----- Original Message ----- From: Connie S. Barries <cbarries@1st.net> To: <OHBELMON-L@rootsweb.com>; <OHMONROE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, September 23, 1999 10:48 PM Subject: Ohio Valley Genealogy Expo (GenExpo99) > 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) > > > > > > > >