Mini-conference on Czech, Slovak immigration

Czech and Slovak American Genealogy Society of Illinois will host its 2008 Mini-Conference March 29 on "Emigration -- Immigration of the Czechs and Slovaks into Illinois."

The program will be from 8:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. March 29 at First Presbyterian Church, 150 S. Ashland, LaGrange. Registration will take place in the lower level fellowship hall, which has a handicap entrance.

Featured speakers are: William Galush, professor emeritus at Loyola University, and Malynne Sternstein, assistant professor at University of Chicago's Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures.

Galush is a published author of many works on immigration and Sternstein is finalizing her book on "Czechs in Chicago." They will discuss Eastern European migration from 1840 to after World War I.

After lunch, a panel of emigrants who arrived in 1948 after World War II will share their immigration experiences.

Cost for members is $35 or $40 for guests. A catered ethnic-style meal is included in the workshop fee.

Proceeds from this event will help defray CSAGSI costs of the translation of "Dejiny Cechu v Chicagu," or "A History of the Czechs in Chicago," by Rudolf Bubenicek.

The deadline is Saturday. Refunds will not be given after this date. For details, contact Dolores Duy at (630) 906-8175 or dolly1939@aol.com, or Evelyn Fergle at czechekf@aol.com. Make your check payable to CSAGSI and send it to CSAGSI, P.O. Box 313, Sugar Grove, IL 60554-0313.