Conference Schedule 2017
Pre-conference workshops will take place on Monday, July 17, and will run for two days. An additional fee is required to attend a workshop.
| Monday, July 17th | ||
|---|---|---|
| 9:00 a.m.– 12 noon | Finding the Village of Origin, Day 1-Joanne M. Sher Pre-conference Workshop |
Heritage |
| 9:00 a.m.– 12 noon | German Handwriting, Day 1-Milan Pohontsch Pre-conference Workshop |
Cottonwood |
| 1:30 p.m.–4:30 p.m. | Finding the Village of Origin (Consultations)-Joanne M. Sher Pre-conference Workshop |
Family History Library |
| 1:30 p.m.–4:30 p.m. | Cyrillic, Day 1-Joe Everett Pre-conference Workshop |
Heritage |
| Tuesday, July 18th | ||
| 9:00 a.m.– 12 noon | Finding the Village of Origin, Day 2-Joanne M. Sher Pre-conference workshop |
Heritage |
| 9:00 a.m.– 12 noon | German Handwriting, Day 2-Milan Pohontsch Pre-conference workshop |
Cottonwood |
| 1:30 p.m.–4:30 p.m. | Cyrillic, Day 2-Joe Everett Pre-conference workshop |
Heritage |
| 1:30 p.m.–4:30 p.m. | Finding the Village of Origin (Consultations)-Joanne M. Sher Pre-conference workshop |
Family History Library |
| 6:00 p.m.–7:30 p.m. | Welcome Reception Social Networking |
Aspen |
| Wednesday, July 19th | ||
| 8:30 a.m. | Plenary Session Welcome and Conference Business Keynote: Accessing and Acquiring the Records of Eastern Europe: Work of the Family History Record Services 2012-2017–Greg Nelson |
Aspen |
| 9:45 a.m. | Polish: Introduction to Polish Research–Marek Koblanski | Aspen |
| 9:45 a.m. | German: Germanic Research for Beginners–Mindy Jacox | Heritage |
| 9:45 a.m. | Russian: Imperial Russian Records, Ecclesiastical–Thomas Edlund | Cottonwood |
| 11:00 a.m. | Polish: Languages in Polish Research–Marek Koblanski | Aspen |
| 11:00 a.m. | German: Historical Events that affect German Research–Fritz Juengling | Heritage |
| 11:00 a.m. | Russian: Imperial Russian Records, Civil–Thomas Edlund | Cottonwood |
| 1:30 p.m. | Polish: Polish Historical Geography–Daniel Jones | Aspen |
| 1:30 p.m. | German: German Census Records, 1816-1916–Jilline Maynes | Heritage |
| 1:30 p.m. | Russian: Baltic Research–Kahlile Bliss Mehr | Cottonwood |
| 2:45 p.m. | Polish: Polish Civil Registration–Daniel Jones | Aspen |
| 2:45 p.m. | German: German Guilds–Fritz Juengling | Heritage |
| 2:45 p.m. | Russian/Ukraine: Ukraine Research–Kahlile Bliss Mehr | Cottonwood |
| 4:00 p.m. | Polish: Squeezing Every Drop out of Polish Parish Registers–David Ouimette | Aspen |
| 4:00 p.m. | German: German Church Records & Beyond: Deepen Your Research Using a Variety of Town Records–Jilline Maynes | Heritage |
| 4:00 p.m. | Russian/Ukraine: Ukrainian Jewish Records–Kahlile Bliss Mehr | Cottonwood |
| Thursday, July 20th | ||
| 8:30 a.m. |
German: German Research on the Internet: An Overview-Baerbel Johnson |
Heritage |
| 8:30 a.m. | Austro-Hungarian: Balkan Research–Kahlile Bliss Mehr | Cottonwood |
| 8:30 a.m. | Resources: International Tracing Service Records: Displaced Persons & Forced Laborers Plus–Cynthia Jacobson | Aspen |
