This is a follow-up to the e-mails concerning the Ohio Valley Genealogy Expo (GenExpo99). Saturday, October 16, 1999 at Belmont Technical College. If you missed the earlier e-mails or need that information or registration and workshop brochure, e-mail me at cbarries@1st.net . The following vendors for GenExpo99 were confirmed at tonight's CTGS meeting. There are about 50 vendors as of today. The largest of these vendors will be: Ancestry, Closson Press, Heritage Books, Heritage Quest, and Willow Bend / Family Line Publications. There will be many OGS Chapters as well others chapters from the area. Wes Cochran will have 10 tables with most of his publications. There will be a wide variety of genealogy products, books from the genealogy chapters, and if you know of Wes Cochran's genealogy publications you will be able to purchase many of his publications as well. For those of you who may need travel information: Location and Directions: >From the East: Take I-70 West to Exit #213 (Rt. 331), then turn right & take Route 331 North 50 feet to the entrance of Belmont Technical College. >From the West: Take I-70 East to Exit#213 (Rt. 331), then take Route 331 North about a 1/4 mile to the entrance of the Belmont Technical College. Parking Area: Expo parking is located on the east side of the main building in the areas indicated. Exhibits: The vendor and society exhibits will be open on Saturday morning at 9:00 am and will remain open until 4:00 pm (the last workshop begins at 4:00 pm). The lunch break will be from 11:30 am to 1:00 pm. It will be the option of the exhibitors to remain open during this time. Please feel free to visit all of the exhibits: there is no charge for browsing! Motel Accommodations: For those attending the Expo who may need overnight accommodations, the following motels are located in the St. Clairsville area. Due to other events that are taking place on the same weekend, it would be wise to reserve your room early! All of these are within a short drive of the Expo site: Days Inn West (740) 695-0100 Hampton Inn (740) 695-3961 Knights Inn (740) 695-5038 Microtel Inn (740) 699-0843 Red Roof Inn (740) 695-4057 Super 8 Motel (740) 695-1994 Holiday Inn Express (740) 699-0010 Hillside Motel (740) 635-9111 Plaza Motel (740) 695-3378 Sunset Motel (740) 782-1130 Twin Pines Motel (740) 695-3720 Arrowhead Motel (740) 782-1091 There are probably toll-free numbers for the larger hotel and motels, and I will call the smaller ones to see what there toll-free numbers are and post them shortly. For those of you who will be attending, we will set up a live Chat Room Area in the Cafeteria where we can gather to talk to each other face to face! Let me know for sure if you are coming so we can compile a list of who should be there. There will one more e-mail with Workshop Speaker Information. CTGS is in the process of constructing its new Web site for those of you who have asked. It may not be ready before this year's Expo, but you will be able to find the information for GenExpo 2000 when it is up and running! We welcome you and hope to see many of you at GenExpo 99. Thank You, Connie Barries Staff, Cumberland Trail Genealogical Society (CTGS)