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Subject: [INHAMILT] GenFest 2007
Date: Tue, 20 Feb 2007 18:49:21 -0000


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Marion Public Library is pleased to announce that GenFest 2007 will be held in Marion on June 8 and 9, 2007. GenFest originated at a picnic for genealogists in Delaware County about four years ago as a way for people to devote a couple of days to genealogy and to share knowledge. In 2005 the event expanded to a regional event at the Muncie Public Library. Organizations from surrounding counties were invited to share their resources during the two day event. Anderson Public Library was the site for GenFest in 2006.

An old-fashioned barbecue will kick-off GenFest 2007 on Friday, June 8. The Company Singers, a Civil War period vocal group from Huntington, will perform on the Jay House lawn beginning at 6:30 p.m. The Indiana Room at the library will be open until 8 p.m. to accommodate researchers.

The Indiana Room will reopen on Saturday, June 9 at 9 a.m. Both the library and the Carnegie Building will serve as an exhibitors' mall for both genealogy organizations and vendors to sell their wares. Shirley Fields who heads up the marriage records indexing project for the Indiana Genealogical Society will give morning and afternoon demonstrations of that project in the computer lab. A shuttle bus will be available at posted times to take researchers to visit Grant Memorial Park and The Historic Estates of Serenity cemeteries. Door prizes will be awarded throughout the day. A food vendor will be on site for researchers to purchase lunch.

All events are free except for the purchase of food. People from eleven states have registered to attend GenFest 2007. Registration forms are available in the Indiana Room at the Marion Public Library as well as on the library website: www.marion.lib.in.us/genfest/genfest07.htm. Please call Rhonda Stoffer at 765.668.2900 extension 153 or email for further information.



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