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Ceil Wendt Jensen's Michigan Polonia - Traditional & Online Genealogy Resources
Ceil Jensen, Certified Genealogist, presents practical examples and suggestions on how to use records, databases, and archives to start or advance your genealogy research. She dispels the myth that records were destroyed during the World Wars and that language barriers make European research difficult. She has documented her ancestry back to the 1600s in Poland and has done
on-site research in Europe. She has working with her husband Jim on his French Canadian, Irish and Colonial Virginia lines. Her studio now develops online sites, video, CDs, DVDs and databases for genealogists of all ages.
Ceil brings her laptop and LCD projector. She is available for multi lectures in a day or weekend.She needs a large screen and two extension cords. A microphone is appreciated for larger rooms. She will provide a handout master in Word or .pdf format. Please contact for fees and travel expenses. The society provides airfare or mileage, lodging (no home stays, please), and meals.
Ceil encourages attendees to follow up with email questions.
General Topics and Polish and Eastern European Topics
Newspapers are a great resource for information on the life and times of your ancestors. Follow a family for three generations in community and regional newspapers. Ideas are included on how to use current global newspapers to obtain information.
Maps for Genealogy: Old, New, and Digital
Whether its finding the family farm on a plat map or the changing boarders of a county or country; maps are indispensable. A range of sources, types and uses of maps will be covered.
Post Mortem Records
Enhancing Your Family History with the Arts
Your family history will be enriched with the addition of work by regional artists, writers and musicians. Learn how to locate artwork and reproductions from libraries, museums and collections.
Grassroots Extractions and Databases
Your research generates lists and resources that are beneficial to other researchers. Learn how to organize the data and distribute it to organizations and publishers.
FREE! A Compendium of Resources and Materials for Family Historians
Genealogy: An Academic Pursuit
Technology for Genealogy
A survey of hardware, software and Internet tools that help you research, organize and report your genealogical research.
The ABCs of School Records
School records have been kept for centuries and are a neglected source of information. Learn how to access a range of public and private records -K-12 through university- to round out your family history. Both North American and European records will be discussed.
Professional Techniques for the Family Genealogist
Research and organizational techniques used by professional genealogists that can easily be used by the family researcher. An overview of who, what, where, when, why and how of recordkeeping. Brickwall solutions for North American and European research problems will be investigated.
How To Build a Genealogical Website or Blog
Learn the ins and outs of free online websites using web portals such as angelfire and yahoo/geocities. We’ll also cover creating a website using Macromedia Dreamweaver. Create a .html file and insert graphics and add hyperlinks. Tips to creating content that keeps the reader at your site. Learn how to ftp your files to an Internet server. Step by step guide to register your own domain name.
Planning a Trip for Overseas Research
How to successfully hire a European photographer, researcher and / or guide via the net. Practical examples and suggestions to keep you within your genealogy budget as you buy online from overseas resources. This session will be of interest to both armchair travelers and frequent flyers.
Using the Internet for Genealogy: Sites, Tools, and Netiquette
The Internet is interactive and requires participation of researchers. Learn about websites and databases that contain the information you seek such as census records and ship manifests. Practical examples and suggestions on how to successfully communicate via the Internet with fellow researchers are presented. Learn the “netiquette” (etiquette) and vocabulary of the Internet. Learn to effectively post to email lists and messages board.
Seeking Fathers, Mothers, Brothers, and Sisters?
Using Religious Orders Archives to Find Ancestors. Learn how to access the archives of religious orders to find ancestors. Lecture begins with Cecilia Wojtkowiak’s stay at a Felician Sisters' Polish-American orphanage at the turn of the 20th century. The records of ordained priests and ministers, mother superiors and religious brothers and sisters are a neglected but rich source of genealogical information.
Strategies For Locating Ancestral Villages: Four Case Studies
Four case studies are presented that use different finding aids and techniques to locate the village and parishes. While many traditional research techniques were employed this lecture also addresses online tools that can help you in your quest. The case studies are from West Prussia, East Prussia, Congress Poland, Poznan and Galicia.
Understanding Migration and Immigrant Communities
Enhance your research by taking a break from seeking individual records and widen your scope. Learn about the patterns of migration, the immigrant villages left behind and the new communities they created. Learn how to locate online sites and repositories that hold information and clues to long sought information. Regional groups publish photo albums, databases and histories of the early communities and immigrants. Someone may have already published what you are looking for.
Marianna: Matka, Żona, Córka, Siostra
Early female Polish immigrants did not leave the paper trail that was generated by the men of the family. This session will highlight databases and records that help you find information on your maternal line. The newly indexed databases of the Polish Women's Alliance of America (1890-1930) will be highlighted.
