You can trace your Jewish roots
- Even if you don't know the names of your grandparents,
- Even if you don't know where your ancestors originated,
- Even if the town your ancestors came from was destroyed in the Holocaust.
You can discover the sources available by joining the Jewish Genealogical Society of Illinois and learn how to:
- Start your search,
- Interview and take oral histories,
- Use general research sources around the world,
- Understand photograph and document preservation,
- Locate your family shtetls,
- Find Jewish community and government records.
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Special ways to start (some free, some $fee):
- JGSI Beginners' Workshops in January and in June
- Suggestions at JewishGen
- Suggestions at Avotaynu
- Presentation around the area by JGSI officers:
- Mike Karsen
- Judith Frazin
- Harriet Rudnit
- Presentations at the $--Newberry Library
- Through $--Dawn Schuman Institute
- Presentations at Spertus Institute of Jewish Studies
- A series of articles at
Ancestry.com
- Online classes at Ancestry.com are described by George Eastman.
- $--Internet course on
Jewish Basics at MyFamily.Com
- $--Internet course on
Jewish Internet at MyFamily.Com
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