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FEEFHS & SGGEE Conference - Milwaukee, WI - July

FEEFHS & SGGEE Conference - Milwaukee, WI - July

Posted: 22 May 2009 2:20PM GMT
Classification: Query
Super Conference 2009 - A Journey of Discovery.

Milwaukee, Wisconsin


July 24 and 25, 2009


Co-Sponsored by FEEFHS and SGGEE


The Federation of East European Family History Societies

The Society of German Genealogy in Eastern Europe

Program, Speakers, Venue and registration information can be found at


http://www.feefhs.org/

or

http://www.sggee.org/conventions/ConventionNews


Additional Local Event: Milwaukee German Fest

July 23 to July 26, 2009

Re: FEEFHS & SGGEE Conference - Milwaukee, WI - July

Posted: 10 Aug 2009 8:21PM GMT
Classification: Query
Hi Jerry,

Thanks for posting this. Even though I'm seeing this too late for the event, I had not previously heard of these two societies and am glad to hear of them.

Nikki

Re: FEEFHS & SGGEE Conference - Milwaukee, WI - July 2009

Posted: 10 Aug 2014 4:56PM GMT
Classification: Query
Edited: 10 Aug 2014 8:55PM GMT
My effort to index Milwaukee's archive of German language newspapers was only about 2 years old at the time of this conference in 2009, but the first binders consisting of a mere 15,000 entries were cataloged and shelved at the Milwaukee Public Library in Sept. 2008. I'm up to about 400,000 entries today for part of the index.
Before that time there was no reference resource for Milwaukee's well-known historic German-American community which many of us know dates back well before today's 1st and 2nd generation Post WWII German immigrants who remain active locally.
Even though I tried to connect with them, it wasn't necessary for a 7th generation 100% German-American descendent Milwaukeean to organize and create the now well-known collection called "Milwaukee's German Newspapers; an index of death notices and related items" (1844-1950).

In fact, a conversation at German Fest 2012 went like this:
German Fest exhibitor: "What's the starting year for the German papers?"
me: (pointing to my exhibit sign) "1844"
German Fest exhibitor: "1944?"
me: "1844"
German Fest exhibitor: "1944?"
me: "1844"
German Fest exhibitor: "1944?"
me: "1844. Milwaukee's archive of German language newspapers dates from 1844-1950. After 1950 publishing left Milwaukee for Chicago." (ed.: yes it did)

gary.rebholz@gmail.com, originator/compiler/editor, Milwaukee Wis.
Indexing Milwaukee's German newspapers continuously since 2007 and beyond 2014; helping our really historic German-American families with their stories, despite the efforts of ... well, never mind.
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