Stutthof- The first and last German Concentration Camp in Poland (1939-1945)
The Rubrics of the Road
Church and civil documents are not difficult – in any language- once you know the rubrics- or standards used to record the births, marriages and deaths of our ancestors.
Władyslaw Reymont’s Chłopi (The Peasants)
Have you ever wondered what life was like in your ancestor's village? Experience it in Wladyslaw Reymont 's Chlopi (The Peasants) which received the Noble Prize for Literature in 1924. This lecture focuses on the novel set in the late 1800s and moves through the seasons as it highlights the life and turmoil of the Boryna family. Learn the Polish traditions, customs, and folklore of the time. The lecture will showcase the works of Polish artists including Olga Boznanska, Roman Kochanowski, Jacek Malczewski, Wojciech Weiss and illustrations by Maria Orlowska-Gabryo, Zofia Stryjenska and Arthur Szyk.
Researching Your Polish Heritage Online
Once you have located your ancestral village(s) your search can continue online. Polish archives, repositories and civil offices are accessible via your computer. Government and community organizations offer online databases and maps. Learn how to use the SEZAM database of the State Archives in Warsaw.
Now Boarding: Armchair Travelers and Frequent Flyers: Planning a Trip for Overseas Research
We’ll cover how to successfully hire a European photographer, researcher and / or guide via the net. Practical examples and suggestions to keep you within your genealogy budget as you buy online from overseas resources. Learn to write effective email to English as Second Language speakers and how to post to find distant relatives. This session is based 25 years of travel experience leading overseas tours as well as private research in Europe. Learn how to plan ahead, get the most for your dollar, travel light and bring home the research you went for!
The Peasant and the Palace: Manor Records in Poland
A multimedia presentation set at the Palace of Rogalin using the manorial records and the writings of the owner Count Raczynski. The session demonstrates how to research ancestors' lives as workers on the Raczynski estate. Includes practical guidance for researchers whose families worked on estates in Europe.
Roast The Scribe
This session will help you learn techniques for deciphering hard-to-read handwriting or script, whether modern or archaic. Recognize the rubrics common to Polish records. Understand how surnames are disguised by suffixes and how variations developed. Identify unique characters and abbreviations in church and civil records.
Polish Archives: Behind the Scenes
Based on interviews with the directors conducted on site to learn about the unique materials held at the archives of Poznan, Gdansk, Mlawa, Bialystok and the concentration camp at Stutthof.
Researching Your U.S. Heritage Online
The key to finding your ancestors records in Europe is to locate their home village. You might be surprised to find out that the documents that identify the ancestral home are readily available here in the U.S. This session will outline the most likely civil and religious records that will list the home village.
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Researching Your International Heritage Online
The key to finding your ancestors records in Europe is to locate their home village. You might be surprised to find out that the documents that identify the ancestral home are readily available here in the U.S. This session will outline the most likely civil and religious records that will list the home village.
Baptismorum, Matrimoniorum et Defunctorum: Locating and Deciphering Catholic Records From Around the Globe
Enhancing Your Family History with the Arts
Your family history will be enriched with the addition of work by regional artists, writers and musicians. Learn how to locate artwork and reproductions from libraries, museums and collections.
Grassroots Extractions and Databases
Your research generates lists and resources that are beneficial to other researchers. Learn how to organize the data and distribute it to organizations and publishers.
FREE! A Compendium of Resources and Materials for Family Historians
Genealogy: An Academic Pursuit
Technology for Genealogy
A survey of hardware, software and Internet tools that help you research, organize and report your genealogical research.
The ABCs of School Records
School records have been kept for centuries and are a neglected source of information. Learn how to access a range of public and private records -K-12 through university- to round out your family history. Both North American and European records will be discussed.
Professional Techniques for the Family Genealogist
Research and organizational techniques used by professional genealogists that can easily be used by the family researcher. An overview of who, what, where, when, why and how of recordkeeping. Brickwall solutions for North American and European research problems will be investigated.
How To Build a Genealogical Website or Blog
Learn the ins and outs of free online websites using web portals such as angelfire and yahoo/geocities. We’ll also cover creating a website using Macromedia Dreamweaver. Create a .html file and insert graphics and add hyperlinks. Tips to creating content that keeps the reader at your site. Learn how to ftp your files to an Internet server. Step by step guide to register your own domain name.
Planning a Trip for Overseas Research
How to successfully hire a European photographer, researcher and / or guide via the net. Practical examples and suggestions to keep you within your genealogy budget as you buy online from overseas resources. This session will be of interest to both armchair travelers and frequent flyers.
