Sunday, August 13
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8:00 AM - 12:00 PM
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IAJGS Board Meeting
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8:00 AM - 1:00 PM
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Cemetery Visit - Beth David- Elmont (S)
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Cemetery Visit - Mt Hebron- Flushing (S)
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Cemetery Visit - Mt Zion- Maspeth (S)
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*CANCELLED*
Cemetery Visit - Old Montefiore- Saint Albans (S)
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Cemetery Visit - Ridgewood/Glendale- Ridgewood (S)
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8:00 AM - 2:15 PM
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*SOLD OUT*
Jewish Ellis Island- Sunday
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9:00 AM - 3:00 PM
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*SOLD OUT*
Tenement Museum and Eldridge Street Synagogue- Sunday
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9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
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5005
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Conference Registration
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9:30 AM - 10:45 AM
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1015
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Meeting - JRI-Poland Volunteers
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10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
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200
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Using JewishGen's Databases and Search Capabilities (computer lab)
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Altman
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10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
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5002
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Hospitality Room
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12:00 PM - 1:15 PM
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3005
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*SOLD OUT*
Luncheon - JRI- Poland
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12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
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8001
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Bernie (film)
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12:00 PM - 2:00 PM
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325
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Genealogy on the Internet (computer lab)
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Friedman
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12:00 PM - 5:00 PM
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5003
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Vendor Room
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12:30 PM - 3:30 PM
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156
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Beginner's Workshop
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Miller
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1:00 PM - 4:00 PM
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5004
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Repository Fair
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1:00 PM - 4:30 PM
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S
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Jewish Lower East Side Walking Tour- Sunday
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teststeve
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1:00 PM - 5:00 PM
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5006
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Computer/Resource Room
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5007
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Internet Cafe
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1:15 PM - 2:30 PM
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1005
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Meeting - Borislav-Drogobych Research Group
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106
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Cataloging a Cemetery or Burial Society for the JewishGen Online Worldwide Burial Registry (JOWBR)
|
Green
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420
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American Sephardi Federation Collection
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Belinfante
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446
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Exciting New Genealogy Technologies: Face Recognition and Super Search
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Japhet
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1:30 PM - 3:00 PM
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8002
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The Last Days (film)
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2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
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252
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Introduction to the Internet: How to Effectively Browse the Web (computer lab)
|
Bakker
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2:00 PM - 4:30 PM
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287
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IAJGS Management Sub-Seminar
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Kowitt
Lee
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2:45 PM - 4:00 PM
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1002
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Meeting - Belarus SIG
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1007
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Meeting - Czestochowa-Radomsko Area Research Group
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278
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First Palestinian Refugees, First Jewish Soldiers: The Egyptian Haven
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Fedida
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286
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Family Web Sites for Research and Collaboration
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Underhill
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395
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Using Geographic Information Systems to Map Jewish Roots: Tools and Opportunities to Enhance Genealogical Research
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Amstislavski
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3:00 PM - 4:00 PM
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8003
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Dancing with my Father (film)
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4:00 PM - 5:00 PM
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8004
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Genealogy Anyone? 25 Years in the Life of the JGSLA (film)
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Weisberger
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4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
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200
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Using JewishGen's Databases and Search Capabilities (computer lab)
|
Altman
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4:30 PM - 5:00 PM
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IAJGS Board Meet and Greet
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5:00 PM - 6:30 PM
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8005
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Hiding and Seeking: Faith & Tolerance After the Holocaust (film)
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7:00 PM - 8:30 PM
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406a
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Opening Session
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8:30 PM - 10:30 PM
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406b
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Opening Reception
