2009 Program!

September 17 -- Thursday Arrivals

Time...to be determined An informal dinner...at the Old Europe Inn in Salem.


September 18 -- Friday Program

  9:00 -   9:15Meet and greet with village name tag designation
  9:15 -   9:30Introduction of the speakers
  9:30 - 10:00Ray Borshowa - Mt. Angel roots and its Oktoberfest
10:00 - 10:15Break
10:15 - 11:00Elisabeth Walter - on writing her book "Barefoot in the Rubble"
11:00 - 11:30Eileen Lund-Johnson - Hungarian Village Finder tool
11:30 - 12:30Lunch on site
12:30 -   1:00Marcia Fay giving us the first lesson of singing 'Donauschwaben Kindes-Kinder'
  1:00 -   1:30Research and Village Breakout
  1:30 -   2:15Karen Preston - Deutsch Ungarische Kalender Lists
  2:30 -Leave for the Weingarten at the Mt. Angel Oktoberfest. Experience Donauschwaebische Freundlichkeit & Gemütlichkeit in Mt. Angel.

September 19 -- Saturday Program

  9:00 -   9:15Meet and greet with village name tag designation
  9:15 -   9:30Introduction of the speakers
  9:30 - 10:00Marcia Fay giving us the second lesson of singing 'Donauschwaben Kindes-Kinder'
10:00 - 10:15Break
10.15 - 11.30Henry Fischer - Comparing Government versus private landowner settlement conditions.
11:30 - 12:30Lunch
12:30 -   1:30Günter Junkers - Early DS genealogy and AKdFF
  1:30 -   1:45Break
  1:45 -   2:45Dave Dryer - Some Incidents and Observations on writing the Josefsdorf family book
  2:45 -   3:00Break
  3:00 -   4:00John Michels - After the disbanding of Tito's death camps.
  4:00 -   4:15Break
  4:15 -   4:45Mara Henderson - Banater Family Tree (with Deutsch Zerne)
  4:45 -   6:00Free until dinner
  6:00 -   7:00Cocktail Hour/Reception
  7:00 -Dinner