Audio Archive

2016

Jewish Dress and Cultural History Eric Silverman Dec 11 No longer available
Yankel’s Tavern: Jews, Liquor and Life in Eastern Europe Glenn Dynner Nov 20 No longer available
Workshop on Polish Records Research Stanley
Diamond
Oct 30 No longer available
The Genealogical Value of Jewish Burial Records Nolan Altman Oct 16 No longer available
Getting the Most Out of FamilySearch Todd Knowles Sep 25 No longer available
Liven Up Your Family History With Images Mike Karsen June 5 No longer available
Getting the Most Out of JewishGen.org Meredith
Hoffman
Jan 10 No longer available

2015

German Jewish Research: New Strategies and New Opportunities Karen Franklin and William Weitzer Dec 13 No longer available
Planning Your Family Reunion Sheila Green and Beverley Olsberg Nov 22 No longer available
The Scroll and the Cross: Jewish Genealogy in Latin America Ilan Stavans Nov 8 No longer available
Belarus Research and My Sephardic Roots Schelly Talalay Dardashti April 12 No longer available
Jewish Genealogy’s Other Side: Sephardic Research Schelly Talalay Dardashti April 12 No longer available
Finding Family History in Probate Records Allan Jordan March 15 No longer available
Plucking Stories from the Family Tree and Scrivener Software, a Tool for Writing Your Family History Suzette Martinez Standring Feb 22 No longer available
Collaborative Genealogy: A Revolutionary New Approach to Building Our Family Trees Adam Brown Jan 11 No longer available

 


2014

What’s in a Name? Trouble! and Nifty Technologies for Genealogical Research Analysis Ron Arons Nov 16 No longer available
The Genetic History of the Jewish People Dr. Harry Ostrer Nov 2 No longer available
By the Rivers of Babylon: The Story of the Jews of Baghdad Sam Shamoon Oct 26 No longer available
Ten Things I Learned about My Family from My Couch Tammy Hepps Oct 26 No longer available
Beyond Passenger Lists: Documenting 20th Century Immigrant Lives Zack Wilske Sep 21 No longer available
Belarusian Encounters: Travel, Family Research and Connections Rochelle Ruthchild June 8 No longer available
Finding Your Ancestors in Polish Records Fay Bussgang April 20 No longer available
Immigration from Lithuania Jessica Antoline Feb 9 No longer available
Wandering Jews: Peddlers and the Discovery of New Worlds Hasia Diner Jan 5 No longer available

2013

From Genealogy to History: Exploring the Jewish 20th Century through One Family’s Story David Laskin Nov 17, 2013 No longer available
Introduction to the GenealogyIndexer.org Search Engine Logan Kleinwaks Oct. 20, 2013 No longer available
Building a Family Tree through Circumstantial Evidence Judy Russell Sep 29, 2013 No longer available
From Iberia to the Pale: Sephardim in Eastern Europe David Gitlitz May 19, 2013 No longer available
Research in Lithuania – Online & On Site Peggy Freedman April 21, 2013 No longer available
“Who the Heck is Ida Gerskill? The Challenges of Researching Jewish Names” Meredith Hoffman April 7, 2013 No longer available
Do You Have German Roots? A Question For All Ashkenazi Jews” Michael Marx Jan 6, 2013 No longer available

2012

Jewish Experience of ‘Russification’ in Tsarist Russia 1825-1894Jewish Life in Bessarabia Through the Lens of the Shtetl Koushany Douglas CohenYefim Kogan Dec 9, 2012 No longer available
When General Grant Expelled the Jews Jonathan Sarna Oct 14, 2012 No longer available
“Archives of the Joint Distribution Committee: A Resource for Genealogists” Linda Levi June 10, 2012 No longer available
“Introducing Children to Jewish Genealogy” Arnon Hershkovitz May 6, 2012
“Internal Jewish Migration to Agricultural Colonies in the Russian Empire” Alan Shuchat Feb 26, 2012 No longer available
“Jews and Revolution in Russia and the Soviet Union” Rochelle Ruthchild Jan 22, 2012 No longer available

