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
UPGS 
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