the time, there in Stonington, the remainder will be donated to the local historical societies so that they might also profit from it. So get those recipes sent it! I challenge all the handicrafters out there to come up with something that they are willing to donate. I have been knitting for over 30 some years now. (I can hear all those, ugh, not hand-knit stuff from grandma!, yuk!) I am planning on designing a one of a kind afghan/throw to be donated for the cause. I will have to post some of my pictures of what I have made. Believe me, some have said that I bought them and claimed that I knitted them because they do look very professional if I do say so myself! Another idea would be to "save your pennies". I bet if everyone saved all that loose change collecting dust, it would add up to a "pretty penny" in a couple of years! If any of you have any other ideas, please send them in. Every little bit helps. For all the people who have offered help, let me know what ideas you may have. What areas of reunion planning are you interested in helping in, What do you specialize in?, What committee you would like to be one?, etc. I have come up with a number of areas as far as that is concerned, just let me know and I'll reciprocate. On the "Poll" page, it came to my attention that you can only vote for one thing per question. Please go back and click on whatever again. As far as "Other - please specify", I understand that that cannot be done. Just email me with your suggestion. If you have more ideas and/or questions you would like posted, just let me know. All the information gathered will be used as a majority rules in most cases. All of your opinions count! When it comes to brass tacks and you really want to talk with me, you can call anytime on my cell phone. I get free unlimited incoming all the time and free nights/weekends outgoing. I have it charged at all times! 816-969-9981 In addition to everything I am checking out right now I am also going from front cover to back of the book The History of Stonington and others. As you can see on the site all of my family connections. I'm going person by person, checking and cross checking, trying to get everything a bit more accurate. I'm only in the D's right now so it make take a couple of more weeks before I'm finally finished. I made the mistake of adding some information automatically off of Ancestry.com which is so totally wrong. I won't make that one again. Takes too much time to correct! I have more information about other families from Stonington but not have included them only because they are "cousins" and not direct lineages. I guess I have gone on long enough. I need to post this to the Rootsweb family lists and other sites to get a few more people interested! Until next time, Donna Ultimate Family Reunion www.ultimatefamilyreunion.atomicshops.com [email protected]

Hi: My name is Tina Williams Swyers. My e-mail is [email protected] I am researching my Williams line. They come from Amelia,Virginia, Newberry and Laurens Co., South Carolina, Mayfield, Graves Co.,Kentucky and then Willow Springs, Howell Co., Missouri. My home address is 2201 N. 21st St. Independence, Kansas My phone number is 620-330-2731 Other names in my family include: Dawson, Norman, Prather, Oaks. Tina Williams Swyers Donna Schumacher <[email protected]> wrote: First and foremost, Let me apologize to the lists and/or individuals who are not concerned and/or have no interest what-so-ever. This should be the last time I do a mass mailing for those that are. A Big Hello to Everyone! or as I used to say "Hey, y'all"!, I hope that everyone had a wonderful Christmas and that the New Year brings you everything you may want and need! I won't ask for too many things of you for the next few years, hopefully. That is why I decided I had better ask now and get it out of the way. The only things right now that I really need of anyone is that you send me your last names, email addresses, home addresses, phone numbers, and "Family" name of origin(s). Some of you already have, thank you. No personal information will be given out to anyone for any reason whatsoever!. This is just a way that I will be able to keep track of everyone who is interested in the reunion. It will be the only way to keep track of the ones who have paid/pre-paid for any of the events, ie., lunch, dinner, etc. I would not want someone to come to this who hasn't taken care of their fair share. I would also ask that you subscribe to the newsletter on the site. This way I won't have to add all these emails addresses to a separate site. As it is, some people have said that they are interested and want to be kept up-to-date with everything, but have not left an email address as to where I can make contact. I would hate for someone to miss out on something! As far as the newsletter goes, I first thought that I would attempt to do it on a monthly basis. At this point in time, I really don't see a need in it. When the time gets closer, maybe within a years time, maybe. If something should come up of great interest, concern, or otherwise, I will definitely send something out. For some that have not looked at the site in some time, I have added a page "Your Family Photos". There are some pretty interesting ones on there already. If you have some and would like to share, please feel free in sending them on and I will post them. I have plenty of room for 500 on the site. If you have other things such as something an ancestor had written about years ago and might be of interest, there is the "Article" section. I'll be more than happy to post it there. Check it out, again, pretty interesting! Someone observed that the message board is not being utilized to the best of its ability. Granted, there is not a lot of information about one family in particular there unlike some other larger family sites. This is a little different from others because it includes so many families with many other connections available from one town in particular. We all have cousins out there that have hit brick walls or are just getting started that could use all of our help. So, please if you see someone that could use your help in finding something or someone, help your brother and sister (cousin, I should say) out! Ideas have been coming in, and one in particular, seems to be one that would be great if we can get it together. We would like to get family recipes together in order to have it printed. It would be a great fund-raising project in order to keep the costs down on everything. My thinking on this, also, is that any "leftover" books not bought amongst ourselves, will be sold at the time, there in Stonington, the remainder will be donated to the local historical societies so that they might also profit from it. So get those recipes sent it! I challenge all the handicrafters out there to come up with something that they are willing to donate. I have been knitting for over 30 some years now. (I can hear all those, ugh, not hand-knit stuff from grandma!, yuk!) I am planning on designing a one of a kind afghan/throw to be donated for the cause. I will have to post some of my pictures of what I have made. Believe me, some have said that I bought them and claimed that I knitted them because they do look very professional if I do say so myself! Another idea would be to "save your pennies". I bet if everyone saved all that loose change collecting dust, it would add up to a "pretty penny" in a couple of years! If any of you have any other ideas, please send them in. Every little bit helps. For all the people who have offered help, let me know what ideas you may have. What areas of reunion planning are you interested in helping in, What do you specialize in?, What committee you would like to be one?, etc. I have come up with a number of areas as far as that is concerned, just let me know and I'll reciprocate. On the "Poll" page, it came to my attention that you can only vote for one thing per question. Please go back and click on whatever again. As far as "Other - please specify", I understand that that cannot be done. Just email me with your suggestion. If you have more ideas and/or questions you would like posted, just let me know. All the information gathered will be used as a majority rules in most cases. All of your opinions count! When it comes to brass tacks and you really want to talk with me, you can call anytime on my cell phone. I get free unlimited incoming all the time and free nights/weekends outgoing. I have it charged at all times! 816-969-9981 In addition to everything I am checking out right now I am also going from front cover to back of the book The History of Stonington and others. As you can see on the site all of my family connections. I'm going person by person, checking and cross checking, trying to get everything a bit more accurate. I'm only in the D's right now so it make take a couple of more weeks before I'm finally finished. I made the mistake of adding some information automatically off of Ancestry.com which is so totally wrong. I won't make that one again. Takes too much time to correct! I have more information about other families from Stonington but not have included them only because they are "cousins" and not direct lineages. I guess I have gone on long enough. I need to post this to the Rootsweb family lists and other sites to get a few more people interested! 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