Many people use one or two features of JewishGen.org and are not aware of the variety of additional resources and how best to use them. JewishGen is a vast and … Continue reading Meredith Hoffman – Getting the Most Out of JewishGen.org
Are you concerned about understanding and interpreting your DNA test results? DNA results are especially complicated for Jews, who have largely married “within the tribe” for hundreds of years, a … Continue reading Israel Pickholtz – Lessons in Jewish DNA – Inspiration From One Man’s Successes
Reservations for expert help are now closed, but you can still examine our extensive research collection on your own or with the guidance of our librarians. The next Research Sunday … Continue reading Research Sunday
We will be treated to a virtual tour of the vanished Jewish world before the mass migrations of the early 20th century, as seen through never-before-shown historic stereo photographs more … Continue reading Bernard P. Fishman and Dr. George L. Mutter – Historic 3-D Photographs of Jewish Communities in Europe and the Ottoman Empire Before WWI
The Jewish Genealogical Society of Greater Boston will be offering its award-winning, intensive introductory course on Jewish Genealogy for the 8th year starting Tuesday, March 1, 2016. The course is … Continue reading JGSGB Genealogy Course at Hebrew College: Foundations of Jewish Genealogical Research (registration required)
Children of the Inquisition, a documentary in the making, follows descendants of the Spanish and Portuguese Inquisitions on their quest to determine and embrace their Sephardic Jewish roots. Many whose … Continue reading Joseph Lovett – Children of the Inquisition: Discovering Their Jewish Roots
Our speaker will make two presentations - a lecture on Ukrainian research, followed by a shorter spotlight talk about online Special Interest Groups (SIGs). Finding records about our Ukrainian ancestors … Continue reading Janette Silverman – Two Talks: Ukrainian Research and Online Special Interest Groups (SIGs)
Reservations for expert help are now closed, but you can still examine our extensive research collection on your own or with the guidance of our librarians. Research Sundays are an … Continue reading Research Sunday
A Special Program Co-Sponsored by JGSGB and the Polish Genealogical Society of Massachusetts. Click here for handout of Polish Genealogy Research Resources There are many valuable genealogical resources in Poland … Continue reading Polish Books of Residents and Other Valuable Polish Resources
Austrian Galicia (1772–1918) once spanned parts of today’s Poland and Ukraine. Andrew Zalewski’s story covers centuries of Jewish history in the region, before and after Galicia existed. Large cities, small … Continue reading Andrew Zalewski – Galician Portraits: Jews, Gentiles and Emperors
You are invited to participate in JGSGB’s first “Family History Pop-Up Exhibit” at our monthly program. Bring your family history books, booklets and scrapbooks to be … Continue reading Family History Pop-Up Exhibit
A family history can contain phenomenal research with every event documented with precision, but yet no one is interested in reading it. This is a likely outcome when the history … Continue reading Mike Karsen – Liven Up Your Family History With Images
FamilySearch.org is the largest free genealogical website in the world. It contains the records of over four billion people worldwide and is sponsored by the Church of the Latter Day … Continue reading Todd Knowles – Getting the Most Out of FamilySearch
Workshop handouts: Naturalization Military Immigration Census Information Carol Clingan Carol Clingan and Debbie Lerner, who together have more than 30 years of genealogy research experience, will present a workshop tailored … Continue reading Beginners Workshop in Jewish Genealogy
Jewish headstone inscriptions and burial records can provide crucial information to family historians. Hebrew name inscriptions that are based on patronymics can link together two generations of Hebrew names unlike … Continue reading Nolan Altman – The Genealogical Value of Jewish Burial Records
Location: TBA (in Newton) Registration is closed for the Workshop on Polish Records Research since the 30 available places have been filled. This is a rare opportunity to get deep … Continue reading Workshop on Polish Records Research with Stanley Diamond (FULL)
Reservations for expert help are now closed, but you can still examine our extensive research collection on your own or with the guidance of our librarians. Research Sundays for 2016-17 … Continue reading Research Sunday
Main Lecture: Forty-five years of painstaking research allowed Harold Rhode to trace his family back 2,000 years to the ancient land of Israel, Eretz Yisrael. Rhode relied on Y-DNA analysis, … Continue reading Harold Rhode – A Litvak Traces his Roots to Sicily and Ancient Israel Using Y-DNA
10th Annual Lecture on Jewish Genealogy, co-sponsored by JGSGB and Hebrew College In the 18th and 19th centuries, much of the economy of Eastern Europe was based on vodka and … Continue reading Glenn Dynner – Yankel’s Tavern: Jews, Liquor and Life in Eastern Europe
Eric Silverman will discuss how something as mundane as clothing can help illustrate the complex social worlds in which Jews have always lived. For most of Jewish history, but especially beginning … Continue reading Eric Silverman – Jewish Dress and Cultural History: What You Can Learn From Grandma’s Photos