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2024 SGGEE Virtual Convention
SGGEE members have access to the presentations given at the virtual convention in 2024.
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June 2024 SGGEE Journal
The June SGGEE Journal includes the information regarding this year’s SGGEE convention to be held virtually on August 17 and 18. The agenda (shown on Page 3) for the Annual General Meeting, which is held in conjunction with the convention, is scheduled for August 17 at 1:20 pm (EDT)/10:20 am (PDT). Please avail yourself to the Convention Blogspot for additional information.
Our first article is a translated document found in German archives following World War II which describes living conditions around Shitomir (Zhitomir) prior to the war. It was translated by Allen E. Konrad and is maintained at the Black Sea German Research website. The second article is a pair of letters submitted by SGGEE member Klara Bender that were written in 1929 and 1935 by relatives to describe their living conditions. The letters substantiate the Konrad translation. Also included are the 2024 financial reports compiled by Laurel Glanfield, our treasurer, and the 2024 annual reports.
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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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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.