One Website. The Whole Family. 🌳
Everything the Harris-Nelson family decided to build — history, money, governance, and legacy — lives right here. Here’s the tour.
👤 Your Family Profile
One sign-up does it all
The profile is our family questionnaire, made evergreen. Fill it once and it automatically files your family tree entry with the Historian, feeds the yearbook and acknowledgments, tells the Planning Committee what you want from future reunions, and pre-fills every other form on this site with your name, branch, and contact info.
Your dashboard
Once your profile exists, the My Profile page becomes your home base: one-tap dues payments (Zelle, Cash App, or card), pre-filled t-shirt orders, your tree entry, quick links to committees and voting, and a record of everything you’ve submitted.
🌳 The Living Family Tree
Interactive branch tree
Explore the family branch by branch with a “+ add” button on every name — members-only, behind login, so family details never sit on the public web. Additions export straight to the Historian.
The Ancestry tree
Every profile and tree form flows into our master Ancestry family tree — 3,465 people and growing — the source of truth for the whole family’s history.
The printed poster
After each reunion we print a large family tree poster with everyone’s name. Your profile is how you get on it.
💵 Money, Made Simple
Dues & registration
Pay by Zelle, Cash App, or card — tiers for singles, couples, college students, and whole households.
T-shirt orders
Adult, youth, and toddler sizes ordered online, pre-filled from your profile, picked up at the reunion.
The three funds
🏡 Land-back (Where Is My Land + renovation & revitalization) · 🎓 Scholarships for descendants · 🛠️ Operating fund (this website + seed money). Every fundraiser splits between them by family vote.
🤝 Taking Care of Each Other
Helping Hands Fund
Confidential hardship aid awarded every reunion — a published rubric, committee review, officers ratify, and anonymity honored.
Scholarships
For descendants of our ancestors — college, trade school, and certifications, presented at the reunion banquet.
Getting our land back
Partnering with Where Is My Land to research and reclaim family land — then renovate and revitalize it.
🏛️ How We Run Things
12 officers, 11 committees
A full board with exact duties for every seat, and committees for everything from food to technology — with sign-ups for chairs and members.
Constitution & Robert’s Rules
A written Constitution & Bylaws, with Robert’s Rules of Order as our parliamentary authority — printable right from the site.
The foundation
A family 501(c)(3) in formation, so donations become tax-deductible and our scholarship and land work has a permanent legal home.
🎉 The Fun Stuff
Photos & slideshow
All 123 slides from Reunion 2024 in a fullscreen player, plus the family album.
Superlatives voting
Best Dressed, Grill Master, Family Glue — nominate and vote online; winners crowned at the banquet.
Our history
From John Harris & Judy Bender through Lela Mae’s nine branches — dates verified against the Ancestry tree.