Dear Sisson Friends and Cousins, I hope you have seriously considered coming to the 2006 Sisson Gathering in Rochester, New York. And that you are now ready to make your move. I really hope to see you. We'll be meeting mainly on the Friday and Saturday, the 23rd and 24th of June 2006 at the Radisson Hotel, 175 Jefferson Road, Rochester, NY 14623. (Phone: 585-475-1910) Rooms at the Radisson Hotel are available with either two double beds or a kingsize bed, and five persons are allowed per room. To make reservations, please call by or before May 22 for rooms at the special $84 rate. Again, the Radisson's phone is 585-475-1910. Be sure to mention the Sisson Gathering and the special $84 room rate.* *The Radisson has a free shuttle service to and from the Rochester airport (and to any other destination within five miles). Driving directions to the Radisson - Take I-90 to I-390 North, to NY Route 15A North. - Proceed just a few hundred yards, turn left, west, onto Jefferson Road, NY Route 252. - Proceed west about three miles to 175 Jefferson Road, the Radisson's address. - Their large parking lot will appear on your left. If you haven't registered for the Gathering itself yet, please click on http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~dasisson/gathering2006registrationform.htm, print out the form, complete and mail it no later than June 7. Earlier mailing will be greatly appreciated. So far the Gathering agenda includes - "early doings" on Thursday, June 22: the Unadilla Trip to see John and Alcha (Crandall) Sisson's graves and the village where many of their descendants lived. - Friday morning, June 23: a side-trip to the Erie Canal - a report on the Sisson "clans" from Virginia and points north and west - a report on our genealogical research for out Sisson roots in Britain - a report on the Sisson DNA Project which is connecting us to our remotest known ancestors and our living cousins - Malcolm Sissons' report on the background of the Sisson surname - the patterns of migration from the east coast to the interior by Professor Darrell Norris - a discussion of possible sites for the 2008 Sisson Gathering. - displays by Sisson researchers: family trees, old photographs, family Bibles, etc. The registration fee will include the Friday and Saturday lunches and Saturday night's dinner and not-to-be-missed "colloquium"! Yours, David Arne Sisson I really hope to see you. Please come.