| The Ritchie County Historical Society's 4th annual Genealogy/History Fair will be held Saturday, March 28th, 9:00 a.m. until 2:00 p.m. at the Harrisville Gym.
The gym is located next to the former Harrisville High School and football field. The gym's street address is 950 Helen Street. Access is via turning off RT. 16/Main St. at "the" stop light, onto South Penn Avenue and proceeding around the back of the former school building.
Admission is free.
A concession stand will be available and Door Prizes will be presented. Parking is available between the gym and the former school building and between the gym and the football field.
Eleven vendors will provide a wide variety of genealogy and history books, CDs and maps with an enormous amount of information for a large section of West Virginia and some counties in Ohio. Help with genealogy research will also be available.
Vendors participating this year include genealogists David & Martha Boggs and Jim & Janet Lockhart. Historical societies from Calhoun, Doddridge, Gilmer, Marion, Ritchie, Roane and Wood Counties will be present along with the Hackers Creek Pioneer Descendants, based in Lewis County. A representative of the Staunton-Parkersburg Turnpike Alliance will also be present.
Questions about the event may be forwarded to the Ritchie County Historical Society at: info@ritchiehistoricalsociety.com or contact David or Susan Scott at 304-643-2738 or toll free at 866-363-8416.
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