| Monday, August 5 – Tuesday, August 6 |
| Aug 5 |
9:00 AM - NOON |
Heritage |
Pre-conference |
Finding the Village of Origin |
Joanne M. Sher |
| Aug 5 |
9:00 AM - NOON |
Salt Lake |
Pre-conference |
German Document Reading: Bring Your Own |
Milan Pohontsch |
| Aug 5 |
1:30 PM - 4:30 PM |
Salt Lake |
Pre-conference |
Cyrillic Writing and Reading |
Joe Everett, Thom Edlund |
| Aug 5 |
1:30 PM - 4:30 PM |
FHL |
Pre-conference |
Finding the Village of Origin Consultations |
Joanne M. Sher |
| Aug 6 |
9:00 AM - NOON |
Heritage |
Pre-conference |
Finding the Village of Origin |
Joanne M. Sher |
| Aug 6 |
9:00 AM - NOON |
Salt Lake |
Pre-conference |
German Document Reading: Bring Your Own |
Milan Pohontsch |
| Aug 6 |
1:30 PM - 4:30 PM |
Salt Lake |
Pre-conference |
Cyrillic Writing and Reading |
Joe Everett, Thom Edlund |
| Aug 6 |
1:30 PM - 4:30 PM |
FHL |
Pre-conference |
Finding the Village of Origin Consultations |
Joanne M. Sher |
| Aug 6 |
6:00 PM - 7:30 PM |
Aspen |
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Welcome Reception |
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| Wednesday, August 7 |
| Aug 7 |
8:30 PM - 9:30 PM |
Salt Lake |
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Plenary Session |
Prof. Roger Minert |
| Aug 7 |
9:45 AM - 10:45 AM |
Cottonwood |
German |
Identifying the German Hometown |
Kelsee Jackson Walker |
| Aug 7 |
9:45 AM - 10:45 AM |
Heritage |
Polish |
Introduction to Polish Research |
Taieno K. Cook |
| Aug 7 |
9:45 AM - 10:45 AM |
Salt Lake |
Austro-Hungarian |
Austro-Hungarian Empire Geography |
Annette Adams |
| Aug 7 |
11:00 AM - NOON |
Cottonwood |
German |
Meyer's Gazetteer Online, Indexed and Fully Searchable |
Fritz Juengling |
| Aug 7 |
11:00 AM - NOON |
Heritage |
Polish |
Polish Historical Geography |
Daniel Jones |
| Aug 7 |
11:00 AM - NOON |
Salt Lake |
Austro-Hungarian |
Introduction to Czech Research |
Mckenna Cooper |
| Aug 7 |
1:30 PM - 2:30 PM |
Cottonwood |
German |
So You Want to Read German Documents? |
Kelsee Jackson Walker |
| Aug 7 |
1:30 PM - 2:30 PM |
Heritage |
Polish |
Reading Polish Records |
Greg Nelson |
| Aug 7 |
1:30 PM - 2:30 PM |
Salt Lake |
Austro-Hungarian |
Reading Czech Church Records |
Mckenna Cooper |
| Aug 7 |
2:45 PM - 3:45 PM |
Cottonwood |
Russian |
Researching the Germans from Russia |
Dave Obee |
| Aug 7 |
2:45 PM - 3:45 PM |
Heritage |
Polish |
Reading Polish Records in Russian |
Thom Edlund |
| Aug 7 |
2:45 PM - 3:45 PM |
Salt Lake |
Austro-Hungarian |
Germans in the Czech Republic |
Baerbel Johnson |
| Aug 7 |
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM |
Cottonwood |
Russian |
In Search of Home: A Germans from Russia Family Study |
Dave Obee |
| Aug 7 |
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM |
Heritage |
Polish |
Polish Civil Registration |
Daniel Jones |
| Aug 7 |
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM |
Salt Lake |
Austro-Hungarian |
German Migration into Southeastern Europe in the 18th Century |
Baerbel Johnson |
| Thursday, August 8 |
| Aug 8 |
8:30 AM - 9:30 AM |
Cottonwood |
German |
Extracting Information from German Church & Civil Records |
Fritz Juengling |
| Aug 8 |
8:30 AM - 9:30 AM |
Heritage |
Russian |
Introduction to Russian Records |
Thom Edlund |
| Aug 8 |
8:30 AM - 9:30 AM |
Salt Lake |
Austro-Hungarian |
Austrian Church Records: What is Available Online? |
Kelsee Jackson Walker |
| Aug 8 |
9:45 AM - 10:45 AM |
Cottonwood |
German |
Historical Events that Affect German Genealogical Research |
Fritz Juengling |
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| Aug 8 |
9:45 AM - 10:45 AM |
Heritage |
Russian |
Russian Gazetteers & Maps |
Joe Everett |
| Aug 8 |
9:45 AM - 10:45 AM |
Salt Lake |
Austro-Hungarian |
Hungarian Geography & Gazetteers |
