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Stephen P. Morse, Ph.D.
Keynote Speaker
Lecture Titles:
“One-Step Webpages: A Potpourri of Genealogical Search Tools” (FRIDAY PLENARY SESSION)
“Jewish Calendar Demystified”
“Playing Hide and Seek in the US Census”
“What Color Ellis Island Search Form should I use?”
Stephen Morse is an amateur genealogist who has been researching his Russian-Jewish origins. Several years ago he developed some web-based searching aids [...]
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Joseph Bielecki, J.D.
Lecture Titles: “Don’t Stop for Red Lights: The Story of the Creation of the Nationality Rooms at the University of Pittsburgh”(SATURDAY BANQUET TALK)
Joseph S. Bielecki received his BA, MA and JD from Duquesne University. He was the recipient of a Fulbright-Hays Group Projects Travel Grant to Hungary in1982. Joe has been the Chairman [...]
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Matthew Bielawa, M.A.
Lecture Titles: “Greek Catholic Church Records”; “The Cyrillic Alphabet for Genealogists”; “Taking the First Steps in Ukrainian Genealogy”; “Introduction to Polish Research Part 2”
Matthew Bielawa was born in Bridgeport, Connecticut. He is the associate registrar at Central Connecticut State University, located in New Britain, Connecticut. Mr. Bielawa currently serves as vice president [...]
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Daniel J. Burns
Lecture Titles: Tour Leader: Cathedral of Learning, Carnegie Library; The Role of Historical Societies in Genealogical Research”
Daniel J. Burns is the President of the Mifflin Township Historical Society and a freelance writer. He holds a degree in communications and has written four local history books. He has also authored numerous newsletters and [...]
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Thomas K. Edlund
FEEFHS President
Lecture Titles: “Latin for Genealogists”; “Publishing a Genealogical Society Journal”; “Russian Empire Research”; ”Gazetteers”
Thomas Kent Edlund, a specialist in East European languages and manuscripts, is an Associate Professor of Family and Local History, Brigham Young University and formerly Senior Librarian of Slavic Bibliography at the Family History Library, Salt Lake [...]
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Shon R. Edwards
Lecture Titles: “Beginning Czech Research”; “Update on LDS Microfilming in Czech Republic”
Shon R. Edwards is a cataloger of Slovak, Czech, and other Eastern European countries at the Family History Library. He is also in charge of Collection Management for the Czech Republic and Slovakia. He is an accredited researcher (AG) in Czech [...]
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Patricia Penka French
Lecture Titles: “Bulgarian-Macedonian Culture/Research”
Patricia Penka French is the president of the BMNECC — the Bulgarian Macedonian National Education & Cultural Center in Pittsburgh.
She has spent a lifetime in Public Relations, Promotions, and Development for worthwhile organizations and projects.
Patricia is an interpreter for the U.S. State Department in Bulgarian.
She is recognized throughout [...]
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Irmgard Hein-Ellingson
Lecture Titles: “Austria-Hungary Part I: The Habsburg Heart of Europe”; “Austria-Hungary Part II: Galicia and Bukovina: Multi-Ethnic Overview and Research Resources”; “A Survey of Monotheistic Religions in Central and Eastern Europe with Implications for Archival Research”
Irmgard Hein Ellingson is a previous past president of FEEFHS. The American-born daughter of Volhynian German refugees, she [...]
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Karen Hobbs
Lecture Titles: “Finding Grandfather’s Regiment in the Austrian Army”; “German-Bohemian Tract”; “Recruiting Rules of the Austrian Army and Their Affects on Life Decisions of Men Who Served”
Karen Hobbs is an author, lecturer, and independent scholar. She works as a translator of Imperial Austrian military history and of German-Bohemian history, folk culture and tradition. [...]
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Marilyn Cocchiola Holt, MLS
Lecture Titles: “Genealogical Resources in Western Pennsylvania”; “Climbing Your Family Tree: Beginning Genealogy”
Marilyn Cocchiola Holt, MLS, is Department Head of the Pennsylvania Department of the Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh of Pittsburgh and Past President and Director of the Western Pennsylvania Genealogical Society. She also currently serves on the Board [...]
