Program and Schedule
This IAJGS 2019 Conference schedule is offered for all to organize their attendance. Be aware that there may continue to be adjustments of room assignments. Also, some presentations may be added and perhaps a few deleted. Thus, this online schedule will continue to be updated as needed.
Prior to and during the Conference, a Conference App for mobile devices will continuously update program changes. In addition, signage outside presentation rooms will keep you current.
Conference Recording
This year, there will be no video recording (ON-DEMAND!) or live-streaming (LIVE!) of the lectures. However, as usual, Fleetwood Onsite will be making audio recordings and including slides for most sessions. The recordings can be purchased individually or at a discount for the entire conference. For prices, see the Registration Overview page.
Fee-Added Sessions
Sessions preceded by $$$ are at an additional cost. These include the Conference Reception at the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, SIG Luncheons, Computer Labs, Breakfasts with the Experts, and the Gala Banquet. These sessions are available for purchase through Registration.
$$ Educators Program | ||||
$$ Educators' Program | Methodology and Mechanics | |||
Sunday, July 28 | ||||
Session Code | Session Title | Speaker(s) | Room | Topic or Category |
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7:00 AM - 7:45 AM | ||||
2504 | Shacharit | Veterans B | ||
8:30 AM - 9:15 AM | ||||
1409 | Educators' Registration & Breakfast | Center Street D | Jewish History and Culture | |
9:00 AM - 10:15 AM | ||||
2003 | Conference Volunteer Meeting | Superior B | Methodology and Mechanics | |
1912 | JRI-Poland Volunteers | Veterans A |
Ashkenazi Research Methodology and Mechanics Using Technology for Research |
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1102 | Budapest on the Cuyahoga: The Hungarian Jewish Community of Cleveland |
Vivian Kahn |
Veterans C | Immigration and Migration Over the Ages |
9:25 AM - 10:20 AM | ||||
1408 | Educators' Keynote: What is Jewish about Jewish Genealogy? |
Carol Starin |
Center Street B | Methodology and Mechanics |
10:30 AM - 11:15 AM | ||||
1407 | Educators' Workshop: Designing an Introduction to Jewish Genealogy Program: Being Ready for Surprises |
Sylvia Abrams |
Center Street B | Methodology and Mechanics |
10:30 AM - 11:25 AM | ||||
1242 | Educators' Workshop: How to Get Kids Involved in Family History |
Daniel Horowitz MyHeritage |
Center Street C |
Jewish History and Culture Preserving our Jewish Past |
1027 | Educators' Workshop: Jewish Genealogy for Beginners |
Maurice Kitces |
Center Street D |
Archives and Repositories Sharing Stories and Techniques (25 minutes) Using Technology for Research |
10:30 AM - 11:45 AM | ||||
1414 | Mobile App 101: Be a Pro-User |
Judi Missel |
Superior D | Methodology and Mechanics |
1057 | Beginners Workshop – Part 1 |
Rhoda Miller Ancestry ProGenealogists |
Veterans A |
Archives and Repositories Methodology and Mechanics |
1025 | Hier Was Bertram: How My Research Led to a Stolperstein, Short Film, and Book |
Steven Jaron |
Superior B |
Family Stories Genealogy and Jewish History Related to WW2 Sharing Stories and Techniques (25 minutes) |
1348 | On the Trail of Our Ancestors from Ukraine to Cleveland and More |
Elaine Farran |
Veterans C |
Immigration and Migration Over the Ages Jewish History and Culture Preserving our Jewish Past Sharing Stories and Techniques (25 minutes) |
1030 | Sex, Lies, and Genealogical Tape |
Ron Arons |
Superior C |
Methodology and Mechanics Sharing Stories and Techniques (25 minutes) |
11:30 AM - 12:25 PM | ||||
1260 | Educators' Workshop: DNA as a Genealogy Tool |
Gil Bardige |
Center Street B | DNA Research and Genetics |
1020 | Educators' Workshop: JewishGen-Everything You Need to Know |
Phyllis Kramer |
Center Street C | Using Technology for Research |
1307 | Educators' Workshop: Projects that Draw Youth to Ancestral Roots |
Eli Rabinowitz |
Center Street D |
Immigration and Migration Over the Ages Jewish Given Name and Surname Research |
11:30 AM - 2:30 PM | ||||
5000 | Exhibitors' Hall | Hope D-E | Methodology and Mechanics | |
4000 | SHARE Fair | Hope A-B-C |
Ashkenazi Research Jewish History and Culture Sephardi Research |
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12:30 PM - 1:15 PM | ||||
1406 | Educators' Workshop: Lunch and Tachlis | Center Street D |
Ashkenazi Research DNA Research and Genetics Jewish History and Culture Sephardi Research |
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1:15 PM - 2:30 PM | ||||
1369 | Comparing Jewish Resources on Ancestry.com, FamilySearch, Findmypast, MyHeritage and JewishGen |
Sunny Morton Family Tree Magazine (US) Ellen Kowitt Sole Searching |
Superior B | Using Technology for Research |
1127 | Introduction to Landsmanshaftn |
Avrohom Krauss |
Veterans C |
Archives and Repositories Cemetery Research Immigration and Migration Over the Ages Jewish History and Culture |
1371 | The ABC's of Y-DNA |
Bennett Greenspan FamilyTreeDNA |
Superior D | DNA Research and Genetics |
1215 | The Sugihara Refugee Story: Survivors and Those Without Whom This Story Would Not Be Told |
Mark Halpern |
Center Street B |
Archives and Repositories Ashkenazi Research Genealogy and Jewish History Related to WW2 Jewish History and Culture |
1189 | Tracing the Tribe: Jewish Genealogy on Facebook |
Roger Lustig |
Superior A |
Methodology and Mechanics Using Technology for Research |
2:45 PM - 3:45 PM | ||||
1410 | Keynote: Welcome to Cleveland! |
Daniel Goldmark Case Western Reserve University |
Superior C | Jewish History and Culture |
4:15 PM - 5:30 PM | ||||
1911 | JGS Newsletter Editors BOF | Center Street C |
Methodology and Mechanics Using Technology for Research |
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1048 | A Rose by Any Other Name |
Garri Regev |
Superior A |
Jewish Given Name and Surname Research Methodology and Mechanics |
1285 | After the Shoah, Honor Your Family by Restoring German Citizenship, Stolpersteine, and the Ancestral Tour |
Miriam Zimmerman Michael Loewenstein |
Veterans C |
Ashkenazi Research Cemetery Research Genealogy and Jewish History Related to WW2 Sharing Stories and Techniques (25 minutes) |
1341 | Anti-Semitism: The Present in Historical Perspective |
William Bernstein |
Superior D |
Immigration and Migration Over the Ages Jewish History and Culture |
1239 | Conducting Webinars: How to Broadcast Lectures To and From Your Society |
Daniel Horowitz MyHeritage |
Superior C |
Methodology and Mechanics Using Technology for Research |
1277 | Gombin, a Polish Shtetl: Recovering Memories and Establishing Relationships, Linking the Past to the Future |
Anita Greenbaum-Brush Michael Shade |
Center Street B |
Immigration and Migration Over the Ages Jewish History and Culture Preserving our Jewish Past Sharing Stories and Techniques (25 minutes) |
1046 | Local and Specific Surnames in Bohemia, Moravia and Silesia |
Julius Müller Toledot |
Veterans A |
Archives and Repositories Immigration and Migration Over the Ages Jewish Given Name and Surname Research Methodology and Mechanics |
1007 | Patronymic Naming and Cemetery Records - Their Importance in Jewish Genealogy |
Nolan Altman |
Superior B |
