If you’re a seasoned reunion planning pro, then you won’t need to get help organizing your family reunion from a software program. However, if you’re new at the game, then a few well-organized checklists, address books, surveys and budget calculators would be a world of help. Sometimes you may catch yourself feeling stressed for no good reason. Likely it’s just that you need to take a moment, sit down, collect your thoughts and make a few lists. There are several different family reunion software packages to choose from.
Family Reunion Organizer (www.family-reunion.com/organizer/index.htm) is one of the most popular software programs on the market for planning family reunions. After an easy CD-ROM installation, you’ll be able to enter the name of your gathering and user information, entering the reunion planner’s name, address, phone number and family reunion website information. Next, you can build your family address book with names, addresses, phone numbers, email addresses, personal websites and notes sections. Later on, you will be able to use this address book to create family reunion invitations, send out Christmas cards and issue reminders. Next you can create a survey to send out to family members, asking for reunion ideas. You will also get some advice from your program on how to create a theme, plan activities, decide upon food and order decorations.
Other features of the $29.95 Family Reunion Organizer reunion planning software allows you to plan family reunion vacations or select an appropriate reunion location, whether it is a cruise ship, a park, a backyard, a VFW post, a restaurant or another venue. You’ll get advice on making reservations and creating maps for out-of-town relatives. Creating reunion invitations is easy, given all the information contained in the software program. You can print and mail invitations or use the program to create a custom family reunion web page for you to alert family members of your plans. There are also budget calculators, shopping list templates, expense tracking forms, committee delegation listing, fundraising suggestions and activity planning suggestions.
Family Origins 10.0 is an additional family reunion planning software program to consider. You can download a free 15-day trial at www.formalsoft.com/index.htm. With this software, you can create a custom family tree, which includes pictures, family facts, relationship types, dates and places. You’ll have access to dozens of lists, such as personal timelines, statistics, birthday/anniversary reminder lists, special place lists and addresses. In essence, you will be creating a comprehensive database of everyone in your family line to pass down to future generations for years to come. Using the scrap-booking feature, you’ll have no trouble creating your own creative family reunion gifts. It’s no wonder their website calls this program “the fun and easy way to preserve your family history.”
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