{"id":1589,"date":"2007-08-04T00:01:08","date_gmt":"2007-08-04T07:01:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/2007\/08\/04\/the-united-polish-genealogical-societies-conference-2008\/"},"modified":"2007-08-04T00:01:08","modified_gmt":"2007-08-04T07:01:08","slug":"the-united-polish-genealogical-societies-conference-2008","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/1589","title":{"rendered":"The United Polish Genealogical Societies Conference &#8211; 2008"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The 2008 conference of the United Polish Genealogical Societies has been announced. The conference will be held in Salt Lake City from April 18-21, 2008.<\/p>\n<p>The conference organizers\u00c2\u00a0are writing\u00c2\u00a0a blog at <a href=\"http:\/\/upgs.wordpress.com\/\">http:\/\/upgs.wordpress.com<\/a> to communicate\u00c2\u00a0details about the conference, introduce the speakers, and provide day-by-day information about the activities at the conference.<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><a class=\"imagelink\" title=\"Photo of the Family History Library in Salt Lake City\" href=\"https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/08\/Photo%20of%20the%20Family%20History%20Library.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"image1588\" style=\"width: 460px; height: 300px\" height=\"300\" alt=\"Photo of the Family History Library in Salt Lake City\" src=\"https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/08\/Photo%20of%20the%20Family%20History%20Library.jpg\" width=\"460\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><strong><em>Family History Library, Salt Lake City<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">SOURCE: The Family History Library in Salt Lake City. Photographed by Stephen J. Danko\u00c2\u00a025 Nov\u00c2\u00a02006.<\/p>\n<p>The 2008 Conference will include some exciting new features:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Video conferencing with genealogists in Poland<\/li>\n<li>Online\u00c2\u00a0participation by\u00c2\u00a0a famous writer of Polish research materials<\/li>\n<li>A BYU Roundtable on Publishing Your Family History<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Topics discussed will include information about German Poland, Russian Poland and Austrian Poland. In addition to the scheduled lectures, the conference will feature:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Experts on hand to help translate documents in Russian, Polish and German<\/li>\n<li>Time to conduct your own research at the Family History Library<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Speakers will include the following, appearing in person:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Tomasz Nitsch, administrator of Poland&#8217;s GenPol<\/li>\n<li>Sonja Hoeke-Nishimoto, Family History Library<\/li>\n<li>Kahile B. Mehr,\u00a0 Family History Library<\/li>\n<li>Daniel Schlyter, Family History Library<\/li>\n<li>Ceil Wendt Jensen of Michigan Polonia<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Speakers also include the following who will participate on-line:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Katarzyna Grycza of Discovering Roots<\/li>\n<li>\u0141ukasz Bielecki\u00c2\u00a0of the Poznan Project<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The 2008 conference of the United Polish Genealogical Societies has been announced. The conference will be held in Salt Lake City from April 18-21, 2008. 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