Opening session:
Power Search with Google (by Sharolyn Swenson)
Banquet:
AI-Assisted Genealogy: The Family History of the Future (by Daniel Horowitz)
Polish track:
■ Poland Birth, Marriage, and Death Records (by Taieno Cook)
■ The FamilySearch Research Wiki as a Guide for Polish Genealogy (by Taieno Cook)
■ How Historic Polish Boundary Changes Affect Genealogical Records (by James L. Tanner)
■ Polish Diaspora Throughout Central Europe (by Tadeusz Piłat)
■ Databases for Polish Genealogy (by Michał Zieliński)
■ Greek Catholics in Poland and Family Research (by Tadeusz Piłat)
■ Minor Nobility & Aristocrats (by Tadeusz Piłat)
■ Polish Military in the Liberation of Italy from the Nazis (by Kathy Kirkpatrick)
■ The Polish Moses, General Wladyslaw Anders (by Kathy Kirkpatrick)
Russian empire / USSR / Baltics track:
■ How to Begin Your Research in Countries of the Former USSR/Russian Empire (by Lina Kuzminskaite)
■ Russian-language Research in the Former Russian Empire/USSR (by Patrick Monson)
■ Update on FamilySearch’s Digitization Efforts in Countries of the Former Russian Empire/USSR (by Patrick Monson)
■ Baltic Research (by Patrick Monson)
■ History of Lithuanian Border Changes and Its Impact on Research (by Lina Kuzminskaite)
■ Displaced Persons from Ukraine and the former USSR/Russian Empire in the 1940s: History and Resources (by Michael Andrec)
■ Working with Archives and Registry Offices in Ukraine and Former Russian Empire: Differences and Limitations (by Alina Khuda)
■ 10 Types of Resources 1800-1945 in Ukrainian, Russian, Belorussian Repositories that Could Be Found Online (by Alina Khuda)
■ Repositories to Kickstart Your Research in Bessarabia and Podol’skaya Guberniya (by Alina Khuda)
■ Records of Soviet Repression (by Dave Obee)
■ Metrical Books and Civil Registration (by Thom Edlund)
■ Revisions Lists & 1897 Census (by Hailey Thompson)
■ Russian Empire / USSR Military Records (by Thom Edlund)
Germans from Russia track:
■ Researching German Colonies in Ukraine: Tips and Tricks (Alina Khuda)
■ Coming Full Circle: To Poland, the Black Sea, and Back (Carolyn Schott)
■ Places of Memory: Mapping Your Family History with Google MyMaps (Sandy Schilling Payne)
■ Leaving Volhynia (Dave Obee)
German track:
■ Confirmation Records and Micro-migration: Why your Ancestor Moved Around and How to Track Him (by Marissa Gardner)
■ Tips and Tricks for Effective Research in Germany (by Marissa Gardner)
■ Finding your Ancestral Hometown on a Map (by Marissa Gardner)
■ Case Study: Tracing Your Immigrant From the U.S. to Germany and Beyond (by Marissa Gardner)
■ Finding Living Relatives of Your Emigrant Ancestors from Germany Today (by Andrea Bentschneider)
■ Your Second Wave Immigrants’ Germany: Microstates and Microbreweries (by James M. Beidler)
■ Research in Pomerania (by Fritz Juengling)
■ German Geography and Jurisdictions (by Fritz Juengling)
■ Searching for Your Elusive Prussian Ancestors (by Stephen Wendt)
■ Good Old-fashioned Research in the Internet Age (by Baerbel Johnson)
■ Using Historical Newspapers to Learn More About Your German Ancestor (by Baerbel Johnson)
■ Registers, Inventories, Abstracts: Using All Iterations of German Church Records (by James M. Beidler)
Austro-Hungarian track:
■ Banat Research Resources & Options (by Eileen Lund-Johnson)
■ Donauschwaben or Danube Swabian Online Presence (by Eileen Lund-Johnson)
■ Beginning Banat Research (by Eileen Lund-Johnson)
■ Eastern European Ancestry in Galicia & Bukovina (by Michelle Tucker Chubenko)
■ Researching Germans in the Czech Republic (by Baerbel Johnson)
■ German Migration into Southeast Europe in the 18th Century (by Baerbel Johnson)
■ Discovering the Records of Eastern European Minority Populations (by James L. Tanner)
■ Historical Events: How they Affect Your German and Austrian Genealogy Research (by Fritz Juengling)
Jewish track:
■ Jewish Given Names - A Deep Dive (by Janette Silverman)
■ Research in Ukraine: Records and Challenges (by Janette Silverman)
■ David Rosenthal Was An Only Child... Or Was He?: (Dis)Proving Family Stories (by Banai L. Feldstein)
■ Understanding Jewish Gravestones (by Banai L. Feldstein)
■ Researching a Shtetl (by Joanne Sher)
General track:
■ Leveraging Social Media for Genealogical Research (by Daniel Horowitz)
■ What is AI and Why do I Care (by Daniel Horowitz)
■ Genealogy in the Digital Era: Strategies for Organizing and Sharing Your Research (by Emma Ruddy)
■ Eastern European Resources in U.S. Archives and Libraries (by Joanne Sher)
■ Using an AI Chatbot to Translate 133 Languages (by James L. Tanner)
■ Werner Hacker’s Welt: Studying the Thousands of Emigration Documents He Uncovered (by James M. Beidler)
DNA track:
■ Four Tools and Some Colors to Crack Your DNA Matches on MyHeritage (by Daniel Horowitz)
■ How to group your DNA matches for effective genetic genealogy (by Heather Evans)
■ Breaking Down your Brick Walls with DNA (by Aimee Haynes)