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8:45 PM - 10:15 PM
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8006
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The Attic: the Hiding of Anne Frank (film)
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Monday, August 14
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7:00 AM - 7:45 AM
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5001
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Daily Minyan
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7:30 AM - 12:00 PM
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5005
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Conference Registration
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8:00 AM - 9:15 AM
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1006
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Meeting - Courland Research Group
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102
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The Center for Jewish History: Resources for Genealogy
|
Friedman
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1038
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Meeting - Godfrey Scholars BOF
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147
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One-Step Webpages: A Potpourri of Genealogical Search Tools
|
Morse
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162
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Conservation and Multimedia Presentation of Family Histories
|
Bergman
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292
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Jewish Records Indexing – Poland: What's New
|
Diamond
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326
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Welcome to American Bureaucracy: More from the HIAS and INS Archives
|
Bazarov
Smith
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376
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Murderous Medicine: How to Trace Some Victims of the Holocaust
|
Baumslag
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401
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Change in Records Through the Use of Technology
|
Hill
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451
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Introduction to Ancestry.com (computer lab)
|
Adams
|
8:00 AM - 9:30 AM
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8012
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Image Before My Eyes (film)
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8:00 AM - 1:00 PM
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Cemetery Visit - Beth David- Elmont (M)
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8:00 AM - 2:15 PM
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*SOLD OUT*
Jewish Ellis Island- Monday
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9:00 AM - 10:30 AM
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Spouse/Companion Get Together
|
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9:00 AM - 4:00 PM
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5002
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Hospitality Room
|
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9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
|
5003
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Vendor Room
|
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9:00 AM - 5:30 PM
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Ancestor's Roadshow
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9:00 AM - 6:00 PM
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5006
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Computer/Resource Room
|
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5007
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Internet Cafe
|
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9:30 AM - 10:45 AM
|
1011
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Meeting - GerSIG
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1030
|
Meeting - Southern Africa SIG
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1035
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Meeting - Newsletter Editors, Journal Editors, and Webmasters BOF
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132
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Looking for the Only Unaccompanied Children Rescued from the Holocaust by America: Who They Are and How We Found Them
|
Posner
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147
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One-Step Webpages: A Potpourri of Genealogical Search Tools
|
Morse
|
243
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Making the Most of Your Polish Research - A Tour of the JRI-Poland Website
|
Halpern
Baston
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386
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Genealogical Research at the New York Public Library
|
Carr
|
393
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Whence Castle Garden Records?
|
Smith
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396
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Genealogical Resources at the National Archives
|
Shader
|
436
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Lifelong Learning: Teaching Genealogy to Adults
|
Miller
Altman
Dardashti
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452
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What’s New at Ancestry.com? (computer lab)
|
Adams
|
9:30 AM - 11:00 AM
|
8008
|
The Last Klezmer: Leopold Kozlowski, His Life and Music (film)
|
|
11:00 AM - 12:15 PM
|
117
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What's the Next Step After Finding a Testimony for Someone in the Yad Vashem Database?
|
Feldman
|
205
|
Jewish Agricultural Colonies in the United States
|
Carliner Sanchez
|
242
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Research Work at the German Emigration Center Bremerhaven, Germany
|
Eick
|
294
|
Engage Children in Learning by Teaching Family History!
|
Wolfman
Horowitz
Miller
Hayes
Volin
|
387
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“Our Middle Name Was Klezmer”: Jewish Musical Families in 19th and 20th Century Poland
|
Rubin
|
402
|
Genealogical Resources at the American Jewish Historical Society
|
Schwimmer
|
444
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Family History Research in State Courts in NYC's County Clerk's Offices
|
Abrams
|
453
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Searching Ancestry.com (computer lab)
|
Adams
|
12:30 PM - 1:30 PM
|
1032
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Meeting - Suwalki-Lomza BOF
|
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12:30 PM - 1:45 PM
|
3002
|
*SOLD OUT*
Luncheon - German SIG
|
|
3003
|
*SOLD OUT*
Luncheon - Gesher Galicia
|
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3006
|
*SOLD OUT*
Luncheon - Latvia SIG
|
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1:00 PM - 4:30 PM
|
M
|
*SOLD OUT*
Jewish Lower East Side Walking Tour- Monday
|
|
1:45 PM - 3:00 PM
|
144
|
Uncovering Surnames in Patrynomic and Early JRI-Poland Records
|
Meyers
|
158
|
Finding Relatives on the Internet - Introduction (computer lab)
|
Ellman
|
165
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Introduction to the Arolsen Files: Their Origins and Practical Usage
|
Kisos
|
216
|
Into and Out of the Lower East Side
|
Diner
|
273
|
You DO Have Family in Israel. Now Let's Find Them!
|
Goldstein
|
400
|
Poor Jews’ Temporary Shelters and Their Documentary Legacy
|
Evans
|
410
|
When Harry Sued Sally: The Genealogical Benefits of Researching Civil Law Suits and Criminal Indictments and Unsealing Grand Jury Testimony
|
Guber
|
443
|
Perils and Opportunities in Bronx Jewish Genealogical Research: The Bronx County Historical Society's Holdings
|
Ultan
|
2:30 PM - 4:00 PM
|
8009
|
Watermarks (film)
|
Zilberman
|
3:15 PM - 4:30 PM
|
1012
|
Meeting - Gesher Galicia
|
|
127
|
A History of Anti-Semitism as It Laid the Foundation for the Holocaust
|
Scheinberg
|
137
|
Resources Documenting the Jewish Population in Eretz Israel, 1839-1929
|
Feldman
Tagger
|
159
|
Finding Relatives on the Internet – Advanced (computer lab)
|
Ellman
|
340
|
Unlocking Secrets: Translating Polish and Russian Documents of Genealogical Value.
