Laura Hanowski of Regina, Canada is Second vice-President of FEEFHS. She is Librarian for the Saskatchewan Genealogy Society (SGS) Provincal Headquarters at Regina. She was raised in Kelowna, British Columbia and graduated from the University of British Columbia (B Education). After teaching briefly she has been SGS Librarian since 1980.

She has conducted personal research on her husband's Bukovina ancestors, on Galica and German Russians from the Black Sea region. She is a member of FEEFHS, the Bukovina Society of the Americas and the AHSGR.

Laura conducts research for clients of the SGS and presents workshops in Saskatchewan for many of the 25 chapters of the SGS. She has also written various articles for the SGS Bulletin and The Irish at Home and Abroad. She lectures at workshops in Saskatchewan on SGS Library Resources.

In May 1996 she lectured for the Thunder Bay District Branch of the Ontario Genealogy Society at their
"Trails West Genealogical Holiday Adventure".

She plans to lecture at the Septmber 1997 FEEFHS Convention in Salt Lake City on:

• Using Canadian Records to Trace East European Ancestors.
• Using Noth American records to trace Bukovina and Galicia Ancestors