Sun, May 22
02:00PM
Sun, May 22
02:00PM
jewish genealogical society programs at cjh
Methods from the Mavens: Researching Galicia, Hungary, and Lithuania
A panel presentation featuring panelists: Jordan Auslander, Eden Joachim, Mark Halpern and Moderator: Linda Cantor
Presenters will share their expertise and experiences to get the most out of researching your families from these countries. Learn what type of historical documents and vital records are available and how to access them. Learn what you can do from home and how prepare for on-site visits to the ancestral homes.
Jordan Auslander | Hungary: Jordan's history BA degree had seen practical use in title search, real estate and other research contracted for various literary projects, before he got into genealogy. Currently a NY based professional genealogist, lecturer and expert witness, he has pursued case research across the U.S. Europe and Israel. Visit the Hungarian ShtetLink.
Eden Joachim | Lithuania: Eden, who spent more than 30 years in finance and human resources, has been tracing her family roots since 1991. Her research resulted in connections to Lithuania, Belarus, Congress Poland, Galician Poland and Prussia. She helped establish a Genealogy Center at the Holocaust Museum and Study Center in Spring Valley, NY. She is Archive Coordinator of two Polish State Archives for JRI-Poland.
Mark Halpern | Galicia: Mark is a retired chemical company executive who has been researching his Galitzianer and Litvak roots since 1996. He is a member of the Executive Committee and Board of Directors of Jewish Records Indexing - Poland and also serves on the Advisory Board of Gesher Galicia. Mark served as the Program Chair for the 2009 Conference on Jewish Genealogy in Philadelphia and is the immediate past President of the Jewish Genealogical Society of Greater Philadelphia.
Linda Cantor | Moderator: Past President of JGS, Inc (NY), Linda is a retired teacher for the NYC Board of Education. She has been researching her family history for over twenty-five years and has done considerable research on her Lithuanian, Galician and Volhynian roots. She is a former president of JGS of Long Island, a former Board member of IAJGS, and coordinator of several Lithuanian town SIGs. Linda was the registration chair of the 19th Annual Conference on Jewish Genealogy, co-chair of the 26th IAJGS International Conference on Jewish Genealogy, and has been a member of JGS for more than twenty-five years.
Gesher Galicia Regional Meeting: 11:00am-12:30pm
The program will begin with a virtual tour of the new Gesher Galicia website by Pamela Weisberger, review of the Cadastral Map & Landowner Records Project, and an introduction to the new Galician 20th century voter records initiative. Israeli researcher, Hanna Palmon, will discuss her fall 2010 trip to the Lviv and Ternopil Archives and visit to the Busk, Ukraine cemetery, followed by David Semmel's introduction of his new historical novel, "The 11th of Av," set in Przemsyl, which is based on the lives of his Galician grandparents. We'll close with an IAJGS 2011 Conference program preview, which will focus on the "Galicia Jewish Museum" in Krakow and Jewish life there from the earliest settlements, through WWII, and to the present day.
The Ackman & Ziff Family Genealogy Institute at CJH will be open before the meeting, starting at 11:00 AM for networking with other researchers and access to research materials and computers.
Presenters will share their expertise and experiences to get the most out of researching your families from these countries. Learn what type of historical documents and vital records are available and how to access them. Learn what you can do from home and how prepare for on-site visits to the ancestral homes.
Jordan Auslander | Hungary: Jordan's history BA degree had seen practical use in title search, real estate and other research contracted for various literary projects, before he got into genealogy. Currently a NY based professional genealogist, lecturer and expert witness, he has pursued case research across the U.S. Europe and Israel. Visit the Hungarian ShtetLink.
Eden Joachim | Lithuania: Eden, who spent more than 30 years in finance and human resources, has been tracing her family roots since 1991. Her research resulted in connections to Lithuania, Belarus, Congress Poland, Galician Poland and Prussia. She helped establish a Genealogy Center at the Holocaust Museum and Study Center in Spring Valley, NY. She is Archive Coordinator of two Polish State Archives for JRI-Poland.
Mark Halpern | Galicia: Mark is a retired chemical company executive who has been researching his Galitzianer and Litvak roots since 1996. He is a member of the Executive Committee and Board of Directors of Jewish Records Indexing - Poland and also serves on the Advisory Board of Gesher Galicia. Mark served as the Program Chair for the 2009 Conference on Jewish Genealogy in Philadelphia and is the immediate past President of the Jewish Genealogical Society of Greater Philadelphia.
Linda Cantor | Moderator: Past President of JGS, Inc (NY), Linda is a retired teacher for the NYC Board of Education. She has been researching her family history for over twenty-five years and has done considerable research on her Lithuanian, Galician and Volhynian roots. She is a former president of JGS of Long Island, a former Board member of IAJGS, and coordinator of several Lithuanian town SIGs. Linda was the registration chair of the 19th Annual Conference on Jewish Genealogy, co-chair of the 26th IAJGS International Conference on Jewish Genealogy, and has been a member of JGS for more than twenty-five years.
Gesher Galicia Regional Meeting: 11:00am-12:30pm
The program will begin with a virtual tour of the new Gesher Galicia website by Pamela Weisberger, review of the Cadastral Map & Landowner Records Project, and an introduction to the new Galician 20th century voter records initiative. Israeli researcher, Hanna Palmon, will discuss her fall 2010 trip to the Lviv and Ternopil Archives and visit to the Busk, Ukraine cemetery, followed by David Semmel's introduction of his new historical novel, "The 11th of Av," set in Przemsyl, which is based on the lives of his Galician grandparents. We'll close with an IAJGS 2011 Conference program preview, which will focus on the "Galicia Jewish Museum" in Krakow and Jewish life there from the earliest settlements, through WWII, and to the present day.
The Ackman & Ziff Family Genealogy Institute at CJH will be open before the meeting, starting at 11:00 AM for networking with other researchers and access to research materials and computers.
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