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[[Media:GlobalFamilyReunion.pdf|'''View and download the flyer''']] | [[Media:GlobalFamilyReunion.pdf|'''View and download the flyer''']] | ||
== What is the | == What is the Family History Library Block Party? == | ||
The [http://globalfamilyreunion.com/ Global Family Reunion] is the "biggest, most extraordinary and most inclusive family reunion in history." The main event will be held on the grounds of the 1964 New York State Fair, current location of the [http://nysci.org/ New York Hall of Science]. You can read more about it on their website [http://globalfamilyreunion.com/about/ GlobalFamilyReunion.com]. <br> | The [http://globalfamilyreunion.com/ Global Family Reunion] is the "biggest, most extraordinary and most inclusive family reunion in history." The main event will be held on the grounds of the 1964 New York State Fair, current location of the [http://nysci.org/ New York Hall of Science]. You can read more about it on their website [http://globalfamilyreunion.com/about/ GlobalFamilyReunion.com]. <br> | ||
The organizer and creator of the event is [http://ajjacobs.com/ A. J. Jacobs]. In his [https://rootstech.org/video/4066621600001 keynote address from RootsTech 2015], A. J. explains how the idea came to be. A. J. feels passionately that because we are all cousins if we could remember that the world would be a more peaceful place. He created the event so we could all meet our cousins. All proceeds of the New York event go towards the [https://www.crowdrise.com/GlobalFamilyReunion fight against Alzheimer's]. For more information on the event in New York City, please visit the [http://globalfamilyreunion.com/ Global Family Reunion website]. | The organizer and creator of the event is [http://ajjacobs.com/ A. J. Jacobs]. In his [https://rootstech.org/video/4066621600001 keynote address from RootsTech 2015], A. J. explains how the idea came to be. A. J. feels passionately that because we are all cousins if we could remember that the world would be a more peaceful place. He created the event so we could all meet our cousins. All proceeds of the New York event go towards the [https://www.crowdrise.com/GlobalFamilyReunion fight against Alzheimer's]. For more information on the event in New York City, please visit the [http://globalfamilyreunion.com/ Global Family Reunion website]. | ||
== When is the Global Family Reunion? == | == When is the Global Family Reunion? == | ||