2019 PGSA Conference Syllabus – Electronic version

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Table of Contents

1 Witamy/Welcome Letter

3 Table of Contents

4 Conference Schedule

6 Speaker Biographies

9 PGSA Gwiazda Award

10 2020 PGSA Sponsored Tours to Poland

11 Hot Off the PGSA Press: “Memoirs of a Peasant”

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1: Overview of Current Polish Genealogical Resources in…

13 a: the former Russian Partition

14 b: the former Austrian/Galician Partition

16 c: the former Prussian Partition

18 2: Ethnic Diversity & Population Trends in SE Poland

21 3: Do’s and Don’ts of Crowdsourcing for Genealogy

25 4: 21st Century Research Needs 19th Century Resources

28 5: Galician Maps in Poland: A Great Source for Family Research

32 6: Unarchiving Your Family History Through Film & Media

7: Panel: DNA Technology & Its Implications for Family Research

33 a: DNA Testing Companies and Their Applications

34 b: DNA Testing and Dark Secrets

35 c: DNA: A Power Tool in the Genealogist’s Tool Box

37 8: Breaking Down Brick Walls Utilizing FAN Methodology