Cemetery Research Jewish Given Name and Surname Research Jewish History and Culture Methodology and Mechanics |
6:00 PM - 6:15 PM | ||||
2510 | Mincha | Veterans B | ||
7:00 PM - 11:00 PM | ||||
1601 | $$$ Opening Reception: Rock & Roll Hall of Fame | Rock & Roll Hall of Fame | Jewish History and Culture | |
Monday, July 29 | ||||
Session Code | Session Title | Speaker(s) | Room | Topic or Category |
6:35 AM - 6:59 AM | ||||
2500 | Torah Study |
Avraham Groll JewishGen.org |
Veterans B | |
7:00 AM - 7:45 AM | ||||
2505 | Shacharit | Veterans B | ||
8:00 AM - 9:00 AM | ||||
1700 | $$$ Breakfast with the Experts - Sephardic Research |
Adam Brown Avotaynu DNA Schelly Talalay Dardashti MyHeritage.com AND Tracing the Tribe |
Center Street D | Sephardi Research |
1709 | $$$ Breakfast with the Experts - Israeli Resources |
Garri Regev |
Hope A |
Ashkenazi Research Sephardi Research |
8:00 AM - 9:30 AM | ||||
1178 | $$$ Computer Workshop: Techniques for Using Jewishgen.org |
Debbie Kroopkin |
Veterans B |
Ashkenazi Research Methodology and Mechanics Using Technology for Research |
9:00 AM - 6:00 PM | ||||
5001 | Exhibitors' Hall | Hope D-E | Methodology and Mechanics | |
3000 | Resource Room | Center Street A |
Archives and Repositories Using Technology for Research |
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9:15 AM - 10:30 AM | ||||
1816 | JewishGen Latvia SIG Meeting | Center Street C | Ashkenazi Research | |
1917 | Kupiskis and Rokiskis BOF | Center Street D | Ashkenazi Research | |
1937 | Siaulai District RG BOF | Hope A | Ashkenazi Research | |
1250 | An Introduction to the Cleveland Jewish Archives |
Sean Martin Western Reserve Historical Society |
Veterans C | Archives and Repositories |
1058 | Beginners Workshop – Part 2 |
Rhoda Miller Ancestry ProGenealogists |
Veterans A |
Archives and Repositories Cemetery Research Methodology and Mechanics Using Technology for Research |
1016 | How to Locate Individuals through Genealogy |
Fred Blum |
Hope C |
Archives and Repositories Family Stories Sharing Stories and Techniques (25 minutes) Using Technology for Research |
1315 | Jewish Genealogy: How Is This Research Different from All Other Research? |
Janice Sellers Ancestral Discoveries |
Superior D |
Ashkenazi Research Preserving our Jewish Past Sephardi Research |
1293 | Jewish Records Indexing – Poland; A Vision for the Future. |
Stanley Diamond Jewish Records Indexing-Poland |
Superior C |
Archives and Repositories Ashkenazi Research Methodology and Mechanics Using Technology for Research |
1026 | Out of the Whirlwind: Finding Your Family Lost in the Holocaust |
Deborah H Long |
Superior A |
Archives and Repositories Genealogy and Jewish History Related to WW2 Using Technology for Research |
1267 | The Blumenthals of the Upper Lower Peninsula of Michigan |
Janette Silverman Ancestry ProGenealogists |
Hope B |
Archives and Repositories Ashkenazi Research Cemetery Research Immigration and Migration Over the Ages |
9:15 AM - 3:30 PM | ||||
West Side Cemeteries Tour | ||||
9:45 AM - 11:15 AM | ||||
1148 | $$$ Computer Workshop: Using Tools to Organize and Analyze Your Autosomal DNA Matches |
Kelli Bergheimer Mess on the Desk |
Veterans B |
DNA Research and Genetics Using Technology for Research |
10:45 AM - 12:00 PM | ||||
1906 | Geni.com Users BOF |
E Randol Schoenberg Jewish Genealogy Portal |
Center Street B |
Jewish Given Name and Surname Research Methodology and Mechanics Using Technology for Research |
1801 | JewishGen Belarus SIG Meeting I | Center Street C | Ashkenazi Research | |
1342 | Comparing the Genealogy Giants: Ancestry.com, FamilySearch.org, Findmypast.com and MyHeritage.com. |
Sunny Morton Family Tree Magazine (US) |
Hope C |
Methodology and Mechanics Using Technology for Research |
1370 | DNA Case Study: Finding the Mystery Father |
Jay Sage |
Veterans A | DNA Research and Genetics |
1039 | History and Geography: Helpful Eastern Europe Research Tools |
Amy Wachs |
Superior A |
Ashkenazi Research Immigration and Migration Over the Ages Methodology and Mechanics |
1361 | Introduction to DNA Research for Jewish Genealogists |
Adam Brown Avotaynu DNA Gil Bardige |
Superior D |
DNA Research and Genetics Immigration and Migration Over the Ages Using Technology for Research |
1323 | JRI-Poland - Congress Poland Records |
Michael Tobias |
Hope B |
Archives and Repositories Jewish Given Name and Surname Research Methodology and Mechanics |
1372 | Researching Louis Loeb, a Cleveland Native Son and Jewish-American Artist on the World Stage |
Joy Kestenbaum |
Veterans C |
Archives and Repositories Immigration and Migration Over the Ages Jewish History and Culture Methodology and Mechanics |
1074 | Researching Your Litvak Heritage -- with LitvakSIG and Beyond |
Judy Baston |
Superior C | Archives and Repositories |
1076 | The Changing Borders of Eastern Europe |
Hal Bookbinder |
Superior B |
Ashkenazi Research Immigration and Migration Over the Ages Jewish History and Culture Preserving our Jewish Past |
12:15 PM - 1:30 PM | ||||
1504 | $$$ Luncheon: JewishGen Belarus SIG |
Yuri Dorn Jewish Heritage Research Group of Belarus |
Center Street D | Ashkenazi Research |
1507 | $$$ Luncheon: JRI-Poland |
Aleksandra Sajdak Emanuel Ringelblum Jewish Historical Institute/Taube Center for the Renewal of Jewish Life in Poland |
Hope A |
Ashkenazi Research Jewish History and Culture |
1:30 PM - 3:00 PM | ||||
1373 | $$$ Computer Workshop: Why and How to Dig for Historical Records on FamilySearch |
Sunny Morton Family Tree Magazine (US) |
Veterans B |
Archives and Repositories Using Technology for Research |
1:45 PM - 3:00 PM | ||||
1903 | Chernigov BOF | Center Street B | Ashkenazi Research | |
1802 | JewishGen Belarus SIG Meeting II | Center Street C | Ashkenazi Research | |
1049 | Following the Breadcrumbs |
Garri Regev |
Superior A |
Immigration and Migration Over the Ages Methodology and Mechanics Using Technology for Research |
1091 | Location, Location, Location: How Historical Maps Can Help to Identify and Locate Your Ancestral Towns |
Ed Mitukiewicz |
Hope C |
Archives and Repositories Methodology and Mechanics Using Technology for Research |
1292 | Palevskys in Cleveland, New York, Belarus and Beyond: Anatomy of a Global Surname Study |
Elise Friedman Hariette Gershon |
Veterans C |
DNA Research and Genetics Jewish Given Name and Surname Research Methodology and Mechanics Using Technology for Research |
1213 | Researching Your Galitzianer Family: Working with Vital Records |
Mark Halpern |
Hope B |
Archives and Repositories Ashkenazi Research Methodology and Mechanics Preserving our Jewish Past |
1037 | Resources for Researching Refugees in World War II: The Case of Max Neugass |
Karen S. Franklin |
Superior B |
Archives and Repositories Genealogy and Jewish History Related to WW2 Immigration and Migration Over the Ages Jewish History and Culture |
1384 | Revolutionizing Y-DNA for Genealogy |
Bennett Greenspan FamilyTreeDNA |
Superior C | DNA Research and Genetics |
1106 | The Grossmann Family from Mór in Hungary and Police in Moravia |
Thomas Fürth |
Veterans A |
Ashkenazi Research Jewish Given Name and Surname Research Methodology and Mechanics Sharing Stories and Techniques (25 minutes) |
1252 | Vilnius Household Registers One Year Later: The Latest and Greatest in Litvak Records |
