January 2014

To JGSGB Members & Friends:

Here is our new monthly newsletter – designed to share information about coming events without overloading our mailboxes.

JGSGB Programs

The cancelled Dec 15 lecture on Belarus has been rescheduled to Jun 8.

Jan 5, 2 pm – 7th Annual Lecture on Jewish Genealogy at Hebrew College
Prof. Hasia Diner on Wandering Jews: Peddlers and the Discovery of New Worlds

Jan 19, 1:30 pm – Annual Help Day: Research & Translation Assistance

Feb 3, 7 pm – 8 week Comprehensive Beginners Course on Jewish Genealogy starts at Hebrew College

Feb 9, 1:30 pm – Jewish Immigration from Lithuania – 2 lectures

More information at Upcoming Programs.

Family History Lectures at the Boston Public Library

Jan 15, 6 pm – Ethnic Enclaves, Edge Gateways and the Global Boston

Jan 29, 6 pm – Researching Your Ancestral Homes [buildings]

More information at BPL website.

34th IAJGS International Conference on Jewish Genealogy

Jul 27 – Aug 1, 2014 in Salt Lake City, Utah

Speaking proposals are being accepted through Jan 31
Registration is now open, discount rate through Apr 30

More information at www.iajgs2014.org


The newsletter will appear at the start of each month and will include materials received by the 25th of the prior month. It will supplement our journal Mass-Pocha (published 3 times a year) and regular email announcements about JGSGB programs. You are invited to submit information on coming events, and your comments to newsletter@jgsgb.org. Submissions will be screened for relevance to Jewish genealogy, interest and timeliness.

Heidi Urich
President, JGSGB