Book 1 is Out of Print

We've just received word that the Line 1 Book, The Descendants of Thomas Tarvin, is no longer available. First published in 1997, this 570-page book detailed over 5,000 Tarvin relatives and included pictures and individual biographies. Thomas Tarvin, first child of Rev. George Tarvin and his wife, Sarah Craycraft, was the patriarch of this extensive clan.

This was the second book published by the Tarvin Family Association in the series of 15 or so books on Tarvin genealogy. The first, The Descendants of George Tarvin IV, the so-called Line 10 Book, has been out of print for some time. However, a CD containing a PDF version of that book is still available from the Tarvin Family Association website. Whether it will be feasible to create a PDF version of the Line 1 Book is still up in the air.

The Tarvin Online Genealogy Database does contain a skeleton outline of the contents of the Line 1 Book. Entering data from the book into this database is very labor intensive and it may take some time before enough volunteers can be found to work on this project.

Meanwhile, if you are a Thomas Tarvin descendant, I recommend you sign up for a free account on Geni.com and trace your ancestry back to Thomas Tarvin where you can link into the tree we've already built there. Need help? Email me and I'll invite you into Geni.com.

More Tarvin Family History tomorrow.
Gary

Blair Reunion Planned June 28

From Mary Foxworthy Bowden comes word that the Blairs are planning the 64th reunion of the family of Oliver and Blossom Blair on June 28, 2009. Oliver was a descendant of Line 10 George Tarvin. Their oldest daughter, Rosalene, married George Washington Foxworthy, Jr., also a Line 10 descendant. The reunion will be held at their ancestral home in Brazil, Indiana. Great granddaughter Debbie (Bowden) Cannon bought the place and is carrying on the tradition. There's a big oak tree in the woods with a spot just right for a picnic, according to Mary.

Tarvin Reunion in Mobile this October

The reunion organizers have recently posted the schedule for the 2009 national Tarvin Family reunion, to be held in Mobile, Alabama. We've also put the information on the Tarvin website at http://www.tarvinfamily.org/ If you are a Tarvin or related to someone whose name is Tarvin, you will find many family members in Mobile on 1-2-3 October 2009. Please join us there.

Blog lines on Tarvin website

With a little help from FeedWind, this blog appears also on the front page of the Tarvin Family Association website, http://www.tarvinfamily.org. It's amazing what a little snippet of Javascript can do in the right place.