|
Shea
|
345
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The Ship's List: Genealogical Information on the Immigrant Manifest
|
Paulin, CG
|
382
|
Jewish Women in America: A History of Their Own
|
Diner
|
403
|
The Unturned Stone: Unexpected and Underutilized Genealogical Records
|
Schmid
|
429
|
Selected Resources for Jewish Genealogy at the New-York Historical Society
|
Nazionale
|
4:00 PM - 5:30 PM
|
8005
|
Hiding and Seeking: Faith & Tolerance After the Holocaust (film)
|
|
4:45 PM - 6:00 PM
|
1021
|
Meeting - LitvakSIG
|
|
124
|
Using University Libraries for Genealogical Research
|
Elliott
|
131
|
Detection of Faults and Errors in Genealogical Sources
|
Frank
|
157
|
Roots in Poland: Problems and Solutions for Collaborative Research
|
Kazez
|
254
|
Holocaust Research - Possibilities and Pitfalls
|
Landé
|
318
|
Serving Genealogy Patrons: A Librarian's Guide
|
Raptis
|
341
|
JRI-Poland Database Search Techniques Workshop (computer lab)
|
Magid
|
373
|
New Material on the Rise of Hasidism
|
Dynner
|
433
|
Genealogical Treasures in the YIVO Library
|
Guzik
|
5:30 PM - 6:30 PM
|
8003
|
Dancing with my Father (film)
|
|
6:00 PM - 7:15 PM
|
1041
|
Meeting-Chernigov Gubernia Group Meeting
|
|
6:30 PM - 7:00 PM
|
8010
|
I Remember Jewish Drohobycz (film)
|
Weisberger
|
7:00 PM - 8:30 PM
|
8001
|
Bernie (film)
|
|
7:30 PM - 8:30 PM
|
388
|
Concert: Midnight Prayer (Tikkun Hatzot): Rare Klezmer and Hasidic Music from Russia
|
Rubin
Rushefsky
|
8:30 PM - 10:00 PM
|
8011
|
My Grandfather's House: The Journey Home (film)
|
Douglas
Steinman
|
8:45 PM - 9:45 PM
|
421
|
Living Windows: Exploring the Role of Yiddish Song in Jewish Life from Eastern Europe to America (musical presentation)
|
Mlotek
|
|
Tuesday, August 15
|
7:00 AM - 7:45 AM
|
5001
|
Daily Minyan
|
|
7:30 AM - 12:00 PM
|
5005
|
Conference Registration
|
|
8:00 AM - 9:00 AM
|
8017
|
Chaim Rumkowski & the Jews of Lodz (film)
|
|
8:00 AM - 9:15 AM
|
136
|
Sephardic Genealogy Resources: Overview and Update
|
Malka
|
148
|
White, Blue, Gray! What Color Ellis Island Search Form Should I Use?
|
Morse
|
153
|
Spiritual Genealogy: A Look at Polish Notary Documentation
|
Wiernicka
|
208
|
Using Excel to Produce High-Quality Jewish Genealogical Databases (computer lab)
|
Stroweis
|
227
|
Project to Reconstitute the Destroyed Shtetls of Europe
|
Sack
Wagner
|
307
|
Russian Encyclopedias as a Source of Genealogical Information
|
Spector
|
368
|
Genealogical Records of the Vilna District
|
Ratner
|
392
|
Citizenship: U.S. Naturalization Records
|
Fermi
|
3010
|
*SOLD OUT*
Breakfast and Meeting - Ukraine SIG
|
|
8:00 AM - 1:00 PM
|
|
Cemetery Visit - Old Montefiore- Saint Albans (Tu)
|
|
8:00 AM - 2:15 PM
|
|
*SOLD OUT*
Jewish Ellis Island- Tuesday
|
|
9:00 AM - 9:30 AM
|
8007
|
Poumy (film)
|
|
9:00 AM - 3:00 PM
|
|
*SOLD OUT*
Tenement Museum and Eldridge Street Synagogue- Tuesday
|
|
9:00 AM - 4:00 PM
|
5002
|
Hospitality Room
|
|
9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
|
5003
|
Vendor Room
|
|
9:00 AM - 6:00 PM
|
5006
|
Computer/Resource Room
|
|
5007
|
Internet Cafe
|
|
9:30 AM - 10:45 AM
|
140
|
Sephardic Surnames: Evolution Through the Millenia and Role in Genealogy
|
Malka
|
151
|
Creating One-Step Search Tools
|
Morse
|
214
|
Using Tables in Word to Organize Information (computer lab)
|
Gluck
|
246
|
The Changing Map of Eastern Europe: Where the Heck Did That Town Go?