Kellie Scherbel Hale |
| Aug 8 |
11:00 AM - NOON |
Cottonwood |
German |
An Important Resource: German Immigrants in American Church Records |
Kelsee Jackson Walker |
| Aug 8 |
11:00 AM - NOON |
Heritage |
Russian |
Russian Church Records |
Thom Edlund |
| Aug 8 |
11:00 AM - NOON |
Salt Lake |
Austro-Hungarian |
Hungarian Records, Part 1: Church Registers |
Kellie Scherbel Hale |
| Aug 8 |
1:30 PM - 2:30 PM |
Cottonwood |
German |
Avoiding Mistakes in German Research |
Baerbel Johnson |
| Aug 8 |
1:30 PM - 2:30 PM |
Heritage |
Russian |
Russian Civil Records |
Thom Edlund |
| Aug 8 |
1:30 PM - 2:30 PM |
Salt Lake |
Austro-Hungarian |
Hungarian Records, Part 2: Civil Registration |
Kellie Scherbel Hale |
| Aug 8 |
2:45 PM - 3:45 PM |
Cottonwood |
German |
Solving Difficult German Emigration Problems |
Baerbel Johnson |
| Aug 8 |
2:45 PM - 3:45 PM |
Heritage |
Russian |
Russian Online Resources |
Joe Everett |
| Aug 8 |
2:45 PM - 3:45 PM |
Salt Lake |
Austro-Hungarian |
Bieda Galicyjska (Galician Misery): A Case Study of Chain Migration |
Daniel Jones |
| Aug 8 |
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM |
Cottonwood |
German |
The Search for Anna Hansen: Using Geography to Find German Records |
Daniel Jones |
| Aug 8 |
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM |
Salt Lake |
Jewish |
Basics of Jewish Genealogical Research |
Joanne M. Sher |
| Aug 8 |
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM |
Heritage |
Russian |
Russian Case Study |
Thom Edlund |
| Friday, August 9 |
| Aug 9 |
8:30 AM - 9:30 AM |
Salt Lake |
Austro-Hungarian |
Sources in Eastern Galicia: Archival Research |
Valentyna Nagy |
| Aug 9 |
8:30 AM - 9:30 AM |
Heritage |
Polish |
Polish Parish Records |
Daniel Jones |
| Aug 9 |
8:30 AM - 9:30 AM |
Cottonwood |
Baltics |
Baltics Research |
Greg Nelson |
| Aug 9 |
9:45 AM - 10:45 AM |
Salt Lake |
Austro-Hungarian |
Sources in Eastern Galicia: Online Research |
Valentyna Nagy |
| Aug 9 |
9:45 AM - 10:45 AM |
Heritage |
Polish |
Searching the Polish State Archives Website |
Taieno K. Cook |
| Aug 9 |
9:45 AM - 10:45 AM |
Cottonwood |
Baltics |
Introduction to Lithuanian Genealogy Research |
Angela Sinickas |
| Aug 9 |
11:00 AM - NOON |
Salt Lake |
German |
Understanding the Past |
Milan Pohontsch |
| Aug 9 |
11:00 AM - NOON |
Heritage |
Polish/Jewish |
Jewish Records of Poland |
Joanne M. Sher |
| Aug 9 |
11:00 AM - NOON |
Cottonwood |
Baltics |
Lithuanian Records & Resources |
Angela Sinickas |
| Aug 9 |
1:30 PM - 2:30 PM |
Heritage |
DNA |
An Introduction to DNA & Genealogy |
Camille Andrus |
| Aug 9 |
1:30 PM - 2:30 PM |
Salt Lake |
Resources |
On-Site Research in East European Archives |
Joe Everett |
| Aug 9 |
1:30 PM - 2:30 PM |
Cottonwood |
Baltic/Jewish |
Litvak Research: Searching for your Lithuanian Jewish Ancestors |
Joanne M. Sher |
| Aug 9 |
2:45 PM - 3:45 PM |
Heritage |
DNA |
I've Tested My DNA. Now What? |
Daniel Jones |
| Aug 9 |
2:45 PM - 3:45 PM |
Salt Lake |
German |
Online Resources for Research in Today's Germany |
Baerbel Johnson |
| Aug 9 |
2:45 PM - 3:45 PM |
Cottonwood |
Jewish |
Jewish Genealogical Research: Beyond the Basics |
Joanne M. Sher |
| Aug 9 |
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM |
Heritage |
DNA |
Finding Family with DNA |
Dave Obee |
| Aug 9 |
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM |
Salt Lake |
Austro-Hungarian |
Online Indexes & Other Online Resources for Hungary |
Kellie Scherbel Hale |
| Aug 9 |
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM |
Cottonwood |
DNA |
Finding Female Ancestors |
Joanne M. Sher |
| Aug 9 |
6:15 PM - 8:15 PM |
Aspen |
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Closing Banquet. Topic: The Most Wonderful Time (to Research your Eastern European Ancestors) |
Dave Obee |
