Friday, November 15
Welcome dinner and networking
Saturday, November 16
8am-9am Check-in and Registration
9am-5pm Conference
Welcome, introductory remarks and overview of the day’s schedule
George Aghjayan and Tracy Rivest Keeney
History of Armenian Genealogical Society, the current state, and future direction
George Aghjayan
Genealogy of Armenian Recipes; Mapping the Armenian Homeland Mari Firkatlian
A map of any modern-day country will not tell you its history but its food will. Why is mantu made shaped in tiny boats in Europe but shaped in tiny square parcels in Asia? Can we trace our ancestor’s places of origin from the ingredients they used? Yes. To this day, the boundaries defined by food and language often reflect the differences between people much more accurately that the lines drawn arbitrarily on maps. I will present a case for creating and building a genealogy of Armenian recipes by collecting every recipe passed down by families; that fragile link to our past that must be carefully preserved as much as any family genealogical chart.
Breakout 1
1 – Levon Yepiskoposyan – Genetic Map of Historic Armenia
2 – Carla Garapedian / Manuk Avedikyan – Armenian Film Foundation / Shoah Foundation Oral Histories
3 – Tracy Rivest Keeney – Crucial Steps for Tracing Your Armenian Family Tree
4 – Tsoleen Saryan – Project Save: Documenting Armenian life through photographs and memory items
5 – Ayşenur Korkmaz – Researching Family Trees: The Experience from Hayastan
Breakout 2
1 – Janet Achoukian Andreopoulos – DNA Testing: The Basics
2 – Tsoleen Saryan – Project Save: Documenting Armenian life through photographs and memory items
3 – Mark Arslan – Armenian Immigration Project: Basics
4 – George Aghjayan – Available Source Documents for your Armenian Family Research
5 – Ani Boghikian Kasparian – Stitching the Fabric of Our Roots: From Chmshgadzak to the Diaspora
Lunch
Breakout 3
1 – Levon Yepiskoposyan – Genetic Map of Historic Armenia
2 – Carla Garapedian / Manuk Avedikyan – Armenian Film Foundation / Shoah Foundation Oral Histories
3 – Ani Bohikian Kasparian – Houshamadyan.org: Documenting Armenian life through photographs and memory items
3 – Tracy Rivest Keeney – Crucial Steps for Tracing Your Armenian Family Tree
5 – Ayşenur Korkmaz – Researching Family Trees: The Experience from Hayastan
Breakout 4
1 – Janet Achoukian Andreopoulos – DNA Testing: The Basics
2 – Carla Garapedian / Manuk Avedikyan – Armenian Film Foundation / Shoah Foundation Oral Histories
3 – Mark Arslan – Armenian Immigration Project: Primary Sources
4 – Ani Boghikian Kasparian – Stitching the Fabric of Our Roots: From Chmshgadzak to the Diaspora
5 – Ayşenur Korkmaz – Researching Family Trees: The Experience from Hayastan
Breakout 5
1 – Levon Yepiskoposyan – Genetic Map of Historic Armenia
2 – Tsoleen Saryan – Project Save: Documenting Armenian life through photographs and memory items
3 – Mark Arslan – Armenian Immigration Project: Demonstration of Reports & Queries
4 – George Aghjayan – Available Source Documents for your Armenian Family Research
5 – Tracy Rivest Keeney – Crucial Steps for Tracing Your Armenian Family Tree