I'm going to make a slight change to the survey before sending it out to the
rest of our family.
On question 2b, which month is best for you, I think I will drop the phrase
"(Current Mo.)". Last year was the first for the revived reunion, so it's
only a "one in a row" tradition. The ones prior to that were usually the
third Thursday in August prior to 1916, and the 4th Thursday in August from
1916 on.
I think it's best just to ask what month is best, without including any
additional words that might bias the response.
One of our subscribers suggested changing the heading from "Descendants of
Joseph Campbell and Mary Harper Survey" to "Survey of Descendants of Joseph
and Mary Harper Campbell". I know we've encountered confusion. Many
descendants have never heard of Mary Harper. They had traced their ancestry
back to one of Joseph and Mary's children (Sam and Sally Campbell Hazlett,
John and Mary Campbell Hazlett, John and Elizabeth Bell Campbell, John and
Jane Campbell Hazlett, Joseph and Ann Clinch Campbell, or James and Mary
Blackwell Campbell), but not the one step farther back to Joseph and Mary.
And of course some in the family are unaware of their connection to any of
the above -- they were only aware of their grandparents and didn't know the
earlier history. So that suggestion sounds worth a try.