Past Conference - 2011
Conference sessions are in the Salt Lake Plaza Hotel, next door to the Family History Library. The Salt Lake Room and the Eagle Gate Room are both on the main floor. Attendees will also be encouraged to have personal consultations with the speakers each afternoon in the Family History Library.
| Thursday, July 7 | ||
| 8:30 a.m. | Research in the Baltics Kahlile Mehr |
Introduction to Eastern European research Dave Obee |
| 9:45 a.m. | Research in the Balkans Kahlile Mehr |
Basics of Jewish Genealogical Research Joanne Sher |
| 11:00 a.m. | East European Internet Sites Kahlile Mehr |
The Blue Army, Grey Samaritans and the White Cross: Polish Americans in France, 1917-1921 Joanne Sher |
| 2:00 - 4:00 p.m. | Thom Edlund and Kahlile Mehr will be available for individual consultations in the Family History Library, next door to the hotel | |
| Friday, July 8 | Salt Lake Room | Eagle Gate Room |
| 8:30 a.m. | Online databases of the Polish state archives Kahlile Mehr |
Using the EWZ microfilms Dave Obee |
| 9:45 a.m. | Beginning Polish Research Dee Semon |
Gothic script Barbara Bell |
| 11:00 a.m. | Culture of Polish and Czech peoples Dee Semon |
What is Prussia? Barbara Bell |
| 2:00 - 5:00 p.m. | Thom Edlund, Dave Obee and Barbara Bell will be available for individual consultations in the Family History Library, next door to the hotel | |
| Saturday, July 9 | Salt Lake Room | Eagle Gate Room |
| 8:30 a.m. | Russian research Thom Edlund |
How family history library files are acquired from the former Soviet sphere Kahlile Mehr |
| 9:45 a.m. | Russian handwriting Thom Edlund |
Ancestry resources for Eastern European research Joe Everett |
| 11:00 a.m. | Russian gazetteers Thom Edlund |
U.S. sources to get across the ocean Dee Semon |
| 12:30 p.m. | Luncheon | Heritage Room |
| If it's Tuesday, This Must be Lidsbark-Warminski: On the Road in Eastern Europe Dave Obee |
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| 2:00 - 3:00 p.m. | Dave Obee will be available for individual consultations in the Family History Library, next door to the hotel | |