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Earlier
Meetings
of
JGSI 2005 |
 Sunday, November 20: Temple Beth Israel, 3601 W. Dempster Street, Skokie - Barry Finkel (JGSI member)
- Unusual Sources of Genealogical Information: Undiscovered Riches
 Sunday, October 30: Temple Beth Israel, 3601 W. Dempster Street, Skokie - Mini-Workshop: Searching the Chicago Tribune historical archive online. Presented by JGSI vice-president Mike Karsen.
- Irwin Lapping, Director of Waldheim Cemetery
- Waldheim Cemetery Genealogy Database Development Report: one of the world's largest and one of the Chicago area's oldest Jewish cemeteries and an invaluable source of genealogical information.
- Sunday, September 25: Wilmette Public Library, 1242 Wilmette Avenue, Wilmette
- Pre-program Mini Workshop: How to search the Ellis Island Database
- Movie: Jews of Poland: Bialystok, Lvov, Krakow, Vilna & Warsaw
in 1938-39
- Sunday, August 28: Wilmette Public Library, 1242 Wilmette Avenue, Wilmette
- "Genealogy on the Internet," Harriet Rudnit, JGSI President
- Where to start, advanced techniques, and helpful features of familiar websites. Examines Eastern European research links through JewishGen.
- Sunday, July 31: Wilmette Public Library, 1242 Wilmette Avenue, Wilmette
- "International Association of Jewish Genealogical Societies Conference"
- Conference attendees share their experiences and new discoveries.
Movie: "My Grandfather's House" Documentary about a mother and daughter who tour their ancestral homeland in Lithuania.
- Sunday, June 26: Wilmette Public Library, 1242 Wilmette Avenue, Wilmette
- "Ask the Experts" and the Annual Meeting.
- Try to stump our panel of experts and add some new
branches to your family tree! Share your family history research
problems to find possible solutions. Topics will include resources,
vital records, internet research, genealogy computer programs,
publishing, finding ancestral origins, ethical issues, and much more. Join our audience and share your own expertise to help other
genealogists.
- Sunday, June 12: Wilmette Public Library, 1242 Wilmette Avenue, Wilmette
- "Beginner's Workshop" presented by Judy Frazin.
Start your journey into discovering your family history here! Learn
basic techniques to help in your search for information to build your
family tree. Even if you have been working on your tree for awhile,
this course may remind you of some overlooked areas in your research.
Bring a friend!
- Sunday, May 22: Wilmette Public Library, 1242 Wilmette Avenue, Wilmette
- "How to Use Family Tree Maker 2005" presented by Franklin Mills.
- Sunday, April 17: Wilmette Public Library, 1242 Wilmette Avenue, Wilmette
- "How You Can Find Jewish Records at your local Mormon Family History Center." presented by Judy Frazin, JGSI President.
- This workshop will ensure that a trip to your local Mormon Family History
Center will be successful rather than frustrating. Find out how to use the
index to the holdings of the main Salt Lake City library to find microfilms
of both general and Jewish genealogical records. These films can then be
rented and sent to your local Family History Center where you will be able
to use them to help you with your genealogical research.
- Sunday, March 27: Chicago Jewish Funerals, 195 N. Buffalo Grove Road, Buffalo Grove
- "Pre-Holocaust Jewish Life in Bavaria, Germany" presented by Walter Reed, "Kindertransport" escapee.
- Sunday, February 27: Bernard Weinger JCC, 300 Revere Drive, Northbrook
- "German-Jewish Immigrant History in Chicago" presented by Ursula Levy -- Shoah survivor and author of "The Spirit Builder -- Life and Times of Dorothy Becker: A Breakthrough View on Aging."
- Sunday, January 23: Niles Public Library, 6960 Oakton Street, Niles
- Ask the Genealogy Experts
- Sunday, January 16, 2005: Niles Public Library, 6960 Oakton Street, Niles
- Beginners Workshop
- Sunday, November 21: Niles Public Library, 6960 Oakton Street, Niles
- "My Trip to Belarus in Search of My Roots" by JGSI Member-- Sam Dorevitch
- Sunday, December 5: 2:00pm Spertus Museum, 610 S. Michigan Avenue, Chicago
- Special Event free to all current JGSI members:
60 minute tour of two special exhibits
- My Kind of Town: Immigration to Chicago in the 20th Century
- Beyond Counting of Years: Herman Spertus Curates
Also orientation to the holdings of the Asher Library.
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- Sunday, October 24: Niles Public Library, 6960 Oakton Street, Niles
- Frank Mills & Harriet Rudnit on "Introduction to Jewish Genealogy on the Internet"
- Discussion & Voting on Revisions to JGSI Constitution and By-Laws
- Sunday, September 26: Niles Public Library, 6960 Oakton Street, Niles
- "Ashkenazic Jewish History" by Dr. Ron Grossman
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