To Genealogical Researcher in the Chippewa Valley: I just thought that I would let everyone know that the Genealogical Research Society of Eau Claire is sponsoring a bus trip to Madison, to the State Historical Society of Wisconsin Library, on the 7 November 1998 (Saturday). The bus will leave Chippewa Falls at 5:00 AM, Eau Claire at 5:15 AM, Osseo at 5:45 AM, and thereafter will stop in Black River Falls. If you would like more information, you can contact me at this email address, or you can call Kathy HERFEL at (715) 926-5205. On the way TO Madison the bus makes a brief stop to grab food/pit stop, for those who are interested. You can bring a sack lunch, take advantage of the numerous restaurants on State Street and the surrounding area, OR just keep researching. The bus will LEAVE Madison at 4:30 PM (when they close the microforms room) and will make a stop for dinner at the Portage exit. This is NOT just for members of the GRS or other local societies. Sponsorship of these trips usually go back and forth between the GRS and the Chippewa County Genealogical Society. If you have never been to the WSHS Library to do genealogical research, you are missing out on an excellent resource. Taking the bus leaves the driving (and parking) to someone else. Coincidently, you're on a bus where EVERYONE talks about genealogy (and doesn't fall asleep; but if you can pass up the opportunity to TALK genealogy, you CAN sleep, if you want to)! Wyn Jonas