15-18 July 2012
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Rauh Jewish Archives Genealogy Program
Sunday, February 26, 2012 10am-4pm
The Rauh Jewish Archives at the Heinz History Center is hosting a program on Finding Your Family’s Story: Genealogy and the Rauh Jewish Archives. The History Center is located at 1212 Smallman Street in Pittsburgh's historic Strip District. There are four presentations between 10 am and 2 pm including a 45 minute lunch break. Presenters will be available for questions during an open-house session from 2pm to 4pm.
This is the 2nd part of a two day seminar which includes African American genealogy on Saturday February 25th. There will be an article about genealogy at the History Center and the two programs in the Tribune Review on Sunday, February 19.
Additional details on the programs are available on the History center's website at: Genealogy Weekend
Meetings
JGS Pittsburgh is no longer meeting on a regular basis but you can stay tuned to this website for announcements on special meetings. Also please join our message group by sending an email message to:
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Let us know a little about your family and where you are now. Once approved you will be able to send and receive messages to/from all group members. There is no cost and you can unsubscribe at anytime.
Pittsburgh Jewish Newspaper Project
now complete 1895 to 1999
The PJN project went online in April 2007 and is the most extensive English Language online Jewish newspaper offering in the USA. The project had been funded primarily by Carnegie Mellon University and the Pittsburgh UJF, but due to the recent economic challeges new sources of money are needed for the project to continue.
Although primarily focused on the Pittsburgh area Jewish community there is a wealth of information on many Jewish topics. Institutions of higher learning as well as genealogists throughout the world are using it heavily. Currently more than 160,000 images have been digitized:
- The Jewish Criterion - complete from 1895 to 1962
- The Jewish Chronicle - complete from 1962 to 1999
- The American Jewish Outlook (1946 only)
Plans had included adding the AJO thru 1962 as well as other website improvements.
You can get further information on the project, how to contribute, and how to search from this link: Pittsburgh Jewish Newspaper Project