4th Annual Nashi Predky Fall Conference, October 6-7, 2017 - Somerset, NJ

[Michelle Chubenko]

The 4th Annual Nashi Predky Fall Conference - Unlock Your Heritage:
Discover Your Ancestry - will be held at the Ukrainian Cultural Center
located at 135 Davidson Avenue in Somerset, NJ on October 6-7, 2017. The
event features internationally known experts in Eastern European
genealogy, and will span two days, including a full-day dedicated to DNA
along with Saturday's workshop on Using Cadastral Maps, opportunity for
networking, and the choice of seven lectures.

New to the conference in 2017!

The Nashi Predky Family History Group is proud to offer a two full days
of programming. Participants may register for either Friday or Saturday,
or the full two-day conference at reduced pricing. In addition to the
presentations, the event will have vendors and cultural display areas.

On Friday, October 6th, DNA Day offers participants three lectures, Q&A
Panel open discussion and dinner. Registration opens at 2pm and a light
dinner will be available. The presentations by Melissa Johnson, CG are:
Genetic Genealogy: A Beginner’s Guide, Diving Deeper into Genetic
Genealogy, and Using Autosomal DNA in Genealogy. The DNA Panel
Discussion will be hosted by: Melissa Johnson, CG, Natalie Asikainen,
Bruce Romanchuk, an Administrator of the Facebook group "Lemko Ancestry
& DNA", and Prof. Volodymyr Bodnar, the leader of the FamilyTreeDNA
group "Ukrainian DNA Genealogy - Український ДНК-родовід".

On Saturday, October 7th, the second day of the "Unlock Your Heritage:
Discover Your Ancestry" opens with registration at 8am with a light
continental breakfast. At 9am, the morning sessions start off with the
presentation "Galicia: An Ethnic and Religious Melting Pot" by Zbigniew
Stettner where he will describe ethnic and religious mixture in Galicia
and show how this knowledge can help you trace your ancestors.

After the opening session, a dual-track day begins with presentations by
Rhoda Miller, CG, "Finding Families in Russian Era Ukraine: Census
Records and More", and by Rev. Dr. Ivan Kaszczak "Ukrainian Catholics in
America: A History".

Participants will be offered a buffet luncheon featuring ethnic food and
networking time during the lunch break.

The afternoon sessions continue the dual-track offerings: "1920s-1940s
Polish State Archives Records for Lemkos" by Zbigniew Stettner; "Ten
Ways to Jumpstart Your Eastern European Research" by Lisa Alzo; "Did My
Great-Grandmother Have a Family?: A Problem Solving Case Study" by Rhoda
Miller, CG; and "Immigrant Cluster Communities: Past, Present and
Future" by Lisa Alzo. An optional workshop "Using 19th century
Cadastral Maps to Trace Our Galician Ancestors" hosted by Zbigniew
Stettner will show how to find the records in archives, interpret them
and teach how to compare cadastral maps with current maps using various
software and websites.

The two-day event concludes with the door-prize drawings at 4:30pm.

Registration is now OPEN!
http://ukrhec.org/nashi-predky-conference-2017
Take advantage of the early-bird pricing through August 31st!!


--
Michelle Chubenko
"Our Ancestors -- Наші предки / Ukrainian Genealogy"
https://www.facebook.com/groups/NashiPredky/
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Co-Coordinator, Family History Group
Ukrainian Historical & Educational Center of NJ
http://www.ukrhec.org/family-history-group