Norton MacAlister Family Blog

Family Fun time Go thru your pictures You can feature yourself too. Looking for Nortons and MacAllisters enjoying themselves- partying in the 1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s 2010s Who is it? When is it ?How are they related?? .Tell Us A Story---- Send all pix to reunion2x10@gmail.com

Digital survey results in a possible count of 63 people/ So a second survey with the prices and venues and activities will go out / and from there things get finalized / 32 out of 40 of you with e mails gave us great answers/ It is not too late to do the digital survey / I left the link open https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/PHMJLW2 But it has to be done on a laptop not a phone (some glitch in the present format by Survey Monkey because it's not an app yet,).

OLD DETROIT IMMIGRANT NEIGHBORHOODS show how Blacks took over already old areas before making $ in Automotive. Part one covers where Black Detroiters lived The following maps embedded here Are Historical  neighborhoods based on descriptions in old books.  Black people in Detroit were  Redlined  and were able to buy only from Jews who tended to buy in areas  bordering the Irish. "The subdivisions, one to twenty, are the plates of the Robinson and Pidgeon Atlas of the City of Detroit (New York, 1885). The clusters on the map, that is, the blocks and their opposing fronts (see graph two, infra) are the areas of the city sampled for intensive study”   (  Quote /map below retrieved from the link below retrieved 3/12/19 on the web) Source:   https://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/handle/2027.42/50936/161.pdf?sequence=1 Blah Blah Blah --- keeping it simple...Black people in Detroit were Redlined and were able to buy only from...

reunion 2020.... A lot of people are interested in the Motown Tour. Have We Heard From You?? https://www.surveymonkey.com/ r/PHMJLW2        the survey may not be accessible on a cell  Use a computer   This year, 2019 is Detroit a Go Go with unsung sessions people and backup singers etc who were the people behind Motown . October 23-27 2019  Google it  www.detroitagogo.com

"Combine Norton 2018 with this one. It just makes sense. Let's try to grow the reunion. I visit the 2018 FB page and not the current one ."  Tis a request that was mentioned in the comment section of the survey...         Close Reading of this FBook shows that we the 2020 reunion Committee are posting the same info on both FBook sites. Yesterday FBook announced that it will be changing how it works That means new things to learn in order to keep using Fbook. It also means Fbook will be making more $$$ on our information If you are on the internet at all - start reading your NEWSLETTER  https://www.reuniondetroit2020.com  and CHECK your EMAILs from reuniondetroit2020@gmail.com

              Norton = Great Britain              MacAllister= Scotland                                                                                                                                         https://www.scottishsword.com/product-category/clan-names/macallister/       Click image Below  for link    an artist at this  Australian  link had an idea        (<<<<click that)                                ...

Hey --want to not have to rush for a train after just landing from the US and still go to the Highlands of Scotland? 16 days total    The Norton  Family History Trip to Hurst, Great Britain takes a leisurely route to ending up in the 5 MacAllister cities. Bring all the luggage you want since you are landing in London Lets say Monday  we are in London's Heathrow Airport in the late Afternoon  (caught plane Sunday but lose a day) It is 53 minutes by bus or we can  all jump into a minivan and get to the heart of London near the Eye and The Olympic Park which is full of brand new hotels. We have 3 days . So much to do!!   What is the best plan to see London without too much fuss? By asking my London buddy he directed me to this guide: https://blog.londonexplorerpass.com/london-itinerary-3-days-in-london/ People use the London Eye to see the whole city at once. London is over 1,947 years old  (Romans) We  have until the...