The Tidewater Genealogical Society Gathering will be on Saturday, August 4, 2007, from 9 AM to 1 PM at the 1st Advantage Credit Union, 110 Cybernetics Way, Yorktown, VA. Megan Smolenyak's Encore DNA Presentation will be about The Iron Coffin, part of BBC's TimeWatch series; a DNA review for beginners; and Q&A Directions: I-64 Exit 256 East to Victory Blvd; left at 2nd stop light to Kiln Creek Pkwy; left at Cybernetic Blvd. Visitors are welcome. Gathering fee: $30 members, $35 non-members. Registration Begins: 8:45 AM. Pre-registration requested as seating is limited; if space allows, late registration will be accepted at the door, $5 additional fee. For additional info see the TGS web site at www.rootsweb.com/~vatgs or call the TGS Library at 988-1055, it opens at 10 a.m. on Tue/Thu/Sat. ************************************** See what's free at http://www.aol.com.

BRITISH COLUMBIA GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY WALTER DRAYCOTT RESOURCE CENTRE & LIBRARY Surrey, British Columbia, Canada Free Family History Library Research Week, July 23-28, 2007, 10 - 3 pm daily FEATURED COUNTRIES & AREAS: Monday, Scotland; Tuesday, Ireland; Wednesday, England; Thursday, Canada; Friday, USA; Saturday, Europe, Australia and New Zealand. Free all week. See what's available in your area, or ask us for some assistance. Anyone interested in family history is welcome. The Society's Resource Centre & Library in Surrey, B.C., Canada, contains over 10,000 genealogical & family history related books and periodicals, microfilmed records, CDs & clipping & card files compiled by the Society, including one of 100,000 entries on past British Columbia residents. #211- 12837 76th Avenue, Surrey, B.C., Canada (76th Avenue and 128th Street). Call 604 - 502 - 9119 Library Administrator: Betty Allen For more information, please call the Library or see the B.C.G.S. website: www.bcgs.ca