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2024 SGGEE Virtual Convention
Members and guests are welcome to register for the
2024 convention, Aug. 17-18, on Zoom. To read details about speakers and programs as well as the schedule, visit the Convention Blogspot
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Master Pedigree Database (MPD) Updated June 15, 2024
The Master Pedigree Database has just been updated with the most current data received and processed to date. It has been merged resulting in 560,730 records all of which have been renumbered. This update now contains the kantorate files for Alt Kurgan, Amelin, Antonowka, Berestowiec, Horodischtsche, Kolowert I and II, Kurhany, Ludmilpol, Maksimilianowka, Rudenka, Szelesnica, and Totowicz.
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Open Forum: Immigration Stories
The recorded video of this forum conducted June 1, 2024 is now posted on our Virtual SGGEE web page (accessible by members only).
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March 2024 SGGEE Journal
We have two articles this month written by SGGEE Members, Alex Brzhezytskyi and Dr. Jan Musekamp. Many of you know of Alex from his work with Volhynian Village Adventure Tours and the research he did within the Zhitomir Archives. Alex provides a narrative of his personal and family tribulations during the last few years following the Russian invasion in 2022. We wish Alex and his family all the best. Dr. Muskamp, a visiting associate professor at the University of Pittsburgh’s Department of History and European Studies Center, provides a scholarly overview of Volhynian migration over the years.
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Posting of some 1900s Volhynia church books on Wikimedia
Recently scans of several Volhynian church books have been posted online via Wikimedia. Details and links can be found on our Public Databases research page and on the member's only Volhynian indexes search page.
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SGGEE Libary at HSGPV
A link to the SGGEE library currently hosted at the Historical Society of Germans from Poland and Volhynia has just been posted.
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The German Colonies in Volhynia by Mykhailo Kostiuk
For your convenience, if you wish to order this book follow the link provided. It can be purchased through our website or retail.