|
Schlyter
|
262
|
Lost Identity of a Child Survivor of the Holocaust
|
Golan
|
274
|
This Land Is Your Land, This Land Is My Land: Understand and Using Property Records
|
Fermi
|
297
|
Past at Present: Holdings of the Jewish Historical Institute in Warsaw
|
Bergman
|
309
|
Tracing the History of Jewish Families in the Historical Archives of Ukraine
|
Muzychuk
|
9:30 AM - 11:00 AM
|
8013
|
Carpati: 50 Miles, 50 Years (film)
|
|
10:00 AM - 1:30 PM
|
T
|
*SOLD OUT*
Jewish Lower East Side Walking Tour- Tuesday
|
|
11:00 AM - 12:15 PM
|
160
|
Non-Traditional Relationships: Issues of Privacy and Confidentiality in Constructing a Genealogical Tree
|
Weiner
|
163
|
The Magnate Landowner Records of Eastern Europe
|
Schlissel Riley
|
176
|
Creating One-Step Search Tools (computer lab)
|
Morse
|
291
|
Archival Holdings in Ukraine, Moldova, Belarus, Lithuania and Poland: An Update
|
Weiner
|
322
|
Strengthening Relationships Within Extended Families and the Extended Family as a Vital Social Unit:: Roles for Genealogy Researchers and Organizations
|
Okon
|
381
|
Nomen Omen: Names and Surnames of the Jews of Italy
|
Bonomi
|
389
|
Beyond Bagels and Klezmer: Reflections on Contemporary American Jewish Popular Music
|
Rubin
|
391
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Uncle Sam Wants You!: 20th Century Military Research
|
Fermi
|
12:30 PM - 1:45 PM
|
3004
|
*SOLD OUT*
Luncheon - Hungarian SIG
|
|
3007
|
*SOLD OUT*
Luncheon - Litvak SIG
|
|
1:45 PM - 3:00 PM
|
149
|
Playing Hide and Seek in the 1910 to 1930 Census.
|
Morse
|
191
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Using Pre-1826 Polish Parish Records in Jewish Research
|
Blatt
Kay-Blatt
|
231
|
Breaking Through Genealogical Brick Walls
|
Bookbinder
|
236
|
In the Crosshairs, Operation Rescue: HIAS, Marseille (1939-1944)
|
Bazarov
|
308
|
Genealogical Resources for the Jews of Ottoman and Modern Turkey
|
Taranto
|
367
|
LitvakSIG Vital Records Indexing Project
|
Ratner
|
428
|
The Documentation, Protection and Preservation of Jewish Cemeteries in Central and Eastern Europe
|
Gruber
Weinberg
Mendlowitz Grunhut
Weiss
Schudrich
Besser
|
2:30 PM - 3:30 PM
|
8014
|
Paradise Lost: Journey to Vaja (film)
|
|
3:15 PM - 4:30 PM
|
1009
|
Meeting - Early American SIG
|
|
101
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Using Clues in the Early Polish Vital Records to Connect Three Major Families of Olkusz
|
Heyman
|
1020
|
Meeting - Latvia SIG
|
|
1022
|
Meeting - Lodz Area Research Group (LARG), Poland
|
|
118
|
A Database of Sephardic and Oriental Female Given Names
|
Tagger
|
123
|
Oral History Methodology: Preserving Vivid Family Stories for the Next Generations
|
Elliott
|
200
|
Using JewishGen's Databases and Search Capabilities (computer lab)
|
Altman
|
265
|
The Kremenets (Ukraine) Translation Projects: Vital Records, Yizkor Books, Revizskaya Skazka, and More
|
Doctor
Roth
|
333
|
Searching Digitized Directories Using Optical Character Recognition (OCR)
|
Kleinwaks
|
404
|
Leo Baeck Institute
|
Franklin
|
428
|
The Documentation, Protection and Preservation of Jewish Cemeteries in Central and Eastern Europe
|
Gruber
Weinberg
Mendlowitz Grunhut
Weiss
Schudrich
Besser
|
3:30 PM - 5:00 PM
|
8002
|
The Last Days (film)
|
|
4:45 PM - 6:00 PM
|
1003
|
Meeting - Belchatow Birds of a Feather (BOF) , Poland
|
|
1020
|
Meeting - Latvia SIG
|
|
1026
|
Meeting - ROM-SIG
|
|
116
|
Embalmers on the Range: Tracking the Winter Family
|
Franklin
|
257
|
Family Tree Maker Software (computer lab)
|
Horowitz
|
290
|
Romaniote Greek Jewry: Insights Beneficial to Genealogical Research
|
Haddad-Ikonomopoulos
|
352
|
Vital Records in Prussian Poland: Getting the Whole Picture
|
Lustig
|
354
|
Finding Your Family in the 18th Century Records of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania (Lithuania, Belarus, Parts of Poland and Ukraine)
|
Hoffman
Hoffman
|
379
|
Ukrainian/Galician Archives: Records, Research and Resourcefulness
|
Dunai
|
399
|
British Passenger Lists and Medical Records as a Source for Migrant History, 1793-1914
|
Evans
|
427
|
NYC Genealogical Research: Hebrew Union College, Jewish Theological Seminary and Yeshiva University
|
Hirsch
|
5:15 PM - 6:30 PM
|
8015
|
My Jewish Grandfather (film)
|
|
6:15 PM - 7:30 PM
|
1042
|
Meetingp Family Tree DNA Project Administrators’ BOF
|
|
6:30 PM - 7:00 PM
|
8007
|
Poumy (film)
|
|
7:00 PM - 8:30 PM
|
8009
|
Watermarks (film)
|
Zilberman
|
7:30 PM - 8:45 PM
|
276
|
Jewish Genealogy is Going Academic
|
Lamdan
|
8:30 PM - 10:00 PM
|
8016
|
Divan (film)
|
Gluck
|
9:00 PM - 10:15 PM
|
413
|
JewishGen: Recent Developments
|
King
|
|
Wednesday, August 16
|
7:00 AM - 7:45 AM
|
5001
|
Daily Minyan
|
|
7:00 AM - 8:00 AM
|
1036
|
Meeting - Canadians
|
|
7:30 AM - 12:00 PM
|
5005
|
Conference Registration
|
|
8:00 AM - 9:00 AM
|
8019
|
The Forgotten Refugees (film)
|
|
8:00 AM - 9:15 AM
|
1001
|
Meeting - Austria-Czech SIG