Russ Maurer LitvakSIG |
Superior D |
Archives and Repositories Genealogy and Jewish History Related to WW1 |
3:15 PM - 4:30 PM | ||||
1908 | Israel RG BOF | Center Street B |
Jewish History and Culture Sephardi Research |
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1808 | JewishGen Romania ROM-SIG Meeting | Center Street C | Ashkenazi Research | |
1934 | LitvakSIG Vilnius DG and Vilnius Household Registers BOF | Hope A | Ashkenazi Research | |
1926 | Rohatyn District BOF | Center Street D | Ashkenazi Research | |
1240 | Genealogical Gems: Jewish History and Research in Central Ohio |
Toby Brief Columbus Jewish Historical Society Eizabeth Plummer Ohio History Connection |
Veterans C |
Archives and Repositories Immigration and Migration Over the Ages Jewish History and Culture Preserving our Jewish Past |
1207 | Iberia to Amsterdam: A Genealogical look at the Portuguese Jewish Community of Amsterdam |
Jarrett Ross GeneaVlogger |
Veterans A |
Archives and Repositories Jewish History and Culture Sephardi Research |
1123 | Privacy and Records Access: Restrictions Abound and Growing |
Jan Meisels Allen |
Hope B | Archives and Repositories |
1205 | Scandals, Shandehs, and Lies: The Stories Families Don't Tell |
Renee Steinig |
Hope C |
Family Stories Methodology and Mechanics |
1209 | Shoah Record in the Warsaw Jewish Historical Institute |
Aleksandra Sajdak Emanuel Ringelblum Jewish Historical Institute/Taube Center for the Renewal of Jewish Life in Poland |
Superior D |
Archives and Repositories Ashkenazi Research Genealogy and Jewish History Related to WW2 |
1366 | The Genetic Founders of the Jewish People |
Adam Brown Avotaynu DNA |
Superior C |
Ashkenazi Research DNA Research and Genetics Mizrachi and Middle Eastern Research Sephardi Research |
1188 | Virtual Yizkor/Memorials Books: Creating Webpages Dedicated To Jewish Communities (Kehilot) |
Barbara Ellman |
Superior B | Preserving our Jewish Past |
3:15 PM - 4:45 PM | ||||
1143 | $$$ Computer Workshop: Using OneNote to Organize Your Genealogical Research |
Kelli Bergheimer Mess on the Desk |
Veterans B | Using Technology for Research |
4:45 PM - 6:00 PM | ||||
1810 | JewishGen Sub-Carpathia SIG | Center Street B | Ashkenazi Research | |
1910 | JewishGen Yizkor Book BOF | Hope A | Genealogy and Jewish History Related to WW2 | |
1925 | Prof Genealogists BOF | Center Street D | Methodology and Mechanics | |
1133 | Clued-In: Interpreting Real Photo Postcards from the Diaspora |
Ava (Sherlock) Cohn Sherlock Cohn, The Photo Genealogist |
Hope B |
Ashkenazi Research Immigration and Migration Over the Ages Jewish History and Culture Methodology and Mechanics |
1299 | Creating a Shtetl Community: The Friends of Jewish Dokshitsy |
Aaron Ginsburg The Friends of Jewish Dokshitsy |
Hope C | Preserving our Jewish Past |
1244 | MyHeritage New Advanced Features and Technologies |
Daniel Horowitz MyHeritage |
Superior C |
Archives and Repositories DNA Research and Genetics Genealogy and Jewish History Related to WW2 Using Technology for Research |
1269 | Personalizing History |
Janette Silverman Ancestry ProGenealogists |
Superior D |
Jewish History and Culture Methodology and Mechanics Preserving our Jewish Past |
1070 | Researching Your Small-Town Jewish Community |
Tammy Hepps Homestead Hebrews |
Veterans A |
Archives and Repositories Immigration and Migration Over the Ages Methodology and Mechanics Preserving our Jewish Past |
1157 | Using the Structures of Jewish Education Created by Abraham Hayyim Friedland to Identify Ancestors |
Sylvia Abrams |
Superior B |
Jewish History and Culture Preserving our Jewish Past |
1021 | When DNA or Documents Reveal Life-Altering Origin Secrets: Suggestions on What To Do |
Steven Flack |
Veterans C |
DNA Research and Genetics Ethical and Legal Considerations Sharing Stories and Techniques (25 minutes) Using Technology for Research |
6:00 PM - 6:15 PM | ||||
2511 | Mincha | Veterans B | ||
7:30 PM - 9:00 PM | ||||
1226 | JewishGen.org 2019 Annual Meeting: Exciting Changes, Features, and Movement! |
Avraham Groll JewishGen.org |
Superior C |
Archives and Repositories Ashkenazi Research Jewish History and Culture Methodology and Mechanics |
9:00 PM - 10:00 PM | ||||
1602 | JewishGen Volunteer Appreciation Dessert Reception | 5th Floor Foyer | Preserving our Jewish Past | |
Tuesday, July 30 | ||||
Session Code | Session Title | Speaker(s) | Room | Topic or Category |
6:35 AM - 6:59 AM | ||||
2501 | Torah Study |
Avraham Groll JewishGen.org |
Veterans B | Jewish History and Culture |
7:00 AM - 7:45 AM | ||||
2506 | Shacharit | Veterans B | ||
8:00 AM - 9:00 AM | ||||
1702 | $$$ Breakfast with the Experts - Research using jri-poland.org |
Stanley Diamond Jewish Records Indexing-Poland |
Hope A | Ashkenazi Research |
1703 | $$$ Breakfast with the Experts - German Research |
Alex Calzareth Roger Lustig |
Center Street D | Ashkenazi Research |
1710 | $$$ Breakfast with the Experts - Ancestry.com |
Janette Silverman Ancestry ProGenealogists |
Hope C | Using Technology for Research |
9:00 AM - 6:00 PM | ||||
5002 | Exhibitors' Hall | Hope D-E | Methodology and Mechanics | |
3001 | Resource Room | Center Street A |
Archives and Repositories Using Technology for Research |
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9:15 AM - 10:30 AM | ||||
1901 | Bukovina BOF | Center Street B | Ashkenazi Research | |
1916 | Kremenets RG BOF | Center Street C |
Ashkenazi Research Methodology and Mechanics |
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1921 | Mac/Apple Users BOF | Center Street D | Using Technology for Research | |
1059 | Beginners Workshop – Part 3 |
Rhoda Miller Ancestry ProGenealogists |
Veterans A |
Archives and Repositories Jewish Given Name and Surname Research Methodology and Mechanics |
1062 | From Liepaja to Latgale – Beginning Latvian Jewish Research |
Marion Werle |
Superior B |
Archives and Repositories Ashkenazi Research |
1055 | Hungarian Riddles: Same Name, Same Town |
Karoly Vandor Hungarian Roots |
Hope B |
Ashkenazi Research Family Stories Jewish Given Name and Surname Research Methodology and Mechanics |
1036 | Immigration through a 3-D Lens: Laws, Documents and Story |
Susan Weinberg |
Superior A |
Genealogy and Jewish History Related to WW2 Immigration and Migration Over the Ages Preserving our Jewish Past Sharing Stories and Techniques (25 minutes) |
1219 | Introduction to JewishGen.org & Jewish Genealogy |
Avraham Groll JewishGen.org |
Superior D |
Archives and Repositories Ashkenazi Research Jewish Given Name and Surname Research Methodology and Mechanics |
1329 | Jewish Genealogy in the Germanies |
Roger Lustig |
Veterans C |
Archives and Repositories Cemetery Research Methodology and Mechanics |
1246 | Jewish and Eastern Europe Resources on MyHeritage: Super Search Engine |
Daniel Horowitz MyHeritage |
Superior C |
Archives and Repositories Genealogy and Jewish History Related to WW2 Preserving our Jewish Past Using Technology for Research |
1383 | Using the Ancestry.com Community to Further your Research |
Anna Fechter Ancestry |
Hope C |
Archives and Repositories Using Technology for Research |
1296 | WE ARE HERE! Project: Becoming An Upstander Rather Than A Bystander |
Eli Rabinowitz |