| 9:45 a.m. | German: Where Are They Really? Strategies & Hints for Finding Your Long-lost German Ancestors–Baerbel Johnson | Heritage |
| 9:45 a.m. | Austro-Hungarian: Slovak Research, Part 1–Lisa Alzo | Cottonwood |
| 9:45 a.m. | Resources: Russian Consulate Records–Joanne M. Sher | Aspen |
| 11:00 a.m. | German: Meyer’s Gazetteer Online, indexed & fully searchable–Careen Valentine | Heritage |
| 11:00 a.m. | Austro-Hungarian: Slovak Research, Part 2–Lisa Alzo | Cottonwood |
| 11:00 a.m. | Jewish: Basics of Jewish Genealogy–Joanne M. Sher | Aspen |
| 1:30 p.m. | German: German Research Strategies & Sources for Eastern Provinces, Part 1–Careen Valentine | Aspen |
| 1:30 p.m. | DNA: Genetic Genealogy: A Get to Know You Guide–Diahan Southard | Heritage |
| 1:30 p.m. | Austro-Hungarian: Finding Online Czech Records & Using GenTeam–Heidi Sugden | Cottonwood |
| 2:45 p.m. | German: German Research Strategies & Sources for Eastern Provinces, Part 2–Careen Valentine | Aspen |
| 2:45 p.m. | DNA: Organizing Your Genetic Genealogy–Diahan Southard | Heritage |
| 2:45 p.m. | Austro-Hungarian: Austrian Records & Resources–Heidi Sugden | Cottonwood |
| 4:00 p.m. | German: German Archives: Full of Hidden Treasures–Baerbel Johnson | Aspen |
| 4:00 p.m. | DNA: How DNA Made a Family Out of Strangers–Diahan Southard | Heritage |
| 4:00 p.m. | Austro-Hungarian: Austrian Empire Military Records–Thom Edlund | Cottonwood |
| Friday, July 21th | ||
| 8:30 a.m. | German: Spelling Variations in German Names–Mindy Jacox | Heritage |
| 8:30 a.m. | Polish: Searching the Polish State Archives–Kahlile Bliss Mehr | Aspen |
| 8:30 a.m. | Austro-Hungarian: Hungarian Geography & Gazetteers-Kellie Hale | Cottonwood |
| 9:45 a.m. | Polish: German Research in Poland–Baerbel Johnson | Heritage |
| 9:45 a.m. | Austro–Hungarian: Hungarian Records, Part 1-Kellie Hale | Cottonwood |
| 9:45 a.m. | Germans in Russia: Russo-German Research, Part 1-Thom Edlund | Aspen |
| 11:00 a.m. | Polish: Jewish Records of Poland–Joanne M. Sher | Heritage |
| 11:00 a.m. | Austro–Hungarian: Hungarian Records, Part 2-Kellie Hale | Cottonwood |
| 11:00 a.m. | Germans in Russia: Russo-German Research, Part 2-Thom Edlund | Aspen |
| 1:30 p.m. | Resources: MyHeritage: East European Databases & Translations–James Tanner | Heritage |
| 1:30 p.m. | Germans in Russia: Germans in Lithuania: Migrations & History–Cynthia Jacobson | Aspen |
| 1:30 p.m. | Austro-Hungarian: Romania Research–Kahlile Bliss Mehr | Cottonwood |
| 2:45 p.m. | Resources: Results of Creating an Ethnic & Genealogical Blog–Cynthia Jacobson | Heritage |
| 2:45 p.m. | Russian: Reference Sources for Imperial Russian Research, Maps & Gazeetters–Thom Edlund | Cottonwood |
| 4:00 p.m. | Russian: 1897 Russian Imperial Census–Thom Edlund | Cottonwood |
| 4:00 p.m. | Jewish: Laws & Taxes Affecting European Jews-Joanne M. Sher | Heritage |
| 6:15 p.m. | Closing Banquet Welcome Door Prize Drawings Keynote: Every Picture Tells A Story-Dave Obee |
Aspen |