Hi Ruby, We just wanting to check to see if HCGS has anyone wanting to participate in the Genealogy Fair on October 19 at the Sistersville German Festival for the society or as an individual? I am hoping to finalize my floor plan as soon as possible. We have only five tables remaining that we can set up and have 25 in use to date. If anyone is interested in attending as an individual and would like to have a table for their person family history, I need to hear from them . Also it would be possible to an individual wishing to have a table to man the HCGS table also as they could be set up side by side. Just as a reminder, a person does NOT have to be of German descent to participate. Thanks, Betty ----- Original Message ----- From: "RECasto" <recasto@iolinc.net> To: <HCGS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, October 04, 2002 2:57 PM Subject: [HCGS] MEETING > It was a beautiful fall morning here in Clarksburg, WV without any rain > and we had 15 in attendance at our meeting. > > Jim Cottrill and his wife had a nice drive down from Pittsburgh, Pa and > he brought us all a map of WV with the counties marked with the West > Virginia Fall Extravanganza for sight seeing the beautiful fall season we > have here in WV. This is on the front page: > JUST FOR FUN: > They say that West Virginia is > Of all the North the southest, > Of all the South the farthest north, > (It twists your tongue to mouth it) > Of all the East the farthest west, > The eastest of the westest; > But others say that of the best > It is the very bestest..... > Just for fun, Louise McNeill Pease, WV Poet Laureate > > Now back to the meeting, it was also good to have for the first time one > of our lifetime members, Barbara Harvey and also a visitor John Preston. > > We have received the 2nd Volume of the Duvall book and the 3rd Volume > should be in before to long. > Lu McDougal stopped in and gave us a book "The Diary of Walter Fields > McWhorter, 1865. > > Patricia Dennison gave the following report on the workshop which we are > planning for the 17th of May 2003. The location is still to be decided and > she has heard from a couple of tentative speakers. We would like for this > to be a genealogy workshop along with speakers of an ethnic background from > this area. The next planning meeting will be held at the Waldomore, > Clarksburg, WV. 10:00 A.M. on the 26th of October. More people are needed > to help if this workshop is to be a success. > > Darrell Waugh, president told of a book to be published on Guardian, WV > which is in Webster County. He said the Post Office was Guardian but the > name of the town was Removal. We will purchase this book. > > We also had a discussion on the Christmas Dinner. He had contacted > Ryan's Restaurant and we can get a room there on Tuesday, Wednesday or > Thursday evenings only. U.S. Steak Buffet does not have a room available > anymore. The Parkette Restaurant last year was not big enough. We had 23 > in attendance and the room was very small. We all left it up to Darrell to > make the decision and so he is to send us an e-mail telling us where the > Christmas dinner will be. BEFORE MARCH DARRELL. > > Jim Cottrill of Pittsburgh, Pa brought in two boxes of magazines and > books for the society. I noticed there were Family Tree Maker Magazines, > Genealogy newsletters of Pittsburgh and also Time Life Book on the Civil > War. Thanks Jim. He also gave some of us CD's. > > Patricia Dennison has volunteered to put our meetings in the local paper > in the Calendar of Events. > > The meeting was adjourned. > > Ruby Casto > Membership Chairman of HCGS > > > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 >