Hope A |
Genealogy and Jewish History Related to WW2 Jewish History and Culture Methodology and Mechanics Preserving our Jewish Past |
9:15 AM - 3:30 PM | ||||
East Side Cemeteries Tour | ||||
9:45 AM - 11:15 AM | ||||
1147 | $$$ Computer Workshop: GEDMATCH Explained |
Kelli Bergheimer Mess on the Desk |
Veterans B |
DNA Research and Genetics Using Technology for Research |
10:45 AM - 12:00 PM | ||||
1905 | Friends of Dokshitsy BOF | Center Street B | Ashkenazi Research | |
1805 | JewishGen Hungary SIG Meeting | Center Street C | Ashkenazi Research | |
1814 | Litvak SIG Meeting | Hope B | Ashkenazi Research | |
1008 | Genetic Genealogy 101 |
Lara Diamond Lara's Jewnealogy |
Superior D | DNA Research and Genetics |
1231 | Lesser Known Online Resources |
Banai Lynn Feldstein Feldstein Genealogy Services |
Veterans A |
Jewish History and Culture Using Technology for Research |
1298 | Micro-History through the Documents: A Case Study of Documents at the JHI in Warsaw |
Aleksandra Sajdak Emanuel Ringelblum Jewish Historical Institute/Taube Center for the Renewal of Jewish Life in Poland |
Superior B |
Archives and Repositories Ashkenazi Research Jewish History and Culture Methodology and Mechanics |
1079 | Practicing Safe Computing |
Hal Bookbinder |
Superior A |
Ethical and Legal Considerations Methodology and Mechanics Using Technology for Research |
1288 | The Archive as a Communal Institution: The Story of the Rauh Jewish Archives |
Eric Lidji Rauh Jewish History Program & Archives |
Veterans C |
Archives and Repositories Jewish History and Culture |
1023 | The Register of Baghdadi Jews Who Lost Their Iraqi Nationality in 1951 |
Jacob Rosen-Koenigsbuch |
Superior C |
Jewish Given Name and Surname Research Mizrachi and Middle Eastern Research Sephardi Research |
12:15 PM - 1:30 PM | ||||
1501 | $$$ Luncheon: JewishGen Bessarabia SIG |
Sheli Fain |
Hope C |
Ashkenazi Research Jewish History and Culture |
1508 | $$$ Luncheon: JewishGen Hungarian SIG |
Peter Rosenbluth Kovacs |
Center Street D |
Ashkenazi Research Jewish Given Name and Surname Research Preserving our Jewish Past |
1505 | $$$ Luncheon: Litvak SIG |
Elliot Matz |
Hope A |
Ashkenazi Research Jewish History and Culture Preserving our Jewish Past |
1:30 PM - 3:00 PM | ||||
1031 | $$$ Computer Workshop: Data Visualization for Genealogy |
Ron Arons |
Veterans B |
Methodology and Mechanics Using Technology for Research |
1:45 PM - 3:00 PM | ||||
1803 | JewishGen Bessarabia SIG Meeting | Hope C | Ashkenazi Research | |
1807 | JewishGen Romania ROM-SIG Board Meeting | Center Street B | Ashkenazi Research | |
1603 | JewishGen.org - Opportunities to Volunteer |
Avraham Groll JewishGen.org |
Center Street C | Preserving our Jewish Past |
1391 | All the Ins and Out of Ancestry Online Trees |
Crista Cowan Ancestry |
Superior D | Using Technology for Research |
1114 | Clarion Call – The Jewish Agricultural Colony in Sanpete County, Utah |
Jane Rollins Sherlock Combs Genealogy |
Superior A | Jewish History and Culture |
1199 | Genetic Genealogy Identifies a Suspected Crypto-Jewish Disease |
Emily Warshauer Adam Brown Avotaynu DNA |
Superior C |
Converso/Anusim Research DNA Research and Genetics Immigration and Migration Over the Ages Sephardi Research |
1022 | How Genealogical Research Led to the Discovery of Two Billionaire Cousins in 19th Century Ukraine |
Mel Werbach |
Veterans A |
Ashkenazi Research Family Stories Jewish History and Culture Rabbinic and Dynastic Research |
1095 | How Researching My Czech Family Led to Restoring a Synagogue |
Karen Koblitz Julius Müller Toledot |
Hope B |
Archives and Repositories Jewish Given Name and Surname Research Jewish History and Culture Sharing Stories and Techniques (25 minutes) |
1172 | IAJGS 2020 San Diego Conference Preview |
Robinn Magid |
Superior B | Methodology and Mechanics |
1261 | The Strauss Family of Cleveland - a Pioneering Jewish Family |
Linda Levine |
Veterans C |
Ashkenazi Research Family Stories Methodology and Mechanics Sharing Stories and Techniques (25 minutes) |
3:15 PM - 4:30 PM | ||||
1817 | JewishGen BialyGen SIG | Center Street C | Ashkenazi Research | |
1815 | UK SIG Meeting | Center Street B | Ashkenazi Research | |
1321 | Cite This: Citing Your Sources in Genealogical Research |
Janice Sellers Ancestral Discoveries |
Hope B |
Ethical and Legal Considerations Sharing Stories and Techniques (25 minutes) Using Technology for Research |
1378 | Getting the Most Out of Ancestry.com |
Anna Fechter Ancestry |
Superior A |
Archives and Repositories Using Technology for Research |
1024 | History of Jews in Transnistrian Region of Moldova |
Inna Vayner |
Hope C |
Jewish History and Culture Methodology and Mechanics |
1275 | Jewish Pogroms 1917-1919 as a reason for Jewish Emigration |
Oleksii Lipes www.jewua.info Nadiia Lipes jewua.info |
Veterans A |
Archives and Repositories Ashkenazi Research Genealogy and Jewish History Related to WW1 |
1357 | Sephardic Research: The Other Side of Jewish Genealogy |
Schelly Talalay Dardashti MyHeritage.com AND Tracing the Tribe |
Superior D |
Converso/Anusim Research Immigration and Migration Over the Ages Mizrachi and Middle Eastern Research Sephardi Research |
1054 | Treasures at the Slovak National Archives and its Branches |
Karoly Vandor Hungarian Roots |
Center Street D |
Archives and Repositories Ashkenazi Research Jewish History and Culture Methodology and Mechanics |
1085 | Using Pre-1826 Polish Parish Records in Jewish Research |
Debra Kay-Blatt Warren Blatt JewishGen |
Superior C |
Archives and Repositories Ashkenazi Research Jewish Given Name and Surname Research Methodology and Mechanics |
3:15 PM - 4:45 PM | ||||
1187 | $$$ Computer Workshop: Using FamilySearch for Jewish Research |
W. Todd Knowles FamilySearch |
Veterans B |
Archives and Repositories Ashkenazi Research Sephardi Research Using Technology for Research |
4:45 PM - 6:00 PM | ||||
1286 | Discovering the treasures of the Yizkor Books: Using Yizkor Books in genealogy family research |
Yefim Kogan Sheli Fain |
Center Street C |
Ashkenazi Research Family Stories Jewish History and Culture Preserving our Jewish Past |
1155 | Documenting the Vilna Ghetto Library |
Judy Baston |
Hope A |
Archives and Repositories Genealogy and Jewish History Related to WW2 Jewish History and Culture |
1103 | FILM: Challah Rising in the Desert: The Jews of New Mexico |
Maria Apodaca Schelly Talalay Dardashti MyHeritage.com AND Tracing the Tribe |
Superior D |
Family Stories Immigration and Migration Over the Ages Jewish History and Culture Preserving our Jewish Past |
1009 | Finding Relatives, Even When Dealing with Endogamy |
Lara Diamond Lara's Jewnealogy |
Superior C | DNA Research and Genetics |
1141 | Getting Started in Genealogy: Things I Wish I Would Have Known When I Started |
Kelli Bergheimer Mess on the Desk |
Hope B | Methodology and Mechanics |
1122 | Jewishdata.com: A Valuable, Easy to Use Resource |
Avraham Laber |
Veterans A |
Archives and Repositories Cemetery Research Jewish Given Name and Surname Research Using Technology for Research |
1211 | Latvian Family Research: Starting, Searching, Stumbling, Succeeding. |
Henry Blumberg |
Veterans C |
Archives and Repositories Genealogy and Jewish History Related to WW2 Methodology and Mechanics Using Technology for Research |
