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Columbia County Genealogy Conference: Many Lands Many People: Schedule
Saturday, September 20, 2025 (All day)
September 20, 2025
Schedule
8:30 am to 9:00 am | Check in |
9:00 am to 9:45 am | Opening remarks and Keynote |
9:45 am to 10:00 am | Break |
10:00 am to 11:00 am | Session 1: Pam Vestal: Tracking Down Your Eastern European Ancestors, Workshop, part I |
Session 1: Janice Sellers: Introduction to Jewish Genealogy | |
11:00 am to 11:15 am | Break |
11:15 am to 12:15 pm | Session 2: Pam Vestal: Tracking Down Your Eastern European Ancestors, Workshop, part II |
Session 2: To be determined | |
12:15 pm to 1:15 pm | Lunch |
1:15 pm to 2:15 pm | Session 3: Pam Vestal: Pinning Down Your Ancestors' Locations |
Session 3: To be determined | |
2:15 pm to 2:30 pm | Break |
2:30 pm to 3:30 pm | Session 4: Pam Vestal: Why They Left, Where They Went, and What Their Journeys Can Reveal |
Session 4: Janice Sellers: Introduction to Black American Genealogy | |
3:30 pm to 3:45 pm | Break |
3:45 pm to 4:45 pm | Session 5: Pam Vestal: Strapped For Cash: Records of Poor Ancestors and the Stories They Tell |
Session 5: Janice Sellers: Dual Citizenship and Right of Return | |
4:45 pm to 5:00 pm | Break |
5:00 pm to 5:15 pm | Conference wrap-up |