Hi Folks, We did have our meeting this morning and I'm sure there were several missing due to the terrible storm we had in this area last night. The old Rt 50 really got hit hard and the intersection of Rt 19 and 98 that goes up to the United Hospital Center. John Hines discussed the workshop on FTM which will be held on the 16th of August at the Caperton Center, West Main Street, Clarksburg, WV. Registration will start at 8:30 and the class will start at 9:00 A.M. to 3:30 P.M. There will be a one hour break for lunch and everyone will be on their own to get their lunch at this workshop. There will be no charge for this workshop. If you think you will be coming please send John Hines an e-mail at jhines@ma.rr.com Darrell also discussed the upcoming trip to Washington, DC on the 7th of October. He has 24 signed up to go and if you want to go please contact him at dew38@msn.com. We need at least 30 people going. Talk to your friends and maybe they might like to go just to do some sightseeing if they are not into genealogy. Diana Johnson also discussed the front of the newsletter and how ragged it was getting. She will be seeing if she can get some students interested in making a new front for it when school starts up again. The picnic will be on the 12th of August at 5:00 P.M. at Lake Floyd which is on RT 50, west of Clarksburg, WV. The society furnishes hot dogs and hamburgers with the rest of us bringing a covered dish and we all have a nice time. The next meeting will be on the 1st of August at 10:00 A.M. on the second floor of the Waldomore, Clarksburg, WV. If you haven't looked at the Clarksburg newspaper you might want to do so and see the damage the storms have done to the Clarksburg Harrison Public Library and all of the books that have been damaged. David did not stay at the meeting this morning as he needed to get back to the library to help with the cleanup. A couple of book brochures were left at the Waldomore since the last meeting and maybe some of you might be interested in them. "Descendants of William S. Richards of Harrison County, West Virginia." There are chapters on the early Richards settlers in Harrison Co, Richards Fort and our Revolutionary ancestors. This book is being published on a subscription basis. For further information contact Edward Richards, 914 Ann Drive, Marshall, MO 65340. (660)886-3123 or e-mail him at Edward Richards richards@cdsinet.net The other brochure was on the "Gibson and Related Familes, 728 pages 1700's -1900's. $35.00 "The Dever and Related Families $40.00 995 pages "The Linder Family" 211 pages $25.00 Contact Penny Linder penlin304@aol.com http://mywebpages.comcast.net/jmlinder609 Phone 304-598-3714 Ruby Casto Membership Chairman of HCGS recasto@iolinc.net