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MORASHA, JGSI Newsletter

Morasha is distributed to members three times a year (February, June, and October).

It contains both articles from the general genealogy press as well as articles written by our members. We are able to review the newsletters from many IAJGS societies and reprint articles of interest. We also encourage our members to submit articles on their own genealogical experiences.

The newsletter also contains society information including our President’s message, a summary of JGSI board business, recent meetings in review,as well as upcoming JGSI and genealogical events in the area.

To view a previous copy of the newsletter, please click Morasha Spring 2007.

If you would like to submit an article or assisting in any other way,  please contact us.

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Previous issues have included:

Spring 1999

History of Jews of Lithuania

by Sally Mann

European Union Archive Network
Lithuanian Holocaust Names Project
All Lithuanian Database
Lithuanian Archive Addresses

Diseases Among Us

by Risa Dunn MD

"There Once Was a World"

review by Lisa Thaler

Mormons to Put Genealogical Archives on Web
Newberry Library Genealogical Resources

Top Genealogy Internet Sites

by Lisa Thaler

Summer 1999

PERSI

by Lisa Thaler

Argentina Jewish Resources

by Sally S. Mann

Spertus Resources

by Steven Weiss

Genograms: Powerful Graphic Tool for Genealogists

by Lisa Thaler

Computer Software Programs

by Scott E. Meyer

"Synagogues of Chicago 1839-1992"

reviewed by Steven Weiss

Fall 1999

Researching the Netherlands

by presentation by Dr. Ronald VanderHorst

Brief History of Dutch Jewry

by Sally S. Mann & Harriet Rudnit

Reading Jewish Gravestones

by presentation by Norman Schwartz, CJHS

Waldheim Jewish Cemeteries

from the funeral homes

Standards for Sound Genealogical Research

from the National Genealogical Society

Indexing Family Papers

by Lisa Thaler

Winter 2000

Sephardic Jewish Roots of Sharon Ramirez

reviewed by Sally S. Mann

Resources for sephardic Research

 

Understanding Spanish Surnames

by Mary Swiateck Hartig

Getting Started in Jewish Genealogy

reviewed by Lisa Thaler

Poland to Uzbekistan and Back

by Irene Ceder Rogers

Newberry Library Workshop

and new website

Marriage Records

also see internet links above

Internet Guide to 50 States

reviewed by Sally Mann

Synopsis and Guide to Research in Illinois

excerpted from Illinois state Genealogical Society-- v.31#2

Fall 2000

Brief History of Poland

by Sally S. Mann

Researching Polish Records

 

List of Polish Landmanshaften in Israel

 

Patent Database Online

 

Polyn: Jewish Life in the Old Country

reviewed by Sally S. Mann

Hidden Sources: family History in Unlikely Places

reviewed by Lisa Thaler

Reunion Reestablishes Family Ties

by Sally S. Mann

Illinois State Marriage Index Online

 

Landsmanshaftn and Vereins

 

Sudilkov, Ukraine Website

 

Spring 2001

History of Jews of Bohemia and Moravia (The Czech Republic)

by Sally S. Mann

Lisa Feder

 

Czech Resources

 

Asher Library at Spertus Institute now Online

 

"World of Our Fathers"

reviewed by Manny Silver

Auschwitz Revisited

 

Genealogy Institute at Center for Jewish History in New York City

 

Canadian Immigration Records

 

FHL Judaica Index CD

 

Jewish Surnames

 

Dublin, Ireland Alien Registration

 
 
 
 
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