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CSAGSI Conference '01

Please plan to join us on March 24th, 2001
for our conference,
"A Quest for Ancestors"
 



This CSAGSI conference will be an all-day event held at the William Tell Inn in Countryside, Illinois on Saturday, March 24th, 2001 from 8:00 a.m. until 4:30 p.m.  

The William Tell/Holiday Inn is located one mile north of the Stevenson Expressway (I-55) on Joliet Road in Countryside.  


Conference Schedule
8:00 a.m. - 8:55 a.m.
Check in / Coffee

9:00 a.m. - 10:30 a.m.
1a. Dominic A. Pacyga: From Praha to Berwyn
1b. George Rokos: Local Sources for Czech and Slovak Genealogy

10:45 a.m. - 11:45 a.m.
2a. Helen Sclair: Burial Sites - Keepers of Our Ancestors
2b. Video presentation of the Sites and Sounds of the Czech Republic and Slovakia

12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m.
Luncheon (Banquet Room)

1:00 p.m. - 2:15 p.m.
Entertainment (Banquet Room): Cultural Program featuring the Moravian Cultural Society Dancers and Musician Richard "Riku" Proner, playing the Fujara (Slovak Shepherd's Flute), as well as several other Ethnic instruments.

3:00 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.
3a. Don & Jeanette Pafko & Arnie & Deb Ziskovsky: Czech & Slovak Folk Dress: A Presentation of the Heritage. Narration and display of Slovak Folk Dress will be presented by Don & Jeanette Pafko and a narration and display of Czech Folk Dress will be presented by Arnie & Deb Ziskovsky.
3b. Chris Miksanek: Topics in Czech & Slovak Computer Genealogy

 

Conference registration includes:

 


About the Speakers  

Arnie & Deb Ziskovsky
Arnie & Deb Ziskovsky are active members of a Czech and Slovak folk dance group. They are also the founders of the Domaci Czech folk dancers of southern Minnesota. Their study of folk dress include the Bohemian and Moravian regions.  

Don & Jeanette Pafko
Don & Jeanette Pafko have been performing Slovak Folk dance for over 12 years. They have studied the folk dress of Slovakia, having been taught by instructors such as Jarmila Palickova and other ethnologists who have devoted their lives to the study of Slovak folk dress as well as folklore. In addition, they possess an extensive collection of Slovak kroje.  

Chris Miksanek
Chris Miksanek is the computer consultant and Webmaster for the Czech & Slovak American Genealogy Society of Illinois. He has presented Czech and Slovak computing topics at several major conferences. He is also the author of several articles on Eastern European computer genealogy topics and has developed several computer programs.  

Helen Sclair
Helen Sclair known as "the Cemetery Lady", has been researching burial sites for more than twenty-five years. Her work includes attention to geology, cartography, transportation, religion, ethnicity, history, art, etc., all as they enhance knowledge of the cemetery. Helen, retired from teaching, now spends all of her life studying the dead.  

George Rokos
George Rokos is a retired physicist who spent most of his career in the design and development of electromechanical devices. He is a Founding member of the Board of Directors and is currently Treasurer of the society. He is in charge of the Special Projects Committee which to date has published six books. For CSAGSI meetings he has assembled a display/information table to show the records that are available in Chicago.  

Dominic Pacyga
Dominic Pacyga received his Ph.D. in history from the University of Illinois at Chicago in 1981. He has co-authored two books concerning Chicago's neighborhoods. He has lectured widely on topics ranging from urban development to immigration and on Pilsen Park - Chicago's Czechs in Historical Perspective.  


Conference Registration Form:
Register Early -- Attendance is limited!
 

(One registration per form, please. Print multiple copies for additional registrants, as necessary.)  

Fee:   (Note: No Refunds After March 1, 2001)
(By March 1, 2001) $33 for members, $46 for non-members
(After March 1, 2001) $40 for members, $53 for non-members
(At the door**) $45 for members, $58 for non-members
** If you register at the door, lunch is not included.
 

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Make checks payable to CSAGSI and mail this completed for an payment to:

CSAGSI
P.O. Box 313
Sugar Grove, IL 60554

 


If you need more information
please contact Joe Hartzel at (708) 485-6189 or via email at jzel@aol.com.

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