1270 | Lost in the Shoah - Reconnecting with Those Who Were Murdered |
Janette Silverman Ancestry ProGenealogists |
Hope C |
Archives and Repositories Genealogy and Jewish History Related to WW2 Preserving our Jewish Past |
1181 | Peddler's Progress: How Isaac Frankenstein Got from Poland to Savannah via Brighton and Why |
Michael Shade |
Center Street B |
Family Stories Immigration and Migration Over the Ages Jewish History and Culture |
1388 | The Jewish Record Collection on Ancestry |
Crista Cowan Ancestry |
Superior B |
Methodology and Mechanics Using Technology for Research |
1200 | The Significant Seven: Hungarian First Cousins Who Survive the Shoah |
Michael Gyory Judi Missel |
Center Street D |
Ashkenazi Research Genealogy and Jewish History Related to WW2 Sharing Stories and Techniques (25 minutes) |
6:00 PM - 6:15 PM | ||||
2512 | Mincha | Veterans B | ||
6:15 PM - 7:30 PM | ||||
1922 | Mog-Pod-Sharg BOF | Hope A | Ashkenazi Research | |
7:30 PM - 9:00 PM | ||||
1405 | The Nature and Consequences of Jewish Migration - The Pamela Weisberger Memorial Lecture |
Zvi Gitelman |
Superior C |
Immigration and Migration Over the Ages Jewish History and Culture |
Wednesday, July 31 | ||||
Session Code | Session Title | Speaker(s) | Room | Topic or Category |
6:35 AM - 6:59 AM | ||||
2502 | Torah Study |
Avraham Groll JewishGen.org |
Veterans B | |
7:00 AM - 7:45 AM | ||||
2507 | Shacharit | Veterans B | ||
8:00 AM - 9:00 AM | ||||
1704 | $$$ Breakfast with the Experts - Galician Research |
Mark Halpern |
Hope A | Ashkenazi Research |
1705 | $$$ Breakfast with the Experts - Holocaust Research Today |
Michael Goldstein |
Center Street D | Genealogy and Jewish History Related to WW2 |
8:00 AM - 9:30 AM | ||||
1177 | $$$ Computer Workshop: Unique Aspects of Jewish Genealogy |
Debbie Kroopkin |
Veterans B |
Archives and Repositories Cemetery Research Jewish Given Name and Surname Research Using Technology for Research |
9:00 AM - 6:00 PM | ||||
5003 | Exhibitors' Hall | Hope D-E | Methodology and Mechanics | |
9:00 AM - 9:00 PM | ||||
3002 | Resource Room | Center Street A |
Archives and Repositories Using Technology for Research |
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9:15 AM - 10:30 AM | ||||
1931 | Tracing the Tribe BOF | Center Street B |
Ashkenazi Research Jewish Given Name and Surname Research Sephardi Research |
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1412 | USHMM’s Holocaust Survivors and Victims Database |
Allison Zhang Unites States Holocaust Memorial Museum |
Superior C |
Genealogy and Jewish History Related to WW2 Jewish Given Name and Surname Research Using Technology for Research |
1060 | Beginners Workshop – Part 4 |
Rhoda Miller Ancestry ProGenealogists |
Veterans A |
Archives and Repositories Ashkenazi Research Jewish Given Name and Surname Research Methodology and Mechanics |
1224 | Discovering Hidden Treasure in the JRI-Poland Database |
Robinn Magid |
Superior B |
Ashkenazi Research Methodology and Mechanics |
1214 | Disproving the Cossack Ancestry Theory with DNA |
Rachel Unkefer |
Hope C |
Ashkenazi Research DNA Research and Genetics Immigration and Migration Over the Ages Jewish History and Culture |
1202 | Galicia Basics: What Every Galitzianer Needs to Know |
Shelley K. Pollero Renee Steinig |
Hope A |
Archives and Repositories Ashkenazi Research Jewish History and Culture Methodology and Mechanics |
1045 | Migration from Bohemia and Moravia to Upper Hungary in 18th century |
Julius Müller Toledot |
Hope B |
Archives and Repositories Immigration and Migration Over the Ages Methodology and Mechanics |
1094 | Our Eastern European Roots: We Are What Our Ancestors Ate |
Amy Wachs |
Center Street D |
Ashkenazi Research Jewish History and Culture |
1088 | Shoah-Era Lists in the JDC Archives Names Index and Other Online Offerings for Jewish Genealogists |
Jeffrey Edelstein American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee |
Veterans C |
Archives and Repositories Genealogy and Jewish History Related to WW2 Jewish History and Culture |
1061 | Think Like a Reporter To Avoid Rookie Genealogy Mistakes |
Jennifer Mendelsohn |
Superior D |
Methodology and Mechanics Sharing Stories and Techniques (25 minutes) |
1084 | Who’s Your Daddy? The Search for My Mother’s Father |
Debra Kay-Blatt |
Superior A |
Ashkenazi Research DNA Research and Genetics Family Stories Sharing Stories and Techniques (25 minutes) |
9:45 AM - 11:15 AM | ||||
1227 | $$$ Computer Workshop: Introduction to JewishGen.org |
Avraham Groll JewishGen.org |
Veterans B |
Archives and Repositories Ashkenazi Research Jewish History and Culture Methodology and Mechanics |
10:45 AM - 12:00 PM | ||||
1806 | Gesher Galicia SIG Meeting | Hope B | Ashkenazi Research | |
1800 | JewishGen Austro-Czech SIG Meeting |
E Randol Schoenberg Jewish Genealogy Portal |
Center Street C | Ashkenazi Research |
1924 | Podzelva BOF | Center Street B | Ashkenazi Research | |
1268 | Challenges of Jewish Research: Names, Dates and Places |
Janette Silverman Ancestry ProGenealogists |
Superior B |
Archives and Repositories Ashkenazi Research Cemetery Research Immigration and Migration Over the Ages |
1087 | Clued-In: Jewish Photographers in the Heartland |
Ava (Sherlock) Cohn Sherlock Cohn, The Photo Genealogist |
Veterans C |
Immigration and Migration Over the Ages Jewish History and Culture Preserving our Jewish Past Sharing Stories and Techniques (25 minutes) |
1245 | How to Start Genealogy Research in Poland? |
Magdalena Mizgalska-Osowiecka Museum of the History of Polish Jews |
Hope C |
Archives and Repositories Cemetery Research Genealogy and Jewish History Related to WW2 Using Technology for Research |
1019 | Organize Your Research into a Family Document - on Your PC |
Phyllis Kramer |
Superior D |
Methodology and Mechanics Sharing Stories and Techniques (25 minutes) Using Technology for Research |
1403 | Syrian Jews in New York: 100 Years Later |
Sarina Roffe Sephardic Heritage Project |
Superior A |
Immigration and Migration Over the Ages Mizrachi and Middle Eastern Research Rabbinic and Dynastic Research Sephardi Research |
1257 | The Health Family Tree: A New MyHeritage Feature |
Daniel Horowitz MyHeritage |
Superior C |
DNA Research and Genetics Ethical and Legal Considerations Using Technology for Research |
12:15 PM - 1:30 PM | ||||
1503 | $$$ Luncheon: JewishGen Austria-Czech SIG |
Yitzchok Stroh |
Center Street D |
Archives and Repositories Ashkenazi Research Methodology and Mechanics |
1506 | $$$ Luncheon: Gesher Galicia SIG |
Steven Turner |
Hope A |
Archives and Repositories Ashkenazi Research Jewish Given Name and Surname Research |
1:30 PM - 3:00 PM | ||||
1083 | $$$ Computer Workshop: Intro to JewishGen |
Debra Kay-Blatt Jane Tobias |
Veterans B |
Methodology and Mechanics Using Technology for Research |
1:45 PM - 3:00 PM | ||||
1056 | Censuses of the Kingdom of Hungary: A Tool to Complement Vital Records |
Karoly Vandor Hungarian Roots |
Hope C |
Archives and Repositories Ashkenazi Research Immigration and Migration Over the Ages Jewish Given Name and Surname Research |
1190 | In-Evidence: The Map of the Holocaust by Bullets, Resource to Find Iinformation |
Kateryna Duzenko Yahad-In Unum |
Hope B |
