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Welcome to the schedule for the 26th IAJGS International Conference on Jewish Genealogy. We are proud to present such a high caliber of lectures, meetings, events and tours. For more information about them click on their titles.

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 Sunday, August 13
8:00 AM - 12:00 PM 
   IAJGS Board Meeting  
8:00 AM - 1:00 PM 
   Cemetery Visit - Beth David- Elmont (S)  
   Cemetery Visit - Mt Hebron- Flushing (S)  
   Cemetery Visit - Mt Zion- Maspeth (S)  
   *CANCELLED* Cemetery Visit - Old Montefiore- Saint Albans (S)  
   Cemetery Visit - Ridgewood/Glendale- Ridgewood (S)  
8:00 AM - 2:15 PM 
   *SOLD OUT* Jewish Ellis Island- Sunday  
9:00 AM - 3:00 PM 
   *SOLD OUT* Tenement Museum and Eldridge Street Synagogue- Sunday  
9:00 AM - 5:00 PM 
5005    Conference Registration  
9:30 AM - 10:45 AM 
1015    Meeting - JRI-Poland Volunteers  
10:00 AM - 12:00 PM 
200    Using JewishGen's Databases and Search Capabilities (computer lab) Altman 
10:00 AM - 4:00 PM 
5002    Hospitality Room  
12:00 PM - 1:15 PM 
3005    *SOLD OUT* Luncheon - JRI- Poland  
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM 
8001    Bernie (film)  
12:00 PM - 2:00 PM 
325    Genealogy on the Internet (computer lab) Friedman 
12:00 PM - 5:00 PM 
5003    Vendor Room  
12:30 PM - 3:30 PM 
156    Beginner's Workshop Miller 
1:00 PM - 4:00 PM 
5004    Repository Fair  
1:00 PM - 4:30 PM 
S    Jewish Lower East Side Walking Tour- Sunday teststeve 
1:00 PM - 5:00 PM 
5006    Computer/Resource Room  
5007    Internet Cafe  
1:15 PM - 2:30 PM 
1005    Meeting - Borislav-Drogobych Research Group  
106    Cataloging a Cemetery or Burial Society for the JewishGen Online Worldwide Burial Registry (JOWBR) Green 
420    American Sephardi Federation Collection Belinfante 
446    Exciting New Genealogy Technologies: Face Recognition and Super Search Japhet 
1:30 PM - 3:00 PM 
8002    The Last Days (film)  
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM 
252    Introduction to the Internet: How to Effectively Browse the Web (computer lab) Bakker 
2:00 PM - 4:30 PM 
287    IAJGS Management Sub-Seminar Kowitt 
Lee 
2:45 PM - 4:00 PM 
1002    Meeting - Belarus SIG  
1007    Meeting - Czestochowa-Radomsko Area Research Group  
278    First Palestinian Refugees, First Jewish Soldiers: The Egyptian Haven Fedida 
286    Family Web Sites for Research and Collaboration Underhill 
395    Using Geographic Information Systems to Map Jewish Roots: Tools and Opportunities to Enhance Genealogical Research Amstislavski 
3:00 PM - 4:00 PM 
8003    Dancing with my Father (film)  
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM 
8004    Genealogy Anyone? 25 Years in the Life of the JGSLA (film) Weisberger 
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM 
200    Using JewishGen's Databases and Search Capabilities (computer lab) Altman 
4:30 PM - 5:00 PM 
   IAJGS Board Meet and Greet  
5:00 PM - 6:30 PM 
8005    Hiding and Seeking: Faith & Tolerance After the Holocaust (film)  
7:00 PM - 8:30 PM 
406a    Opening Session  
8:30 PM - 10:30 PM 
406b    Opening Reception  
8:45 PM - 10:15 PM 
8006    The Attic: the Hiding of Anne Frank (film)  
 
 Monday, August 14
7:00 AM - 7:45 AM 
5001    Daily Minyan  
7:30 AM - 12:00 PM 
5005    Conference Registration  
8:00 AM - 9:15 AM 
1006    Meeting - Courland Research Group  
102    The Center for Jewish History: Resources for Genealogy Friedman 
1038    Meeting - Godfrey Scholars BOF  
147    One-Step Webpages: A Potpourri of Genealogical Search Tools Morse 
162    Conservation and Multimedia Presentation of Family Histories Bergman 
292    Jewish Records Indexing – Poland: What's New Diamond 
326    Welcome to American Bureaucracy: More from the HIAS and INS Archives Bazarov 
Smith 
376    Murderous Medicine: How to Trace Some Victims of the Holocaust Baumslag 
401    Change in Records Through the Use of Technology Hill 
451    Introduction to Ancestry.com (computer lab) Adams 
8:00 AM - 9:30 AM 
8012    Image Before My Eyes (film)  
8:00 AM - 1:00 PM 
   Cemetery Visit - Beth David- Elmont (M)  
8:00 AM - 2:15 PM 
   *SOLD OUT* Jewish Ellis Island- Monday  
9:00 AM - 10:30 AM 
   Spouse/Companion Get Together  
9:00 AM - 4:00 PM 
5002    Hospitality Room  
9:00 AM - 5:00 PM 
5003    Vendor Room  
9:00 AM - 5:30 PM 
   Ancestor's Roadshow  
9:00 AM - 6:00 PM 
5006    Computer/Resource Room  
5007    Internet Cafe  
9:30 AM - 10:45 AM 
1011    Meeting - GerSIG  
1030    Meeting - Southern Africa SIG  
1035    Meeting - Newsletter Editors, Journal Editors, and Webmasters BOF  
132    Looking for the Only Unaccompanied Children Rescued from the Holocaust by America: Who They Are and How We Found Them Posner 
