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From reference information, history, and vocabulary to lists of emigrants and parish registers online – this class | From reference information, history, and vocabulary to lists of emigrants and parish registers online – this class | ||
demonstrates Web sites you can use to find your German ancestors. | demonstrates Web sites you can use to find your German ancestors. | ||
'''LAB: Swiss Names and Places '''(Daniel Jones) | |||
Identifying surnames and places in Switzerland is now easier than ever! Whether just beginning or rather experienced, this computer lab class will focus on online resources to help identify surnames and places, as well as showing new ways to maximize your research in Switzerland. | |||
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Finding your German ancestor's birthplace may be just a mouse click away! New online resources for locating immigrant origins become available every day. Learn about U.S. and German websites containing lists of emigrants and emigration history from various parts of Germany, including search tips and hints for navigating foreign-language sites. | Finding your German ancestor's birthplace may be just a mouse click away! New online resources for locating immigrant origins become available every day. Learn about U.S. and German websites containing lists of emigrants and emigration history from various parts of Germany, including search tips and hints for navigating foreign-language sites. | ||
=== 11:30 am - 12:30 pm === | === 11:30 am - 12:30 pm === | ||
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This class teaches basics of Czech research, including historical overview, border changes, sources for genealogical research in the Czech Republic and at the Family History Library, and research tools that have been found most useful in the Czech genealogical research. Online resources and personal visit to the archives will also be discussed. | This class teaches basics of Czech research, including historical overview, border changes, sources for genealogical research in the Czech Republic and at the Family History Library, and research tools that have been found most useful in the Czech genealogical research. Online resources and personal visit to the archives will also be discussed. | ||
'''LAB: Cyrillic for Beginners, part | '''LAB: Cyrillic for Beginners, part 1''' (Dennis Everett) | ||
Cyrillic is one of the most common writing systems in the world. It is utilized in Russia, Rusyn (hence parts of Eastern Slovakia and southern Poland), Serbo-Croatia, Bosnia, Ukraine, and more. This two-day, two-hour-per-day workshop will provide tools and assistance geared toward helping you to memorize the Russian alphabet and begin to read Cyrillic script in any language. | Cyrillic is one of the most common writing systems in the world. It is utilized in Russia, Rusyn (hence parts of Eastern Slovakia and southern Poland), Serbo-Croatia, Bosnia, Ukraine, and more. This two-day, two-hour-per-day workshop will provide tools and assistance geared toward helping you to memorize the Russian alphabet and begin to read Cyrillic script in any language. | ||
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This class teaches basics of Slovak research, including historical overview, boundary changes, sources for genealogical research in Slovakia and at the Family History Library, and research tools that have been found most useful in Slovak genealogical research. Online resources and personal visit to the archives will also be discussed. | This class teaches basics of Slovak research, including historical overview, boundary changes, sources for genealogical research in Slovakia and at the Family History Library, and research tools that have been found most useful in Slovak genealogical research. Online resources and personal visit to the archives will also be discussed. | ||
'''LAB: Cyrillic for Beginners, part | '''LAB: Cyrillic for Beginners, part 2 '''(Dennis Everett) | ||
Cyrillic is one of the most common writing systems in the world. It is utilized in Russia, Rusyn (hence parts of Eastern Slovakia and southern Poland), Serbo-Croatia, Bosnia, Ukraine, and more. This two-day, two-hour-per-day workshop will provide tools and assistance geared toward helping you to memorize the Russian alphabet and begin to read Cyrillic script in any language. | Cyrillic is one of the most common writing systems in the world. It is utilized in Russia, Rusyn (hence parts of Eastern Slovakia and southern Poland), Serbo-Croatia, Bosnia, Ukraine, and more. This two-day, two-hour-per-day workshop will provide tools and assistance geared toward helping you to memorize the Russian alphabet and begin to read Cyrillic script in any language. | ||