2011

“Chutes & Ladders: Innovative Approaches to Genealogy” Pamela Weisberger Nov 13, 2011 No longer available
“Vienna’s Jewish Community: History, Destruction & Genealogical Reconstruction” Thomas Fischer Weiss Oct 16, 2011 No longer available
The Jews of Poland and Russia: Myth and Reality Antony Polonsky Sep 11, 2011 No longer available
How to Create a Family History Book Merle Kastner June 12, 2011 No longer available
The Genealogical Riches of Massachusetts’ Archives Local Archivists May 15, 2011 No longer available
Splitting and Reconnecting – Finding our Jewish Relatives in South America Marc Cutler March 13, 2011 No longer available
The DNA of the Jewish People, Similarities and Differences Robert Weinberg Jan. 16, 2011 No longer available

2010

Reconnecting Lost Families: Finding Relatives from the Former Soviet Union and the Russian Empire Aaron Ginsburg Dec 12, 2010 No longer available
Belarus: Jewish History and Cemetery Restoration Michael Lozman &Rochelle Goldberg Ruthchild Nov 7, 2010 No longer available
The Nature and Consequences of Jewish Migration Zvi Gitelman Oct 17, 2010 No longer available
New York Research: Not Everything is Online Steve Siegel Oct 3, 2010 No longer available
Jacob’s Cane Elisa New June 13, 2010 No longer available
Finding your Ancestors in Lithuanian Records Deena Berton May 23, 2010 No longer available
Sephardic Jewry after the Expulsion from Spain Jonathan Decter April 25, 2010 No longer available
Tracing family to 13th century Spain Daniel Laby April 25, 2010 No longer available
Mapping Madness Ron Arons and Jay Sage March 14, 2010 No longer available
Forensic Genealogy: Uncovering Hoaxes, Confirming Truths Sharon Sergeant Jan 17, 2010 No longer available

2009

Finding Your Ancestors in Polish Records Fay Bussgang Dec 6, 2009 No longer available
A Century of Ambivalence: Jews, Soviets and Russians Zvi Gitelman Nov. 15, 2009 No longer available
DNA for Genealogy Jay Sage Oct 18, 2009 No longer available
The Ellis Island Experience Vincent Cannato Sep 13, 2009 No longer available
Beyond Search: Advanced Google Tools for Genealogists Michael Marx June 14, 2009 No longer available
Everyday Jewish Life in the Russian Empire ChaeRan Freeze May 3, 2009 No longer available
Genealogical Research in Israel Michael Goldstein April 19, 2009 No longer available
Lithuanian Records Project Joel Ratner Jan 4, 2009 No longer available

2008

Success Stories: Researching & Reconnecting Families across Continents Steve Denker & Alex Woodle Dec. 7, 2008 No longer available
Erased: Vanishing Traces of Jewish Galicia Omer Bartov Nov. 23, 2008 No longer available
Using Ancestry.com and Other Resources for New York Research Carol Clingan & Paul Auerbach Nov. 16, 2008 No longer available
Jews in the News: Research using Newspapers Pam Weisberger Oct. 26, 2008 No longer available
The International Tracing Service: A Major New Resource for Holocaust Research Sallyann Sack Sept. 7, 2008 No longer available
Using Maps for Genealogical Research Ronald Grim May 5, 2008 No longer available
The Lives of Our Galician Ancestors Suzan Wynne April 6, 2008 No longer available
Advanced Googling for Genealogists * Michael Marx Jan. 6, 2008 No longer available

2007

Finding “The Lost”: Family History, Memory, and Writing the Holocaust Daniel Mendelsohn Dec. 9, 2007 No longer available
Jews “Down Under”: Tracing My Australian Forebears Judith Romney Wegner Dec. 2, 2007 No longer available
Contemporary Sephardic Communities in America – History and Overview * Moshe Tessone Nov. 11, 2007 No longer available
Finding Your Jewish Family Roots Fay Bussgang and Carol Clingan Oct. 7, 2007 No longer available
Faith, Family & Freedom in Colonial Jewish Newport, Rhode Island * Keith Stokes Sept. 23, 2007 No longer available
The Search for Major Plagge Michael Good June 3, 2007 No longer available
Keynote Speech at 25th Anniversary (Video DVD) Arthur Kurzweill April 29, 2007 No longer available
Holocaust Research: Basics and Recent Developments * Gary Mokotoff March 25, 2007 No longer available
The History of Relations Among Jews, Poles, and Ukrainians Antony Polonsky Feb. 4, 2007 No longer available

