September 2023

Matej Arčon, Minister of Slovenes Living Abroad, Visits the SGSI Macek Research Center

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September 2023

SGSI Announces . . . 

SGSI 2024 Slovenia Genealogy Exploration Trip

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Summer 2023

SGSI Begins NEW indexing project -- St. Vitus Displaced Persons Cards Indexing Project

SGSI is currently indexing 2,222 index cards of displaced persons who were seeking immigration to the United States following World War II.These cards were found in the basement of St. Vitus Catholic Church in Cleveland, Ohio.

Click here to volunteer to index

July 2023

The Linden Tree Issue 2023 Issue 3 now available

• Converting My Personal Library to Digital
• Availability of Status Animarum at Ljubljana’s Archbishopric Archives
• 2023 Frances Miklich Coberly  Memorial Grant Awardee
• Kazalo priimkov – Frequently Asked Questions

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April 2023

The Linden Tree Issue 2023 Issue 2 now available

• Learn the Slovenian Language
• “Fairy Tale at Velika Planina”
• Library of Congress: The East European Government Ministries Web Archive Collection 
• Ten Restaurants Awarded Top 5 Rating By Gault & Millau
• This Year SGSI Donor List 2022
• Web Release and Update

Members: Click here to read the latest issue of The Linden Tree.

January 2023

The Linden Tree Issue 2023 Issue 1 now available

• Important Announcement
• Genealogy Tour Musings 
• Successful Researching
• Unexpected Discoveries Families of the Budnar House 
• Website Updates
• Passing the Torch in Grand Style 

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November 2022

The Linden Tree Issue 2022 Issue 4 now available

• In Search of Ethnic Identity
• Tech Tip
• SGSI’s New Board Member and Treasurer
• 2022 Frances Miklich Coberly Memorial Grant
• Awardee Families of the Budnar House Museum 

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October 2022

SGSI Announces . . . 

SGSI 2023 Slovenia Genealogy Exploration Trip

September 2022

SGSI is gathering Slovene Surnames from members to create a second dynamic Slovene Surname Database

This new database allows members to include more information to be included PLUS, once published, will provide members the functionality to collaborate with other members on shared surname research. This project will be ongoing so members will be able to add new surnames to the new database as their research grows.

Members: Click here to submit your Slovene surnames to this project

August 2022

The Linden Tree Issue 2022 Issue 3 now available

• Volunteer Opportunities
• In Search of Ethnic Identity
  
• SGSI Genealogy Exploration Trip to Slovenia 2022 
• 2021 Donors and Financial Report

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April and May 2022

SGSI Releases New US Vital Records Interactive Map with Redesigned Website Navigation

April 2022

The Linden Tree Issue 2022 Issue 2 now available

• Frances Miklich Coberly Memorial Grant 
• In Search of Ethnic Identity
• Home at Last! In Slovenia – Part II: 
• Website Update

Members: Click here to read the latest issue of The Linden Tree.

March 2022

SGSI Web Release 3.0  

SGSI releases a major web release including a new section Tree Building Tools with thousands of links to online resources.

Members: Click here to see the Web Release Highlight Video.

February 2022

Researching Your Slovenian Family Roots – Helpful Hints to Making Your Genealogy Journey Enjoyable

Rose Marie Macek Jisa, with Nicole Kusold-Matheou, presents at the Cleveland Kurentovanje Festival.

Members: Click here for the presentation and presentation slides.

Non Members: Click here to watch on YouTube.

Board Members @ SLOVEnian Days in Cleveland

SGSI Board Members Jeff Dormish, Rose Marie Macek Jisa and Denise Modic Urban represented SGSI at the Celebration of the 30th Anniversary of the Independence of The Republic of Slovenia at Cleveland City Hall on September 16, 2021.

September 2021

Board Members Host Republic of Slovenia Dignitaries at the SGSI Macek Research Center

SGSI Board Members hosted a meeting with Tone Kajzer, Slovenian Ambassador to the United States, Dr. Helena Jaklitsch, Minister for Slovenians Abroad ,and Alenka Jerak, Slovenian Consul General in Cleveland Ohio, at the SGSI Macek Research Center on September 19, 2021 to discuss how SGSI connects Slovenian Americans to their Slovenian roots and culture.

October 2021

Virtual SGSI Booth at the 2021 CGSI Virtual Conference

SGSI participated in the Czechoslovak Genealogical Society International (CGSI) Virtual Conference including a a Virtual Booth at the conference October 14, 2021.  

For more information on Czechoslovak Genealogical Society International, click here.

SGSI participated in the National Genealogical Society (NGS) Virtual Conference on May 19, 2021.  For more information on the National Genealogical Society, click here.

Members: Click here to view the presentation materials from the conference.

Video: Ljubljana TV 24UR News Interviews SGSI Members on the 2016 Genealogy Explorations Trip 

"A group of Americans have been looking for their roots in Slovenia in recent weeks, but many only know that their grandparents once came from this country ... The best written sources are often in parishes, in archives, and some went from the village to villages and asked in houses, where they thought they could find someone. And how did the search end?"

Members: Click here to view the interview video 

Video: Find Your Slovenian Roots and Relatives

As part of the 2013 Cleveland Kurentevanje, SGSI's Rose Marie Macek Jisa was interviewed about SGSI.

Members: Click here to view the interview video