Martha and OHBelmont and OHMonroe, You may bring files to the Expo if you choose to, a briefcase would be alright or a bookbag that you can carry between classes. This is to let you know what will happening at GenExpo 99 (Ohio Valley Genealogy Expo). Saturday, October 16, 1999. This our 3rd Annual Expo. You may e-mail the following for a brochure and registration form: KConley100@aol.com or sbenson@1st.net or CTGS@aol.com . You may also write to: CTGS--GenExpo99, P. O. Box 576, St. Clairsville, Ohio, 43950-0576. It is held at Belmont Technical College with Workshops and Vendors, Societies, and Chapters in Horizon Hall. This is some of the information from the brochure: "Preserving Our Heritage" 9:00am--Workshops: 1. Lost on your way back to Pennsylvania? Jean Morris 2. Using Passenger Lists in Your Genealogical Research Elissa Powell 3. West Virginia Vital Records Joy Gilchrist Stalnaker 4. Using Social Security Records in your Genealogical Research Diana Smith 5. Introductory Genealogy: A Class for Beginners Sandy Day 10:30 am--Workshops: 6. Ohio Vital Records: Where they are and What is available Louise Jones 7. Orgainizing your Research Diana Smith 8. The Civil War in West Virginia Joy Gilchrist Stalnaker 9. Frontier Forts of Pennsylvania, Virginia, and Ohio Jean Morris 10. Finding the Women in Your Pedigree Leland Meitzler 11:30am--1:00pm: LUNCH BREAK---(Food is available at Belmont Technical College Cafeteria and at nearby Exits on I-70. There are about 48 different restaurants. You may win you meal from the door prizes! 1:00pm--Workshops: 11. Using Newspaper Records in Genealogical Research Diana Smith 12. Pennsylvania Vital Records Marilyn Holt 13. Intermediate Genealogy: Finding Alternative Resources Sandy Day 14. Messages from the Grave: Listening to your Ancestor's Tombstone Inscriptions Elissa Powell 15. Using Census Records in Genealogical Research Ken Poling 2:30pm--Workshops: 16. Locating & Using Civil War Pension Records Diana Smith 17. Archival Collections of the Ohio Historical Society Louise Jones 18. Storytelling: Some Interesting Stories About the Early Pioneers of the Ohio Valley Joy Gilchrist Stalnaker 19. Pennsylvania Military History Jean Morris 20. Using the Computer as a Genealogical Tool Leland Meitzler 4:00pm--Workshops: 21. How to do Tombstone Rubbings Barb Howison 22. The Civil War in Eastern Ohio Bud Fry 23. Using the LDS Family History Center as a Resource Cindy Stock 24. Understanding Bounty Lands Ken Poling 25. Understanding and Using the Ohio GenWeb Project Bernice Wilson Registration Fees: $20.00 Advance Registration Fee (Received on or before Sept. 30, 1999 (Save $5.00) $25.00 Standard Registration Fee (Received after Sept. 30, 1999 or paid at the door) Fees are required for workshops only..............Browsing is both Free and Welcome *************AN IMPORTANT NOTE************************************************* Some of the Workshops will fill up faster than others. To make certain you can get into the workshops you really want, it is best to register as soon as possible!!! You will get the registration form attached to the brochure when you send for it. You will have a block into which you fill the numbers of your choices and we put you in your classes confirming your place in that class. You may still get in the class the day of the Expo, unless it is filled to capacity. So if there is something you really would like to take, I would suggest registering early if possible. There will be over 100 tables with various Genealogical Societies, Chapters, various vendors including Ancestry and Wes Cochran! The Belmont Technical College is fully handicapped accessable. There are many hotels and motels within a short distance of the Expo as well as the restaurants and the Ohio Valley Mall and Plaza's East and West, so there are also plenty of places to shop! Door prizes will be given away all during the day! Cumberland Trail Genealogical Society Welcomes You and Hopes to See You There! Connie Barries GenExpo Staff Member CTGS (Cumberland Trail Genealogical Society) ----- Original Message ----- From: Martha Johnson <ab775@seorf.Ohiou.Edu> To: <OHMONROE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, September 17, 1999 12:40 PM Subject: [OHMONROE-L] Gen-Expo > I had not thought about taking fifles to this meeting. Will there be > occasions that they are needed? > > I've never been there before. What suggestions do you who have attended > have for a newbie? > > Martha > >