ACHTUNG !!   Donauschwab Meeting in Florida

 
Mark your calendars !!! This is the first time we've tried to meet in Florida....come and join the fun....meet new cousins !!!!!!!!
 
Saturday, October 7, 2006:  This regional  DS meeting  will coincide with Sarasota, Florida's, Oktoberfest.  The meeting will last from 9 AM to 4 PM in the Fruitville Road Library branch which is located 1/4 mile east of I-75  on the south side of the road at  Exit 210.  Participants may come and stay as long, or short, as they wish so they can visit the Oktoberfest  !!  Two speakers will talk briefly around 10 AM about resources to be found on the DVHH website and on heirloom scrapbooking. Volunteers to speak on their specialties or interests are cordially invited to speak.     A roundtable discussion for all villages will follow these presentations so that all attendees can participate in and share research and record-keeping tips.    Please bring your maps, Familienbuchs from your villages, and other research materials for the roundtable discussion.   We want to know what villages you are researching so that we can organize the room by village, if possible.  This will allow cousins to meet cousins !!!! 
 
The meeting room has a small kitchen with refrigerator so we can have some light lunch there.   How much money do you want to spend on dinner??????  Let us know:   we'd like to dine with everyone on Friday and Saturday nights.   There are plenty of churches of every denomination for Sunday.  There is a hotel at Exit 210  west of I-75 called AmericInn and there are hotels at Exit 213, 3 miles north of the Exit 210 exit:  Marriott-Courtyard and Holiday Inn. MAKE YOUR RESERVATIONS EARLY !!!!   These are easy on and off locations.  The Owens will be camping and if you plan on doing so, contact Deborah for campground information.  For those flying in, Sarasota has an airport and the Tampa International airport is about 1 hour 15 minutes north of  I-75 Exit 210.
http://www.oktoberfestsuncoast.com/ 
 DIRECTIONS TO SARASOTA COUNTY FAIRGROUNDS and OKTOBERFEST SUNCOAST 
From the North or South on I-75 to Exit 210 - Fruitville Road/SR780 in Sarasota.  Travel west on Fruitville Road approximately 3.5 miles to Fairgrounds on your left.  3000 Fruitville Road, Sarasota, FL 34237
 
HOPE TO SEE YOU THERE !!!!       Please RSVP:
Fran Matkovich at mjm1021@comcast.net  OR
Deborah Owens at flaowens@verizon.net