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    1. Free Book Fair & History Seminar
    2. Sharon Williams
    3. Everyone is invited to the Ancestral Trails Historical Society's second annual Genealogy & History Book Fair & Sale on Saturday, May 22nd, from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. at the Pritchard Community Center in Elizabethtown, KY. This year's event includes over 50 tables & 5,500 sq. ft. of societies and vendors representing the history of towns, churches, individuals and events from all around the Kentucky area. There is no admission charge and no charge for four free seminars. We have two national speakers who have volunteered to speak: Carrie Eldridge on "Appalachian Trail from 1700 - 1800" and Dr. Lynwood Montell on "Haunted Houses and Family Ghosts of Kentucky". Gary Kempf, Fort Knox historian and author, will give a slide presentation about the many family cemeteries on the Fort Knox Reservation. Richard Briggs, local historian and author, will be presenting "200 Years on the Ohio River". Carolyn Wimp will have three new books available: Hardin County Militia 1863-1875; Nelson County Newspaper Abstracts 1852-1902; and Hardin County Newspaper Abstracts 1909. There will be plenty of free parking and lunch will be available on site. Visit the Ancestral Trails website, www.aths.com , for more information on the book fair and fair vendors, including a map to the Pritchard Community Center.

    05/06/2004 02:50:28