Regina, Saskatchewan
August 10-12, 2012

A convention for people of German origin interested in the genealogy, culture and history of their ancestors who migrated through Russian Poland, Volhynia, and surrounding areas.

(Library open during setup on the evening of August 9). Formal convention starts the morning of August 10.)

Registration Form Coming Soon

Travelodge Hotel and Convention Centre
4177 Albert St., Regina, SK

Full Details To be Advised

We will have an extensive library and research area at the convention with the following:

• Wireless Internet access with your laptop to our various databases.
• Access to hundreds of thousands of names from Poland and Volhynia, many of which were extracted from Polish church books and which are not available in any other database and with more detail than available on the SGGEE website.
• Eastern Volhynian records-1941 to 44 for Marriages and confirmations and birth records with some birth records back to 1920.
• Photocopies of St. Petersburg Vohynian church records from 1847-1885.
• Gazetteers and maps to locate the village of an ancestor.
• Complete Kartei Quassowki collections (list of names in various old records)
• Karl Stump village 1942 village record lists for some Eastern Volhynian villages.
• Various published references containing lists of settlers.
• Back issues of the SGGEE Journal.

Help will be available to assist in translation of documents and helping get past dead ends as well as offering general information on further research.
The Research Room will be open during most of the convention.

We invite you to join us for a weekend packed with genealogy sessions and networking.
Bring your albums, journals, stories, family histories and any  reference books or local history books you may have.  Share experiences and swap stories with others. 

Browse the tables and look at maps.

List of Speakers and Topics

Coming Soon