JGSGB-Notices Mailing List: Don't use Steve Morse website ...and... Bring your photos on Sunday

[JGSGB Notices List (jgsgb-notices]

Here are 2 important messages:

Steve Morse's One-Step website is down - we recommend that you do not attempt to use it until further notice.

Steve published the following statement yesterday

To all who have written to me:

A malicious individual has lied under oath and filed a false DMCA complaint  to my hosting provider claiming that she holds the copyright to a picture that appears on my website.  It turns out that anyone can make such a claim, and whether it is true or not, the hosting provider must suspend the site for a period of two weeks under DMCA rules while waiting for the complaining party to provide proof.

My apologies to all of you for any inconvenience that the site closure has caused you.  I anticipate that the site should be back up by June 16 at the latest.

-- Steve Morse

In addition, one of our members has reported: When I attempted to access Steve's website today, my browser was re-directed to an unknown website.  Up-to-date anti-virus software warned "threat has been detected - infection blocked".  

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Bring your old photos to Sunday’s program for identification!  Our speaker will be available after the lecture to examine your old family photographs for clues on when and where they were taken.

Clued-In: Case Studies from The Photo Genealogist

Ava Cohn
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Sunday, June 7, 2015      1:30 pm
at Gann Academy, Waltham

What can we learn from our ancestors’ photos? Ava (Sherlock) Cohn, the Jewish genealogy sleuth, explores how and why it is important to find the clues our ancestors left us in their photographic portraits. Sherlock defines photo genealogy and explodes common myths about dating Jewish photos. Learn what clues an expert looks for, how to organize an approach to dating and interpreting photos, and how to match photo information with vital records.

Sherlock presents two of her challenging cases to show how accurate dating, photo identification, knowledge of fashion, and matching records can shed light on our relatives’ lives and the social context in which their photos were taken.

Ava Cohn aka Sherlock Cohn, The Photo Genealogist, is an internationally known genealogist and expert on Jewish family photographs, concentrating on accurate dating combined with specialized knowledge of immigrant and Eastern European culture and traditions. She has a degree from Brandeis University and studied decorative arts, art history, and costume history at the Victoria and Albert Museum, London.

Gann Academy
333 Forest Street
Waltham, MA

Admission is free for members, $5 for guests.   

 

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Meetings before & after the lecture

.12:30 pm

Bessarabia Special Interest Group (SIG)
Poland SIG

   3:00 pm

Belarus SIG

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