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Everyone here at UPGS 2008 has commented on how slow the WiFi connection is here at the Plaza Hotel. The slow speed caused a few speakers to change their presentations since reliable, fast Internet connections can’t be secured.<\/p>\n
To top things off, the city is planning to shut the electricity off at the hotel tonight. I guess I’ll be\u00c2\u00a0using the\u00c2\u00a0alarm on my cell phone tonight.<\/p>\n
Today, I attended\u00c2\u00a0a Skype conference with Poland, a lecture\u00c2\u00a0by Orvill Paller on\u00c2\u00a0his visit to Poland with the Genealogical Society of Utah (the Family History Library), a\u00c2\u00a0demonstration of AncestryPress by Kelvin Hulit, a lecture on Social Media by Beau Sharbrough, and a lecture on Post-Mortem Records by Ceil Jensen.<\/p>\n
The final event of the evening was a Funeral Card scanning party, where participants brought their Polish Funeral Cards to be scanned by dedicated volunteers (including me). The scanned images will be uploaded to a free database on Footnote.com.<\/p>\n
That’s all for now. I’m signing off, hoping to get this article posted before the power goes out!<\/p>\n
Copyright \u00a9 2008 by Stephen J. Danko<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Everyone here at UPGS 2008 has commented on how slow the WiFi connection is here at the Plaza Hotel. The slow speed caused a few speakers to change their presentations since reliable, fast Internet connections can’t be secured. Continue reading