2006

The History of the Jewish Community in the Merrimack Valley *
How Strange It Seems: An Oral History of Jewish Cultural Life in Small Town New England
Louise Sandberg
Michael Hoberman
Dec. 3, 2006 No longer available
Piecing Together The Quilt * Judy Cohen Nov. 19, 2006 No longer available
Morse Fun With Genealogy Stephen P. Morse Oct. 22, 2006 No longer available
How to Read Hebrew Tombstones * Judi Caplan May 21, 2006 No longer available
The Krelitz Family: A Personal Face in Berlin’s New Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe Joel Alpert April 23, 2006 No longer available
How To Plan a Family Reunion * Judy Izenberg & Jay Sage March 19, 2006 No longer available
Getting More from JewishGen * Michael Marx Jan. 8, 2006 No longer available

2005

In the Footsteps of the Jewish Fusgeyers (wayfarers) Jill Culiner Dec. 11, 2005 No longer available
Researching My Family In Europe: Successes And Failures * Tom F. Weiss Nov. 6, 2005 No longer available
How to Organize your Notes Rhoda Miller Oct. 16, 2005 No longer available
Write Your Family History Now! Mike Karsen Sept. 11, 2005 No longer available
The Straus Family: How Social History Enhances Genealogy Joan Adler June 12,, 2005 No longer available
A Most Extraordinary Situation: Genealogical Adventures in Poland Yale S. Reisner May 19, 2005 No longer available
Genealogical Treasure Troves of Israel: How to Use Them Here and There * Dr. Martha Lev-Zion Mar. 13, 2005 No longer available
Jewish Settlement Patterns in the US: Why Jews Ended Up Where They Did Jonathan D. Sarna Feb. 13, 2005 No longer available
Jewish Genes and Genealogy Robert Weinberg Jan. 9, 2005 No longer available

2004

Brandeis University Library: On-site Tour of Genealogical Resources James Rosenbloom Jan. 18, 2004 No longer available

2003

Polish-Jewish Genealogical Research Warren Blatt Sept. 14, 2003 No longer available
Jewish Migration within and out of The Russian Empire: 1850-1914 Yohanan Petrovsky-Shtern Aug. 20, 2003 No longer available
Jewish Boston: Where Once We Walked Norman Morris June 1, 2003 No longer available
Memorial Books as a Source for Genealogy Joyce Field May 4, 2003 No longer available
Sephardic Genealogy Jeff Malka March 9, 2003 No longer available
Traveling to the Lands of Our Ancestors * Tom Weiss, Judi Garfinkle Feb. 2, 2003 No longer available

2002

Searching the Ellis Island Database and 1930 Census with Fewer Tears Dr. Stephen Morse Dec. 8, 2002 No longer available
A Summer’s Evening on Belarus Vitaly Charny Aug. 13, 2002 No longer available
Caring for Your Invaluable Documents> June 2, 2002 No longer available
The Application of DNA Testing to Jewish Populations and Migrations Bennett Greenspan May 5, 2002 No longer available
Patterns of European Jewish Migration Prof. Antony Polonsky March 3, 2002 No longer available
Ethics in Genealogy: Do You or Don’t You Tell Stuart Kaufman Jan. 6, 2002 No longer available

2001

Best-Kept Secrets of Polish Genealogy: Books of Residents Fay and Julian Bussgang Dec. 9, 2001 No longer available
Russia to America: Why They Came, Where They Settled Harry D. Boonin Sep. 16, 2001 No longer available
The Future of Jewish Genealogical Research Gary Mokotoff June 10, 2001 No longer available
Research Adventures in Eastern Europe Brock Bierman May 6, 2001 No longer available