2021 Polish Genealogy Conference Schedule
Friday, October 22nd, 2021
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5:15 – 5:30 p.m. Opening Remarks |
TIME |
SPEAKER |
LECTURE TITLE |
| 5:30 – 6:45 | Jonathan D. Shea and Matthew Bielawa | Part I – Introduction to Polish and Eastern European Family History |
| 7:00 – 8:15 | Jonathan D. Shea and Matthew Bielawa | Part II – Introduction to Polish and Eastern European Family History |
Saturday, October 23rd, 2021
|
9:00 a.m. – 9:15 a.m. Opening Remarks |
TIME |
SPEAKER |
LECTURE TITLE |
| 9:30 – 10:45 | Lisa Alzo | Silent Voices: Telling the Stories of your Female Immigrant Ancestors |
| 11:00 – 12:15 | Dr. Mieczyslaw B. Biskupski | Did the Poles Invent the Calvary Charge or Does it Just Seem That Way? |
| 12:20 – 12:40 – Break | ||
| 12:45 – 2:00 | Daniel Bućko | Researching Revision Lists (Revizskie Skazki) as a Genealogical Resource |
| 2:15 – 3:30 | Thomas Sadauskas | What Travel Routes Did Twenty Million Immigrants Use to Come to America (1890-1924) and How to Find Their Records? |
Friday, October 29th, 2021
|
5:15 – 5:30 p.m. Opening Remarks |
TIME |
SPEAKER |
LECTURE TITLE |
| 5:45 – 7:00 | Shannon Combs-Bennett | Genealogical Research for Adoptions, Foundlings and Other Distant Brick Walls |
| 7:45 – 9:00 | Thomas Sadauskas | So Why Can’t I Find My Polish Grandfather in U.S. Records |
Saturday, October 30th, 2021
|
9:00 a.m. – 9:15 a.m. Opening Remarks |
TIME |
SPEAKER |
LECTURE TITLE |
| 9:30 – 10:45 | Lisa Alzo | Cause of Death: Dissecting Coroner’s Records for Genealogical Research |
| 11:00 – 12:15 | Daniel Bućko | Researching Polish Origins at Archives in Belarus |
| 12:20 – 12:40 – Break | ||
| 12:45 – 2:00 | Denise Kolesar | Resources for Searching Your Polish-Canadian History |
| 2:15 – | Awarding of Conference Prizes |
All attendees will be entered in the drawing Winner needs not be present |
