JGSGB PROGRAMS

Finding Your Jewish Ancestors in the Russian Empire
Ellie Vance Christensen
December 15, 1:30 pm
Zoom only
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JGSGB Connect
Share a Success Story or Strategy
December 17, 7 pm
Zoom only
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ONLINE COURSES, EVENTS & WEBINARS

All program times listed are East Coast time.

Introduction to U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Records
Chaya Sara Hermann
JewishGen
November 27, 2 pm
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Ira Gershwin: A Life in Words
Michael Owen
American Ancestors/New England Historic Genealogical Society
December 3, 6 pm
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Challenges of DNA for Jews: Overcoming Endogamy
Jarrett Ross
JewishGen
December 4, 2 pm
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Witness to History: From Vienna to Shanghai
Jean Hoffman Lewanda
JewishGen
December 11, 2 pm
$5
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Putting Family History on the Map
Julia Williams
Boston Public Library
December 11, 6 pm
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Post 1492 Sephardic Dispersion and A Guide to Sephardic Genealogy
Sarina Roffé
JewishGen
December 18, 2 pm
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Genealogy: Using Obituaries to Research Your Ancestors
Boston Public Library
December 18, 6 pm
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JGSGB NEWS

Our Annual Beginners’ Course
Jewish Genealogy: Discover Your Family History
Registration Now Open

JGSGB will teach its award winning eight-week course, Jewish Genealogy: Discover Your Family History, via Zoom from January 22 through March 26, 7:00-9:00 pm.

Lectures and individual help sessions cover topics including:

• Basic research strategies & skills
• Major online resources & software
• Jewish migration history & changing European borders
• Jewish names & traditions
• Finding immigrant ancestors in U.S. and European records
• Identifying Holocaust victims & survivors
• DNA Testing

Tuition is $250 and includes free access to Ancestry and MyHeritage for the duration of the course and a 1-year membership in the JGSGB.

For more information and to register, go to course.jgsgb.org. Class size is limited to 20 students and has always filled up, so if you are interested, don’t wait too long.

MEMBERSHIP

Join or renew your membership for 2024.

First-time members who join between now and December 31 will receive membership through December 2025.
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