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East European Genealogical Society 2010 Seminar
 
Galicia (south-eastern Poland and western Ukraine)
Date: October 2, 2010
Place: Red River College - Princess St. Campus
Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
 
Speakers:  Matthew Bielawa and Brian J. Lenius
Internationally renowned authorities on Galician genealogical research

Topics: This full day seminar will include various topics on
Galicia, including a description of Galicia, record keeping, locating
records, reading and analyzing records, languages (including
Cyrillic), among other topics.
 
Matthew Bielawa (Stratford, Connecticut, USA) has specialization in
western Ukraine and eastern Galicia, about which he has extensively
lectured, written articles for various genealogical journals, and
created a web page, Genealogy of Halychyna / Eastern Galicia
(www.halgal.com).  Matthew has conducted research trips to Ukraine,
Poland and Russia numerous times, including a semester of studies at
Leningrad State University.  Matthew earned a B.A. degree in Slavic
and East European Studies from the University of Connecticut and a
M.A. degree in Slavic Languages and Literature from New York
University.
 
Brian J. Lenius (Selkirk, Manitoba) has conducted East European
research specializing in the former Austrian province of Galicia for
over 25 years.  Brian is author and publisher of the Genealogical
Gazetteer of Galicia: Expanded Data Edition, as well as numerous
articles on Galician and Austrian research published in various
Polish, eastern European, and other genealogical periodicals.  He has
presented research-oriented lectures to numerous genealogical
societies in Canada, USA, and Germany.  Brian has undertaken 15
extended research trips in Poland, Ukraine, Austria, Czech Republic,
and Germany greatly expanding resources available to North American
genealogical researchers.
 
Cost: Members $55.00, Non-members $60.00
 
Further details to follow:  EEGS website & East European Genealogist
Society information and voice mail: (204) 989-3292
 
Mavis Menzies, EEGS 2010 Seminar Co-Chair