JGSGB PROGRAMS
| Two Talks: Michael Strauss – New York City Research: Navigating Through the Five Boroughs and The Great War: Researching Your World War I Ancestors April 7, 1:30 pm, Temple Emanuel, Newton More info Research Sunday April 28, 2:00-4:30 pm, registration begins March 31 Temple Emanuel, Newton More info |
| RESOURCE OF THE MONTH This month we are featuring The European Library. Designed to meet the needs of the research community worldwide, this online portal offers quick and easy access to the collections of the 48 National Libraries of Europe and leading European Research Libraries. The historic newspapers are a good source for family business transactions as well as birth, marriage and death announcements. More info |
| PROGRAMS ELSEWHERE Walking Tour: Jewish Beacon Hill April 7, 4:00 pm, $18 register in advance location provided after registration More info Great Russian Jews Who Shaped the World – Mikhail Botvinnik April 10, 4:30 pm Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies at Harvard University CGIS South Building, 1730 Cambridge Street, Room S010 (Tsai Auditorium) More info Words and Artifacts: Treasures of a Cuban-Jewish Exile Speaker: Ruth Behar April 10, 7:00 pm, followed by reception and book signing Rapaporte Treasure Hall, Brandeis University, 415 South Street, Waltham More info The Unwanted: America, Auschwitz, and a Village Caught in Between Speaker: Michael Dobbs April 11, 6:00 pm, register in advance Boston Public Library, 700 Boylston Street, Boston More info Pogrom: Kishinev and the Tilt of History Speaker: Prof. Steven Zipperstein, Stanford University April 11, 4:45 – 6:00 pm Lower Level Conference Room, Adolphus Busch Hall, Harvard University, Cambridge More info Introduction to Jewish Genealogy Presenter: Carol Clingan, JGSGB Board Member April 14, 2:00-3:30 pm Wayland Public Library, 5 Concord Road, Wayland More info Tour of Genealogy Resources April 29, 7:00 – 8:30 pm, register in advance Newton Free Library, Newton More info |
| COURSES, WEBINARS, & VIDEO Research in Galicia I JewishGen online course, register in advance April 1 – 24, $150 More info Comparing the Genealogy Giants: Ancestry.com, FamilySearch, Findmypast and MyHeritage Legacy Family Tree webinar, register in advance April 24, 2:00 pm More info RootsTech 2019 Video recordings of select sessions, available on demand More info |
| CONFERENCES New England Regional Genealogical Consortium (NERGC) 2019 Conference April 3-6 Manchester, NH, registration required ($) More info Society for Crypto-Judaic Studies 2019 Conference June 30-July 2 Denver, CO, registration required ($) More info IAJGS 2019 International Conference July 28-August 2, Cleveland, OH, registration required ($) More info |