JGSGB-Announce Mailing List: REMINDER: Sun Feb 13, 2011: Hands-On Problem Solving

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This is a reminder of our program this Sunday.

Hands-On Problem Solving
in Jewish Genealogy

Special Help Session for Research and Translation


Sunday, February 13, 2011
1:30 PM
Temple Emanuel, Newton, MA

Problem-solve with others who can help show you the way. Learn how to get started or get over that
“brick wall” in your family research. Members will be able to consult with those more experienced for
help with their family research.

• Bring in your research questions and your foreign documents for translation.
• Genealogical reference materials will be available for perusal.
• A limited number of computer stations will be available, or bring your own laptops (netbooks, iPads, etc.) for online research.

Roundtables will be dedicated to the following topics:

• Country and region-specific research (e.g., Polish, Lithuanian, Galician, Ukrainian, Belarussian, Romanian, Moldovan, Bessarabian, German)
• Finding your ancestors using immigration, naturalization, and vital records
• Getting started with Jewish genealogy (e.g., using the JewishGen and Steve Morse web sites)
• Holocaust research (e.g., using the Internet and Transport Books)
• Translation of foreign-language documents (Yiddish, Russian, German, French, Polish, Hebrew, Romanian, Hungarian)

Upcoming Programs

    Sunday, March 13 (Temple Emanuel)
       Finding Our Jewish Relatives in South America

    Sunday, April 24 (Temple Emanuel)
       Stephen Morse on Genealogy Search Tools

A flyer in Adobe PDF format is available from our website at flyer.jgsgb.org. We encourage you to print it out and post copies in places where you think it would attract attendees, such as synagogues, community centers, supermarkets, etc.

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