Hello All, FINALLY the sun is shining in Indiana and I see that it is the same for most of the West, but those who live in the East might have to wait another day or two. Sunshine and warmer weather (and Wayne!) begin to remind me that we are getting close to ListFest time! It's time to roll out the Darke County ListFest planning list and begin in earnest to put together this year's gathering! We have our place: Shawnee Prairie Preserve in Greenville on St. Rt. 502. We have our date and time: June 19, 2004; 10:00am-5:00pm Further information on the website: http://www.dcoweb.org/listfest/listfest.htm NOW, all we need our participants - and hopefully, THAT'S YOU! For those of you who have come before, COME BACK! We would love to see you again! For those of you who have not come in the past, it's a great time to actually meet the people who you have already gotten to know by e-mail. If things go as they have in the past, there will also be those in attendance who don't have a list connection but do have an interest in Darke County and surrounding area genealogy. Who knows what gems of family information you might find out from them! Last year we had three members of the Board of Directors of the Brethren Heritage Center in Brookville, Ohio. We were most pleased to have them and hope they will join us again this year and perhaps bring other members who might have an interest in Darke County. If your ancestors are from Darke Co. but you have never been in the area, such a pleasant surprise awaits you! The research facilities are great, the people of Darke Co. extremely friendly and helpful, and the ability to look upon the land that your ancestors walked is a tremendously uplifting experience! So, with this message, the ListFest planning list if officially opened for the 2004 ListFest. If you are not on that list and wish to have an inside track on what's going on, send me a message at jetorres@indiana.edu and I'll subscribe you. If anyone would like to tell the group about any of their ListFest experiences in past years, I would certainly enjoy hearing it from the participant's perspective! We are hoping to see you in June, --Jane and Wayne and the darke-oh@indiana.edu List Members