According to our highly unofficial statistics, one of the most popular sections of the GLEANER is the Family Section. This includes Births, Weddings, Milestones and At Rest. Even if you never write anything else for the GLEANER, chances are you’ll submit information for a Family Section announcement.
For information on how to submit to the GLEANER, you can find it on our Contubutors’ Information page. In addition, there’s a few other things you should keep in mind:
The Family Section of the GLEANER is used to populate Adventist historical archives. Every issue’s information gets added to the Center For Adventist Research Databases. In order for those databases to be effective all necessary information need to be included.
When listing women’s names in Family Section announcements it is very important to include their maiden name. Place the maiden name in parentheses immediately following their first name.
As with the rest of the GLEANER please include a state reference for any city listed in a Family Section announcement. Refer to the AP State Abbreviations list as a reference.
Even if surviving family members are not from the North Pacific Union (or active members of the Seventh-day Adventist Church) their information should still be included in the Family Section announcements, as it may be useful to researchers using the CAR databases.
Please include contact information with all announcements you submit. We may need to ask you for additional information in order to make your announcement complete. Incomplete information can delay your announcement appearing in the GLEANER.
If you have any additional questions that can’t be answers through our website, please email our Copy Coordinator at gleaner@nw.npuc.org.
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