Program Description: Late 19th and early 20th century alien passenger manifests often contain cryptic number and letter codes, which are ignored by most genealogists. These codes offer significant details about our ancestors’ immigration and naturalization experience. Elizabeth Gomoll's presentation is heavily illustrated with examples from actual immigrant passenger lists, and the handout provides a glossary … Continue reading Elizabeth Williams Gomoll – Unlocking Notation Codes on Alien Passenger Lists →

Program Description:What does Carol Clingan’s groundbreaking spreadsheet of historical details on 574 Massachusetts synagogues look like when it is turned into an interactive map? See what resulted when the JGSGB board asked a member with cartographic interests to try her hand at it. Find out how her learning process (in collaboration with the Boston Public Library’s Leventhal Map and Education Center) can … Continue reading Gilda Bruckman, Carol Clingan, Ian Spangler – Mapping Massachusetts’ Synagogues: What a New Historical Map Reveals About Jewish Life in MA Since 1840 →