Archives and Repositories Genealogy and Jewish History Related to WW2 Jewish History and Culture Using Technology for Research |
1161 | Jewish Genealogical Research in South Africa |
Roy Ogus |
Center Street B |
Archives and Repositories Cemetery Research Jewish History and Culture Methodology and Mechanics |
1241 | Jewish Given Names |
Warren Blatt JewishGen |
Superior D |
Ashkenazi Research Jewish Given Name and Surname Research Methodology and Mechanics |
1337 | Jews and their Wooden Synagogues: The Rise and Fall of the Shtetl |
Bill Farran |
Superior A |
Ashkenazi Research Jewish History and Culture Preserving our Jewish Past |
1117 | Lessons Learned from the Austrian Jewish Museum and Cemetery Project in Eisenstadt, Burgenland |
Johannes Reiss Austrian Jewish Museum in Eisenstadt Traude Triebel Austrian Jewish Museum in Eisenstadt |
Superior B |
Archives and Repositories Jewish Given Name and Surname Research Jewish History and Culture Sharing Stories and Techniques (25 minutes) |
1191 | Researching New York City Resources Remotely |
Jordan Auslander |
Veterans C |
Archives and Repositories Cemetery Research Immigration and Migration Over the Ages Methodology and Mechanics |
1175 | Techniques for Using Jewishgen.org |
Debbie Kroopkin |
Veterans A |
Ashkenazi Research Methodology and Mechanics Using Technology for Research |
1165 | The ITS: What it Is, What it Isn't and What is Online |
Zvi Bernhardt |
Superior C |
Archives and Repositories Ashkenazi Research Genealogy and Jewish History Related to WW2 |
1:45 PM - 4:00 PM | ||||
2002 | IAJGS Annual Meeting | Center Street C | Methodology and Mechanics | |
3:15 PM - 4:30 PM | ||||
1904 | DNA Project Admin BOF | Center Street B | DNA Research and Genetics | |
1411 | Learning Our Craft: Online Opportunities for Improving Our Research Skills |
Emily Garber Extra Yad Genealogical Services |
Center Street D | Using Technology for Research |
1927 | Siedlce Gubernia BOF | Hope A | Ashkenazi Research | |
1929 | Svencionys District RG BOF | Veterans C | Ashkenazi Research | |
1347 | Discover Jewish Family History in the Western Reserve Historical Society Library |
Ann Sindelar Western Reserve Historical Society |
Superior B |
Archives and Repositories Methodology and Mechanics |
1010 | Finding Relatives in Russian Empire Records for non-Russian Speakers |
Lara Diamond Lara's Jewnealogy |
Veterans A |
Ashkenazi Research Methodology and Mechanics |
1304 | Reuniting Families Severed by the Holocaust - and More |
Michael Goldstein |
Superior C |
Archives and Repositories Genealogy and Jewish History Related to WW2 Methodology and Mechanics |
1400 | Shtetl Travel throughout Ukraine |
Alexander Dunai |
Hope C |
Archives and Repositories Genealogy and Jewish History Related to WW2 Jewish Given Name and Surname Research Jewish History and Culture |
1113 | We Never Heard From Them Again – Researching Relatives Who Died in the Holocaust |
Jane Rollins Sherlock Combs Genealogy |
Superior A | Genealogy and Jewish History Related to WW2 |
1204 | What's New in Austrian and Czech Jewish Genealogy? |
E Randol Schoenberg Jewish Genealogy Portal |
Hope B |
Archives and Repositories Ashkenazi Research Cemetery Research |
3:15 PM - 4:45 PM | ||||
1050 | $$$ Computer Workshop: Navigating Israel Related Records with IGRA |
Garri Regev |
Veterans B |
Archives and Repositories Cemetery Research Jewish Given Name and Surname Research Methodology and Mechanics |
4:45 PM - 6:00 PM | ||||
1413 | Does Everyone Know You’re There? How to Use PR to Raise Your Local JGS Profile |
Sandy Golden |
Center Street B | Methodology and Mechanics |
1920 | Lublin & Zamosc Area BOF | Center Street D | Ashkenazi Research | |
1935 | Webmaster Roundtable BOF | Hope A | Using Technology for Research | |
1210 | A Unique Surname Leads To Discovering Unique American and Holocaust Resources |
Steve Stein |
Center Street C |
Archives and Repositories Family Stories Genealogy and Jewish History Related to WW2 Jewish Given Name and Surname Research |
1389 | AncestryDNA Basics |
Crista Cowan Ancestry |
Superior D | DNA Research and Genetics |
1086 | Blue Eyes, A Hanger, and DNA: Solving the Mystery of a Hidden Child |
Debra Kay-Blatt |
Hope C |
Ashkenazi Research DNA Research and Genetics Genealogy and Jewish History Related to WW2 Methodology and Mechanics |
1294 | Journey to Your Past Visiting Your Family's Home Shtetl in Belarus: Strategies, Tips and Planning |
Irina Dorn Yuri Dorn Jewish Heritage Research Group of Belarus |
Veterans A | Jewish History and Culture |
1279 | Lost in Pennsylvania? Try the Published Pennsylvania Archives |
Christine Crawford-Oppenheimer |
Superior A |
Archives and Repositories Methodology and Mechanics Using Technology for Research |
1135 | Magyar Zsido Okleveltar - An Overlooked Resource for Hungarian Family Research |
Vivian Kahn |
Superior B |
Archives and Repositories Methodology and Mechanics Using Technology for Research |
1066 | The American Shtetl: Recreating a Jewish Community |
Andrea Massion |
Veterans C |
Methodology and Mechanics Preserving our Jewish Past Sharing Stories and Techniques (25 minutes) |
1166 | The Central Database of Shoah Victims: Names and Other Genealogical Sources at Yad Vashem |
Zvi Bernhardt |
Hope B |
Archives and Repositories Ashkenazi Research Genealogy and Jewish History Related to WW2 |
1375 | The World Memory Project: Learn About Indexing and Researching Records from the USHMM |
Anna Fechter Ancestry |
Superior C | Genealogy and Jewish History Related to WW2 |
6:00 PM - 6:15 PM | ||||
2513 | Mincha | Veterans B | ||
6:15 PM - 10:00 PM | ||||
1812 | JRI-Poland Board Meeting | Center Street B | Ashkenazi Research | |
6:30 PM - 8:30 PM | ||||
1604 | JewishGen Senior Research Team Meeting (By Invitation Only) |
Avraham Groll JewishGen.org |
Veterans B | Methodology and Mechanics |
7:30 PM - 9:00 PM | ||||
1029 | Game Show Night: Jewish Genealogy Jeopardy aka Jewpardy! |
Ron Arons Jordan Auslander |
Superior C | Jewish History and Culture |
Thursday, August 01 | ||||
Session Code | Session Title | Speaker(s) | Room | Topic or Category |
6:35 AM - 6:59 AM | ||||
2503 | Torah Study |
Avraham Groll JewishGen.org |
Veterans B | Jewish History and Culture |
7:00 AM - 7:45 AM | ||||
2508 | Shacharit | Veterans B | ||
8:00 AM - 9:00 AM | ||||
1706 | $$$ Breakfast with the Experts - Holocaust in Ukraine |
Kateryna Duzenko Yahad-In Unum |
Hope A | Genealogy and Jewish History Related to WW2 |
1711 | $$$ Breakfast with the Experts - Reclaiming Records |
Brooke Ganz Reclaim The Records |
Center Street D | Archives and Repositories |
9:00 AM - 5:00 PM | ||||
3003 | Resource Room | Center Street A |
Archives and Repositories Using Technology for Research |
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9:15 AM - 10:30 AM | ||||
1936 | Trakai Dist of Vilna Gub BOF | Center Street B | Ashkenazi Research | |
1390 | AncestryDNA: New Tools and Strategies for Keeping Track of All Those Matches |
Crista Cowan Ancestry |
Superior D |
DNA Research and Genetics Methodology and Mechanics Using Technology for Research |
1318 | Bubbie, Who Are You? Finding the Maiden Names in Your Family Tree |
Janice Sellers Ancestral Discoveries |
Hope A |
Ashkenazi Research Jewish Given Name and Surname Research Methodology and Mechanics Sephardi Research |
