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2009 Convention - Milwaukee, Wisconsin

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SUPER CONFERENCE 2009
JOURNEY OF DISCOVERY

July 24 & 25, 2009

Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Radisson Hotel North Shore
Reservations - 1-888-201-1718
(mention the FEEFHS conference when booking)
(or book online using "FEEFHS" in the special code box
to receive your special conference rates)

Joint Conference / Convention with the
Federation of East European Family History Societies
(FEEFHS)

Optional accommodation at competive rates also available two blocks away
at the Residence Inn by Marriot.

You will want to book early as this is the same weekend as Milwaukee's famous German Fest.

REGISTRATION

Registration is being coordinated by FEEHFS. The following links
are associated with their website.

You may register by regular mail.

You may register using PayPal.

Speakers

Two concurrent sessions are offered for most of the conference. Attendees will also have access to the SGGEE research room while the sessions are on.

Friday, July 24, sessions

8:30 a.m.
Dave Obee: Genealogy 101
or
Sigrid Pohl-Perry: How to decipher Cyrillic lettering

9:45 a.m.
Irmgard Hein Ellingson: Researching the Habsburg empire part 1
or
Gary Warner: A quick guide to using SGGEE's resources

11:00 a.m.
Irmgard Hein Ellingson: Researching the Habsburg empire part 2
or
Ceil Jensen: Strategies for locating ancestral villages

Lunch break -- on your own

1:30 p.m.
Jerry Frank: The road to Mokro Niemieckie (Using maps for genealogy)
or
Ceil Jensen: Immigration agents at work

2:45 p.m.
Larry Jensen: Identifying and using records in addition to parish and vital records
or
Bennett Greenspan: Genealogical Use of DNA

4:00 p.m.
Larry Jensen: Searching compiled genealogies to prevent duplication of research
or
Joe Everett: Resources for Tracing Your Germanic Heritage on Ancestry.com

Evening banquet:
Speaker: Thom Edlund: FamilySearch filming in Eastern Europe

Saturday, July 25, sessions

8:30 a.m.
Irmgard Hein Ellingson: Pommern in Wisconsin
or
Bennett Greenspan: Using DNA as an anthropological tool

9:45 a.m.
Larry Jensen: Understanding the historical and cultural background of the area of aesearch
or
Gabrielle Goldstone: The kulak's daughter

11:00 a.m.
Joe Everett: Resources for Tracing Your Eastern European Heritage on Ancestry.com
or
Jerry Frank: Bug Hollender in Siberia

Lunch -- included in registration

1:30 p.m.
Bill Remus: Migration of Germans into Poland and Volhynia
or
Cindy Jacobson: Writing about family history

2:45 p.m.
Bill Remus: Using DNA in your research
or
Karla Walters: German migration into Wisconsin

4:00 p.m.
SGGEE annual general meeting
or
Thom Edlund: Jewish research