This event will take place on a Thursday evening, please note the irregular date/time. JGSGB members: Program is free. Members do not need to register.You can find the Zoom link by logging in to your JGSGB Membership account. Once logged in, use the "What would you like to do" dropdown to locate the Members-only Page … Continue reading Richard K. Miller – How to Do More Genealogy in Less Time with Goldie May’s Genealogy Tools →

Program Description: A century ago, Susan Liebman’s four-year-old uncle was said to have been killed when his mother’s heavy dressmaker's mirror fell on him. Had it really? Digging into old records, Liebman uncovered a family secret that told her there was a deadly mutation in her family, inherited from her father’s side.  This presentation explains … Continue reading Susan Leibman – The Dressmaker’s Mirror: A Family Secret, a Deadly Gene, and the Records That Told the Truth →

Program Description: Genealogists are more than familiar with passenger lists for immigrant arrivals in American ports. However, that is only half of the puzzle. What about where they left from? This presentation explores the large collection of passenger lists for those departing from the port of Hamburg, Germany. Roughly one million Jews left via this … Continue reading Logan Knight – Hamburg Passenger Lists 1850-1934 →

Program Description: Explore the trades that were the heartbeat of shtetl life. What roles did tailors, shoemakers, and merchants play, and what hidden skills did they master? What professions were respected and which jobs were “less desirable”? How did economic shifts threaten age-old trades? Explore some rare, unfamiliar crafts that played a part in the … Continue reading Evgenia Kempinski – Shtetl Trades: How Our Ancestors Made a Living →