East European Genealogical Society (SEMINARS & CONFERENCES)
8:30 am to 7:30 pm - Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
Presented by Kahlile Mehr
Place: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (LDS)
45 Dalhousie Drive, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
Speaker: Kahlile Mehr, MA, MLS, AG (Salt Lake City)
Kahlile worked thirty-five years at the LDS Family History Library in Salt Lake City, most recently as Slavic Collections Manager. He visited archives throughout Eastern Europe on nine separate acquisition trips and has published over twenty articles and books, as well as presented papers at numerous international genealogical conferences.
Topics:
Getting the Most out of FamilySearch
Online Databases of the Polish State Archive
Finding Places in the Former Russian Empire
The Baltic Edge of the Former Russian Empire’
How Records are Acquired by FamilySearch from the Former Soviet Sphere
Topics 1, 2, and 5 include information that is also relevant for other areas of Eastern Europe such as Poland and Ukraine (including Galicia and Bukovina).
Cost:
Members $60.00 (includes lunch)
Non-members $65.00 (includes lunch)
Dinner $28.00 each
(Venue provided by the LDS, Dalhousie Ward, Winnipeg, MB)
Federation of Genealogical Societies Conference (SEMINARS & CONFERENCES)
Fort Wayne Indiana
FGS National Conference
"Journey Through Generations" August 21-24, 2013
The Midwest, where ethnic and religious groups thrived, and where farming and industry prospered, shines in the FGS 2013 program.
Sessions will include basic genealogy skills and sound methodology, and embrace relevant and popular niches on immigration, transportation, genetics and DNA, writing and publishing, technology, military records, and online resources.
