Back to 1996 Seminar Home Page9:00 am - 6:00 pm
Vendor Exhibits, Plaza Ballroom
10:00 am - 1:00 pm
Walking Tour of Jewish
Boston
12:30 pm - 3:30 pm
Walking Tour of Jewish
Boston
1:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Beginner's Workshop.
Nancy Arbeiter
teaches the basics of genealogical research.
Whitehill Room
7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Opening Session.
Welcome, Orientation, and lecture by
Dr. Sol Gittleman, Provost,
Tufts University: "This Jewish
Century". Imperial Ballroom
9:00 pm
Reception. Plaza Ballroom
Monday thru Thursday:
8:00 am - 6:00 pm
Registration, Stuart Room
8:00 am - 6:00 pm
Resource and
Computer Room,
Stuart and Tremont Rooms
9:00 am - 6:00 pm
Vendor Exhibits,
St. James Room
Monday thru Friday:
Shuttle Bus to Waltham: American Jewish Historical Society, National Archives, Brandeis Goldfarb Library.
Mini-Bus to National Archives, Pittsfield:
8:00 am - 8:50 am
Backtracking to the Old
Country.
An intermediate workshop on finding your ancestor's town of
origin, by Bob Weiss, President,
AJGS. Imperial Ballroom
Reunion Version 5 preview
.
Frank Leister, creator of
Reunion, will demonstrate the next version of this popular
genealogy software, which includes Hebrew calendar
support. Plaza Ballroom
Committee of Professional Jewish Genealogists.
CPJG Business Meeting.
Eileen Polakoff, Marsha Saron
Dennis. Winthrop Room
9:00 am - 9:50 am
Orientation: American Jewish
Historical Society.
Holly Synder,
AJHS Archivist.
Imperial Ballroom
Orientation: Boston Public
Library.
Alice Kane and
Joseph Maciora,
BPL. Whitehill Room
Research in Israel.
The shortest route to old country roots may be via a detour
through Israel.
Dr. Sallyann Amdur Sack, editor,
Avotaynu.
Plaza Ballroom
10:00 am - 10:50 am
Internet for
Greenhorns.
An introduction for novices.
Gary Mokotoff, publisher,
Avotaynu.
Imperial Ballroom
Using Russian Business
Directories.
Learn how to use these valuable sources, with
Ted Gostin.
Plaza Ballroom
The Gantze - Megilla: Research,
Printing, and Publishing a Book About Your Russian Jewish
Family.
Harry Boonin.
Whitehill Room
11:00 am - 11:50 am
Using a Mormon Family History
Center.
A beginner's session.
Judith Frazin.
Plaza Ballroom
11:00 am - 12:30 pm
"New Databases for Jewish
Genealogy".
Various presenters will highlight and demonstrate the
latest developments. Imperial Ballroom
1:30 pm - 2:50 pm
Special Interest Group (SIG)
Meetings:
Russian Era Indexing in Poland
Project (REIPP).
Steven Zedeck.
Imperial Ballroom
3:00 pm - 3:50 pm
Marriage and Migration in
19th-Century Austria-Hungary.
Richard Panchyk.
Imperial Ballroom
Translating Russian Documents
from Poland.
A workshop, with Jonathan Shea.
Plaza Ballroom
4:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Immigration and Naturalization
Service (INS) Records as a Resource for 20th - Century American
Jewish Genealogy and History.
Marian L. Smith, History Office,
INS. Imperial Ballroom
European History for the Jewish
Genealogist.
Jack Arbeiter.
Everything you never learned in High School.
Plaza Ballroom
7:00 pm - 7:50 pm
Ellis Island in Symbol and
Myth: Difficulties in Genealogical Research.
What really happened at Ellis Island.
Marian L. Smith, History Office,
INS. Imperial Ballroom
8:00 pm - 9:30 pm
Ellis Island and the Automation
Project.
Jayare Roberts, Senior
Consultant at the LDS Family History Library in Salt Lake City,
will describe this volunteer indexing effort.
Imperial Ballroom
8:00 am - 5:00 pm
Excursion to Newport,
Rhode Island:
Sephardic Odyssey: From Grenada to
Newport.
A day trip to the Touro Synagogue, and walking tour of historic
Jewish Newport, with Rabbi Dr. Chaim
Shapiro.
8:00 am - 8:50 am
Orientation: New England
Historic Genealogical Society (NEHGS).
Maureen Taylor, User Services,
NEHGS.
Imperial Ballroom
Orientation: National Archives.