Using the Internet for Genealogy: Sites, Tools, and Netiquette
The Internet is interactive and requires participation of researchers. Learn about websites and databases that contain the information you seek such as census records and ship manifests. Practical examples and suggestions on how to successfully communicate via the Internet with fellow researchers are presented. Learn the “netiquette” (etiquette) and vocabulary of the Internet. Learn to effectively post to email lists and messages board.
Seeking Fathers, Mothers, Brothers, and Sisters?
Using Religious Orders Archives to Find Ancestors. Learn how to access the archives of religious orders to find ancestors. Lecture begins with Cecilia Wojtkowiak’s stay at a Felician Sisters' Polish-American orphanage at the turn of the 20th century. The records of ordained priests and ministers, mother superiors and religious brothers and sisters are a neglected but rich source of genealogical information.
Strategies For Locating Ancestral Villages: Four Case Studies
Four case studies are presented that use different finding aids and techniques to locate the village and parishes. While many traditional research techniques were employed this lecture also addresses online tools that can help you in your quest. The case studies are from West Prussia, East Prussia, Congress Poland, Poznan and Galicia.
Understanding Migration and Immigrant Communities
Enhance your research by taking a break from seeking individual records and widen your scope. Learn about the patterns of migration, the immigrant villages left behind and the new communities they created. Learn how to locate online sites and repositories that hold information and clues to long sought information. Regional groups publish photo albums, databases and histories of the early communities and immigrants. Someone may have already published what you are looking for.
Marianna: Matka, Żona, Córka, Siostra
Early female Polish immigrants did not leave the paper trail that was generated by the men of the family. This session will highlight databases and records that help you find information on your maternal line. The newly indexed databases of the Polish Women's Alliance of America (1890-1930) will be highlighted.
Stutthof- The first and last German Concentration Camp in Poland (1939-1945)
The Rubrics of the Road
Church and civil documents are not difficult – in any language- once you know the rubrics- or standards used to record the births, marriages and deaths of our ancestors.
Władyslaw Reymont’s Chłopi (The Peasants)
Have you ever wondered what life was like in your ancestor's village? Experience it in Wladyslaw Reymont 's Chlopi (The Peasants) which received the Noble Prize for Literature in 1924. This lecture focuses on the novel set in the late 1800s and moves through the seasons as it highlights the life and turmoil of the Boryna family. Learn the Polish traditions, customs, and folklore of the time. The lecture will showcase the works of Polish artists including Olga Boznanska, Roman Kochanowski, Jacek Malczewski, Wojciech Weiss and illustrations by Maria Orlowska-Gabryo, Zofia Stryjenska and Arthur Szyk.
Researching Your Polish Heritage Online
Once you have located your ancestral village(s) your search can continue online. Polish archives, repositories and civil offices are accessible via your computer. Government and community organizations offer online databases and maps. Learn how to use the SEZAM database of the State Archives in Warsaw.
Now Boarding: Armchair Travelers and Frequent Flyers: Planning a Trip for Overseas Research
We’ll cover how to successfully hire a European photographer, researcher and / or guide via the net. Practical examples and suggestions to keep you within your genealogy budget as you buy online from overseas resources. Learn to write effective email to English as Second Language speakers and how to post to find distant relatives. This session is based 25 years of travel experience leading overseas tours as well as private research in Europe. Learn how to plan ahead, get the most for your dollar, travel light and bring home the research you went for!
The Peasant and the Palace: Manor Records in Poland
A multimedia presentation set at the Palace of Rogalin using the manorial records and the writings of the owner Count Raczynski. The session demonstrates how to research ancestors' lives as workers on the Raczynski estate. Includes practical guidance for researchers whose families worked on estates in Europe.
Roast The Scribe
This session will help you learn techniques for deciphering hard-to-read handwriting or script, whether modern or archaic. Recognize the rubrics common to Polish records. Understand how surnames are disguised by suffixes and how variations developed. Identify unique characters and abbreviations in church and civil records.
Polish Archives: Behind the Scenes
Based on interviews with the directors conducted on site to learn about the unique materials held at the archives of Poznan, Gdansk, Mlawa, Bialystok and the concentration camp at Stutthof.
Researching Your U.S. Heritage Online
The key to finding your ancestors records in Europe is to locate their home village. You might be surprised to find out that the documents that identify the ancestral home are readily available here in the U.S. This session will outline the most likely civil and religious records that will list the home village.
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Researching Your International Heritage Online
The key to finding your ancestors records in Europe is to locate their home village. You might be surprised to find out that the documents that identify the ancestral home are readily available here in the U.S. This session will outline the most likely civil and religious records that will list the home village.
Baptismorum, Matrimoniorum et Defunctorum: Locating and Deciphering Catholic Records From Around the Globe
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