Cloud Family Association

Making friends, finding family, preserving our heritage.

Activities

2025 Cloud Family Gathering (Virtual)

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The 2025 Cloud Family Gathering will be held via Zoom on Saturday, November 22, 2025, at 10:00 a.m. CST.

The meeting will include the election of officers and voting on amendments to the CFA bylaws.

The Zoom link for the meeting will be emailed to members who have previously provided their email addresses to the CFA.  If you would like to provide the CFA with your email address or updated address, please email it to cloudfamilygathering@gmail.com .

At 11:00 a.m. CST, following the Gathering, Thomas MacEntee will provide the program presentation “Facebook  A Tool for Genealogy Research.”  The program is open to members and nonmembers of the CFA.  Please register by emailing the CFA at cloudfamilygathering@gmail.com.

We look forward to seeing members at 10 a.m. and both members and nonmembers at 11 a.m. CST!

 

 

2024 Cloud Family Gathering

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HEAR YE!! HEAR YE!!

The 2024 Gathering of the Cloud Family Association will be October 18-19 in the beautiful, historical area of Fredericksburg, Virginia!

Hampton Inn and Suites
4800 Market Street
540-898-5000
Hampton Inn – Fredericksburg Virginia Hotels (hilton.com)
Registration form in Journal and online

SCHEDULE: Registration begins at 4:00 pm on Friday. Activities on Saturday, and possibly a tour on Sunday if there is enough interest.

Here’s some things to do and places to see in the area:

  • Historic Fredericksburg
  • Four Battlefields, two with guides and special events
  • Historic Port Royal, the area where early Clouds first moved
  • Ferry Farm, the boyhood home of George Washington

Lodging in Fredericksburg:

Hampton Inn and Suites
4800 Market Street
Hampton Inn – Fredericksburg Virginia Hotels (hilton.com)

A block of rooms has been reserved and will be held until 4 weeks prior to the Gathering.

Rate: King or Double/Double Room $139 + taxes per room per night, including full breakfast (same price being honored for up to three extra days either side of Gathering). Free cancellation until 4:00 on Thursday the 17th.

Contact the hotel at 540-898-5000 and ask for Chris Jones to include extra days with your reservation. Extra days cannot be added on the website (link above).

Free Breakfast – Free parking – Free Wi-Fi – Fridge and microwave in rooms

Pets welcome – $50 one-time pet fee up to 4 days

REGISTRATION FORM

For CFA Gathering in Fredericksburg Oct. 18-19, 2024

Registration of $20 includes a Saturday buffet lunch and part of meeting costs. The Association will cover additional costs. Possible tours will be paid separately.

Do you have specific food allergies? We have you covered! Our menus cover diverse needs and we have something for everyone. If you still have food concerns please email Wendy.

Mail registration form with the total amount of your party’s fees to Secretary: Laura Cloud Schmidt, 804 Chestnut, Richland, WA 99352 or use PayPal.

 

2022 Cloud Family Gathering

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UPDATE — the in-person Gathering has been canceled. If you have registered or arranged for transportation, be advised the Gathering will now be on Zoom. Details to follow.

CFG 2022

A welcome message from the Cloud Family Association President, Delishia Porterfield:

While we couldn’t meet in April 2020, I hope I’ll be able to welcome you to my hometown this September! Nashville is home to good food, great music and a rich history. We hope that you will enjoy “The Athens of the South”!

We will have dinner and a speaker Friday night. Saturday morning will include our annual business meeting, informative and fun sessions, and a luncheon.

Nashville has a lot to offer and I hope you will plan to take advantage of some of our historic sites and tours on Sunday. Find fun things to do while visiting on this website: MusicCity.com. Here are a few favorites: The Country Music Hall of Fame, Broadway, The Hermitage, Belle Meade Plantation, Music Row, Tennessee State Museum, The Parthenon, Cheekwood, Fort Negley, The Grand Ole Opry, Ryman Auditorium, or visit Nashville’s Gaylord Opry complete with 9 acres of indoor gardens, an indoor boat ride, restaurants and more! So much to see and do!

Group hotel accommodations and the schedule are below. If you check alternate accommodations in Nashville you will find that downtown and the Vanderbilt areas are much more expensive then the airport area, and we are a little further out than the airport, but I-24 will take us into the city and back quickly (except during rush hour!). This is a special rate for our group since we were booked previously, but had to cancel. Please make your plans – and reservations – as soon as possible.

