2019 Conference Schedule by Topic
| Date | Time | Location | Track | Workshop / Session / Activity | Presenter | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Austro-Hungarian | ||||||
| Aug 7 | 9:45 AM - 10:45 AM | Salt Lake | Austro-Hungarian | Austro-Hungarian Empire Geography | Annette Adams | |
| Aug 7 | 11:00 AM - NOON | Salt Lake | Austro-Hungarian | Introduction to Czech Research | Mckenna Cooper | |
| 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 | Salt Lake | Austro-Hungarian | Germans in the Czech Republic | Baerbel Johnson | |
| Aug 7 | 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM | Salt Lake | Austro-Hungarian | German Migration into Southeastern Europe in the 18th Century | Baerbel Johnson | |
| 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 | Salt Lake | Austro-Hungarian | Hungarian Geography & Gazetteers | Kellie Scherbel Hale | |
| 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 | Salt Lake | Austro-Hungarian | Hungarian Records, Part 2: Civil Registration | Kellie Scherbel Hale | |
| 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 9 | 8:30 AM - 9:30 AM | Salt Lake | Austro-Hungarian | Sources in Eastern Galicia: Archival Research | Valentyna Nagy | |
| Aug 9 | 9:45 AM - 10:45 AM | Salt Lake | Austro-Hungarian | Sources in Eastern Galicia: Online Research | Valentyna Nagy | |
| Aug 9 | 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM | Salt Lake | Austro-Hungarian | Online Indexes & Other Online Resources for Hungary | Kellie Scherbel Hale | |
| Baltics | ||||||
| Aug 9 | 8:30 AM - 9:30 AM | Cottonwood | Baltics | Baltics Research | Greg Nelson | |
| Aug 9 | 9:45 AM - 10:45 AM | Cottonwood | Baltics | Introduction to Lithuanian Genealogy Research | Angela Sinickas | |
| Aug 9 | 11:00 AM - NOON | Cottonwood | Baltics | Lithuanian Records & Resources | Angela Sinickas | |
| Aug 9 | 1:30 PM - 2:30 PM | Cottonwood | Baltic/Jewish | Litvak Research: Searching for your Lithuanian Jewish Ancestors | Joanne M. Sher | |
| DNA | ||||||
| Aug 9 | 1:30 PM - 2:30 PM | Heritage | DNA | An Introduction to DNA & Genealogy | Camille Andrus | |
| Aug 9 | 2:45 PM - 3:45 PM | Heritage | DNA | I've Tested My DNA. Now What? | Daniel Jones | |
| Aug 9 | 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM | Heritage | DNA | Finding Family with DNA | Dave Obee | |
| German | ||||||
| Aug 7 | 9:45 AM - 10:45 AM | Cottonwood | German | Identifying the German Hometown | Kelsee Jackson Walker | |
| Aug 7 | 11:00 AM - NOON | Cottonwood | German | Meyer's Gazetteer Online, Indexed and Fully Searchable | Fritz Juengling | |
| Aug 7 | 1:30 PM - 2:30 PM | Cottonwood | German | So You Want to Read German Documents? | Kelsee Jackson Walker | |
| Aug 8 | 8:30 AM - 9:30 AM | Cottonwood | German | Extracting Information from German Church & Civil Records | Fritz Juengling | |
| Aug 8 | 9:45 AM - 10:45 AM | Cottonwood | German | Historical Events that Affect German Genealogical Research | Fritz Juengling | |
| Aug 8 | 11:00 AM - NOON | Cottonwood | German | An Important Resource: German Immigrants in American Church Records | Kelsee Jackson Walker | |
| Aug 8 | 1:30 PM - 2:30 PM | Cottonwood | German | Avoiding Mistakes in German Research | Baerbel Johnson | |
| Aug 8 | 2:45 PM - 3:45 PM | Cottonwood | German | Solving Difficult German Emigration Problems | Baerbel Johnson | |
| Aug 8 | 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM | Cottonwood | German | The Search for Anna Hansen: Using Geography to Find German Records | Daniel Jones | |
