Folks, Bryce Stevens kindly gave me permission to share his letter to the Wither's library.  Bryce attended the fest last year, but is unable to be with us this year.  However, his words so aptly describe what the first fest meant to all of us last year, giving you a good indication of the help and hospitality that awaits you this year in Jessamine County. The purchase of the books by the Wither's library is a result of the interest that folks like you have shown in the history of Jessamine County and it's settlers.  We have come a long way toward helping to provide so many resources for future researchers, offering our disks, family trees, books and other records to the Historical Society. Keep'em coming! Till later, Shelia Dear Director, I had the pleasure of attending last year's History Festival in Jessamine County, and of being introduced to your library by Mr. Clyde Bunch.  He has just informed us that your library purchased a five volume set of Fayette County records. I was surprised at how much new family information I discovered at your library last year, using the resources you had previously acquired.  The addition of this new set of books will enhance what was already a thoughtfully assembled collection, and serve as a great convenience to those of us whose ancestors settled in that part of Fayette County which was destined to become Jessamine. I regret that the festival is being held while I am still obliged to be teaching this year, preventing me from re-living a memorable experience --- surely out-did any plain old "family" reunion I'd ever attended!  But I know that I have not finished my work in Jessamine, and look forward to visiting your library again and making use of the new books you have so kindly purchased on behalf of all we who descend from Jessamine stock. With sincere thanks, Bryce Stevens [email protected]