JGSGB-Notices Mailing List: eNews November 2015

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Jewish Genealogical Society of Greater Boston

November 2015 Newsletter

JGSGB PROGRAMS

Annual Lecture: The Scroll and the Cross: Jewish Genealogy in Latin America

Speaker: Prof. Ilan Stavans
November 8, 2:00-4:00 pm, Hebrew College, Newton
More info & reservations

The Lost Society of Polish Jewry

Speaker: Allan Chernoff
November 18, 7:00-9:00 pm, Newton Free Library, Newton
More info

See Exhibit in JGSGB NEWS below

Planning Your Family Reunion

Speakers: Sheila Green and Beverley Olsberg
November 22, 1:30-4:30 pm, Congregation Beth El-Atereth Israel, Newton
More info

LECTURES AND EVENTS ELSEWHERE

Boston Jewish Film Festival

November 4-16, multiple locations
More info 

Third Annual Vilna Shul Descendants’ Day and Community Celebration

November 8, 11:00 am, $18 (register in advance)
Vilna Shul, 18 Phillips Street, Boston
More info 

Resurrected Voices: Letters From the Holocaust

Speaker: Linda Ziskind
November 9, 7:30 pm, Hebrew College, Newton
More info

Organizing Your Family History Research

November 16, 7:00-8:30 pm (registration required)
Newton Free Library, Newton
More info

Genealogy: Researching Your Ancestors

Class presented by Newton Free Library
November 18, 1:00-2:00 pm, Newton Senior Center, Newtonville
More info 

The Lost Society of Polish Jewry

Speaker: Allan Chernoff
November 19, 7:00 pm,  Kolbo Fine Judaica, 437 Harvard St., Brookline
More info 

 

COURSES, WEBINARS & VIDEOS

Basic 2: Search Strategies - Using Google for Genealogy

JewishGen online course, $18
November 1-15
More info

Picture It: Publish a Family Keepsake

November 4, 11, 18, 6:00 - 9:00 pm, $125
NEHGS, 99-101 Newbury Street, Boston
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Organizing Your Genetic Genealogy

November 11, 9 pm
Legacy Family Tree Webinar, register in advance
More info

Taking Your Family History Hobby to the Next Level

November 14, 9:00 am - 12:30 pm, $25
NEHGS, 99-101 Newbury Street, Boston
More info

Organize and Research Online – for advanced beginners

JewishGen online course, $125
November 16-December 14
More info

Mapping Madness

Speaker: Ron Arons
November 18, 2 pm
Legacy Family Tree Webinar, register in advance
More info

CONFERENCES

36th IAJGS International Conference on Jewish Genealogy

August 7-12, 2016, Seattle, WA
Deadline for submitting proposals: December 15

More info

New England Regional Genealogical Consortium (NERGC) Conference 2017

April 26-29, 2017, Springfield, MA
Deadline for submitting proposals: March 1, 2016

More info

JGSGB NEWS

Exhibit at Newton Free Library

How JGSGB helps its members discover their Jewish families, as well as the resources available for Jewish genealogical research. Month of November in the atrium near the circulation desk.

Foundations of Jewish Genealogical Research

Our award-winning course on how to research your family history will begin on March 1, 2016 and run for 8 weeks on Tuesday evenings at Hebrew College in Newton. Class is limited to 24 students. Registration is now open.
More info

Special Membership Offer

All first-time members who join this fall will get full 2016 Membership plus the fall 2015 programs for the basic $25 annual membership fee – 14 months for $25! 

More info

Please send items for the next newsletter by December 15 to newsletter [at] jgsgb.org

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