Special Virtual Issue

JGSGB ONLINE PROGRAMS

Jane Neff Rollins – Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps: An Unexpected Tool
April 3, 1:30 pm, Zoom meeting
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ONLINE COURSES, EVENTS & WEBINARS & OPPORTUNITIES

A Virtual Tour by the Tenement Museum: Exploring Jewish Immigrant Women from the early 20th Century
Vilna Shul event, $10, register in advance
March 29, 6:30 pm
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Learn Just Enough Russian for Genealogy
Center for Jewish History event, register in advance
March 30, 7:00 pm
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“In Antwerp We Speak Diamond” – City Branding & the Specter of Europe’s Jewish Merchant
Center for European Studies Harvard event, register in advance
March 31, 12:30 pm
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A Beginners Guide to German Jewish Genealogy in North Rhine-Westphalia
IGRA event, register in advance
April 3, 12:00 pm
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Hope is Stronger Than Life: The Vilna Ghetto Diary of Zelig Kalmanovich
YIVO event, register in advance
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Legacy Family Tree 24-Hour Webinar Marathon
April 7-8, register in advance
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What’s New in Jewish Genealogy 2022
Legacy Family Tree webinar, register in advance
April 7, 7:00 pm
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Modernism in the Ghetto: Propaganda in the Graphic Design of Documents Produced by the Łódź Judenrat
YIVO event, register in advance
April 14, 1:00 pm
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Discover the 1950 U.S. Federal Census
New England Historic Genealogical Society event, register in advance
April 14, 3:00 pm
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Re-evaluating the Role of American Jewry during the Shoah
JDC Archives event, $10, register in advance
April 26, 12:00 pm
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Transnationality and the Place of German Culture in Theresienstadt
Center for Jewish History event, register in advance
April 26, 2:00 pm
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Research Your Roots in Galicia
JewishGen course, $150, register in advance
May 1-21
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Crafting Stories from Your Family’s History
JewishGen course, register in advance
May 1-22, 11:00 am – 1:00 pm
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CONFERENCES

Massachusetts Genealogical Council Virtual Seminar
April 2-May 31, 2022 (All live events will take place during the month of April)
The Massachusetts Genealogical Council is hosting a virtual, Massachusetts-centered seminar – covering some topics of Jewish-specific interest and others of general, practical use. Five tracks: ethnic/cultural, repositories, technology, town/county records, other records.
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National Genealogical Society Family History Conference
May 24-28, 2022, Sacramento, CA
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Southern California Genealogical Society Genealogy Jamboree
August 19-27, 2022
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IAJGS International Conference on Jewish Genealogy
August 21-25, 2022
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RESOURCES

New York City Public Digitized Vital Records Now Online
The largest collection of publicly available New York City birth, marriage, and death records is now online and free to access. The New York City Municipal Archives has been working to digitize the millions of birth, marriage, and death records it holds since 2013. With the project now 70% complete, 9,318,625 digitized records from the late 1800s to the early 1900s are now available online.

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