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Future SGGEE Conventions

2009 - Possible joint conference with FEEFHS

2008 Convention - Kelowna, BC



SGGEE 2008 Convention

“Discovering our Roots in Eastern Europe ”

 Kelowna, British Columbia

August 15-17, 2008

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

A detailed list of Speakers and Topics will be posted on the www.sggee.org website as it becomes available.

Friday afternoon – Annual General Meeting; Friday evening - Banquet

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

  • Internet access to our various databases containing 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.
  • Birth, Marriage and confirmation records from 1920-1944 for eastern Volhynia
  • 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 record lists of settlers in various eastern Volhynian villages.
  • Various published references containing lists of letters.
  • Back issues of the SGGEE Journal.

Experts 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.

Tentative Agenda

Date Time Event
Thursday 6:00 PM Research room set up and open for use
Friday 8:30 - 8:45 Opening Address
8:45 - 10:00 Speaker
10:00 - 10:15 Break
10:15 - 11:30 Speaker
11:30 - 1:00 Lunch Break
1:00 - 2:15 Speaker
2:15 - 2:30 Break
2:30 - 4:00 Annual General Meeting
6:00 PM Banquet
Saturday 8:45 - 10:00 Speaker
10:00 - 10:15 Break
10:15 - 11:30 Speaker
11:30 - 1:00 Lunch
1:00 - 2:15 Speaker
2:15 - 2:30 Break
2:30 - 3:45 Speaker
a Dinner - TBA or on your own
Sunday 9:00 - 10:15 Speaker
10:15 - 10:30 Break
10:30 - 11:45 Speaker
11:45 - 12:00 Break
12:00 Closing Session
a Research room open until 1:30 PM

Full slate of interesting topics and speakers will be provided. Details to follow.

HOTELS

Convention Hotel:

The Coast Capri Hotel
 1171 Harvey Avenue
Kelowna , BC ,  V1Y 6E8 ,  Canada

The Coast Capri Hotel is located 19 km/11 miles from the Kelowna International Airport .  A free Capri Hotel shuttle service is available, and should be booked at the same time your hotel reservations are made.  A city hotel shuttle, taxis and car rentals are also available at the Airport.  

A guest room block of 20 rooms has been arranged and will be held until June 30, 2008 . 

You are encouraged to make your reservations as soon as circumstances allow in order to take advantage of the convention room rate of $140 Cdn plus 15% taxes.

Room reservations must be booked directly with the hotel. 

Please inform the hotel that you are attending the SGGEE convention and book your room by June 30th to receive the special convention rate.

Attendees will be personally responsible for bookings and room related charges and payments.

The Coast Capri Hotel

Tel: 250-860-6060 / Fax: 250-762-3430 / Reservations: 1-800-716-6199 

Hotel Website

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Other Accommodations Within Walking Distance:

Accent Inns 

 1149 Harvey Avenue
 Rate Approximately    $145
Toll free number   1-800-663-0298

Traveller’s Choice Motor Inn

 1780 Gordon Drive
 Rate approximately   $139  
Toll free number   1-800-665-2610

Kelowna Motor Inn

 1070 Harvey Avenue
 Rates   $125, or $135, special rate when you mention  SGGEE event at the Capri Hotel
Toll free number   1-800-667-6133

For further information or details about other accommodations or B & B’s in the area, please contact frhenkel@telus.net directly.

Download Registration Form

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Past Convention Reports

2007 Convention - Calgary, Alberta

Report and pictures

2006 Convention - Edmonton, Alberta

Report and pictures

2005 Convention - St. Paul, Minnesota

Report and pictures

2004 Convention - Calgary Alberta

Report and pictures

2003 Convention - Edmonton, Alberta

Report and pictures

2002 Convention - Regina, Saskatchewan

Report

2001 Convention - Tacoma, Washington

Report

Conventions of Related Societies

Federation of East European Family History Societies - FEEFHS Aug 1 - 3, 2008 - Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

American Historical Society of Germans from Russia - AHSGR July 28 - Aug 3, 2008 - Casper, Wyoming (joint convention with GRHS below)

Germans from Russia Historical Society - GRHS July 28 - Aug. 3, 2008 - Casper, Wyoming (joint convention with AHSGR above)

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