Finding
your Immigrant Ancestor
FEEFHS Fall Workshop
FEEFHS Fall Workshop
Genealogists with ancestors from Eastern European countries
often get stumped before they even begin.
To assist them, the Federation of East European Family History Societies
(FEEFHS) has developed a new workshop, “Finding your Immigrant Ancestor”. The program will be held November 12-15, 2013
at the Salt Lake Plaza Hotel in Salt Lake City, with research, labs, and
consultations conducted at the nearby Family History Library.
“In order to successfully research your ancestors in Eastern
Europe, you must first know their village of origin,” reports Peg Ivanyo, a
genealogist researching her husband’s ancestors from Slovakia and administrator
of the annual FEEFHS research workshops. “Until you know the name and location
of the village your ancestor came from, was born in, it is impossible to find
them in the records overseas.”
This new fall offering by FEEFHS will focus on the US and
Canadian records that will help researchers identify that village, the
methodologies for such research, and the geography-related basics required to
place the village once a name is obtained.
Professional genealogists specializing in both immigrant research and
East European records will provide instruction.
The three-day workshop includes classes each morning, with computer lab assistance
and one-on-one consultations daily each afternoon. An optional pre-workshop orientation of the
Family History Library will be offered on Tuesday, November 12th, and
the program will close with dinner and a presentation by Milan Pohontsch,
“Chasing the Elusive Ancestor.”
A detailed schedule, speaker biographies, travel information,
and online registration are available at feefhsworkshop.org. Class size is limited to assure adequate
personal assistance.
FEEFHS was founded in 1992 as a non-profit umbrella organization
for related societies. It continues to
provide information and access to genealogical resources and educational
workshops relating to Eastern European family history research. Additional resources and information may be
found at feefhs.org.
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