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Future SGGEE Conventions

2009 - Possible joint conference with FEEFHS

2008 Convention - Kelowna, BC

SGGEE 2008 Convention

“Discovering our Roots in Eastern Europe ”

Kelowna, British Columbia

August 15-17, 2008

A convention for people of German origin interested in the genealogy,
culture and history of their ancestors who migrated
through Poland , Volhynia, and surrounding areas.

Friday afternoon – Annual General Meeting; Friday evening - Banquet

We will have an extensive library and research area at the convention with the following:

Internet access to our various databases containing hundreds of thousands
of names from Poland and Volhynia, many of which were extracted from Polish
church books and which are not available in any other database.
Birth, Marriage and confirmation records from 1920-1944 for eastern Volhynia
Photocopies of St. Petersburg Vohynian church records from 1847-1885.
Gazetteers and maps to locate the village of an ancestor.
Complete Kartei Quassowki collections (list of names in various old records)
Karl Stump village record lists of settlers in various eastern Volhynian villages.
Various published references containing lists of letters.
Back issues of the SGGEE Journal.

Experts will be available to assist in translation of documents and helping get past
dead ends as well as offering general information on further research.

The Research Room will be open during most of the convention except during
the Annual General Meeting.

We invite you to join us for a weekend packed with genealogy sessions and networking.

Bring your albums, journals, stories, family histories and any reference books
or local history books you may have. Share experiences and swap
stories with others. Browse the tables and look at maps.

Tentative Agenda

Date	Time	Event
Thursday	6:00 PM	Research room set up and open for use

Friday	8:30 - 8:45	Opening Address
	8:45 - 10:00	Dave Obee - Where is Volhynia? (Overview of Volhynian history, culture, and geography.)
	10:00 - 10:15	Break
	10:15 - 11:30	Jerry Frank - Getting the Most out of the SGGEE Website and the Internet in General
	11:30 - 1:00	Lunch Break
	1:00 - 2:15	Earl Schultz - Sourcing and Documenting Your Genealogy
	2:15 - 2:30	Break
	2:30 - 4:00	Annual General Meeting
	6:00 PM	Banquet - Guest Speaker, Bob Hayes of Kelowna, BC

Saturday	8:45 - 10:00	Norman Threinen - German Migration
	10:00 - 10:15	Break
	10:15 - 11:30	Clair Smith-Burns - The 10 Commanments of Genealogy
	11:30 - 1:00	Lunch
	1:00 - 2:15	Gilda Patterson - Experience the 250 Years Trace of My Ancestors
	2:15 - 2:30	Break
	2:30 - 3:45	Panel and Open Forum - Sharing Successes, Presenting Road Blocks, etc.
	a	Dinner - TBA or on your own Research room open.

Sunday	9:00 - 10:15	Speaker - To Be Advised
	10:15 - 10:30	Break
	10:30 - 11:45	Jerry Frank - In Search of Mokro Niemieckie (How to use maps to find your ancestral village and to substantiate and compliment your family stories.)
	11:45 - 12:00	Break
	12:00	Closing Session
	a	Research room open until 1:30 PM

HOTELS

Convention Hotel:

The Coast Capri Hotel
1171 Harvey Avenue
Kelowna , BC , V1Y 6E8 , Canada

The Coast Capri Hotel is located 19 km/11 miles from the Kelowna International Airport . A free Capri Hotel shuttle service is available, and should be booked at the same time your hotel reservations are made. A city hotel shuttle, taxis and car rentals are also available at the Airport.

A guest room block of 20 rooms has been arranged and will be held until June 30, 2008 .

You are encouraged to make your reservations as soon as circumstances allow in order to take advantage of the convention room rate of $140 Cdn plus 15% taxes.

Room reservations must be booked directly with the hotel.

Please inform the hotel that you are attending the SGGEE convention and book your room by June 30^th to receive the special convention rate.

Attendees will be personally responsible for bookings and room related charges and payments.

The Coast Capri Hotel

Tel: 250-860-6060 / Fax: 250-762-3430 / Reservations: 1-800-716-6199

Hotel Website

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Other Accommodations Within Walking Distance:

Accent Inns

1149 Harvey Avenue
Rate Approximately $145
Toll free number 1-800-663-0298

Traveller’s Choice Motor Inn

1780 Gordon Drive
Rate approximately $139
Toll free number 1-800-665-2610

Kelowna Motor Inn

1070 Harvey Avenue
Rates $125, or $135, special rate when you mention SGGEE event at the Capri Hotel
Toll free number 1-800-667-6133