This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: bedfordgensociety Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.virginia.counties.amherst/2945/mb.ashx Message Board Post: The annual Bedford Genealogy Fair will be held on Saturday, September 12, 2009 from 9 am - 3 pm at the Bedford Campus of the Central Virginia Community College located at 1633 Venture Blvd., Bedford, VA. This Free-to-All event is hosted for the benefit of genealogists and family historians in the area. It involves 40 vendor and/or family history tables along with lectures each hour. The schedule for the lectures is: 9 am - Maps and Mapping by Ann Blomquist from TN; 10 am - Records at the Bedford County Circuit Court by Karen Glover, Deputy Clerk; 11 am - Records at the Family History Centers of the LDS by Rebecca Richardson, Director of the Family History Center in Lynchburg; 1 pm - Preservation of Old Documents and Pictures by Alicia Sell, Archivist at the Virginia Room, Roanoke Public library; 2 pm - When the Valley Wept: Hunter's Raid and the Battle of Lynchburg by Gregory Starbuck, Executive Director of the Historic Sandusky Foundation. Available all day long will be! free look-ups of family surname information available on the internet. Volunteers will search for your family at Ancestry.com, Rootsweb OneWorld Tree and Heritage Quest. A map on how to reach the fair is found at www.bedfordgensociety.org. For more information or for those wishing to have a vendor/family history table please contact the Bedford Genealogical Society at bedfordgensociety@hotmail.com, LLynch2627@aol.com or 540-297-9237. Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.