147    One-Step Webpages: A Potpourri of Genealogical Search Tools Morse 
243    Making the Most of Your Polish Research - A Tour of the JRI-Poland Website Halpern 
Baston 
386    Genealogical Research at the New York Public Library Carr 
393    Whence Castle Garden Records? Smith 
396    Genealogical Resources at the National Archives Shader 
436    Lifelong Learning: Teaching Genealogy to Adults Miller 
Altman 
Dardashti 
452    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    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    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    “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    Family History Research in State Courts in NYC's County Clerk's Offices Abrams 
453    Searching Ancestry.com (computer lab) Adams 
12:30 PM - 1:30 PM 
1032    Meeting - Suwalki-Lomza BOF  
12:30 PM - 1:45 PM 
3002    *SOLD OUT* Luncheon - German SIG  
3003    *SOLD OUT* Luncheon - Gesher Galicia  
3006    *SOLD OUT* Luncheon - Latvia SIG  
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    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    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    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    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    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 
8018    In Vienna They Put You in Jail: The Max Birnbach Story (film)  
11:00 AM - 12:15 PM 
133    The Internet Beyond JewishGen and Steve Morse's Website Arons 
181    Using Excel to Mine Your Data (computer lab) Miller 
225    Theresienstadt: The Town Hitler Gave to the Jews Wellisch 
259    How To Find 19th-Century Polish-Language Records and Unlock Their Secrets Frazin 
299    Family Facts Galore: The Soundex Censuses, 1880-1930 Paulin, CG 
344    Records of Eastern European Jews in the Archives of Central Asia Kurbanov 
Kurbanov 
405    The Last Chance in Lithuanian Archives Botyrius 
430    Our Foremothers: Researching the Common Ancestry of Ashkenazi Jews Behar 
8016    Divan (film) Gluck 
12:30 PM - 1:45 PM 
3001    Luncheon - Belarus SIG  
3008    *SOLD OUT* Luncheon - South Africa SIG  
1:00 PM - 4:30 PM 
W    *SOLD OUT* Jewish Lower East Side Walking Tour- Wednesday  
1:00 PM - 5:00 PM 
   IAJGS Annual Meeting  
1:45 PM - 3:00 PM 
108    Ordinary Exile: The Fate of Austrian Jewish Refugees in Belgium and France, 1938-1945 Wyler 
130    A Genealogical Puzzle: Twenty-one Disparate Families with a Common Ancestor Huebscher 
Issroff 
193    When the Bough Breaks: Reconnecting with Adopted and Orphaned Family Members (computer lab) Weiner 
249    Google and Les Fleurs de l'Orient: Notoriety, Privacy and Identity Theft issues. Farhi 
275    Research in the National Archives in Minsk: Be Warned! Lamdan 
301    Strategies for Galician Research and More: Using the JRI-Poland Database Halpern 
311    The Search for Roots of Askenazi Jews Outside the Pale of Settlement : The Caucasus Area Khatskevitch 
319    A Researcher's Guide: Basic Hebrew for the Family Researcher Lerer Cohen 
3:15 PM - 4:30 PM 
1008    Meeting - Danzig SIG  
1031    Meeting - Suchostaw Region Research Group (SRRG)  
195    Using a Research Outline to Focus Your Genealogical Research Palgon 
211    Creating A Successful Genealogical Web Site, Part II - Writing, Software and Uploading your site (computer lab) Christiansen 
234    Books of Residents and Other Lesser-Known Polish Sources Bussgang 
Bussgang 
248    Sephardic DNA Study: Les Fleurs de l'Orient. Farhi 
270    How to Identify Early Female Lineages Without Knowing Surnames Rhode 
310    Genealogical Information in Memorial Books from Germany and Austria Neubauer 
398    Lucille Gudis Memorial Lecture: Jewish Transmigration Through Britain, 1836-1924 Evans 
411    1920s Polish Government Belarussian Files in the Vilnius Archives Botyrius 
4:45 PM - 6:00 PM 
103    “Meet the ‘Cesters”—Making Friends and Researching Family in Three Small German Towns: Ernsbach, Nagelsberg and Furfeld Bauer 
1034    Meeting - Yiddish Theater and Vaudeville Research Group  
143    The Morgenthau Mission to Poland to Investigate the 1919 Pogroms: A Genealogical Resource Baston 
240    PC Lab: South African Resources on the Internet (computer lab) Ogus 
Issroff 
247    How Do Jewish People Use Genetic Information? Ostrer 
Harmon 
Zajac Kleinhandler 
302    Landsmanshaftn: East European Jewish Hometown Societies in the New World Soyer 
378    Tabula Registers: An Untapped Genealogical Resource in the Lviv Archives Dunai 
384    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    *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    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