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'''Russian Germans in the North | '''Russian Germans in the North Caucasus''' (Wilhelm G. Doos) | ||
This class will focus on the history and development of the Caucasus in the Russian Empire and how it came to be colonized by Germans. Emphasis will be placed on identifying various German colonies using a variety of maps. Identification of ancestral village will be a key point, but since most of the colonies in the Caucasus were created as daughter colonies, not infrequently without governmental permission, details about many of them are lacking. It will be key to identify the original mother colony from which they originated which frequently will have some archival material available dealing with life events. Archival material dealing with life events in the Caucasus are scarce and extensively fragmented, however, identification of the mother colony can at least complete part of the puzzle. Emphasis will be placed on becoming familiar with various internet websites and how to network effectively. | This class will focus on the history and development of the Caucasus in the Russian Empire and how it came to be colonized by Germans. Emphasis will be placed on identifying various German colonies using a variety of maps. Identification of ancestral village will be a key point, but since most of the colonies in the Caucasus were created as daughter colonies, not infrequently without governmental permission, details about many of them are lacking. It will be key to identify the original mother colony from which they originated which frequently will have some archival material available dealing with life events. Archival material dealing with life events in the Caucasus are scarce and extensively fragmented, however, identification of the mother colony can at least complete part of the puzzle. Emphasis will be placed on becoming familiar with various internet websites and how to network effectively. | ||
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=== 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm === | === 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm === | ||
'''Latin Handwriting | '''Latin Handwriting''' (Heidi Sugden) | ||
'''LAB: Cyrillic for Beginners, part | '''LAB: Cyrillic for Beginners, part 3''' (Dennis Everett) | ||
Cyrillic is one of the most common writing systems in the world. It is utilized in Russia, Rusyn (hence parts of Eastern Slovakia and southern Poland), Serbo-Croatia, Bosnia, Ukraine, and more. This two-day, two-hour-per-day workshop will provide tools and assistance geared toward helping you to memorize the Russian alphabet and begin to read Cyrillic script in any language. | Cyrillic is one of the most common writing systems in the world. It is utilized in Russia, Rusyn (hence parts of Eastern Slovakia and southern Poland), Serbo-Croatia, Bosnia, Ukraine, and more. This two-day, two-hour-per-day workshop will provide tools and assistance geared toward helping you to memorize the Russian alphabet and begin to read Cyrillic script in any language. | ||
=== 3:15 pm - 4:15 pm === | === 3:15 pm - 4:15 pm === | ||
'''LAB: Cyrillic for Beginners, part 4''' (Dennis Everett) | |||
'''LAB: Cyrillic for Beginners, part | |||
Cyrillic is one of the most common writing systems in the world. It is utilized in Russia, Rusyn (hence parts of Eastern Slovakia and southern Poland), Serbo-Croatia, Bosnia, Ukraine, and more. This two-day, two-hour-per-day workshop will provide tools and assistance geared toward helping you to memorize the Russian alphabet and begin to read Cyrillic script in any language. | Cyrillic is one of the most common writing systems in the world. It is utilized in Russia, Rusyn (hence parts of Eastern Slovakia and southern Poland), Serbo-Croatia, Bosnia, Ukraine, and more. This two-day, two-hour-per-day workshop will provide tools and assistance geared toward helping you to memorize the Russian alphabet and begin to read Cyrillic script in any language. | ||
== Presenters == | == Presenters == | ||
'''Careen Barrett-Valentine''' has been doing professional European Family History research since 2007. She has a Bachelor’s Degree in Family History from Brigham Young University, and is accredited for research in the Germany region by the International Commission for the Accreditation of Professional Genealogists (ICAPGen). | '''Careen Barrett-Valentine''', AG<sup>®</sup> has been doing professional European Family History research since 2007. She has a Bachelor’s Degree in Family History from Brigham Young University, and is accredited for research in the Germany region by the International Commission for the Accreditation of Professional Genealogists (ICAPGen). | ||
