Gatherings
Reunions, branch calls, memorials, archive days, and research nights with RSVP tracking and safe locations.
Thomas Community
The living side of the Thomas surname
Thomas Planet should feel like a place where surname cousins can meet, help, celebrate, and preserve the pieces that would otherwise disappear: reunions, photos, local wins, public-safe profiles, business support, and weekly stories.
Family media
Profile pictures, reunion photos, family videos, scanned documents, and stories with consent notes.
Thomas Weekly
Community news, record lessons, public photos, service wins, branch puzzles, and calls for volunteers.
Mutual support
Approved business listings, jobs, skills, local archive helpers, and relatives willing to check cemeteries.
Place-based branches
Timeline maps can show Thomas movement by county, state, country, and reunion region without exposing homes.
Funding loop
Drop-shipped heritage items can fund hosting, storage, backups, design, research, and reunion materials.
Operating pattern
One contribution queue, many public outcomes
The safest system is not a free-for-all social feed. It is a friendly intake desk with clear routes and human review.
A member brings something
A reunion idea, photo, video, local news link, archive clue, business, volunteer need, or community win.
Thomas Planet routes it
Private family media goes to archive review, gatherings go to event review, and public stories go to curation.
Admins protect the family
Exact addresses, minors, living people, and sensitive notes stay out of public spaces unless deliberately approved.
The best pieces become public
Approved items can appear in Thomas Weekly, branch pages, public event listings, or future heritage shop graphics.
Where each social feature lives
Reunions and events
Plan gatherings with public-safe listings, private locations, RSVP tracking, branch audiences, and admin review.
OpenProfiles and introductions
Verified members can show a public-safe calling card: photo, region, research focus, and how they can help.
OpenFamily media
Photos, videos, audio, documents, and memories go through archive privacy controls before anything public appears.
OpenThomas Weekly
A recurring rhythm for family wins, record lessons, reunion photos, community service, and calls for help.
OpenDirectory and shop
Approved businesses and heritage products can fund the project without mixing commerce into private genealogy review.
OpenContribution queue
Anyone can submit a clue, public article, reunion note, source lesson, tradition, or community win for review.
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