|
|
1029
|
Meeting - Sephardic SIG
|
|
114
|
Navigating the New York State Census with Fewer Tears
|
Weintraub
Morse
|
164
|
Online Auctions, Augmenting Your Genealogical Research
|
Schlissel Riley
|
167
|
Using the Pages of Testimony and Consolidated Jewish Surname Index Databases (computer lab)
|
Mokotoff
|
201
|
How to Read a Hebrew Tombstone Anywhere in the World
|
Langer-Surnamer Caplan
|
210
|
How to Create a Successful Genealogical Web Site, Part I - Decisions
|
Christiansen
|
303
|
A Search of Jewish Roots in the Communist Country
|
Leites
|
332
|
Memory of the Holocaust in Latvia: A Contemporary Debate
|
Zisere
|
423
|
Genes for Genealogists: Genetics, Inheritance, and DNA Made Simple
|
Sitron
|
8:00 AM - 1:00 PM
|
|
Cemetery Visit - Mt Hebron- Flushing (W)
|
|
9:00 AM - 10:00 AM
|
8014
|
Paradise Lost: Journey to Vaja (film)
|
|
9:00 AM - 3:00 PM
|
|
*SOLD OUT*
Tenement Museum and Eldridge Street Synagogue- Wednesday
|
|
9:00 AM - 4:00 PM
|
5002
|
Hospitality Room
|
|
9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
|
5003
|
Vendor Room
|
|
9:00 AM - 6:00 PM
|
5006
|
Computer/Resource Room
|
|
5007
|
Internet Cafe
|
|
9:30 AM - 10:45 AM
|
1023
|
Meeting - Posen BOF
|
|
1029
|
Meeting - Sephardic SIG
|
|
1033
|
Meeting - Warszawa Research Group
|
|
105
|
Thieves and Parnassim in Central European Jewish Communities in the Late Middle Ages
|
Levinson Lev-Zion
|
129
|
The Judischen Kultus Gemeinde: Self Government in Galicia
|
Wynne
|
224
|
PC Workshop Using the Morse Finder Utilities for Census Research (computer lab)
|
Weintraub
|
253
|
Lithuanian Research - The Latest Updates
|
Margol
|
349
|
Through Russia’s Turbulent Times
|
Margulis
|
418
|
Introduction to JewishGen Databases
|
Blatt
Tobias
|
425
|
Genetic Genealogy: Using DNA to Connect -- What DNA Testing Can, and Can't, Tell a Modern Genealogist
|
Greenspan
|
438
|
Lesser Known Collections in the YIVO Institute Archives
|
Greenbaum
|
10:00 AM - 11:00 AM
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8018
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In Vienna They Put You in Jail: The Max Birnbach Story (film)
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11:00 AM - 12:15 PM
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133
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The Internet Beyond JewishGen and Steve Morse's Website
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Arons
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181
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Using Excel to Mine Your Data (computer lab)
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Miller
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225
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Theresienstadt: The Town Hitler Gave to the Jews
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Wellisch
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259
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How To Find 19th-Century Polish-Language Records and Unlock Their Secrets
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Frazin
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299
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Family Facts Galore: The Soundex Censuses, 1880-1930
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Paulin, CG
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344
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Records of Eastern European Jews in the Archives of Central Asia
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Kurbanov
Kurbanov
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405
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The Last Chance in Lithuanian Archives
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Botyrius
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430
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Our Foremothers: Researching the Common Ancestry of Ashkenazi Jews
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Behar
|
8016
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Divan (film)
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Gluck
|
12:30 PM - 1:45 PM
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3001
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Luncheon - Belarus SIG
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3008
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*SOLD OUT*
Luncheon - South Africa SIG
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1:00 PM - 4:30 PM
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W
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*SOLD OUT*
Jewish Lower East Side Walking Tour- Wednesday
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1:00 PM - 5:00 PM
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IAJGS Annual Meeting
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1:45 PM - 3:00 PM
