FYI, BCGS Vice President, Jennie Amrhein, has some excellent speakers scheduled in the next few months at the BCGS; Members and Nonmembers welcome, no charge for admission, refreshments after the meeting, (I promise I will warn everyone if I made the coffee, I hope to find someone else to do this) if you have never been to the BCGS, arrive early and take a look at the wonderful research material available. I think all of these sound particularly interesting, and as you know, using DNA for genealogy research is a fairly recent innovation and we are very fortunate Jennie was able to get this speaker. March 20 speaker Charles Doutt Reinactor for the Second U.S. Calvary "A Look at the Calvary During the Civil War" Mr. Doutt will be dressed in civil war clothes. April 17, speaker Commonwealth speaker, Bonnie Kyofski. Ph.D., Professor of Education, Mansfield University. "Folklore of Pennsylvania's North Country" traveling the North Woods Country of PA., you can taste Polish cooking, savor Italian gardens, hear Slovak folk tales, share in African American lore of freedom, and hear the echoes of Germania's oompah bands. Bonnie explores the songs and folk stories of the North Country. May* Mr. Richard Hite, Assistant State Archivist at Ohio Historical Society Topic: Using the Y. Chromosomes in DNA Testing for Genealogical Research. Mr. Hite has also authored "The Hite Connections in South Central Pennsylvania" Descendants of Christopher and Margaret Hite of Bedford County and Conrad and Maria Hite of Somerset County. 1759-1999. * I don't have the exact date right now, but I will let you all know ASAP. Annie Whiteman PABlair Rootsweb List Administrator Annie Whiteman/Steve Patz Blair County Coordinators http://www.rootsweb.com/~pablair