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2018 Pre-conference workshops will take place on Monday, August 6, and will run for two days. An additional fee is required to attend a workshop.
Conference Schedule by Topic
| Date-Time | Location | Presenter | Pre-Conference Workshops 2018 | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug.6-7, 9:00 AM to 12:00 noon | Heritage | Pohontsch, Milan | German Document Recognition (6 x 1 hr. classes) | Summarization |
| Aug.6-7, 1:30 PM to 4:30 PM | Salt Lake | Edlund, T. and Everett, J. | Cyrillic for Beginners (6 x 1 hr. classes) | Summarization |
| Aug.6-7, 9:00 AM to 12:00 noon | Salt Lake | Sher, Joanne | Finding the Village of Origin (6 x 1 hr. classes, plus hands-on help in the afternoons) | Summarization |
| Aug.6-7, 1:30 PM to 4:30 PM | Heritage | Andrus, Camille | Navigating Internet Resources (6 x 1 hr. classes) | |
| Class Date-Time | Location | Presenter | German Research 2018 | Description |
| Aug.8, 9:45 AM | Heritage | Jacox, Mindy | Germanic Research for Beginners | Summarization |
| Aug.8, 11:00 AM | Heritage | Jacox, Mindy | Spelling Variations in German Given and Place Names | Summarization |
| Aug.8, 4:00 PM | Heritage | Jacox, Mindy | Finding German Places of Origin | Summarization |
| Aug.9, 8:30 AM | Heritage | Maynes, Jilline | German Church Records and Beyond: Deepen your Research Using a Variety of Town Records | Summarization |
| Aug.9, 9:45 AM | Heritage | Maynes, Jilline | German Civil Registration Records | Summarization |
| Aug.9, 2:45 PM | Heritage | Maynes, Jilline | German Census and Ortssippenbücher | Summarization |
| Aug.9, 11:00 AM | Heritage | Johnson, Baerbel | Internet Sources for Locating Your 19th Century German Emigrant | Summarization |
| Aug.9, 1:30 AM | Heritage | Johnson, Baerbel | Records and Resources for German Research on FamilySearch.org | Summarization |
| Aug.10, 8:30 AM | Heritage | Johnson, Baerbel | Avoid Mistakes in German Research | Summarization |
| Aug.10, 9:45 AM | Heritage | Johnson, Baerbel | Using Historical Newspapers to learn more about your German Ancestor | Summarization |
| Aug.8, 1:30 PM | Heritage | Juengling, Fritz | German Geography | Summarization |
| Aug.8, 2:45 PM | Heritage | Juengling, Fritz | Beyond the Obvious Reasons: Practical and Social Decisions for Emigration to America | Summarization |
| Aug.10, 2:45 PM | Heritage | Pohontsch, Milan | History of the Napoleonic Wars & the Change of Borders | Summarization |
| Aug.10, 4:00 PM | Heritage | Pohontsch, Milan | German History and Migration | Summarization |
| Class Date-Time | Location | Presenter | Czech Research 2018 | Description |
| Aug.8, 11:00 AM | Salt Lake | Cooper, Mckenna | Czech Records (part 1) | Summarization |
| Aug.8, 1:30 PM | Salt Lake | Cooper, Mckenna | Czech Records (part 2) | Summarization |
| Class Date-Time | Location | Presenter | Slovak Research 2018 | Description |
| Aug.9, 8:30 AM | Salt Lake | Alzo, Lisa | Researching your Slovak Roots: Over Here and Over There | Summarization |
| Aug.9, 11:00 AM | Cottonwood | Alzo, Lisa | Breaking Down Slovak Genealogy Brickwalls | Summarization |
| Class Date-Time | Location | Presenter | General East European Research 2018 | Description |
| Aug.8, 9:45 AM | Salt Lake | Juengling, Fritz | Austro-Hungarian Empire Geography | Summarization |
| Aug.10, 4:00 PM | Cottonwood | Nagy, Valentyna | Research on the Austro-Hungarian empire's Eastern Provinces: Galicia, Bukowina, Transcarpathia | Summarization |