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108
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Ordinary Exile: The Fate of Austrian Jewish Refugees in Belgium and France, 1938-1945
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Wyler
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130
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A Genealogical Puzzle: Twenty-one Disparate Families with a Common Ancestor
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Huebscher
Issroff
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193
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When the Bough Breaks: Reconnecting with Adopted and Orphaned Family Members (computer lab)
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Weiner
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249
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Google and Les Fleurs de l'Orient: Notoriety, Privacy and Identity Theft issues.
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Farhi
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275
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Research in the National Archives in Minsk: Be Warned!
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Lamdan
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301
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Strategies for Galician Research and More: Using the JRI-Poland Database
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Halpern
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311
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The Search for Roots of Askenazi Jews Outside the Pale of Settlement : The Caucasus Area
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Khatskevitch
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319
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A Researcher's Guide: Basic Hebrew for the Family Researcher
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Lerer Cohen
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3:15 PM - 4:30 PM
|
1008
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Meeting - Danzig SIG
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1031
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Meeting - Suchostaw Region Research Group (SRRG)
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195
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Using a Research Outline to Focus Your Genealogical Research
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Palgon
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211
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Creating A Successful Genealogical Web Site, Part II - Writing, Software and Uploading your site (computer lab)
|
Christiansen
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234
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Books of Residents and Other Lesser-Known Polish Sources
|
Bussgang
Bussgang
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248
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Sephardic DNA Study: Les Fleurs de l'Orient.
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Farhi
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270
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How to Identify Early Female Lineages Without Knowing Surnames
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Rhode
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310
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Genealogical Information in Memorial Books from Germany and Austria
|
Neubauer
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398
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Lucille Gudis Memorial Lecture: Jewish Transmigration Through Britain, 1836-1924
|
Evans
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411
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1920s Polish Government Belarussian Files in the Vilnius Archives
|
Botyrius
|
4:45 PM - 6:00 PM
|
103
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“Meet the ‘Cesters”—Making Friends and Researching Family in Three Small German Towns: Ernsbach, Nagelsberg and Furfeld
|
Bauer
|
1034
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Meeting - Yiddish Theater and Vaudeville Research Group
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143
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The Morgenthau Mission to Poland to Investigate the 1919 Pogroms: A Genealogical Resource
|
Baston
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240
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PC Lab: South African Resources on the Internet (computer lab)
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Ogus
Issroff
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247
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How Do Jewish People Use Genetic Information?
