Presentations and Speakers 2009
Presentations and Speakers at the 2009 CGSI Conference in Cleveland, Ohio
| Writing Your Family History | Lisa Alzo |
| Beginning Slovak Genealogy | Lisa Alzo |
| Cuyahoga County Archives Genealogical Resources | Don Kozlowski |
| They Settled Here: The Role of Chain Migration in the US, Its Importance in Family History Research | Lisa Alzo |
| Egg Decorating in Slovakia and the Czech Lands | Daniela Sipkova Mahoney |
| Archives Getting Digital – What Can I Do Myself? When Do I Need Help? | Jan Dus |
| Deciphering the Old German Documents | Frank Soural |
| The Most Useful Genealogical Sources in the Slovak Archives | Milan Belej |
| The Czech Legion in France and in Russia | Karen Hobbs |
| The Range of Czech Ancestors Given Names, Their Origins and Language Forms | Miroslav Koudelka |
| History of the Chod (Bohemian Border Guards) | Roy Rushka |
| 1914 Memorandum of the Slovak League of America | Gregory Ference |
| The Applicability of Feudal Tax Lists to Slovak Family History Research | Margo L Smith |
| The Settlement, Growth and Movement of the Czechs and Institutions in Cleveland | Stephen Sebesta |
| Czech and Slovak Folk Dress . . . . Costume . . . . Kroje | Helene Cincebeaux |
| The Mass Migration from Slovakia to the USA: Causes, Course and Useful Documents | Milan Belej |
| Using LDS Austrian Military Records | Karen Hobbs |
| The Roadblocks a Czech Genealogist May Encounter and Ways to Resolve Them | Miroslav Koudelka |
| The Sudeten German Expulsion (Odsun) | Frank Soural |
| Slovak-Hungarian Relations in Cleveland Before WWI | Michael J Kopanic, Jr |
| What Was Everyday Life Like for Our Ancestors in the Middle Ages | Mark Bigaouette |
| Understanding the Names and Records of Our Czech Ancestors: Tools for Genealogists | Carol Jean Smetana |
| Demystifying East European Research | Lisa Alzo |
| Visual Anthropological Perspectives in the Turiec Valley, Slovakia | Margo L Smith |
| High Impact Slovak Pioneers to America: Those Known to Have Shaped Communities and Other Frontiers | Joseph Hornack |
| The Story of Cleveland Czechoslovak Legionnaires | Stephen Sebesta |
| Rusyns and Slovaks: Similarities and Differences | John Righetti |
| The Register Books in Slovakia – The Most Important Source for Genealogical Research | Milan Belej |
| Eastern Canadian Ports of Entry for Immigrants | Frank Soural |
| Genealogical History of Christians and Jews in the Czech Lands and Slovakia | Jan Dus |
| National Orientation and Identity of Carpatho-Rusyns in Cleveland | Rich Custer |
| The Slovak Quest for Equality in Hungary Before WWI With Special Emphasis on the Slovaks in the USA | Gregory Ference |
| Finding the Ancestor’s Regiment | Karen Hobbs |
| Sedlak, Pasekar, Fleishhacker or Inquilinus? Let Us Get Acquainted with the Professions of Our Czech Ancestors | Miroslav Koudelka |
| Rusyn Superstitions and Customs | John Righetti |
| Strategies in Use of Parish Records in Slovak Family History Research | Margo L Smith |
| Slovak Immigrant Neighborhoods in the Cleveland Area | Michael J Kopanic, Jr |
