Edmonton, Alberta

August 13, 14, 15, 2010
Note: Research Room and Registration Open at 7:00 PM August 12

 REGISTRATION FORM - download pdf file

 Convention Brochure - download pdf file
 - includes full speaker agenda

 Speaker Agenda - by itself, single page, download pdf file

 Promotional Poster - single page, download pdf file

Delta Edmonton South
4404 Gateway Boulevard
Edmonton, AB
T6H 5C2

Reservations:
1-888-890-3222 toll free
or 780-434-6415

(be sure to mention SGGEE to obtain convention rates)

Additional hotel info as well as hotel options are available in this PDF form.
Download this PDF map showing hotel location.

 SGGEE LIBRARY:
 - numerous hard copy resources, books, maps, databases
 - computers with database resources not on line
 - assistance of many experts to help you through the maze of genealogical puzzles

 PANEL DISCUSSION:
 - featuring Sigrid Pohl-Perry, Ted Belke, Dick Stein, Gary Warner, Howard Krushel and  Rose Ingram
 - covering issues like the Lublin Indexing Project, St. Petersburg records, Databases,  Library, and ordering records from Polish State Archives

 SPEAKERS:

KATHLEEN KUFELDT - conducting family research interviews and writing family stories

ADOLF BUSE - "Circle in the Ferns"; origins, development and demise of German settlements in the Paproc Duza area, 1795-1939

SIGRID POHL-PERRY - "Cyrillic Parish Records: A Guide to Napoleonic Documents" based on materials taken from the Lublin Indexing Project followed by a second hands-on session to directly assist participants with their personal family records

GILBERT & SALLY STELTER - German migration and development of urban areas (full description still to follow) and may include a pictorial tour of Volhynia

DR. FRANK STEWNER - Dr. Stewner is from Germany and will present, together with Gary Warner, on the use of SGGEE village location guidelines and gazetteers

EDIE ADAM - "It Takes a Village"; explains how a 200 year family history opened up for her once she changed her research focus from individuals to villages

RON NEUMAN - ever humorous and entertaining, Ron's session is not fully defined but may focus on his wife's Henkelman family and the use of nicknames in our culture

 

 BANQUET SPEAKER
 - Edward Link