My dear family,
I hope you have heard that the Kidd family is going to write a book about
George C. Kidd and his descendants. Since you are a descendant, you are
asked to write a page or two for the book about your family. . Do it your
own way. If you have family members who have not done this and they are
wondering how to do it, here are some suggestions.
Love
Dianne May
Here are some ideas
1. Before marriage… Please include interests, talents, awards, etc.
2. Courtship, marriage…How did it happen
3. Family life… things about your family and things done as families,
4. positive memories of attributes, talents (same as above), special family
experiences and some fun pictures of your family.
5. Spiritual experiences…that have strengthened your family
The George and Minnie Jackson Kidd family organization would like to create a
history for our families benefit. Debbie Buckner and Dianne May have been selected to be chairwomen for this project. At our board meeting on the 26th of April we discussed the organization for this project. At this time, this is how we would like to organize the book.
We would like to cover the ancestors of George and Minnie in several chapters, then a chapter on George and Minnie, (counted as 1st generation) a chapter on each of their children, (2nd generation). These would include information on:
- Before marriage
- Courtship, marriage
- Family life, things done as families, positive memories of attributes, talents (same as above), special family experiences and lots of pictures.
- Spiritual experiences
- These chapters will include the…
3rd Generation:
- These are children of the 2nd generation, with several pages about each child, with the same kind of information and pictures. With each of the 3rd generation histories we will include…
- 4th Generation, using several paragraphs on these children, and pictures.
- 5th and 6th Generations, where we will list the children’s names and dates only. Someday in the future, I suspect these last generations will have some fantastic material for a continuing history of their own.
Now this is what we are asking.
- The family representative of each of the 2nd generation will be contacting or emailing you ask you to put together a history. We would like at least a page on each of the 3rd generation using the suggestions above.
- You of the 3rd generation should contact your children (4th generation) and have them put together a history of their family, using the outline above.
- For the 4th generation, probably a paragraph or two would be enough and any generations after that, would be included with names and dates only.
- Please include good family experiences. Make it positive, with no gossip or inappropriate items. We want to stress the talents, joy, and wonder of this family of George and Minnie Kidd.
- Please check with those you are responsible for, to see how they are coming on this project. We have been working on this since 2008. We are in need of getting this done as soon as possible. We have put a deadline of November 2011 to have the histories in to us, so we can have this ready by the reunion in 2012. We don’t want to miss anyone in this wonderful family so please make this a priority job. It would be best if you could email or put the information on disk, but we will take typewritten or handwritten history if that’s how you need to do it. This will be such a neat way to get to know the cousins and their families, and a way to leave our children and grandchildren the legacy of their parents and grandparents lives. We have such a wonderful family, so good and kind and fun. If you have any comments, suggestions, or need help, please contact us or your family representative. It will be a pleasure for us to work on this project with you. Thank you
Love
Dianne May and Debbie Buckner
Family representatives are:
Fern Kidd: Terry Kidd
Earl Kidd: Elizabeth Grange
Nelda MacPherson: Debbie Buckner
Jack Kidd: Norma Olsen
Clark Kidd: Robert Kidd