What a beautiful drive it must have been for Jim Cottrill to come down from Pittsburg, Pa. No rain and the sun was shining. We always appreciate his visits. There were 13 in attendance at the meeting this morning and there was quite a bit of discussion on the workshop which was held on the 17th of May and what a good job Patricia Dennison did with getting speakers and having an interesting workshop. We all gave her a round of applause. Darrell also read a thank you note that he had received about the workshop. David Houchin, the librarian, welcomes members to come in and look at the book catalogs and give a recommendation for some books to buy. The trip to Washington, DC will be on Tuesday, October 7th and is beginning to fill up rather nicely for this early. There are about 20 pre-registered. Since we do not have family memberships anymore if a member wants to take his/her spouse or children they can go at the same price of the member $25.00. Non members will be $30.00. The bus will hold 47 so there is still room for more. West Virginia Day is the 20th of June and David would like to have someone to volunteer to work that day. John Hines & Dave Heise have volunteered to hold another workshop on the how to's of using Family Tree Maker. Patricia Dennison is going to see about getting the Caperton Center again. It would be on a Saturday and if you think you might be interested please let John know at jhines@ma.rr.com. No date has been set yet but we should know by the next meeting. Speaking of the next meeting due to meeting day being the 4th of July the meeting will not be held until the next Friday, July 11th. Don't forget to mark your calendar for the annual picnic which will be held at Lake Floyd on Tuesday, August 12th at 5:30 P.M. Many thanks to Jerry & Bill for getting this very nice place to hold our picnic. Roslyn Queen Alonso, past director of the Italian Heritage Festival, said she would try to get us a table during the Festival to sell our Harrison County Heritage books if anyone is willing to volunteer to work the table. This is Labor Day weekend and we still have several books that we need to sell. Let us know if you think you would be available to work a couple of hours or so. We also have the 1930 Elk $5.00 and Tenmile $9.00 District Census books for sale. Want to wish everyone a nice weekend. Ruby Casto Membership Chairman for HCGS [This E-mail scanned for viruses by Declude Virus]

> The trip to Washington, DC will be on Tuesday, October 7th and is > beginning to fill up rather nicely for this early. Ruby, I guess I have not seen the information on the trip to DC. I assume there will be more information on it in the next newsletter? Which buildings will you be going to in DC? Perhaps I can meet the group there that day, do some research, and put some faces with names. Christine Emond