1170 | IAJGS 2018 Warsaw Conference Reunion & Discussion |
Robinn Magid |
Superior A |
Archives and Repositories Ashkenazi Research Jewish History and Culture |
1222 | Jewish Life in Poland, Part 1: 10th-15th Centuries |
Avraham Groll JewishGen.org |
Superior C |
Archives and Repositories Ashkenazi Research Jewish History and Culture Methodology and Mechanics |
1180 | Online Resources for Jewish Genealogy in Chicagoland |
Michael Karsen |
Center Street D |
Archives and Repositories Cemetery Research Methodology and Mechanics Using Technology for Research |
1142 | Preparing for a Library/Archive Visit Before You Go |
Kelli Bergheimer Mess on the Desk |
Veterans A |
Archives and Repositories Using Technology for Research |
1014 | Small Town, Big Data: Reconstructing Defunct Communities Through Technology |
Tammy Hepps Homestead Hebrews |
Hope C |
Immigration and Migration Over the Ages Jewish History and Culture Preserving our Jewish Past Using Technology for Research |
1301 | The Power of the Catalog – Unindexed Records and How to Find Them |
Risa Heywood Research by Risa |
Veterans C |
Archives and Repositories Methodology and Mechanics |
1322 | Why Cleveland? Finding Answers in the Industrial Removal Office Records |
Renee Carl EasternEuropeanMutt.com |
Superior B |
Archives and Repositories Immigration and Migration Over the Ages Jewish History and Culture Methodology and Mechanics |
1162 | Why Jews from the Former Soviet Union are Often Called Russians? |
Yefim Kogan |
Center Street C |
Ashkenazi Research Family Stories Jewish History and Culture |
10:45 AM - 12:00 PM | ||||
1138 | Creating a Town-Wide Genealogy from the 1600s to the Holocaust Generation Starting with Austria-Hungarian Sources |
Carole Vogel |
Hope C |
Archives and Repositories Genealogy and Jewish History Related to WW2 Immigration and Migration Over the Ages Methodology and Mechanics |
1312 | How to Improve Data for JOWBR |
Madeleine Isenberg |
Veterans A |
Cemetery Research Jewish Given Name and Surname Research Methodology and Mechanics Using Technology for Research |
1011 | Including and Beyond Vital Records - Resources Used Reconstructing a Family |
Lara Diamond Lara's Jewnealogy |
Superior B |
Archives and Repositories Ashkenazi Research Genealogy and Jewish History Related to WW1 Genealogy and Jewish History Related to WW2 |
1272 | JewishGen Ukraine SIG 101 |
Phyllis Berenson |
Hope B |
Ashkenazi Research Using Technology for Research |
1324 | Look Closer: Mining Genealogical Gold in Civil War Pension Records for Jewish Soldiers |
Adrienne Usher The Shapell Manuscript Foundation Caitlin Winkler The Shapell Manuscript Foundation Alexandra Apito The Shapell Manuscript Foundation |
Superior D |
Archives and Repositories Preserving our Jewish Past Sharing Stories and Techniques (25 minutes) |
1376 | Memoir Writing: A Personalized Method of Recording Family History for Future Generations |
Elaine Farran |
Center Street B |
Jewish History and Culture Methodology and Mechanics Preserving our Jewish Past Sharing Stories and Techniques (25 minutes) |
1338 | Reclaim The Records: Using Freedom of Information Laws for Genealogical Research |
Brooke Ganz Reclaim The Records |
Superior C |
Archives and Repositories Methodology and Mechanics |
1071 | Rosa Robota and The Heroic Jewish Women Martyrs Who Fought Back Inside Auschwitz |
Allan Mallenbaum |
Superior A |
Genealogy and Jewish History Related to WW2 Jewish History and Culture Preserving our Jewish Past |
1179 | The Administrator General of Israel: Tracing Unclaimed Property Owners and their Heirs through Genealogical Research |
Jonathan Kirsch Office of the Administrator General of Israel |
Center Street C |
Archives and Repositories Ethical and Legal Considerations Genealogy and Jewish History Related to WW2 Using Technology for Research |
1251 | The Cleveland Garment Industry: Families, Businesses, and Clothes |
Sean Martin Western Reserve Historical Society |
Veterans C |
Archives and Repositories Family Stories Jewish History and Culture Preserving our Jewish Past |
12:15 PM - 1:30 PM | ||||
1509 | $$$ Luncheon: JewishGen German SIG |
Alex Calzareth Karen S. Franklin |
Center Street D |
Archives and Repositories Immigration and Migration Over the Ages Methodology and Mechanics |
1502 | $$$ Luncheon: JewishGen Ukraine SIG |
Kateryna Duzenko Yahad-In Unum |
Hope D |
Archives and Repositories Methodology and Mechanics Using Technology for Research |
1:45 PM - 3:00 PM | ||||
1909 | Jewish Genealogy Portal BOF |
E Randol Schoenberg Jewish Genealogy Portal |
Center Street B |
Jewish History and Culture Methodology and Mechanics Using Technology for Research |
1804 | JewishGen GerSIG Meeting | Center Street D | Ashkenazi Research | |
1938 | JewishGen Kehilalinks BOF | Veterans A |
Jewish History and Culture Preserving our Jewish Past Using Technology for Research |
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1811 | JewishGen: What's Next for Ukraine Research? |
Phyllis Berenson |
Hope A |
Ashkenazi Research Using Technology for Research |
1291 | Get them to say YES: Reluctant Relatives and Cold Calls |
Mindie Kaplan |
Superior A |
Methodology and Mechanics Sharing Stories and Techniques (25 minutes) |
1335 | Immigration is More than a Manifest |
Nancy Levin, CG(SM) |
Center Street C | Immigration and Migration Over the Ages |
1017 | Jazz Up Your Writing and Make an Impact: Strategies for Creating Compelling Stories |
Carole Vogel |
Superior B |
Family Stories Sharing Stories and Techniques (25 minutes) |
1352 | Jewish Ethnicity and DNA: Ashkenazi and Beyond |
Schelly Talalay Dardashti MyHeritage.com AND Tracing the Tribe |
Superior D |
Ashkenazi Research DNA Research and Genetics Mizrachi and Middle Eastern Research Sephardi Research |
1223 | Jewish Life in Poland, Part 2: 16th-18th Centuries |
Avraham Groll JewishGen.org |
Superior C |
Archives and Repositories Ashkenazi Research Jewish History and Culture Methodology and Mechanics |
1194 | Jewish Military Burials in the US and Europe |
Kathy Kirkpatrick GenTracer |
Hope B |
Cemetery Research Genealogy and Jewish History Related to WW1 Genealogy and Jewish History Related to WW2 |
1129 | Montana's Pioneer Jewish Communities: A Lasting Legacy |
Ellen Baumler |
Veterans C |
Immigration and Migration Over the Ages Jewish History and Culture Preserving our Jewish Past |
1072 | Researching a National Jewry: the Jews of Scotland |
Michael Tobias |
Hope C |
Jewish History and Culture Methodology and Mechanics Using Technology for Research |
3:15 PM - 4:30 PM | ||||
1913 | Klaipeda Research BOF | Center Street B | Ashkenazi Research | |
1915 | Kolbuszowa Region RG | Center Street C |
Ashkenazi Research Methodology and Mechanics |
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1923 | Ostrow Mazowiecka BOF | Superior A | Ashkenazi Research | |
1238 | Alternative Sources for the Jewish Genealogy and Family Studies: Military, Legal, Notary, & Land Records |
Oleksandr Denysenko Living Family |
Superior C |
Archives and Repositories Ashkenazi Research Genealogy and Jewish History Related to WW1 Preserving our Jewish Past |
1101 | Beyond the Manifest: Applying the Genealogical Proof Standard to Confirm One's Ancestral Origins |
Emily Garber Extra Yad Genealogical Services |
