SIG & BOF Programming

The 39th IAJGS International Conference on Jewish Genealogy will offer many opportunities for Special Interest Groups (SIGs) and Birds of a Feather (BOFs) to share their information, recruit new members, add value to the Jewish Genealogical community, and make this Conference great.

A huge SIG/BOF Fair, which is called “SHARE Fair”, will kick off the Conference on Sunday, July 28, from 11:30 am to 2:30 pm. This will be a wonderful chance for new and returning conference attendees to meet with genealogical researchers sharing similar interests. Space will be allocated on a first-come first-served basis.

How to Participate

SIG and BOF leaders who are interested in participating in the Conference and/or the Sunday SHARE Fair must submit their completed SIG and BOF Applications to SIGandBOF@iajgs2019.org.

SIG Guidelines

The guidelines for SIG participation in the Conference can be viewed or downloaded HERE.

SIG Application

A PDF version of the required SIG application to participate can be viewed or downloaded HERE. (If you need an editable version, you can download the file as SIG_Application.rtf or SIG_Application.docx.)

BOF Application

A PDF version of the required BOF application to participate can be viewed or downloaded HERE. (If you need an editable version, you can download the file as BOF_Application.rtf or BOF_Application.docx.)

Due Dates

The SIG and BOF due dates are as follows:

  • SIG and BOF applications are due by January 20, 2019.
  • SIG-sponsored speakers' call-for-papers submissions and emails with their sponsored-speaker info are also due by January 20, 2019.

If you have any questions, special requests, and/or suggestions, SIG and BOF leaders should contact Nolan Altman, SIG/BOF Coordinator at SIGandBOF@iajgs2019.org.

Participants

The following SIGs operating under the JewishGen umbrella will be participating in the Conference.

  • Austria-Czech SIG
  • Belarus SIG
  • Bessarabia SIG
  • BialyGen SIG
  • German Jewish SIG
  • Hungary SIG
  • Latvia SIG
  • Romania SIG
  • Sub-Carpathia SIG
  • United Kingdom SIG

The following independent SIGs will be participating in the Conference.

  • Gesher Galicia
  • JRI Poland
  • Litvak SIG

The following Birds of a Feather groups will be participating in the Conference.

  • Bukovina BOF
  • Canada BOF
  • Chernigov Gubernia BOF
  • DNA Project Administrators BOF
  • Friends of Jewish Dokshitsy BOF
  • Geni.com Users BOF
  • Israel Research Group BOF
  • Jewish Genealogy Portal with JewishGen.org BOF
  • JGS Newsletter Editors
  • Lublin and Zamosc Area BOF
  • Mac/Apple Product Users BOF
  • Mogilev-Podolsky & Shargorod BOF
  • Ostrow Mazowiecka BOF
  • Professional Genealogists
  • Rohatyn District BOF
  • Svencionys District Research Group
  • Siaulai District Research Group
  • Trakai District of Vilna Gubernia
  • Webmaster Roundtable BOF
  • JewishGen.org Yizkor Book BOF
  • Vilnius Household Registers BOF
  • Siedlce Gubernia
  • Podzelva BOF
  • Tracing the Tribe
  • Klaipeda (Memel) District Research Group
  • Kobrin Uyezd Jewish Research Group
  • Kolbuszowza Region BOF (KRRG)
  • Kremenets District Research Group
  • Kupiskis SIG and Rokiskis SIG
  • Lida District / Oshmiany District BOF (Lithuania and Belarus)
  • Suchostaw Region Research Group (SRRG)
  • Vilnius District Research Group

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