2009 PGSA Conference Syllabus – Unraveling the Mysteries.

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This syllabus contains notes from the following lectures:

CASE STUDIES: PGSA members share techniquests that conquered brick walls; strategies for research

YOU ARE ABLE TO UNDERSTAND POLISH, TOO – Translating the Polish Language-Polish Alphabet by Jadwiga Cyparska, PhD

VISITING POLAND: The GLORY of the PAST & The PROMISE of the FUTURE by Dr. Michael Mikos

FOLK COSTUMES of VARIOUS REGIONS of POLAND: INFLUENCES, STYLES, FABRIC & DETAILS by Cynthia Piech

ONLINE DATABASES of the POLISH STATE ARCHIVES – by Kahilie Mehr, MA, MLS

COOK COUNTY CHICAGO FAMILY HISTORY SOURCES: CRITIQUE OF SOURCE SITES & AVAILABILITY of MATERIAL by Craig Pfannkuche

THE PARTITIONS of POLAND & WHAT THEY MEANT TO OUR ANCESTORS by Dr. Michael Mikos, PhD.

THE MYSTERIES OF PERSI-PERIODICAL SOURCE INDEX by Donald Litzer

A DOZEN WAYS TO JUMPSTART A FAMILY HISTORY PROJECT by Loretto Szucs

EASTERN EUROPEAN INTERNET SITES FOR THE FAMILY RESEARCHER by Kahile Mehr, MA, MLS.

GEM AT THE CROSSROADS OF AMERICA – ALLEN CITY LIBRARY by Donald Litzer

THEY BECAME AMERICANS-FINDING NATURALIZATIONS AND ETHNIC ORIGINS by Loretto Szucs

GAZETTEERS & ONLINE MAPS FOR POLISH GENEALOGY by Kahlile Mehr, MA, MLS

DEALING WITH BAD GUYS IN ONE’S FAMILY TREE by Craig Pfannkuche

HIDDEN SOURCES FOR FINDING FAMILY STORIES by Loretto Szucs

FINDING DZIADZIA’S ROOTS: A CASE STUDY by Juliana Szucs Smith

DOING FAMILY HISTORY RESEARCH IN CEMETERIES by Craig Pfannkuche