Introduction to resources at Pittsfield and Waltham.
Walter Hickey, Archivist,
Pittsfield National Archives. Plaza Ballroom
9:00 am - 9:50 am
A Look at Naturalization
Records.
Walter Hickey, Archivist,
Pittsfield National Archives. Plaza Ballroom
Introduction to Polish-Jewish
Genealogical Research.
Jeff Cymbler.
An overview of geography, vital records, Yizkor books, and
other sources. Imperial Ballroom
Jewish Cemetery Association of Massachusetts;
AJGS Cemetery Project.
Cemetery Resources in Massachusetts and Worldwide.
Bruce Schlossberg, Arline Sachs.
Whitehill Room
10:00 am - 10:50 am
The Changing Borders of Eastern
Europe.
1000 years of East European history and its impact
on our Jewish ancestors.
Hal Bookbinder.
Imperial Ballroom
Finding 19th-Century Polish
Records and Unlocking their Secrets.
Judith Frazin.
How to locate, use, and translate Polish vital records.
Plaza Ballroom
Jewish Immigration to Argentina:
A Genealogist's Perspective.
Dr. Gabriel
Braunstein. Whitehill Room
11:00 am - 11:50 am
12:00 noon
Reception, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 101 Newbury Street.
12:30 pm - 1:50 pm
Latvia SIG.
Mike Getz. Whitehill Room
1:00 pm - 2:00 pm
Introduction to
JewishGen.
Learn about the Internet discussion group on Jewish genealogy.
Susan King, founder of
JewishGen. Imperial Ballroom
1:30 pm - 2:50 pm
BOF: JGS Newsletter Editors' Exchange. Thoreau Room
2:00 pm - 2:50 pm
JewishGen SIG.
Susan E. King, and
the Board of Directors of JewishGen, Inc.
Imperial Ballroom
3:00 pm - 3:50 pm
Making Your Ancestors Look
Good: Computer Imaging of Photographs and Documents.
Gene Starn.
Imperial Ballroom
Cemeteries and Synagogues in
Poland.
Sources such as photographs and books of epitaphs.
Jeff Cymbler.
Plaza Ballroom
4:00 pm - 5:30 pm
Questions and Answers:
Beider's Surname Books.
Alexander Beider.
Plaza Ballroom
7:00 pm - 8:20 pm
Mending Torn Memories:
Genealogical Pursuits in Poland.
Yale J. Reisner, Director of
Archives and Research, Ronald S. Lauder Foundation,
Jewish Historic Institute, Warsaw. Imperial Ballroom
8:30 pm - 10:00 pm
Routes to Roots in the Former
Soviet Archives: Ukraine, Moldova, and Belarus.
What documents exist and what can be learned from them.
Miriam Weiner.
Imperial Ballroom
10:00 pm+
Future Generations. Jewish Singles Mixer.
Captain's Bar
8:00 am - 8:50 am
Orientation:
Massachusetts State Archives.
William Milhomme,
Reference Supervisor,
Massachusetts
Archives. Plaza Ballroom
8:00 am - 9:50 am
Obtaining Documents from East
European Archives.
Research strategies, geopolitical divisions, archival terms.
Bob Weiss, President,
AJGS. Imperial Ballroom
The Jewish Historical
Clock.
Michael Honey.
Whitehill Room
9:00 am - 9:50 am
German-Jewish Research:
Resources in the United States.
Karen Franklin and
Frank Mecklenburg,
Leo Baeck Institute. Plaza Ballroom
JGS Management Workshop:
Ain't No Sin to Make a Profit: Fundraising.
Gary Mokotoff.
Thoreau Room
10:00 am - 10:50 am
Oral History
Techniques.
A powerful tool for genealogical research.
Julie Unger McCoullough.
Imperial Ballroom
German-Jewish Research:
Resources in Germany.
Peter Lande.
Plaza Ballroom
Is There a Rabbi On Your Family
Tree?
Resources and Techniques.
George Sackheim.
Whitehill Room
JGS Management Workshop: Creating and Sustaining
Society Volunteer Programs.
Eileen Polakoff.
Thoreau Room
10:00 am - 12:00 pm
Book Signing: Various authors will autograph copies of their works. Stuart Room
11:00 am - 11:50 am
Travel in Lithuania.
A panel discussion by recent visitors.
Drs. Bruce E. Kahn and
Saul Issroff, moderators.
Plaza Ballroom
Hiring a Professional: Why? How?