'''Warren Bittner''', CG℠ is a genealogical researcher and lecturer. He is a trustee for the Board for Certification of Genealogists. He holds a Master of Science degree in history from Utah State University. His master’s thesis looked at the social factors affecting illegitimacy in nineteenth-century Bavaria. He is an award-winning author, and has coordinated German research tracks at The Samford Institute of Genealogy and Historical Research in Birmingham, Alabama, and the Salt Lake Institute of Genealogy. For six years, Warren was the German Collection Manager for the Family History Library in Salt Lake City. He has done research in more than fifty German archives and in more than forty U.S. archives and record repositories. | '''Warren Bittner''', MS, CG℠ is a genealogical researcher and lecturer. He is a trustee for the Board for Certification of Genealogists. He holds a Master of Science degree in history from Utah State University. His master’s thesis looked at the social factors affecting illegitimacy in nineteenth-century Bavaria. He is an award-winning author, and has coordinated German research tracks at The Samford Institute of Genealogy and Historical Research in Birmingham, Alabama, and the Salt Lake Institute of Genealogy. For six years, Warren was the German Collection Manager for the Family History Library in Salt Lake City. He has done research in more than fifty German archives and in more than forty U.S. archives and record repositories. | ||
'''Dr. Wilhelm G. Doos''' is a long-standing member of the American Historical Society of Germans from Russia, a member of the Board of Directors, and an active member of their Historical Research and Archive Committees. He has been actively researching Russian Germans in the North Caucasus and has published in the AHSGR Journal. | '''Dr. Wilhelm G. Doos''' is a long-standing member of the American Historical Society of Germans from Russia, a member of the Board of Directors, and an active member of their Historical Research and Archive Committees. He has been actively researching Russian Germans in the North Caucasus and has published in the AHSGR Journal. | ||
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'''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. | '''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. | ||
'''Joe Everett''' | '''Joe Everett''', MLS 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. | ||
'''Baerbel K. Johnson''', | '''Baerbel K. Johnson''', AG<sup>®</sup> works for FamilySearch, supporting the German-language family history centers in Europe and providing research support within the international genealogical community. Previously, she had worked as reference consultant at the Family History Library for 20 years. | ||
'''Daniel Jones''', | '''Daniel Jones''', AG<sup>®</sup> is an Accredited Genealogist specializing in Swiss and German research. His interest in genealogy began when as a youngster he would pore of his mother’s Book of Remembrance, but his love of family history took off at the age of 13 when he earned his Genealogy merit badge as a Boy Scout. He has been awarded a BA in Family History/Genealogy at Brigham Young University and a MS in Early Modern European History at the University of Utah. Daniel has been working professionally since 2003, with on-site archives research experience in Switzerland and a dozen other countries. Daniel is currently a 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 | '''Dr. Fritz Juengling''', Ph.D., AG<sup>®</sup> 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<sup>®</sup> 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 '''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. | '''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. | ||
'''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. | |||
'''Jilline Maynes''' has been happily involved in family history for over 20 years. Currently, she is a student of Family History at Brigham Young University. Her emphasis is Germany and Midwestern states. She has worked for the Nauvoo Community Project at the Center for Family History and Genealogy at BYU researching LDS polygamous families. In the spring of 2015, Jilline had the opportunity to work as an intern researching German census records with Dr. Roger P. Minert at BYU. Presently, she is working on Dr. Minert’s German Immigrants in American Church Records project, where the goal is to identify the hometowns of German immigrants. | '''Jilline Maynes''' has been happily involved in family history for over 20 years. Currently, she is a student of Family History at Brigham Young University. Her emphasis is Germany and Midwestern states. She has worked for the Nauvoo Community Project at the Center for Family History and Genealogy at BYU researching LDS polygamous families. In the spring of 2015, Jilline had the opportunity to work as an intern researching German census records with Dr. Roger P. Minert at BYU. Presently, she is working on Dr. Minert’s German Immigrants in American Church Records project, where the goal is to identify the hometowns of German immigrants. | ||
