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=== 3:15 pm - 4:15 pm ===
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'''Polish research''' (Marek Koblanski)
'''Sources for Polish Research and Gazetteers''' (Marek Koblanski)
 
This class will help to find sources for Polish research and includes gazetteers to find information about places of registration.


== Thursday, September 15, 2016 ==
== Thursday, September 15, 2016 ==
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=== 9:00 am - 10:00 am ===
=== 9:00 am - 10:00 am ===
'''Introduction to Bessarabian Research''' (Gwen Oryall)
'''Bessarabia Then and Now: Researching Our Ancestors and Locating Helpful Resources''' (Gwen Oryall)
 
Come understand how to find ancestors and helpful resources in the former Bessarabia area now located in Moldova and Ukraine.


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'''Ehrengard Egbert''' was born and raised in Austria where she also served a full time mission. For the last five years she has been a volunteer on the International Floor in the Family History Library. Ehrengard enjoys helping guests with German research. She also has taught several classes.
'''Ehrengard Egbert''' was born and raised in Austria where she also served a full time mission. For the last five years she has been a volunteer on the International Floor in the Family History Library. Ehrengard enjoys helping guests with German research. She also has taught several classes.


'''Dennis Everett''' has worked for over 30 years as a Russian teacher and an analyst of Russian language materials. He graduated from BYU with a degree in Russian Language and Area Studies.  He also has a Master’s degree from Pepperdine University. He graduated from the United States Army’s prestigious Russian Institute in Germany, then remained to teach at the Institute for a year.  He was the head of the Russian language program at the U.S. Navy’s Kunia Language Training Center in Hawaii for five years.  He has extensive experience indexing written Russian language birth, marriage, and death records. 
'''Dennis Everett''' has worked for over 30 years as a Russian teacher and an analyst of Russian language materials. He graduated from BYU with a degree in Russian Language and Area Studies.  He also has a Master’s degree from Pepperdine University. He graduated from the United States Army’s prestigious Russian Institute in Germany, then remained to teach at the Institute for a year.  He was the head of the Russian language program at the U.S. Navy’s Kunia Language Training Center in Hawaii for five years.  He has extensive experience indexing written Russian language birth, marriage, and death records. Now retired, Dennis volunteers at the Family History Library helping people whose ancestry goes back to Russia as well as those areas of Eastern Europe where records were once recorded in the Russian language. 
 
Now retired, Dennis volunteers at the Family History Library
helping people whose ancestry goes back to Russia as well as those areas of
Eastern Europe where records were once recorded in the Russian language.


'''Joe Everett''' is a genealogy librarian at FamilySearch, managing patron services in international Family History Centers.  Joe was previously the head of International Reference at the Family History Library and a technical services librarian, cataloging Slavic and Germanic records.  He also spent several years as content manager at Ancestry.com.  Joe earned a B.A. in Russian Language and Family History/Genealogy (Germanic emphasis) from Brigham Young University and a Master of Library Science from Emporia State University (Kansas). He has been active in library and genealogical associations and has lectured and published articles Central & East European research.
'''Joe Everett''' is a genealogy librarian at FamilySearch, managing patron services in international Family History Centers.  Joe was previously the head of International Reference at the Family History Library and a technical services librarian, cataloging Slavic and Germanic records.  He also spent several years as content manager at Ancestry.com.  Joe earned a B.A. in Russian Language and Family History/Genealogy (Germanic emphasis) from Brigham Young University and a Master of Library Science from Emporia State University (Kansas). He has been active in library and genealogical associations and has lectured and published articles Central & East European research.
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'''Dr. Fritz Juengling''' received his Bachelor’s degrees in German Studies and Secondary Education at Western Oregon University, his Master’s and Doctorate in Germanic Philology with minors in both English and Linguistics at the University of Minnesota. He has taught all levels of German, English, Latin and Old English (Anglo-Saxon) at the high school and university levels. He is an Accredited Genealogist® for Germany and the Netherlands through the International Commission for the Accreditation of Professional Genealogists and a German, Dutch, and Scandinavian Research Specialist at the Family History Library in Salt Lake City, Utah.
'''Dr. Fritz Juengling''' received his Bachelor’s degrees in German Studies and Secondary Education at Western Oregon University, his Master’s and Doctorate in Germanic Philology with minors in both English and Linguistics at the University of Minnesota. He has taught all levels of German, English, Latin and Old English (Anglo-Saxon) at the high school and university levels. He is an Accredited Genealogist® for Germany and the Netherlands through the International Commission for the Accreditation of Professional Genealogists and a German, Dutch, and Scandinavian Research Specialist at the Family History Library in Salt Lake City, Utah.


'''Marek Koblanski'''
'''Marek Koblanski '''was born in Poland.   He has been doing research for over 30 years, and has been an accredited genealogist since 1988.  He studied in Poland and Germany, and has done research in Eastern Europe, Germany, and Austria.


Elder '''Kurt Matthia''' began personal family German, Polish, Czech, Ukrainian and Romanian family research, including Jewish lines, in the 1970s and has maintained a successful personal family history website since the early 1990s. He has been assisting Family History Library guests with Central and East European research since 2004.
Elder '''Kurt Matthia''' began personal family German, Polish, Czech, Ukrainian and Romanian family research, including Jewish lines, in the 1970s and has maintained a successful personal family history website since the early 1990s. He has been assisting Family History Library guests with Central and East European research since 2004.
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