Correction the date for Gene Fest 2005 is June 4th, at the Gallia County Genealogical Society building at 412 Second Avenue, Gallipolis, Ohio. Cheryl Enyart Chairman for Gene Fest 2005 "Marjorie L. Gilliam Wood" <woodchuck@eurekanet.com> wrote:I just wanted to let everyone know about the great time Mary Lee, Alice and I had at the Seminar in Ashland, Ky. Everyone should try to attend as many seminars like this as possible. It was a great day! The main speaker James Jeffery gave us some great information about compiling family histories, finding sources, what to find in records you may not have thought of searching and searching through old records you may have just laying around. I had a small notebook and it is half full of notes along with the papers passed out. Karen Nance a Historical Preservationist had a very informative talk on Slavery & Agriculture in the Ohio Valley and Sheri Pettit, Genealogy Specialist at the Boyd Co. Library gave us insight to the 1918 Flu Epidemic that was a world wide event not something that was locally. ( I just want to apologize to Sheri for missing the last part of her talk) Mr. Jeffery and I had a great discussion on the importance of Gallia County to neighboring states like WV & Kentucky, he gave me some insight as to why my Logan Co., Ky family and my husband's Wayne Co. family probably chose Gallia County as a place to come after leaving the coal mines and farms of WV. He was in awe of all the records, family histories, etc that the Gallia County Historical & Genealogical Society has to offer the public for researching. He thought that Washington Co. to be the closest research library besides Boyd Co. Kentucky to have so much information available. We also discussed why we as a society need to preserve much more than just birth, death, marriage census records and the need to educate the public on researching. He was helpful some ideas for "Gene Fest" in June which we invited many people to attend. I also found people that have connections to Gallia County which we are planning to help and have invited them to the society office to research. There is so much more that can be found in records that many of us have never thought of researching, like sheriff & jail records, dog warden's records, tax records, state, county, children & old people homes and city directories. There is a wealth of information to be gleamed from many other forms of records Ye Olde Genealogy Shoppe was also there and the three of us bought many publication. We also got ideas for some new publications for our society to publish. It was just a great day and I wish everyone that is local could have attend but I hope you can plan to attend our "Gene Fest" June 8. For people like me that cannot attend a weekend conference this is great and I would hope to see more of our surrounding counties plan workshops like today's. I also want to Thank Sheri Pettit for her hard work in putting today's seminar together. (Sheri, please send me your email, I can't seem to find it in my address book, thanks) Marjorie ==== OHGALLIA Mailing List ==== Please remember that your topic must relate to genealogical research in Gallia County, Ohio. Be Well, Do Good Work , Keep In Touch --------------------------------- Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Small Business - Try our new resources site!