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'''Greg Nelson''' is the Content Strategy specialist for East Europe, the Middle East, and North Africa in the Records Division of the Family History Department. His research interests are in Central and East Europe with an emphasis on Russia and Ukraine. | '''Greg Nelson''' is the Content Strategy specialist for East Europe, the Middle East, and North Africa in the Records Division of the Family History Department. His research interests are in Central and East Europe with an emphasis on Russia and Ukraine. | ||
'''Sonja Nishimoto''' has been employed by the Family History Library in Salt Lake City, Utah since May 1989. She has been a professional Germanic and Slavic researcher since 1982. She is accredited in German and Swiss research. | '''Sonja Nishimoto''', AG<sup>®</sup> has been employed by the Family History Library in Salt Lake City, Utah since May 1989. She has been a professional Germanic and Slavic researcher since 1982. She is accredited in German and Swiss research. | ||
'''Gwen Oryall''' is from Payson, Utah and shares a long-term love and devotion to family history. She first learned Danish and to put microfilms on the readers at age 8, following the example of her mother. She has worked with Danish, Norwegian, Swedish, Scottish, German, French, Spanish, Latin, American and Pioneer Heritage. Gwen was able to work in the first LDS extraction program as a youth doing Scandinavian records and now enjoys family search indexing. Gwen is a registered nurse and loves helping others. | '''Gwen Oryall''' is from Payson, Utah and shares a long-term love and devotion to family history. She first learned Danish and to put microfilms on the readers at age 8, following the example of her mother. She has worked with Danish, Norwegian, Swedish, Scottish, German, French, Spanish, Latin, American and Pioneer Heritage. Gwen was able to work in the first LDS extraction program as a youth doing Scandinavian records and now enjoys family search indexing. Gwen is a registered nurse and loves helping others. | ||
Born and raised in Czechoslovakia, '''Sylvie Pysnak''', | Born and raised in Czechoslovakia, '''Sylvie Pysnak''', AG<sup>®</sup> has been with FamilySearch for 18 years. She knows several languages, has overseen many Central/Eastern European countries, established relations with Czech archivists, created genealogical content, written publications, researched on site and taught at conferences. She is currently managing the FamilySearch Learning Center. | ||
'''Heidi Sugden''', a native of Vienna Austria, graduated from the University of Utah with a M.A. in German Language and Literature. She has been employed at the Family History Library in Salt Lake City for over 20 years as research consultant. Heidi is accredited for French and Austrian Research and is also competent in German Research. Besides her husband and her 6 children, Heidi adores her 25 grandchildren. | '''Heidi Sugden''', AG<sup>®</sup> a native of Vienna Austria, graduated from the University of Utah with a M.A. in German Language and Literature. She has been employed at the Family History Library in Salt Lake City for over 20 years as research consultant. Heidi is accredited for French and Austrian Research and is also competent in German Research. Besides her husband and her 6 children, Heidi adores her 25 grandchildren. | ||
'''Dr. Darrell Weber''' received his BS and MS degrees from the University of Idaho, his PhD from the University of California at Davis, and his Post Doctoral from the University of Wisconsin. After working as assistant professor at the University of Houston for four years, he was a professor at Brigham Young University for 33 years, publishing more than 170 articles. He currently serves as a consultant for the Family History Center in Lindon, Utah. | '''Dr. Darrell Weber''' received his BS and MS degrees from the University of Idaho, his PhD from the University of California at Davis, and his Post Doctoral from the University of Wisconsin. After working as assistant professor at the University of Houston for four years, he was a professor at Brigham Young University for 33 years, publishing more than 170 articles. He currently serves as a consultant for the Family History Center in Lindon, Utah. | ||
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