Jewish Genealogy Society of Long Island’s Past Programs

Introduction

To that end we hold meetings almost every month from September to June, usually on the fourth Sunday of the month at the Mid-Island Y-JCC in Plainview.

The topics and speakers for the meetings from the past few years are listed below for your reference.

2008 – 2009

• September 2008 – Philadelphia Reports: News from the 2008 Jewish Genealogy Conference – Herb Huebscher, Pauline Kuyler, Renée Steinig, Chuck Weinstein, Steve Lasky, and Judy Simon.

• October 2008 – The Otto Frank File: Historical and Genealogical Significance – Estelle Guzik

• November 2008 – When Leopold Met Lena: Marriage, Divorce and Deception in 1892 New York – Pamela Weisberger

• December 2008 – Hiding in Zion; Locating Israeli Family and Their Descendants – Michael Goldstein

• January 2009 – The International Tracing Service Record Collection – Gary Mokotoff

• February 2009 – Polish Records: What They Contain, Where They Are and How to Get Them – Hadassah Lipsius

• March 2009 – Hungarian Vital Records Project – Sam Schleman

• April 2009 – Philadelphia Conference – David Mink & Dr. Steve Schecter

• May 2009 – You Don’t Have To Be Italian...To Use The Italian Genealogical Group’s Databases – John Martino

• June 2009 – Spying on Ancestors: Practical Use of Reconnaissance and Cartographic Resources – Jordan Auslander

2007 – 2008

• September 2007 – Salt Lake City Reports: News from the Jewish Genealogy Conference – Steve Lasky, Walter Rosenthal, Nina Sitron and Renée Steinig

• October 2007 – Jewish Calendar Demystified and Searching the New York Census with Fewer Tears – Steve Morse

• November 2007 – Travels to Vienna and Western Ukraine – Kathy Wallach

• December 2007 – Write Your Family History NOW! & Chicago Conference Preview – Mike Karsen

• January 2008 – JewishGen’s Holocaust-Related Databases and Resources – Nolan Altman

• February 2008 – Baron deHirsch Scholarships to the State Agricultural School at Farmingdale – Rhoda Miller

• March 2008 – Four Lives of Gregory Meisler: a Jew, a Warrior and a Polish Patriot – Valery Bazarov

• April 2008 – DNA and Classic Genealogy Join to Solve Genealogical Puzzle – Herb Huebscher

• May 2008 – Researching Jewish Criminals, Especially in New York – Ron Arons

• June 2008 – How To Find 19th-Century Polish-Language Records and Unlock Their Secrets – Judith Frazin

2006 – 2007

• September 2006 – New York Reports: News from the Jewish Genealogy Conference – Fern Gutman, Paul Horman, Rita and Walter Rosenthal, Phyllis M. Simon, and Marty Vogel

• October 2006 – Jews in the News: Finding Your Ancestors in Historical Newspapers – Pamela Weisberger

• November 2006 – Probate Records – Debra Braverman

• December 2006 – The Project to Reconstitute the Destroyed Jewish Communities of Europe – Sallyann Amdur Sack

• January 2007 – Developing Identities for Cemetery Inhabitants – Karen Hofer Buxton

• February 2007 – I am my Father’s Son – Dr. Steve Lasky

• March 2007 – Building a Multi-Media Family History – David M. Kleiman

• April 2007 – City Directories Online – Logan Joseph Kleinwaks

• May 2007 – Galicia Research – Suzan Wynne

• June 2007 – Genes for Genealogists: Genetics, Inheritance, and DNA Made Simple – Nina Sitron

2005 – 2006

• September 2005 – Las Vegas Reports: News from the Jewish Genealogy Conference – S. Lasky, B. Masnick, C. Sofer, and Z. Zook.

• October 2005 – Genograms – Pastor Thomas Taylor

• November 2005 – Meyer Lansky and Bugsy Siegel, The Men Behind the Famous Flamingo Hotel – Ron Arons

• December 2005 – Finding Schmul and Rebekka in Holocaust Records; Possibilities and Pitfalls – Peter Landé

• January 2006 – NYC Research – Linda Cantor & Gloria Freund

• February 2006 – Scrapbooking Your Family History – Gail Amorde

• March 2006 – Workshop and The Works of Arthur Szyk – Various at Dowling College

• April 2006 – Organiz-It: Getting It Together! – Rhoda Miller

• May 2006 – How to Read a Hebrew Tombstone if You Don't Read Hebrew – Ron Miller

• June 2006 – JGSLI’s One-Step Webpages: A Potpourri of Genealogical Search Tools – Steve Morse

2004 – 2005

• September 2004 – Jerusalem Reports: News from the Jewish Genealogy Conference – Judi Caplan and Renee Steinig

• October 2004 – Vilna Records – Joel Ratner

• November 2004 – Digital Imaging and Genealogy: Principles, Possibilities and Pitfalls – Bruce Kahn

• December 2004 – Recording Their Words, Preserving Their Documents – John Paul Lowens

• January 2005 – Snowed Out [was scheduled to be Opportunities and Obstacles in Holocaust Genealogical Research – Peter Landé]

• February 2005 – Latest Happenings at JewishGen – Susan King

• March 2005 – NYC Indexing Projects – John Martino

• April 2005 – Center for Jewish History and Romanian Research – Bob Friedman

• May 2005 – Bridging the Chasm of the Holocaust – Joyce Field

• June 2005 – JGSLI’s Collection at the Plainview Library – Marilyn Stolove

2003 – 2004

• September 2003 – Washington Reports: News from the Jewish Genealogy Conference – Nolan Altman, Woody Greenberg, Jackie Wasserstein, and others

• October 2003 – Using the Internet to Find Anything and Anyone – Ron Arons

• November 2003 – Ellis Island and 1930 Census “One-Step” Websites – Stephen P. Morse

• December 2003 – Litvak SIG – Ada Greenblatt and Joel Ratner

• January 2004 – Straus Family Historical Society – Joan Adler

• February 2004 – Finding Relatives in the U.S. Holocaust Museum Archives – Marc Masurovsky

• March 2004 – American Jewry and the Civil War – Bud Livingston

• April 2004 – Sephardic Genealogy – Dr. Jeffrey Malka

• May 2004 – Raising Atlantis: Restoring Jewish Memory in Poland – Yale Reisner

• June 2004 – Instant Family: The Joys and Frustrations of Genetic Genealogy – Arthur Rossoff