| Aug 9 | 11:00 AM - NOON | Cottonwood | German | Understanding the Past |
Milan Pohontsch |
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| Aug 9 | 2:45 PM - 3:45 PM | Salt Lake | German | Online Resources for Research in Today's Germany | Baerbel Johnson | |
| Jewish | ||||||
| Aug 8 | 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM | Salt Lake | Jewish | Basics of Jewish Genealogical Research | Joanne M. Sher | |
| Aug 9 | 2:45 PM - 3:45 PM | Salt Lake | Jewish | Jewish Genealogical Research: Beyond the Basics | Joanne M. Sher | |
| Polish | ||||||
| Aug 7 | 9:45 AM - 10:45 AM | Heritage | Polish | Introduction to Polish Research | Taieno K. Cook | |
| Aug 7 | 11:00 AM - NOON | Heritage | Polish | Polish Historical Geography | Daniel Jones | |
| Aug 7 | 1:30 PM - 2:30 PM | Heritage | Polish | Reading Polish Records | Greg Nelson | |
| Aug 7 | 2:45 PM - 3:45 PM | Heritage | Polish | Reading Polish Records in Russian | Thom Edlund | |
| Aug 7 | 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM | Heritage | Polish | Polish Civil Registration | Daniel Jones | |
| Aug 9 | 8:30 AM - 9:30 AM | Heritage | Polish | Polish Parish Records | Daniel Jones | |
| Aug 9 | 9:45 AM - 10:45 AM | Heritage | Polish | Searching the Polish State Archives Website | Taineo K. Cook | |
| Aug 9 | 11:00 AM - NOON | Heritage | Polish/Jewish | Jewish Records of Poland | Joanne M. Sher | |
| Pre-conference Workshops | ||||||
| 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 | FHL | Pre-conference | Finding the Village of Origin Consultations | Joanne M. Sher | |
| Aug 5 | 1:30 PM - 4:30 PM | Salt Lake | Pre-conference | Cyrillic Writing and Reading | Joe Everett, Thom Edlund | |
| 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 | FHL | Pre-conference | Finding the Village of Origin Consultations | Joanne M. Sher | |
| Aug 6 | 1:30 PM - 4:30 PM | Salt Lake | Pre-conference | Cyrillic Writing and Reading | Joe Everett, Thom Edlund | |
| Resources | ||||||
| Aug 9 | 1:30 PM - 2:30 PM | Salt Lake | Resources | On-Site Research in East European Archives | Joe Everett | |
| Aug 9 | 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM | Cottonwood | Resources | Finding Female Ancestors | Joanne M. Sher | |
| Russian | ||||||
| Aug 7 | 2:45 PM - 3:45 PM | Cottonwood | Russian | Researching the Germans from Russia | Dave Obee | |
| Aug 7 | 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM | Cottonwood | Russian | In Search of Home: A Germans from Russia Family Study | Dave Obee | |
| Aug 8 | 8:30 AM - 9:30 AM | Heritage | Russian | Introduction to Russian Records | Thom Edlund | |
| Aug 8 | 9:45 AM - 10:45 AM | Heritage | Russian | Russian Gazetteers & Maps | Joe Everett | |
| Aug 8 | 11:00 AM - NOON | Heritage | Russian | Russian Church Records | Thom Edlund | |
| Aug 8 | 1:30 PM - 2:30 PM | Heritage | Russian | Russian Civil Records | Thom Edlund | |
| Aug 8 | 2:45 PM - 3:45 PM | Heritage | Russian | Russian Online Resources | Joe Everett | |
| Aug 8 | 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM | Heritage | Russian | Russian Case Study | Thom Edlund | |
| Miscellaneous | ||||||
| Aug 6 | 6:00 PM - 7:30 PM | Aspen | Welcome Reception | |||
| Aug 7 | 8:30 PM - 9:30 PM | Salt Lake | Plenary Session | Prof. Roger Minert | ||
| Aug 9 | 6:15 PM - 8:15 PM | Aspen | Closing Banquet. Topic: The Most Wonderful Time (to Research Your Eastern European Ancestors) | Dave Obee | ||