The 21st Biennial Reunion is on for this summer in
Buckhannon, West Virginia.
After a disappointing cancellation last year, the 21st Biennial Reunion is now scheduled for July 26-28, 2024, at the Bicentennial Inn, 90 E. Main St., Buckhannon, West Virginia. For those coming in early (Friday), there will be free time to visit the sights in and around Buc800khannon. Be sure to be back in time for the traditional Friday evening Barbeque. The location and time of the Barbeque will be announced later.
On Saturday, time to be announced, we will carpool to the Chrislip Hollow Cemetery to visit the burial place of some of our earliest ancestors.
Saturday evening will be our traditional Banquet and a presentation following dinner.
Sunday morning will be devoted to our business meeting including the selection of officers and their installation.
Registration forms for the Reunion will be mailed with the Spring newsletter. If you are not currently receiving our newsletters, please contact one of our officers (Lisa Baker, President: Michael Barber, Vice President; David Downs, Secretary-Treasurer; Lee Wise, Editor and Webmaster, and request a Registration form. We will email one to you. You will need to print it, fill it out and bring it with you with a check for the appropriate amount. Below is a copy of our program for this year's Reunion. You can check out the times of events on the website, or you can download the program and print it, or just wait until you get to the Bicentennial Inn and pick up a program there. I apologize for the lateness of the program and the format of it in this website, but it is the best I could do after finalizing the program.
Program for 21st Biennial reunion.
Sorry, but I am unable to get the 2024 Program to show up on this page. If you wish to see the program, please email me and I will send you a copy of the program as a .pdf file. Hope to see you in Buckhannon on July 26th. My email address is lee.wise47@gmail.com
Please make your hotel reservations directly with the Bicentennial Inn. Their information is on the Registration form. [The discounted rate is 10% off the regular price of $84.00/per night plus tax for our block of rooms.] Their phone number is (304) 472-5000. Please let Lee Wise know if there is any problem with reserving a room. We look forward to seeing you in Buckhannon, West Virginia!
Meetings - Past & Present
The Christlieb-Chrislip-Crislip Family Association meets biennially for the purpose of taking care of association business, sharing research, and socializing among the membership. Although reunion sites alternated between Pennsylvania and West Virginia for many years, recent reunions have taken place in Maryland, Ohio, and Kentucky. The location of the biennial meetings will continue to move from place to place, in order to make them accessible to members in different geographical areas of the country.
2019 - Nineteenth Biennial Reunion
The 19th Biennial Reunion of the Christliet-Chrislip-Crislip Family Association took place in Ashtabula, Ohio, in July 2019. Not knowing what to expect, after the passing of Ned Crislip, President Bill Crislip, suggested the theme of "The Way Ahead" for this reunion. With the attendance of over 40 cousins, it was clear that the membership was in favor of continuing the Association in its normal capacity.
The review of the Nineteenth Biennial Reunion can be found here.
To see the listing of sights in and around Ashtabula that we visited, and to see the schedule of events for the reunion, the program can be found here.
2017 - Eighteenth Biennial Reunion
The 18th Biennial Reunion of the Christlieb-Chrislip-Crislip Family Association took place in the beautiful town of Buckhannon, West Virginia. Buckhannon is the home of several family cousins, and is close to a number of cemeteries, the resting places of many family members. The most notable of cemeteries is the Chrislip Cemetery in Chrislip Hollow, where Jacob and Nancy Chrislip are buried. This relatively small cemetery was very neatly groomed with fresh flowers placed on several graves. It is also the location of one of two resting benches placed by our Famiy Association in 2017.
A big "Thank You" goes out to Ned Crislip's granddaughter, Amelia, who wrote the review of our 2017 reunion in Buckhannon, West Virginia.
Please check out the program for the 18th Biennial Reunion. During the free time there were a number of interesting places our cousins visited—which are still there for you to take advantage of!
2015 - Seventeenth Biennial Reunion
The 17th Biennial Reunion of the Christlieb-Chrislip-Crislip Family took place in Baltimore, Maryland, in celebration of Friedrich Carl Christlieb's arrival there with his family 250 years ago from the German Rhineland, in 1765.
And what a successful reunion we had! Please check out the 2015 Reunion Page to see just how much fun was had by all.
You can see the busy, fun-filled schedule of events right here!
2013 - Sixteenth Biennial Reunion
The 16th Biennial Reunion of the Christlieb-Chrislip-Crislip Family was held in Paintsville, Kentucky, in the summer of 2013. Check out some of the pictures and information on the 2013 Reunion Page to see just how much fun, and informative, our reunions are!
For this reunion, you can see the schedule of events
right here!