Schedule for Cloud Family Gathering 2022:

Friday Sept. 23

3 pm – 6 pm
Regiatration / Free Time

6 pm – 8 pm
Opening Ceremony; Dinner; Special Guests; Entertainment; Food
Speaker: Nashville’s Womens’ Suffrage

8 pm –
Free Time

Saturday Sept. 24

6:00 AM – 8:30 AM
Breakfast at Hotel

8:30 – 9:15 AM
CFA Business Meeting

9:30 AM – 10:15 AM
Session 1: Middle Tenn. Genealogical Society

10:30 AM – 11:30 AM
Session 2: Nashville History

11:45 AM – 1:15 PM
Luncheon: Keynote Speaker

1:30 PM – 6:00 PM
Group Activity

6 PM –
Free Time (Explore Nashville)

Sunday, Sept. 25

6:00 AM – 9:00 AM
Breakfast

9 AM – Noon
Bus tour with David Ewing as tour guide

Noon –
Tours

Registration:

Registration of $40 includes a Friday evening meal, a Saturday buffet lunch and some meeting costs. The Association will cover additional costs. Tours will be booked individually.

If you have specific food allergies, we have you covered! Our menus cover diverse needs and there is something for everyone. If you still have food concerns please email Delishia at pfieldms@gmail.com to discuss.

Print the Registration Form, fill it out and mail it to the Cloud Family Association Treasurer along with your check.

Mail your Registration Form and check to:

  • Linda Boose, CFA Treasurer
  • 508 Crestwood Dr.
  • Eastland, TX 76448

Hotel Accommodations:

Holiday Inn Express and Suites Nashville-Southeast
201 Crossings Place
Antioch, TN 37013
Phone: 615-731 -2361
hiesoutheastantioch@gmail.com

A block of rooms has been reserved and will be held until 4 weeks prior to the Gathering.

Rooms: King or Queen/Queen $139 per night; full breakfast included for all in room.
A block of rooms has been reserved.
Room reservation link:
https://www.hiexpress.com/redirect?path=hd&brandCode=EX&localeCode=en&regionCode=1&hotelCode=BNACR&_PMID=99801505&GPC=CLO&cn=no&viewfullsite=true

When you reach the hotel page, enter the Check In / Check Out dates; click on the red “Search” button; and you will be taken to the reservation page showing the available rooms.

Free cancellation until 4:00 p.m. on Thursday the 22nd.

Free Breakfast – Free parking – Free Wi-Fi – Fridge and microwave in rooms

Transportation from airport will be arranged by CFA if needed

Postponed – 2020 Cloud Family Gathering

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Postponed -- Nashville, TN 2020

 

2020 Cloud Family Gathering — Postponed

We are disappointed to have to inform you that the April 2020 Cloud Family Gathering has been postponed until we have a better sense of the public health situation and the emergency has passed.

We apologize for the inconvenience, and hope you are able to cancel reservations with no difficulty. If you have sent in your registration, the secretary will be contacting you about a refund.

2020 Cloud Family Gathering

Cloud Family Association Gathering
Nashville, Tennessee
April 17-19, 2020

Registration begins at 3:00 on Friday, the 17th. We’ll meet and greet, share a meal together Friday evening and have a speaker, David Ewing.

Complete schedule will be in the Journal, coming soon. Saturday speakers include Dr. Tom Hamm (CFA member, professor at Earlham College and Quaker archivist there), a speaker from the Middle Tennessee Genealogical Society, and a speaker sharing about Nashville’s unique role in Women’s Suffrage.

Saturday afternoon we’ll have group tours, with plenty of time on Sunday to round out your week-end with tours of your choice.

Hotel Details:
Holiday Inn Express and Suites
201 Crossings Place, Nashville, TN 37013
Booking Link: CFA Hotel Booking Link (Free cancellation 24 hours in advance)
Rate: $129 per room per night (King or two Queens)
Free Parking, Free Breakfast, Free Wi-Fi, Indoor Pool

Registration Details:
Registration cost per person: $70

Registration covers costs of supplies, Friday evening meal, Saturday luncheon, honorariums, etc. Tours will be extra as costs are not the same for all tours.

Friday Night Menu: Fried Chicken, Smoked Chicken, Pulled Pork, Macaroni and Cheese, Green Beans, Baked Beans, Potato Salad, Rolls, Cornbread, Lemonade, Sweet Tea, Unsweet Tea, Water, Coffee, Brownies, Cake.

Saturday Lunch Menu: Turkey and Cheese Sandwich Platter; Ham, Roast Beef and Turkey and Cheese Platter; Deli Sandwiches; Croissant Platter (Tuna, Chicken Salad, Egg Salad, Ham Salad); Fried Chicken Wings; Baked Chicken Wings; Chips, Cookies, Brownies; Tea; Lemonade Coffee, Water.

Registration Form – Print the PDF form for convenience.

Clip and send to Linda Boose, 508 Crestwood Drive, Eastland, TX 76448
Name: __________________________________________________________________
Address: _________________________________________________________________
City, State, ZIP: ____________________________________________________________
Email: ___________________________________________________________________
Cloud line if known: ________________________________________________________
Number in Party: _______ @ $70 each Amount enclosed: _____________________
Name/City for each Nametag: