SOCIETY FAIR UPDATE

Nancy Pexa, Society Fair Chair, reminds us that this year's Society Fair on
Thursday evening, April 26 from 5:00 until 7:00 is a great opportunity to pick up the
trail of a lost ancestor or discover a crack in one of those brick walls.

Since this year's conference is in Connecticut , we’ll begin with a listing of the
organizations from the host state. Genealogical societies represented are the
Connecticut Society of Genealogists, Inc. ( http://csginc.org/ ), Genealogy Club
of Newtown ( http://www.rootsweb.com/~ctgcnc/ ), Jewish Genealogical
Society of CT ( http://www.bh.org.il/Genealogy/jewgensocs.aspx#Connecticut ),
Middlesex Genealogical Society ( http://mgs.darien.org/ ), and the Naugatuck Valley Genealogy Club ( http://www.nvgcweb.org/ ).

Historical organizations are the Coventry Historical Society ( http://www.coventrycthistoricalsociety.org/ ), Governor Jonathan Trumbull House ( http://www.geocities.com/govtrumbullmuseum/ ), Indian & Colonial Research Center ( http://www.theicrc.org/index.htm ), Oliver Ellsworth Homestead ( http://www.ctdar.org/OEH/index.html ), Windham Textile & History Museum ( http://www.millmuseum.org/ ), and the Windsor Historical Society ( http://www.windsorhistoricalsociety.org/ ).

Also represented will be the Greater Hartford Association of Historic Houses
and Museums, National Society Daughters Colonial Wars ( http://nsdcw.org/ ),
National Society United States Daughters of 1812 ( http://www.usdaughters1812.org/ ), National Society of New England Women ( http://www.newenglandwomen.org/ ),
Women Descendants of the Ancient and Honorable Artillery, and Women Descendants
of the Founders and Patriots of America - Connecticut.

Organizations from Massachusetts are the Falmouth Genealogical Society ( http://www.falgen.org/ ), Jewish Genealogical Society of Greater Boston ( http://home.comcast.net/~jgsgb/ ), Massachusetts Archives ( http://www.sec.state.ma.us/arc/arcidx.htm ), Plymouth Public Library ( http://www.plymouthpubliclibrary.org/ ), and the Southwick Historical Society
http://www.southwickma.org/ )
Representing New York is the Genealogical Society of Rockland County ( http://rocklandgenealogy.org/ ), New City, New York.

In addition, look for the Avery Memorial Association ( http://www.averymemorialassociation.com/ ), The Harriman Family Association ( http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~harrimanfamassoc/ ), Roberts Reunion Association ( http://www.robertsreunion.org/ ), and Welles Family Association ( http://www.wellesfamily.com/ ).

Remember, the Society Fair is open to the general public at no cost so that anyone can "CONNECT" with society representatives, pick up brochures and registration material, or perhaps even make a more permanent connection by joining the group.