Superior B |
Archives and Repositories Ashkenazi Research Methodology and Mechanics |
1387 | From Bella to Joe 2-3-43: In Search of a Jewish GI's Family |
Renee Steinig |
Superior D |
Cemetery Research Genealogy and Jewish History Related to WW2 Methodology and Mechanics |
1198 | My Family History Blog: A Multi-purpose Tool |
Mary-Jane Roth IAJGS |
Center Street D |
Methodology and Mechanics Sharing Stories and Techniques (25 minutes) Using Technology for Research |
1203 | Privacy and Genealogy: What Are The Rules? |
E Randol Schoenberg Jewish Genealogy Portal Jan Meisels Allen |
Hope A |
DNA Research and Genetics Ethical and Legal Considerations Methodology and Mechanics Using Technology for Research |
1235 | Rescuing Jews in Eastern Europe |
Kateryna Duzenko Yahad-In Unum Ewa Schaller American Friends of Yahad-In Unum |
Hope B |
Archives and Repositories Genealogy and Jewish History Related to WW2 Jewish History and Culture |
1052 | Russian-Empire Jewish Immigration: Changing of the First and Last Names and How to Trace Them |
Nadiia Lipes jewua.info Oleksii Lipes www.jewua.info |
Veterans A |
Archives and Repositories Cemetery Research Jewish Given Name and Surname Research Methodology and Mechanics |
1325 | These Guys are Really Buried in a Jewish Cemetery? |
Gary Gans |
Veterans C |
Cemetery Research Jewish History and Culture Methodology and Mechanics Sharing Stories and Techniques (25 minutes) |
1154 | What I Did Wrong with DNA - Solving the Hat Box Baby Mystery |
Bonnie Belza DNA Kindergarten |
Hope C |
Ashkenazi Research DNA Research and Genetics Methodology and Mechanics Using Technology for Research |
4:45 PM - 6:00 PM | ||||
1918 | Lida/Oshmiany District BOF | Superior B | Ashkenazi Research | |
1928 | Suchostaw RRG (SRRG) | Center Street C | Ashkenazi Research | |
1158 | CSI: Crowd Sourced Indexing |
Banai Lynn Feldstein Feldstein Genealogy Services |
Superior A |
Methodology and Mechanics Preserving our Jewish Past Using Technology for Research |
1247 | Documentation of Granting and Loss of Citizenship from Interwar Period as a Source in Genealogy |
Maciej Wzorek |
Hope A | Archives and Repositories |
1381 | Eyewitnesses to the Shoah Highlight Search for Family in Three Countries |
Teven Laxer |
Center Street D |
Archives and Repositories Genealogy and Jewish History Related to WW2 Preserving our Jewish Past Sharing Stories and Techniques (25 minutes) |
1115 | From Babel to Benefit: Translation Tips for Foreign-Language Documents |
Jane Rollins Sherlock Combs Genealogy |
Superior D |
Methodology and Mechanics Using Technology for Research |
1259 | How to Get Genealogical Information from Gravestones |
Vaclav Chvatal TAMUS Tachov Archives & Museum Society |
Center Street B |
Ashkenazi Research Cemetery Research Jewish History and Culture Methodology and Mechanics |
1284 | Methods for Breaking through Brick Walls |
Christine Crawford-Oppenheimer |
Veterans C |
Archives and Repositories Methodology and Mechanics Using Technology for Research |
1401 | Sources of Jewish Genealogy of XVIII to XX Centuries |
Alexander Dunai |
Hope C |
Archives and Repositories Ashkenazi Research Jewish History and Culture Methodology and Mechanics |
6:00 PM - 6:15 PM | ||||
2514 | Mincha | Veterans B | ||
7:00 PM - 9:30 PM | ||||
1600 | $$$ Gala Banquet | Hope D-E | Jewish History and Culture | |
Friday, August 02 | ||||
Session Code | Session Title | Speaker(s) | Room | Topic or Category |
6:45 AM - 7:45 AM | ||||
2509 | Shacharit Rosh Hodesh | Veterans B | ||
8:00 AM - 9:00 AM | ||||
1707 | $$$ Breakfast with the Experts - Finding Your Eastern European Town of Origin |
Emily Garber Extra Yad Genealogical Services |
Veterans A |
Ashkenazi Research Methodology and Mechanics |
1712 | $$$ Breakfast with the Experts - Ancestry’s Storytelling Team |
Crista Cowan Ancestry |
Hope A | Using Technology for Research |
9:00 AM - 12:00 PM | ||||
3004 | Resource Room | Center Street A | Archives and Repositories | |
9:15 AM - 10:30 AM | ||||
1902 | Canada BOF | Center Street B |
Ashkenazi Research Sephardi Research |
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1415 | Tracks of European Languages in Hebrew Gravestone Inscriptions |
Vaclav Chvatal TAMUS Tachov Archives & Museum Society |
Hope C |
Ashkenazi Research Cemetery Research |
1169 | American Jewish Family Clubs and Circles as a Genealogy Resource |
Robinn Magid |
Superior B |
Ashkenazi Research Jewish History and Culture Preserving our Jewish Past Sharing Stories and Techniques (25 minutes) |
1075 | Conflict Management: Evaluating Evidence of Identity |
Emily Garber Extra Yad Genealogical Services |
Veterans A | Methodology and Mechanics |
1069 | Mismatched Mishpocha: Working with Endogamous DNA |
Alec Ferretti |
Superior A |
DNA Research and Genetics Methodology and Mechanics Using Technology for Research |
1332 | The Flatow Fiction: When Records Deceive |
Roger Lustig |
Center Street C |
Archives and Repositories Jewish Given Name and Surname Research Methodology and Mechanics |
1254 | The Way We Were: What Photographs Tell Us |
Patricia Edmonson Western Reserve Historical Society |
Veterans C |
Archives and Repositories Family Stories Methodology and Mechanics Sharing Stories and Techniques (25 minutes) |
1096 | Write It! Tips for Saving and Sharing Family History in Written Form |
Martin Fischer |
Hope B |
Methodology and Mechanics Preserving our Jewish Past Sharing Stories and Techniques (25 minutes) |
10:45 AM - 12:00 PM | ||||
1416 | Jews in the Czechoslovak Republic 1918-1938 |
Vaclav Chvatal TAMUS Tachov Archives & Museum Society |
Hope C |
Ashkenazi Research Genealogy and Jewish History Related to WW1 Jewish History and Culture |
1914 | Kobryn Uyezd RG | Center Street B |
Ashkenazi Research Methodology and Mechanics |
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1110 | Help! I Do Not Speak Hebrew, Yet I Need Hebrew Sources for My Genealogical Research |
Johannes Reiss Austrian Jewish Museum in Eisenstadt Traude Triebel Austrian Jewish Museum in Eisenstadt |
Superior A |
Cemetery Research Jewish History and Culture Sharing Stories and Techniques (25 minutes) |
1184 | My Cousin the Gangster! |
Michael Karsen |
Veterans C |
Archives and Repositories Using Technology for Research |
1092 | Nancy Drew Does Genealogy Too: The Quest for Missing Mishpacha |
Ellen Kowitt Sole Searching |
Hope B |
Archives and Repositories Methodology and Mechanics |
1327 | New to Genealogy? Don’t Just Consider the Facts |
Nancy Levin, CG(SM) |
Hope A |
Genealogy and Jewish History Related to WW1 Genealogy and Jewish History Related to WW2 Immigration and Migration Over the Ages Methodology and Mechanics |
1302 | The Importance of Thorough American Research |
Risa Heywood Research by Risa |
Center Street C |
Ashkenazi Research Jewish Given Name and Surname Research Methodology and Mechanics |
1153 | The Origin and Growth of the Jewish Population in Russia |
Joel L. Spector |
Veterans A |
Archives and Repositories Immigration and Migration Over the Ages Jewish History and Culture |
1249 | Who was Aunt Dora? Unraveling the Cohens and the Levines |
Barbara Ellman |
Superior B |
Ashkenazi Research Jewish Given Name and Surname Research Methodology and Mechanics |
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