The Garden Restaurant
15 East South Temple (Joseph Smith Building)
10th Floor
Salt Lake City, Utah 84150
801-539-3170
Open: Lunch Monday to Saturday 11:00 am to 3:00 pm; Dinner Monday to Thursday 5:00 pm to 9:00 pm; Friday & Saturday 5:00 pm to 10:00 pm
The Lion House Pantry
63 East South Temple (South Temple near State Street)
Salt Lake City, Utah 84150
801-539-3258
Open: Monday to Saturday [...]
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Places to Eat Near the Family History Library
Posted in UPGS 2008 Conference on April 14, 2008 | 1 Comment »
UPGS 2008 Final Program
Posted in UPGS 2008 Conference on March 22, 2008 | 2 Comments »
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 [...]
Have Your Reserved a Hotel Room for UPGS 2008 Yet?
Posted in UPGS 2008 Conference on February 22, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Have you reserved your hotel room for UPGS 2008 yet? The official conference hotel is:
Best Western Salt Lake Plaza
122 West South Temple
Salt Lake City, UT 84101
801-521-0130 Hotel Desk
800-366-3684
If you reserve a room at the Best Western Salt Lake Plaza Hotel, be sure to mention the United Polish Genealogical Societies Conference, Group Number 6840, in order to qualify [...]
Abstracts of Presentations
Posted in UPGS 2008 Conference, UPGS 2008 Speakers on February 18, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Stephen J. Danko, PhD
Genealogy Blogs: New Ways to Disseminate Genealogy Information on the Internet
One of the newest ways to publish genealogical information on the Internet is by the use of weblogs, commonly called blogs. Genealogy blogs include a wide range of subjects, including genealogy news, methodology, family history, and research diaries. Setting up and maintaining [...]
Where’s Your Ancestral Village?
Posted in Research Tips, UPGS 2008 Conference on February 12, 2008 | 44 Comments »
At past UPGS conferences, attendees have been asked to identify the locations of their ancestral villages on a map. To start off the process this year, attendees are invited to have the locations of their ancestral villages entered on the map, below. To have your ancestral villages marked on the map, please post a comment [...]
Preparing to Visit the FHL
Posted in Research Tips, UPGS 2008 Conference on February 10, 2008 | 1 Comment »
The following article was originally written by Paul and Janice Lipinski for UPGS 2006 and was updated by Stephen J. Danko for UPGS 2008.
When preparing to Visit the Family History Library (FHL) in Salt Lake City, some advance preparation can help ensure a productive visit.
Learn all you can about your family: Gather information from home and family [...]
Tentative Schedule for UPGS 2008
Posted in UPGS 2008 Conference on December 16, 2007 | 4 Comments »
The tentative schedule for the United Polish Genealogical Societies has been released. The schedule is subject to change as preparations for UPGS 2008 are finalized. The schedule will include two tracks of lectures this year, one on traditional research and one on digital resources.
Friday, April 18, 2008
6:30pm-8:00pm – Welcome Hospitality / Conference check-in
8:00pm-9:00pm - The First [...]
How to Register for UPGS 2008
Posted in UPGS 2008 Conference on October 18, 2007 | 2 Comments »
Registration for the United Polish Genealogical Societies Conference 2008 in Salt Lake City is now open. The conference will be held from Friday, April 18 through Monday, April 21, 2008 at the Best Western Salt Lake Plaza Hotel in Salt Lake City, Utah.
The following packages are available:
Four-day Pass – (Best Deal) Entitles person to attend [...]
History of the UPGS Conference
Posted in UPGS 2008 Conference on August 3, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
The United Polish Genealogy Societies (UPGS) Conference was first held in 1988 in Salt Lake City.
The Conference has been held every two years since then, except for 2002 when the conference was cancelled.
UPGS 2008 will be the 10th conference in the series.
Through its 20 year history, the UPGS conference has been held in June, then [...]
UPGS 2008 Biennial Conference Announced
Posted in UPGS 2008 Conference on July 31, 2007 | 5 Comments »
The United Polish Genealogical Societies Biennial Conference will be held in Salt Lake City April 18-21, 2008.
Family History Library, Salt Lake City
Photo copyright © 2006 by Stephen J. Danko
The 2008 Conference will include some exciting new features:
Video conferencing with genealogists in Poland
Online with a famous writer of Polish research materials
BYU Roundtable on Publishing Your Family [...]
