| Vital Records of Galicia / Halychyna (Poland / Ukraine) (Matthew Bielawa) |
| This presentation will introduce vital records of the Austro-Hungarian province of Galicia, also known in Ukrainian as Halychyna. Topics include finding the vital records using North American, Polish and Ukrainian sources as well as reading the records through examples and learning common terminology and translation hints. In addition, you will learn how to cite your sources and maintain the information in your genealogical software. |
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| Galician Examples of Empire-wide Austrian Records (Brian J. Lenius) |
| Many types of records are similar regardless of where in the Empire research is conducted. Galician examples will illustrate birth, marriage and death records and the Empire-wide rules for keeping them. Land cadastral records and maps, Austrian military and Austrian census records will also be covered. True census records will be compared to Status Animarum and other records often mistaken as census records. |
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| Northern Bukovina Records (Ukraine) (Kahlile B. Mehr) |
| How to determine the historical and modern place names and how to read the records which are in German and Romanian (in old Cyrillic script before 1875). This will help researchers to take advantage of the microfilms in the Family History Library collection which has begun acquiring records from the archive in Czernowitz (Chernovtsy, Chernivtsi, Cernauti). |
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| Hands-on Approach to Learning the Cyrillic Alphabets (Matthew Bielawa) |
| In order to facilitate learning how to read the Cyrillic letters, it helps to learn how to write them first! This workshop will introduce the most popular Cyrillic alphabets, as well as present tricks to learning the letters and point out common pitfalls for English speakers. Bring along a pen and lots of paper - you’’ll see how easy the Cyrillic alphabets are with just a little practice! |
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| Locating Places in Poland: Gazetteers, Maps, and other Sources (Daniel M. Schlyter) |
| This lecture discusses the value and availability of Gazetteers, Maps, and the Internet to locate your ancestral town in Poland; also the effect of Polish, German, Latin, Russian, and Ukrainian orthography and grammar on the names of localities. |
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| Vital Records and other Resources in the three partitions of Poland (Daniel M. Schlyter) |
| A description of the keeping of vital records in each of the 3 partitions of Poland; Austria, Russia and Prussia. What information is included, the languages used, and comparative usage for genealogical research. |
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| Russian Empire Genealogical Primer (Ukraine & Belarus) (Kahlile B. Mehr) |
| Understand the historical context, become acquainted with the best sources for genealogical research, the arrangement of records in an archive, options to acquire information from the sources, identify and use archival collections, and use the Internet to help do research. |
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| Finding Places in the Former Russian Empire (Kahlile B. Mehr) |
| How to identify localities by their various names and jurisdictions over time through the use of gazetteers and maps. This information will serve to solve locality name change problems, deal with jurisdiction changes, identify the most useful gazetteers and maps, help others solve locality problems. |
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| The 1897 census of Imperial Russia (Thomas K. Edlund) |
| The 1897 census was the first and last attempt to enumerate the entire Imperial Russian population. The census documented vital and demographic data of approximately 126,000,000 individuals. This workshop summarizes the history of enumeration in Russia (tribute lists, land and household tax lists, revision lists, family lists), and focuses especially on interpreting 1897 census returns for genealogical information. |
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| Adventures in Volhynia: Experience Western Ukraine Today (Dave Obee) |
| A light-hearted look at the thrills of traveling to do research. It's worth it, just to trudge down the dusty streets where your ancestors once walked. A visit to your ancestral area can give you a better understanding of how your ancestors lived, and what your life would be like if they hadn't chosen to come to North America. Beyond that, there is a chance you'll make discoveries in archives that would be impossible without being there. |
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| Emigration: the Decision, Preparations to Leave, and the Paper Trail (Maralyn A. Wellauer-Lenius) |
| This lecture will explore the changes which encouraged people to emigrate, including economic, social, and political reasons, and will take a close look at the process of separating from the homeland and discovering the "paper trail" (i.e., passports) it created. |
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| German Ports, Emigration Literature, and the Voyage (Maralyn A. Wellauer-Lenius) |
| Attendees will learn how to use the vast supply of "emigration literature" (i.e., Passenger lists, Hamburg Police Records, etc.) to trace a genealogy, and learn how to recreate the journey and its hardships. Actual case studies will be drawn upon to strengthen the experience. |
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| How Family History Library Films are Acquired from the Former Soviet Sphere (Kahlile B. Mehr) |
| Collection Management at the Family History Library, Record Locations, Field Negotiations, Filming Procedures, Shipping, Receipt, Cataloging, and Distribution through the Family History Library Catalog. Understand why some records are acquired and others not. Improved ability to find information in the Family History Library Catalog. |
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| Changes in Eastern Europe and Family History Library Microfilming (Daniel M. Schlyter) |
| This lecture discusses Eastern European border changes and covers the history of what, when, and how the Family History Library has acquired the records in its collection including current acquisitions. |
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| Reading Vital Records and Other Local History Documents in Latin (Thomas K. Edlund) |
| A facility with reading Latin is an immensely valuable skill for any genealogist researching in European records. This workshop summarizes the challenges Latin records present to family historians, and discusses procedures and resources for interpreting Latin documents form the 16th to 20th centuries. |
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| Heroes and Villains of the Ukrainian Church of Western Canada (Felix G. Kuehn) |
| Three saints, one martyr, the co-conspirators of a plot to match the Da Vinci Code, a mentally-challenged “archimandrite, arch-pope, arch-patriarch,” and numerous selfless missionaries all figure in the early history of the Ukrainian church in Manitoba. Mr. Kuehn’s talk will be a non-judgmental presentation in which the audience will have the option to assess who were the “heroes and villains of the pioneer Ukrainian Church in Manitoba.” |
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