Program (as at 19 September)

 

Sunday 26 October

Time

Foyer

Plenary hall (upstairs)

Meeting room1

Meeting Room 2

Resources Room

8:00 – 9:30am

Registration and information

 

 

 

 

8:30 – 9:15am

 

Beginners session

Lionel Sharpe: 10 pt Basics

Rieke Nash: Beginners’ Guide

 

 

9:30 – 10:15am

 

Welcome and Keynote Address

Martha Lev-Zion: Jewish Genealogy in the 21st Century

 

 

 

10:15 – 10:45am

Coffee/Tea

 

 

 

Reference books, research guides, maps, CDs, handouts

 

Photocopying facilities

 

Experts by appointment

 

Internet access – databases

 

Translations by appointment

10:45 – 12:00am

 

Holocaust Research

Convenor: Lionel Sharpe

 

 

12:00 – 1:00pm

Lunch & Networking

 

 

 

1:15 – 2:15pm

 

Early Australian Families

Convenor: Helen Bersten

Austria/Czech Research

Convenor: Daniela Torsh

USA Research

Convenor: Peter Nash

2:15 – 2:45pm

Coffee/Tea

 

 

 

2:45 – 3:45pm

 

Poland Research

Convenor: Rieke Nash

Sephardic / Italy Research

Convenor: Kim Phillips

S. Africa / Lithuania / Latvia Research

Convenor: Bubbles Segall

3:45 – 4:45pm

 

UK Research

Convenor: TBA

Hungary Research

Convenor: Michael Taub

France / Belgium / Switzerland Research

Convenor: Lionel Sharpe

 

 

Area closed for dinner preparation

 

 

 

6:30pm

 

Banquet

 

 

 

Monday 27 October

Time

Foyer

Plenary hall (upstairs)

Meeting room1

Meeting Room 2

Resources Room

9:00 – 9:45am

 

Genealogy Resources in National Archives

Julia Church

 

 

Reference books, research guides, maps, CDs, handouts

 

Photocopying facilities

 

Experts by appointment

 

Internet access – databases

 

Translations by appointment

9:45 – 10:15am

 

Heraldry & Genealogy Soc. of Canberra

Rhonda Kerr

 

 

10:15 – 10:45am

Coffee/Tea

 

 

 

10:45 – 11:20am

 

Australian War Memorial

Convenor: Kim Phillips

 

 

11:20 – 11:30am

 

National Library Resources Information

 

 

11:30 – 12:30pm

 

Genealogy Resources in Israel

Martha Lev-Zion

 

 

12:30 – 1:30pm

Lunch & Networking

 

 

 

1:30 – 2:30pm

 

Ukraine Research

Convenor: Les Oberman

Germany Research

Convenor: Peter Nash

Other Research Group - TBA

2:30 – 3:00pm

Coffee/Tea

 

 

 

3:00 – 4:00pm

 

Other Research Group (TBA)

Other Research Group (TBA)

Other Research Group (TBA)

4:00 – 4:45pm

 

Ongoing Projects – gaps, omissions and the Future

 

 

 

4:45pm

 

Closing Session