UPGS 2008 Final Program
March 22, 2008 by Steve
The final program for the United Polish Genealogical Societies Conference has been released. Click here to download and print the schedule as a PDF file.
FRIDAY April 18, 2008
6:30pm-7:30pm
Welcome Hospitality / Conference check-in (Aspen Room)
7:30pm-9:00pm
Our Polish Story documentary (2007) with follow up discussion
SATURDAY April 19, 2008
8:00am-8:30am
Conference Check-in and Welcome
8:30am- 9:30am
Conference with Poland- Tomasz Nitsch host (Salt Lake Room)
9:45am-10:45am
Skype Conference with Wm Fred Hoffman / Ceil Wendt Jensen host (Salt Lake Room)
11:00am- 12:00pm
Genealogy Blogs: New Ways to Disseminate Genealogy / Stephen J. Danko (Aspen Room)
Acquisitions at the FHL / Kahlile B. Mehr (Salt Lake Room)
Lunch Break
1:30pm-2:30pm
Polish Research on Footnote.com / Beau Sharbrough (Aspen Room)
Genealogy in Poland Today / Tomasz Nitsch (Salt Lake Room)
2:45pm-3:45pm
FHL Digitizing Family History Books Project / Michael Hall (Aspen Room)
Building a Polish Pedigree Using Church Records and Civil Registration / Daniel Schlyter (Salt Lake Room)
4:00pm-5:15pm
Online Mailing Lists / Baerbel K. Johnson
Using the Family History Library’s Map Collection / Daniel Schlyter
Dinner Break
8:00pm-9:15 pm
The First Polish American Community - Panna Maria or Parisville?
SUNDAY April 20, 2008
9:45am- 10:45am
Skype Conference with Poland / Tomasz Nitsch
11:00am- 12:00pm
All About the Skype Community / Tomasz Nitsch
The Genealogical Society of Utah visits Poland / Orvill Paller
Lunch Break
1:30pm-2:30pm
Genealogy Gadgets and Gizmos: New Technology to Help in Your Research / Stephen J. Danko
Strategies for Locating Ancestral Villages: Four Case Studies / Ceil Wendt Jensen
2:45pm-3:45pm
AncestryPress / Kelvin Hulet
Survey of North American and Polish Military Records / Ceil Wendt Jensen
4:00pm-5:15pm
Social Media- what is it all about? / Beau Sharbrough
Polish Research Trip / Sonja Hoeke-Nishimoto
Dinner Break
7:30pm-8:30pm
Post Mortem Records / Ceil Wendt Jensen
8:30-9:30pm
Funeral Card Database (footnote) / Scanning Attendee Collections
MONDAY April 21, 2008
Research at the Family History Library - Consultations Available / Marie Dallas, Donna Pointkouski
8:00 AM
Orientation to the Family History Library (at the FHL)
6:30pm-7:00pm
Hospitality (Aspen Room)
7:00pm-10:00pm
Conference Banquet Keynote Speaker: Stephen P. Morse
One-Step Webpages: A Potpourri of Genealogical Search Tools
On Monday(4/21)
1. How long is the FHL Orientation?
2. If you have researched at FHL before, can the Orientation be skipped?
3. How are Marie Dallas & Donna Pointkouski consulted and for how long do they work with you?
The FHL orientation will be about 1 hour. It’s for newbies. If you have been to the FHL before- just grab a microfilm reader and get started . And, for all the lefties attending, there are readers with handles on the left side.
Let’s start a sign up sheet right now for them. The standard consult is ~15 minutes. Let me know when you would like to meet with them and I will block it in. Send your request to: upgs08@gmail.com
I will also be offering 15 min consults, and Jim Tye and Jan Zaleski are willing to help with translations, etc. too.
Ceil