A panel discussion, led by
Eileen Polakoff.
Whitehill Room
Cemetery Project BOF. Arline Sachs. Winthrop Room.
12:00 pm - 2:50 pm
AJGS Annual Meeting
Association of Jewish Genealogical
Societies.
Plaza Ballroom
1:30 pm - 2:50 pm
Special Interest Group (SIG)
Meetings:
Hungary.
Louis Schonfeld. Winthrop Room
Germany.
Frank Mecklenburg.
Whitehill Room
Yizkor Book Project
BOF.
Martin Kessel. Thoreau Room
3:00 pm - 3:50 pm
Jewish Genealogy on the
Information Superhighway.
Resources on the Internet.
Dr. Bruce E. Kahn.
Georgean Room
City Directories and Urban
Research.
David Dearborn,
F.A.S.G. Whitehill Room
4:00 pm - 5:30 pm
"A Call To Action"
.
A panel will discuss Lawrence
Tapper's recent Avotaynu editorial.
Dr. Michael Feldberg,
Michael Bohnen,
Gary Mokotoff.
Fred Davis moderates.
Georgian Room
Rabbinic Dynastic Origins and
their Descendants.
Dr. Neil Rosenstein.
Whitehill Room
7:00 pm - 7:50 pm
The Encyclopedia of Jewish
Communities for Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia.
Prof. Dov Levin will describe the
methods and sources he used to compile these volumes of Pinkas
HaKehillot. Georgian Room
The Jews of Boston.
Ellen Smith, Curator,
American Jewish
Historical Society. Whitehill Room
8:00 pm - 8:50 pm
Ashkenazic Given Names
(11th-20th Centuries): Some General Tendencies and
Peculiarities.
Alexander Beider, author,
A Dictionary of Jewish Surnames from the Russian
Empire. Georgian Room
9:00 pm - 10:30 pm
Worldwide Treasures of the
Family History Library.
Overview of the acquisitions
of the LDS (Mormon) Family History Library, including recent
microfilming in Eastern Europe.
Jayare Roberts.
Georgian Room
9:00 am - 9:50 am
Holocaust Research.
Peter Lande.
Imperial Ballroom
Crossing the Canadian Border:
The St. Albans 'Passenger Lists'.
William Schoeffler.
Plaza Ballroom
South African Research.
Ivan Elion. Whitehill Room
10:00 am - 10:50 am
Breaking Down Immigrant
Walls.
Case studies, by Eileen
Polakoff. Plaza Ballroom
Canada's Jews: Their History
and Their Treasury of Genealogical Resources.
Anne Joseph.
Whitehill Room
10:00 am - 12:00 pm
Restoration and Preservation of
Family Photographs.
David Mishkin.
Imperial Ballroom
11:00 am - 12:00 am
CompuServe's Genealogy Forum
Dick Eastman.
Plaza Ballroom
Canadian Census Records.
Jerome Anderson, NEHGS.
Whitehill Room
1:30 pm - 2:50 pm
Special Interest Group (SIG)
Meetings:
Suwalk/Lomza.
Nicki Russler. Imperial Ballroom
Grodno.
Jim Yarin. Plaza Ballroom
Mogilev.
Thoreau Room
3:00 pm - 3:50 pm
The Bones of Berdichev.
Prof. John Garrard
discusses the archival records of the Soviet
Extraordinary Commission on Nazi Atrocities.
Imperial Ballroom
"Dorot Towards the Year
2000".
Diana Sommer, Director,
Dorot Genealogy Center, Tel Aviv. Plaza Ballroom
4:00 pm - 4:50 pm
Research Strategies.
Why you should examine all records for your ancestral surname
from your ancestral town. Harold Rhode. Imperial Ballroom
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Cocktail Reception. Plaza Ballroom
7:00 pm - 10:00 pm
Banquet. "Remembering Our Immigrant Ancestors". Featured Speaker: Stephen Birmingham. Imperial Ballroom
9:00 am - 12:00 pm
9:00 am - 3:00 pm
Excursion: National Yiddish Book Center (Amherst, MA).
9:00 am - 4:00 pm
Excursion: Providence, Rhode Island
9:30 am - 10:30 am
Special Interest Group (SIG) Meetings:
Kielce / Radom gubernias. Stanhope Room
Handout notes for each lectures will be provided to each attendee in the Seminar's syllabus.
Most of the Seminar's lectures will be audio-taped, and the tapes will be available for sale at the Seminar, and also by mail thereafter.
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