National and Regional GFA Meetings

The 2007 Triennial Reunion of GFA Was Held in Ledyard, Connecticut

        The General Meeting and Reunion of the Geer Family Association was held June 22-24, 2007 at the Congregational Church in Ledyard, CT.

        A business meeting was held, tours of Geer homes and cemeteries were taken, and many new cousins became acquainted with each other. Here are some highlights:

        The Officers and Trustees met to propose a slate of new officers. Sam Geer gave a talk about the Geer DNA Project. For more information on this project, click here.
        Click here to see more photos of the Ledyard Reunion.

A reunion of the descendants of James Henderson Geer and Anna M. Fought Geer
was held in Johnstown PA in July 2008.

      Above: Five generations of descendants of James Henderson Geer and Anna M. Fought Geer at the dining room at the top of the Inclined Plane on Saturday, July 19. James Geer was the superintendent of construction on the project to build the Inclined Plane for evacuating Johnstown residents in the event of another major flood. The group included family members who traveled from Colorado, Florida, Maine, Tennessee, New York, Ohio, and other states. The cousins toured the Johnstown area and several cemeteries where ancestors are buried. Pictured below are James and Anna.