| Class Date-Time | Location | Presenter | Hungarian Research 2018 | Description |
| Aug.9, 4:00 PM | Heritage | Hale, Kellie Scherbel | Hungarian Geography and Gazetteers | Summarization |
| Aug.10, 11:00 AM | Cottonwood | Hale, Kellie Scherbel | Hungarian Records, Pt. 1: Church Registers | Summarization |
| Aug.10, 1:30 PM | Cottonwood | Hale, Kellie Scherbel | Hungarian Records, Pt. 2: Civil Registration | Summarization |
| Aug.10, 2:45 PM | Cottonwood | Hale, Kellie Scherbel | Online Indexes and other Online Resources for Hungarian Research | Summarization |
| Class Date-Time | Location | Presenter | Polish Research 2018 | Description |
| Aug.9, 1:30 PM | Salt Lake | Kaiser, Taieno | Introduction to Polish Research | Summarization |
| Aug.9, 2:45 PM | Salt Lake | Jones, Daniel | Polish Historical Geography | Summarization |
| Aug.10, 8:30 PM | Salt Lake | Jones, Daniel | Polish Civil Registration | Summarization |
| Aug.9, 4:00 PM | Salt Lake | Edlund, Thom | Reading Polish Records | Summarization |
| Aug.10, 1:30 PM | Salt Lake | Everett, Joe | Searching Polish Web Sites | Summarization |
| Aug.10, 9:45 AM | Salt Lake | Jones, Daniel | Polish Parish Registers | Summarization |
| Aug.10, 11:00 AM | Salt Lake | Edlund, Thom | Reading Polish Parish Records in Latin | Summarization |
| Aug.10, 2:45 PM | Salt Lake | Sher, Joanne | Jewish Records in Poland | Summarization |
| Class Date-Time | Location | Presenter | DNA Research 2018 | Description |
| Aug.9, 9:45 AM | Salt Lake | Woodbury, Paul | Developing a DNA Testing Plan | Summarization |
| Aug.9, 11:00 AM | Salt Lake | Woodbury, Paul | DNA Interpretation | Summarization |
| Aug.9, 1:30 PM | Cottonwood | Woodbury, Paul | DNA Case Studies in Eastern Europe | Summarization |
| Aug.9, 2:45 PM | Cottonwood | Andrus, Camille | Success Stories using DNA | |
| Class Date-Time | Location | Presenter | Russian Research 2018 | Description |
| Aug.8, 9:45 AM | Cottonwood | Edlund, Thom | Introduction to Russian Records | |
| Aug.8, 1:30 PM | Cottonwood | Edlund, Thom | Russian Church Records | |
| Aug.8, 2:45 PM | Cottonwood | Edlund, Thom | Russian Civil Records | |
| Aug.9, 9:45 AM | Cottonwood | Edlund, Thom | Russian Research Case Study | |
| Aug.8, 11:00 AM | Cottonwood | Everett, Joe | Russian Gazetteers and Maps | Summarization |
| Aug.9, 8:30 AM | Cottonwood | Everett, Joe | Russian Online Resources | Summarization |
| Aug.8, 4:00 PM | Cottonwood | Nagy, Valentyna | Ukrainian Research: Archival and Online Resources | Summarization |
| Class Date-Time | Location | Presenter | General Resources 2018 | Description |
| Aug.8, 2:45 PM | Salt Lake | Diane Lungo/Lisa Ratzlaff | How to Research in Another Language | Summarization |
| Aug.10, 8:30 AM | Cottonwood | Everett, Joe | On-Site Research in East European Archives | Summarization |
| Aug.10, 9:45 AM | Cottonwood | Nagy, Valentyna | Hiring a Professional Genealogist in Eastern Europe | Summarization |
| Aug.10, 11:00 AM | Heritage | Sher, Joanne | The Great War: Where to Find WWI Records for U.S., Canada, & Eastern Europe | Summarization |
| Aug.10, 1:30 PM | Heritage | Alzo, Lisa | Writing your Family History Step-by-Step | Summarization |
| Class Date-Time | Location | Presenter | Jewish Research 2018 | Description |
| Aug.8, 4:00 PM | Salt Lake | Sher, Joanne | Basics of Jewish Genealogical Research | Summarization |
| Aug.9, 4:00 PM | Cottonwood | Sher, Joanne | Researching a Shtetl | Summarization |
| Aug.10, 4:00 PM | Salt Lake | Sher, Joanne | Jewish Migration from Eastern Europe | Summarization |