Convention News

2022 Convention (virtual)

Keep track of the latest news on the 2022 virtual convention on the SGGEE blogspot.

2021 Convention (virtual)

SGGEE members have access to the presentations given at the virtual convention in 2021.

2020 Convention

UPDATE

SGGEE members and friends,

The Society for German Genealogy in Eastern Europe is announcing the cancellation of its annual convention, scheduled for late July in Portland, Oregon. This decision is taken to help preserve the health of those who were planning to attend. As an international society, we also recognize that traveling into the United States may continue to be restricted, and even U.S. residents may find travel this summer to be difficult.

We thank our Convention Team and especially our friends in Portland, who worked hard to locate a venue and plan activities for our prospective participants.

While we cannot meet in person, we are exploring the possibility of some other means of connecting around our common interests and ask that our members watch for email updates.

Thank you for your understanding. Questions or comments may be sent to the board at directors-sggee@googlegroups.com .

2019 Convention

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Presentations for 2019
The "Old Country" Meets the Internet (PDF) by Denise Kolesar
Workshop Presentation (PDF) by Gary Warner
Sample Legacy File (FDB) by Gary Warner

2018 Convention

2018 Convention Report (PDF)

Presentations for 2018
Submitting data to SGGEE by Gary Warner
Addenda to Submitting data to SGGEE by Gary Warner
Navigating Online Records in Poland by Sigrid Pohl-Perry
Cyrillic & Polish Parish Records by Sigrid Pohl-Perry
Workshop Handout 2018 by Sigrid Pohl-Perry
Navigating Online Records Slide Presentation by Sigrid Pohl-Perry
Family Search online EWZ records by Karl Krueger

2017 Convention

2017 Convention Report (PDF)

2016 Convention

2016 Convention Report (PDF)

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Using DNA in Genealogy Summary (PDF) by Earl Schultz

Using DNA in Genealogy (Part 1) (PDF) by Earl Schultz

Using DNA in Genealogy (Part 2) (PDF) by Earl Schultz

Changing Map in Europe seminar notes (PDF) by John Althouse

Sowing Winter Wheat seminar notes (PDF) by John Althouse

2015 Convention

2015 Convention Report (PDF)

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SGGEE Online Databases (PDF) by Gary Warner

A Place by Any Other Name Won't Merge (PDF) by Sigrid Pohl Perry and Gary Warner

EWZ (Einwandererzentralstelle) (PDF) by Karl Krueger - If you have problems viewing this PDF in your browser then download the file and view it with Adobe Viewer.