Find a ClassClick on the course titles below to view the course details. Basic 2: Search Strategies Using Google On Demand / VAS Eligible Learn: how to use google operators, keywords, and keyboard shortcuts. VAS Discount Coupon: Send your receipt to Education@jewishgen.org to receive directions. Basic 3: Organizing Your Genealogical Research On Demand / VAS Eligible Learn: how to organize your research A-Z, Create files and folders, using forms, and charts. VAS Discount Coupon: Send your receipt to Education@jewishgen.org to receive directions. On Demand / VAS Eligible Learn: how to organize data, locate and analyze US census and vital, and immigration records. VAS Discount Coupon: Send your receipt to Education@jewishgen.org to receive directions. US Research Reference Guide II On Demand / VAS Eligible Learn: how to find, identify, and use death, burial, immigration, naturalizations, court records, and military records. VAS Discount Coupon: Send your receipt to Education@jewishgen.org to receive directions. Jewish in Jewish Genealogy (The Jewish Immigrant Experience in U.S.) On Demand / VAS Eligible Learn: how to understand the Jewish experience, and to apply Jewish filters to your search. VAS Discount Coupon: Send your receipt to Education@jewishgen.org to receive directions. On Demand / VAS Eligible Learn: how to locate and access records, including lesser known sources, in Jewish New York City 1840-1950. VAS Discount Coupon: Send your receipt to Education@jewishgen.org to receive directions. Publishing & Packaging your Genealogical Research On Demand / VAS Eligible Learn: how to create a step-by-step process to write your narrative, and publishing venues. VAS Discount Coupon: Send your receipt to Education@jewishgen.org to receive directions. January 7-28, 2024 Instructor: Nancy Holden Learn: how to organize and focus a search, build and fill a family tree chart, locate and analyze census, immigration, and vital records. Fundamentals II: Plan for Success March 3-24, 2024 Instructor: Margie Geiser Learn: how to plan your research, create a research goal, and name appropriate sources for records. Prepare a research log. April 1-21, 2024 Instructor: Nancy Holden Learn: how to use the Big Four databases: Ancestry, FamilySearch, JewishGen, My Heritage. By Request Instructor: Nancy Holden Learn: how to review your projects in detail, understand proof standards, analyze conflicting records, write proof summaries, and write citations. Research Your Roots Using JewishGen February 7-28, 2024 Instructor: Barbara Rice Learn: how to navigate JewishGen's website and databases. Independent Study: Create Your Own Project June 2-23, 2024 Instructor: Nancy Holden Learn: how to create a research plan for your project. Set appropriate goals. Create and use a log of resources and databases. July 28 - Aug 18, 2024 Instructor: Nancy Holden Learn: how to overcome hurdles using proven strategies, identify relevant records, extract details from found records. July 3-24, 2024; Zooms on Sunday Instructor: Barbara Rice Learn: how to map your family's voyage from their shtetl to the port of departure. the details of shipping companies, agents, ticket purchase, papers, illegal crossings, bribes, and medical exams. November 3-24, 2024 Instructor: April Stone Learn: how to research in a group and solve a puzzle. The group will discuss the assigned case, and decide the facts, the research question the research plan and then complete the research together. Crafting Stories from Your Family's History Apr 7 - May 5, 2024 Instructor: Barbara Krasner Learn: to develop your unique writer's voice by writing in class to specific instructor-provided prompts. To encourage confidence, there is volunteer sharing in class without critique. DNA I: Introduction to Genetic Genealogy August 1-12, 2024 Instructor: Larry Fagan Learn: about the topic of genetic genealogy, the types of available tests and how to build a condensed family tree to optimize your testing strategy. DNA II: Analyzing your Genetic Genealogy Results January 17 - February 12, 2024 Instructor: Larry Fagan Learn: how to analyze the test results you received. use tools, such as Leeds Analysis, Chromosome Browsers, and DNA Painter to analyze your results. May 5-26, 2024 Instructor: Lisa Ezrol Curran Learn: About Jewish life in New York City 1840-1950. How to locate and access New York records; including lesser-known sources. May 8-29, 2024 Instructor: Barbara Rice Learn: how to locate sources using major databases online - Gesher Galicia, JRI-Poland, JewishGen, Roots to Routes, FamilySearch, Polish Archives. September 1-22, 2024 Instructor: Nancy Holden Learn: how to locate records that exist for your town using - JewishGen, Litvak SIG, Belarus RD, Roots to Routes, FamilySearch. Request records from archives. By Request Instructor: April Stone Learn: how to research records from modern countries within Old Hungary, and the major online databases and offline resources. By Request Instructor: Susan Rand-Lakritz Learn: major online databases for South African records, what records exist, and how to organize and track your research. By Request Instructor: Susan Rand-Lakritz Learn: major online databases for UK records, what records exist, and how to organize and track your research. Regional Guided Research - a Virtual Conversation On Demand Instructor: Regional Expert Learn: where to start, which databases to use, how to find hidden resources and practical ways to move forward. Find a Record - a Virtual Conversation On Demand Instructor: Record Specific Learn: depending on request, an expert familiar with specific record sets, finding aids, and filters will be assigned. Plan Your Research - a Virtual Conversation On Demand Instructor: Margie Geiser Learn: to create a research plan, focus your objectives, plan your research, and use primary record collections. Individualized Private Mentoring Request your own schedule Instructor: Nancy Holden Learn: how to set up a project, ask for specifics, work at your own pace, obtain new levels of success. Individualized Private Mentoring Request your own schedule Instructor: Nancy Holden Learn: how to set up a project, ask for specifics, work at your own pace, obtain new levels of success. Create Your Family History Book - Hire Us By Request Instructor: April Stone – Designer Skills we provide: With your Ancestry.com tree, the JewishGen instructor will design a Family History Book personalized to your unique family history for you to publish and purchase through MyCanvas. Map It! - Using Historical Maps for Family Research March 3-24, 2024 Instructor: Hap Ponedel Learn: to use maps for family history using "An Atlas of the Shtetl-Topographic Maps of Eastern Europe" Let’s Get Organized tbd Instructor: Amy Mitchell Learn: create an organizational system that works for you-on paper, on a computer, on a device, in the cloud, using software, a notebook, or a binder. Website design by Alan Raskin |
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