JGSGB-Notices Mailing List: Mar 17: Help Day -- Apr 7: Researching Jewish Names -- Temple Emanuel, Newton

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Help Day: Research and Translation Assistance

Sunday, March 17, 2013     1:30 pm
Temple Emanuel
385 Ward Street
Newton Centre, MA

Planning to attend?  Click here to tell us your areas of interest.

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.

A limited number of computer stations will be available, or bring your own laptops for online research.

More info & Flyer

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Rescheduled

Who the Heck is Ida Gerskill?
The Challenges of Researching Jewish Names

Meredith Hoffman

Sunday, April 7, 2013     1:30 pm
Temple Emanuel
385 Ward Street
Newton Centre, MA

Admission is free for members, $5 for guests.

Using an abundance of real examples, Meredith Hoffman explores the pitfalls and difficulties we are confronted with when working with Jewish personal, family, and place names as they morphed through time and space. She provides strategies for puzzling them out using linguistic and commonsense clues and cues and surveys some helpful online resources that can come to our aid.

More info

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www.iajgs2013.org

Conference flyer (pdf)

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The Jewish Genealogical Society of Greater Boston is dedicated to helping people discover and research their Jewish family history.  It offers monthly programs, maintains an extensive collection of research materials and publishes an award-winning journal Mass-Pocha.

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