GenFest is just a week away! Mike and I are looking forward to meeting those of you who are coming to GenFest and hope you'll find it all worthwhile. Just a few notes to bring you up to date: The GenFest Mixer is at MCL, Friday the 10th, 6 - 8:30 PM. Come feed your face, meet attendees, Partners and Marketplace exhibitors. Our room at MCL is a gift from Sybil Montgomery, Ph.D of Philly. http://www.munpl.org/genfest/mixer.htm We have a ton of really nice door prizes that generous friends and participants have donated. You'll get to register for those when you register at the Local History & Genealogy Center all day Friday or at the GenFest Mixer at MCL on Friday evening, or at Carnegie on Saturday. You don't have to be present to win...I'll draw names throughout the day and post them at the Local History and Genealogy Center. If you're a winner, you can claim your door prize there. http://www.munpl.org/genfest/doorprize.htm Due to illness, we've had a couple of exhibitors say they might not make it. I'm still keeping my fingers crossed on those and have left them on the list just in case. Please visit our Genealogy Marketplace page to see who all will be here. I think you'll be pleased: http://www.munpl.org/genfest/presenters.htm Mark Davis will be available only during the morning hours. If you're interested in seeing him, plan for that. Also visit our Partners page to help plan the rest of your day or to plan visits before and after GenFest. Know that some Partners are putting together special programs that will be available for a limited time period. Others are always available to you. http://www.munpl.org/genfest/genfestpartners.htm John Straw, Archives & Special Collections Research Center at Ball State's Bracken Library is doing a general presentation about genealogical research in the Archives, combined with information on the Digital Library Initiative and the east-central Indiana Civil War materials currently being digitized. One presentation will be Friday morning and one Saturday afternoon. It promises to be very informative. Don't forget to visit the Delaware County Historical Society. They have some great resources there, including some extensive family files. Friends of Beech Grove will be helping out at Beech Grove Cemetery. Members of Ancestor Hunters will be helping to staff both the Delaware County Historical Society, the Local History & Genealogy Center and The Genealogy Marketplace at Carnegie. I can't say enough good things about both groups. The only bad thing about GenFest is that I'll be too busy to go see all we've lined up for you. *sniff* Can't wait to meet you! Shirley Pearson GenFest Coordinator http://www.munpl.org/genfest/genfest2005.htm