|
Ostrer
Harmon
Zajac Kleinhandler
|
302
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Landsmanshaftn: East European Jewish Hometown Societies in the New World
|
Soyer
|
378
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Tabula Registers: An Untapped Genealogical Resource in the Lviv Archives
|
Dunai
|
384
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Introduction to Probate Research
|
Braverman
|
422
|
Searchable Databases at the Italian Genealogical Group Website
|
Martino
|
7:30 PM - 8:45 PM
|
330
|
*CANCELLED*
Untapped Polish Resources- Session withdrawn by speaker
|
Przybyszewska Drozd
|
7:30 PM - 10:15 PM
|
372
|
Visual Storytelling: The Genealogical Documentary
|
Weisberger
Douglas
Steinman
Gluck
Heyman
Rock
Daum
Zilberman
Naves
|
9:00 PM - 10:15 PM
|
329
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*CANCELLED*
The Ones That Got Away: Polish Jews Who Left the Fold-Session withdrawn by speaker
|
Reisner
|
|
Thursday, August 17
|
7:00 AM - 7:45 AM
|
5001
|
Daily Minyan
|
|
7:30 AM - 12:00 PM
|
5005
|
Conference Registration
|
|
8:00 AM - 9:15 AM
|
109
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Kesher Israel: A Philadelphia Landmark
|
Boonin
|
150
|
Deep Linking and Deeper Linking: How to Get the Most Out of Existing Search Applications
|
Morse
|
175
|
Cyberspace Memorials for Ancestral Towns: Creating a Shtetl Page
|
Leistner Bloch
Ellman
|
306
|
Galician Research Online: Hints, Shortcuts, Techniques (computer lab)
|
Weisberger
|
377
|
Sephardim in the Baltic Areas: Fact or Fiction
|
Lerer Cohen
|
412
|
The Sephardic Lower East Side of New York City
|
Alfassa
|
432
|
Picturing the Past: Photographic Evidence of New York's Populace
|
Lorenzini
|
445
|
Medical and Genetic Family History: The Role of the Jewish Genealogist
|
Diamond
|
8:00 AM - 9:30 AM
|
8023
|
L'Chayim, Comrade Stalin (film)
|
|
8:00 AM - 12:00 PM
|
|
IAJGS Board Meeting
|
|
8:00 AM - 1:00 PM
|
|
Cemetery Visit - Mt Zion- Maspeth (Th)
|
|
9:00 AM - 3:00 PM
|
5003
|
Vendor Room
|
|
9:00 AM - 4:00 PM
|
5002
|
Hospitality Room
|
|
5006
|
Computer/Resource Room
|
|
5007
|
Internet Cafe
|
|
9:30 AM - 10:30 AM
|
8022
|
Kupishok: Unto Each Name a Person (film)
|
|
9:30 AM - 10:45 AM
|
1017
|
Meeting - Kremenets Shtetl CO-OP/JRI Poland
|
|
1027
|
Meeting - Rzeszow Research Group
|
|
190
|
Research Repositories for Jewish Genealogy in the Washington, D.C. Area
|
Kranz
|
288
|
Jewish Genealogy Resources at Beth Hatefutsoth: New Developments
|
Ghiuzeli
|
335
|
Slovak Jewish Research
|
Auslander
|
370
|
Recreating Ariogala, a Lithuanian Shtetl
|
Hoffman
Hoffman
Biederman
|
407
|
Organize Your Research on One Page -- and Other Computer Shortcuts (computer lab)
|
Kramer
|
431
|
Lost and Found: Family Research at the NYC Municipal Archives
|
Gidlund
Lorenzini
|
434
|
A New Tool for Tracking Holocaust Survivors
|
Smith
Connelly
|
447
|
Genetics Panel: Using DNA to Enrich Our Research and Our Health
|
Sitron
Diamond
Behar
Feinberg
Huebscher
Issroff
|
10:00 AM - 2:00 PM
|
6002
|
*SOLD OUT*
Sephardic Lower East Side (walking tour)
|
Alfassa
|
10:30 AM - 11:30 AM
|
8024
|
Voices of the Children (film)
|
|
11:00 AM - 12:15 PM
|
1016
|
Meeting - Kolbuszowa Region Research Group (KRRG)
|
|
1025
|
Meeting - Rokiskis SIG
|
|
1037
|
Meeting - Lida District BOF
|
|
178
|
Introduction to Microsoft PowerPoint (computer lab)
|
Arons
|
192
|
The Old and the New: Using the Prague Archives, Jewish History and DNA to Establish Family Routes
|
Woodle
|
207
|
Name Changes During the British Mandate
|
Stroweis
|
221
|
Resources for Jewish Genealogy in Chicagoland
|
Karsen
|
267
|
Debunking Rabbinic Genealogical Myths
|
Rosenstein
|
285
|
Photography for the Family Historian
|
Underhill
|
426
|
Online and in Print: Genealogy in the Dorot Jewish Division of the New York Public Library
|
Belinfante
|
437
|
Bring Your Ancestors to Life! Go Where They Walked
|
Sylvan
Kovacs
Hirsch
|
11:30 AM - 12:30 PM
|
8020
|
Luboml: My Heart Remembers (film)
|
Douglas
Steinman
|
12:30 PM - 2:30 PM
|
8021
|
Into the Arms of Strangers: Stories of the Kindertransport (film)
|
|
1:15 PM - 2:30 PM
|
1014
|
Meeting - Hungarian SIG
|
|
104
|
Using the Internet to Research Sources in Israel
|
Levinson Lev-Zion
|
145
|
China: Unusual Resources for Family Research
|
Nash
|
173
|
Court Records: A Genealogy Resource
|
Freilich
|
179
|
PowerPoint for Genealogists (computer lab)
|
Arons
|
272
|
The Saul Wahl Saga - A Polish Jewish King? With an Overview of His Rabbinic Progeny
|
Rosenstein
|
300
|
Keeping the Memory: Many Sources for Jewish Death Information
|
Paulin, CG
|
397
|
Ancestral Shtetl Remembrance: How to Organize a Shtetl Project
|
Rabinowitz
|
435
|
Yizkor Books: Two Complementary Projects
|
Field
Jones
|
2:30 PM - 4:00 PM
|
8011
|
My Grandfather's House: The Journey Home (film)
|
Douglas
Steinman
|
2:45 PM - 4:00 PM
|
1004
|
Meeting - BIALYGen SIG
|
|
1018
|
Meeting - Kupiskis SIG
|
|
115
|
The Wandering Jew: A 1000-Year Journey From France to Italy to Eastern Europe to North America and Israel
|
Bar-Zev
|
138
|
The Jewish Legacy in the Catskills
|
Brown
|
152
|
Genealogical Resources for Tracing Jews with Tuberculosis
|
Kowitt
|
220
|
Write Your Family History NOW!
