I received the following press release about the Eastern European Family History Conference to be held August 8-12, 2016 in Salt Lake City, Utah. I thought it would be of interest to those of you with Eastern European ancestry.
-- For Immediate Release --
Springville, Utah
Springville, Utah
Eastern European
Family History Conference
Perhaps the best-kept secret in Salt Lake City is a small,
personalized conference on how to do research on Eastern European ancestors. Hosted
annually by the Foundation for East European Family History Studies (FEEFHS),
the conference is a bit more like a workshop – with intentionally small class
sizes to allow sufficient attention to individual questions and needs. The 2016 conference will be held 8 -12 August
2016 at the Plaza Hotel in Salt Lake City.
This year’s program is country-research-rich, with a full 3-day track
on German research, and extended Polish, Russian, and Austro-Hungarian research
tracks. Class instruction levels include
getting started research in a specific east European country (assuming a
foundational knowledge of genealogical research), as well as more in-depth
topics and unique record sources for advanced researchers. Optional consultations are available on a
first-come, first-served basis.
The 2016 program opens with a welcome reception on Tuesday
evening and ends with a banquet on Friday evening, with research time available
on other evenings and Saturday at the nearby Family History Library. Two
pre-conference workshops will be offered: “Finding the Village of Origin,”
which helps participants determine the name of the village their ancestor was
born in/came from; and “Learning Cyrillic,” which prepares participants to read
records written in Cyrillic Script.
Full information may be found at feefhsworkshop.org, with
organizational information at FEEFHS.org.
