This is a reposting of the GenExpo information. ----- Original Message ----- From: Connie S. Barries <cbarries@1st.net> To: Martha Johnson <ab775@seorf.Ohiou.Edu>; <OHMONROE-L@rootsweb.com>; <OHBELMON-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, September 17, 1999 8:45 PM Subject: Re: [OHMONROE-L] Gen-Expo > 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 > > > > >