|
Karsen
|
263
|
Chislavichi Rabbis
|
Gurevich
|
304
|
SLC 2007: Maximizing your Experience
|
Brenner
Bookbinder
|
314
|
Genealogy of the Jewish People: Lost and Dispersed Jewish Communities
|
Duker
|
383
|
Hungarian Research on the Web (computer lab)
|
Kahn
|
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM
|
8004
|
Genealogy Anyone? 25 Years in the Life of the JGSLA (film)
|
Weisberger
|
5:00 PM - 6:30 PM
|
8009
|
Watermarks (film)
|
Zilberman
|
6:30 PM - 8:00 PM
|
8005
|
Hiding and Seeking: Faith & Tolerance After the Holocaust (film)
|
|
7:00 PM - 8:00 PM
|
7001
|
Banquet Reception and Smorgasbord
|
Freedman
|
8:00 PM - 10:00 PM
|
7002
|
Banquet
|
|
8006
|
The Attic: the Hiding of Anne Frank (film)
|
|
|
Friday, August 18
|
7:00 AM - 7:45 AM
|
5001
|
Daily Minyan
|
|
7:30 AM - 12:00 PM
|
5005
|
Conference Registration
|
|
8:00 AM - 9:15 AM
|
196
|
Using Internet Resources to Find Living Descendants
|
Palgon
|
206
|
Another Source for World War II-Era Genealogy: The National Catholic Welfare Conference Bureau of Immigration New York Port Office Records
|
Brown
|
209
|
Hidden Treasures in the Libraries of Budapest
|
Koltai
|
244
|
Linguistics for Jewish Genealogists: How Spelling and Grammar Affect Your Genealogical Research.
|
Schlyter
|
258
|
Greek Jews and the Holocaust
|
Recanati
|
293
|
Jewish New York: Historical Cues, Genealogical Clues
|
Wolfman
|
331
|
Suddenly Jewish
|
Youngren
|
8:00 AM - 2:00 PM
|
|
*CANCELLED*
Cemetery Visit - Ridgewood/Glendale- Ridgewood (F)
|
|
9:00 AM - 12:00 PM
|
408
|
The Jewish Chochka and Ephemera Road Show
|
Guber
|
9:00 AM - 1:00 PM
|
6001
|
Conservation Workshop
|
Bergman
|
9:30 AM - 10:45 AM
|
154
|
Organizit: Reducing Your Research Clutter
|
Miller
|
269
|
Genealogy of a Tenement: Online Resources for New York City Building Histories
|
Robins
|
353
|
Jews in the News: Historical Newspaper Research
|
Weisberger
|
357
|
Gazetteers and Research in the Kingdom of Hungary
|
Auslander
|
454
|
Genealogy Software - What's Right For Me?
|
Kleiman
|
11:00 AM - 12:15 PM
|
107
|
Finding Jewish Roots in Scotland
|
Kaplan
|
110
|
Researching Jewish Criminals, Especially in New York
|
Arons
|
174
|
Benefits of Internet Exposure
|
Modiano
|
363
|
From Start to Finish: Publishing Your Family History
|
Adelson
|
380
|
Transcarpathian/Hungarian Research and Travel: Archives, Villages and Cemeteries
|
Dunai
|
394
|
Holocaust Tracing, Family Searches, and Wartime Documentation Free Through the Red Cross
|
Klein
|