Come and celebrate Canada's 2010 Year of the British Home Child with us! The Brant County Branch of the Ontario Genealogical Society will be holding an open house on Saturday, October 23rd from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Sunday, October 24th from 1 to 8 p.m. at Smokey Hollow Estates, 114-118 Powerline Road, Brantford, Ontario, Canada. Opening ceremonies will be on Saturday at 11 a.m. Admission $2.00, 12 & under free - Come, meet and talk with other descendants. Renew acquaintances. Make new friends. - Put faces to the names on Rootsweb, and wear your t-shirt and a name tag so we'll know you! Everyone welcome! - At 11 a.m. on Saturday meet MP Phil McColeman. - We'll have displays, trunks and the quilt made by Gail Collins. - Be sure to bring your research binder or a display. There's lots of room. - There'll be BHC books and pins for sale. - Our adjacent library will be open. - Meals will be available both days at $7.00 per person. Saturday: lunch 12-2, dinner 4-6 & Sunday: dinner only 4-6. Maps - http://brantcountybranchogs.ca <http://brantcountybranchogs.ca/> http://www.smokeyhollowestates.ca/contact/index.html email - brantogs@bellnet.ca phone - 519.753.4140 In order to get an idea of the number of people who plan to attend, please contact the following people, and, if possible let them know which day, or perhaps the weekend. We have obtained a group rate (until Sept.22) at a convenient hotel if enough people want to stay over. We'll also have brochures for area attractions. Dawn Heuston (Chatham) 30mmavenger@ciaccess.co Western Ontario Linda Thompson (North Bay) Lthompson40@cogeco.ca Northern Janice Harris (Brantford) echarris@ican.net Central Gail Collins (St. Catharines) gcollen@sympatico.ca Eastern Help us make this a memorable occasion! PLEASE PASS THIS MESSAGE ALONG!