I invite you all to record visions of what you would hope to experience attending a de Leon Family Reunion in 2011.
Comments
Alexander Wenceslaus De Leon
Fri, 29 May 2009 17:24:43
Blanche De Leon,
Thank you (cousin) for the De leon Reunion web site and God Bless You and Your efforts.
Alexander Wenceslaus De leon,
Carrizo Springs, TX
Juan M. Escobar
Sun, 31 May 2009 10:53:34
Thank you for including us in the DE LEON reunion. My wife's family decends from Martin DE LEON' daughter Candelaria, who married Jose Miguel Aderete. God Bless You all for putting this important Historical event together.
Juan & Rosie Escobar
Kingsville, Texas
Dawn Campbell Swisher
Tue, 02 Jun 2009 08:51:31
We cannot wait to meet more of us. We thank you so much for taking the time to do this. If there is anything that we can help with, we will welcome the opportunity. This was a long time coming! Thank you.
Dawn Swisher Campbell
San Antonio, Texas
Rose Marie De Leon de Garcia
Wed, 03 Jun 2009 11:11:00
http://www.deleonreunion2011.com/
Rose Marie De Leon de Garcia
Wed, 03 Jun 2009 11:15:33
Dearest Cousin Blanche: I am very happy with the planning that you and the rest of the small group are doing for the 2011 Reunion.
I am looking forward to meeting other members of our large family.
Wed, 03 Jun 2009 12:37:57
Hey Rose, thank you for posting on the website! Just so everyone understands, the small group just decided on the date only. I plan to use this website to field input to the reunion activities, the purpose of this 1st blog. This is new to many I am sure, hang with it, it gets better with time! Please help generate interest in the planning and success of this reunion by passing the word and forwarding the site address to all primos and primas. Encourage all to make their presence known.
I plan a visit to the Valley before the summer is through.
Mon, 08 Jun 2009 10:44:56
Wow, I have not been to a reunion for the descendants of my great great great great grandfather Martin in ages! Thanks for planning this.
Patrick Joel de Leon III
Denver, Colorado
Cleopatra A. DeLeon
Mon, 08 Jun 2009 12:11:52
A family reunion? Sounds fantastic!
Please encourage family members to (1) bring precious family photos, and (2) bring a scanner. With some effort and planning, an electronic family photo album would be an lovely keepsake.
Cleo
Blanche
Mon, 08 Jun 2009 15:36:07
Cleo also offerred these suggestions SOME IDEAS:
It may be worthwhile to ask local businesses and/or schools (ie UHV or MHS or DeLeon Elementary) to sponsor/support the event... companies/schools could donate the computer stations/labs... or reduce rental fees...
Also, why not involve the DeLeon Club of Victoria? or local historians/geneologists/scrapbookers to give a seminars on history etc? Why not invite Anna Castillo Crimm?
A friend of mine had a photo booth set up at their wedding reception. Everyone got to take home their own little photo strip... and afterwards the negatives were collected and turned into a beautiful collage. I think this could be applied to a family reunion event... imagine a collage of fresh de Leon faces!
Encourage families to bring laptops and/or USBDrives containing scanned photos to share with others.... or for the hard copy folk... Bring a scanner and a DVD/CD burner & encourage family members to bring precious family photos. For a small donation, an electronic family photo album would be a great keepsake. Also, If you set up computer stations, GEDCOM files could be shared and augmented.
Set up a place to share reading lists of books/movies etc about the de Leon family and other Tejanos lost to history.
Set up an area for elders to chat and pass on their stories... (set up recording equipment to capture it all).
Get mailing list, both snail mail and email to keep in touch and mail off keepsakes.
Thanks Cleo, suggestions like this is what we need to help with the planning.
Cleo
Mon, 08 Jun 2009 15:51:34
Need funding? Set up an account at http://www.fundable.com/ for donations.
Alexander Weneslaus De Leon
Mon, 08 Jun 2009 19:39:54
Alexander Wenceslaus De Leon
Mon, 08 Jun 2009 22:20:31
IDEA...De Leon Family Recipe Book...
All the "techno" ideas are nice but how bout an old fashion family recipe book.
FOOOOOD! Isn't that what a family reunion is mostly about?
My 3 contributions are: 7 layer bean dip, homemade crunchy crust Hawaiian Pizza, and last but not least, stuffed whole wheat corn muffins.
Yes, I know, I'm another De Leon on a "diet" and hope to loose 20 by the reunion so that I can play Don Martin De Leon "dress-up". Fit into that short vaquero jacket and dye my side burns and mustache. Look out..hoping to WIN! the Don Martin Look-a-Like contest.
God Bless the De Leon Family.
DE LEON... a state of mind!
alex wence
cleo
Wed, 10 Jun 2009 10:40:13
Oh yes... dress up. My older brother and I were just commenting about that...
About the photos, there are online services such as
* http://www.ShutterFly.com or
* http://www.SnapFish.com
We could set up an account for the reunion. The online service allows you to store images (for free), order prints and/or printed books (for a fee).
wench
Thu, 11 Jun 2009 18:26:53
psychic!
boo-yah!
Dana Garza
Sat, 13 Jun 2009 16:56:58
More suggestions...
Each of Martin's children's families can be represented by a different color and the family members would wear that color shirt for the reunion.
Electronic copies of original birth certificates, baptismal certificates, marriage certificates, etc. could be brought to the reunion to be archived on a common website. Paper copies could be brought and scanned at the reunion for archival purposes.
Photographs of family cemetary headstones digital or paper copies could be shared with other members of the family.
Joel de Leon R. Aldrete
Tue, 16 Jun 2009 14:58:37
Blanche,
Great idea---The last de lEON reunion was about twenty years ago in Victoria with your father Wence and your mother Tilly i remember Carolina Castillo Crim was there also.Iwill be looking forward to it.Thank you for the work you are doing.
Joel de Leon
Dalia Argullin
Sun, 02 Aug 2009 18:32:07
I got the invitation for the DeLeon reunion in the mail two days ago, and so did some of my siblings, some didn't if you need addresses I will provide them. We are excited about the reunion. Our family just had a reunion this Easter of 2009. We managed to collect many addresses. My family has always kept up with our DeLeon relative and try to invite them to every family event. We have photos and a family tree one of my aunts made many, many years ago. Good Luck Blanche. I just wish I would of known about the meeting in Harlingen. Sorry I missed it.
Sincerely Dalia Argullin Kingsville, TX
cissycastro
Sun, 14 Feb 2010 09:47:53
We are excited to learn about this family reunion. How can we add old pictures to this site?
Thu, 28 Oct 2010 13:34:18
My wife Mary Ann (Stoner) is a Great great great great granddaughter of Martin DeLeon through Martin's son Felix Santiago, his son Santiago, his daughter Abelina, and Abelina's daughter Guadalupe Salome Noll (Mary Ann's grandmother). Genealogy has been a hobby of mine for many years and we look forward to meeting the DeLeon side of Mary Ann's family in April 2011. If any of you have corrections or additions to my DeLeon information, please email them to me.
Regards from Virginia Beach, VA.
Russ Myers
Thu, 28 Oct 2010 13:35:39
My genealogy web site is http://russmyerssite.com and my email address is myers.russel@gmail.com.
golan de leon
Sat, 30 Apr 2011 14:14:36
Hello I am trying to find my family to disappear by what I was trying to find So I came to Puerto Rico could be a connection between us.
I thank you for your comment Pahabatar wish and find lost family
