Today was quite a day in Salt Lake City. I woke to beautiful clear skies and temperatures that were downright balmy! It’s hard to believe that\u00c2\u00a0snow fell in Salt\u00c2\u00a0Lake City\u00c2\u00a0earlier this week.<\/p>\n
Several genealogical societies are meeting in Salt Lake City this week. I’m attending the United Polish Genealogical Societies (UPGS)\u00c2\u00a0conference, but\u00c2\u00a0the California Genealogical Society (CGS)\u00c2\u00a0is also in Salt Lake this week .\u00a0I’ll sneak out of the UPGS meetings tomorrow evening to have dinner with the CGS at Lamb’s.<\/p>\n
In the meantime, I spent a good part of the day at the Family History Library. Today was my French Canadian genealogy day at the library where I tried to\u00c2\u00a0hammer\u00c2\u00a0away at\u00c2\u00a0some brick walls. Unfortunately,\u00a0I didn’t have as much luck as I had hoped, but I found three relevant compiled genealogies in:<\/p>\n
White, Stephen A., Hector-J. He\u00cc\u0081bert, and Patrice Gallant. 1999. Dictionnaire ge\u00cc\u0081ne\u00cc\u0081alogique des familles acadiennes<\/em>. Moncton, N.-B.: Centre d’e\u00cc\u0081tudes acadiennes, Universite\u00cc\u0081 de Moncton.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
Research at the Family History Library was interrupted twice today by evacuations. I’m not sure the reason for the evacuations, but I was told that\u00c2\u00a0they may have been due to bomb threats in response to the recent news reports about the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (no connection with the Mormon Church\u00c2\u00a0or the Family History Library).<\/p>\n
After the second evacuation, I just went to supper and then to the opening session of the UPGS conference.<\/p>\n
It looks like this year’s UPGS conference will be the largest on record and the first to have two separate tracks of lectures. So far, everything seems to be going smoothly. Conference chair Ceil Jensen and the host Polish Genealogical Society of Michigan really have their act together – even the conference syllabus is impressive.<\/p>\n
The evening program was a viewing of the\u00c2\u00a02007 documentary entitled Our Polish Story, a film that describes the experiences of Polish immigrants and their descendants in Detroit. Copies of the DVD can be ordered from:<\/p>\n
Our Story Of LLC
\n28345 Beck Road
\nSuite 404
\nWixom, MI 48393<\/p><\/blockquote>\nThe cost is $19.59 plus 6% tax and $5.00 shipping.<\/p>\n
Tomorrow’s program begins with a Skype video conference with a Polish genealogy conference being held concurrently in Poland. Can’t wait!<\/p>\n
Copyright \u00a9 2008 by Stephen J. Danko<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Today was quite a day in Salt Lake City. I woke to beautiful clear skies and temperatures that were downright balmy! It’s hard to believe that snow fell in Salt Lake City earlier this week. Continue reading