On 16 January 2023 at 7 pm (Mountain Time), our own Todd Knowles will speak to us on Jews of the Caribbean.
W. Todd Knowles is a deputy chief genealogical officer at FamilySearch, where he has worked for 22 years. His own journey in family history began by searching for his great-grandfather, a Polish Jew. From those early beginnings, the Knowles Collection was created. This collection now houses the genealogical records of 1.5 million Jews.
Zoom link to follow.
Here’s the registration link for the upcoming meeting https://ancestry.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJ0vdu6qpjgpHtNf7y7HqTgYuLiqD27vcYTn
Anna Fechter, who is in charge of Ancestry’s World Archives Project, has agreed to speak at our October meeting. The project is in conjunction with the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum (USHMM), seeking volunteers to index their records.
https://ancestry.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJ0kcOqgqTkuHdWzAxqGNGKj1r41vWRSpq5v
https://ancestry.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJIodeuvrjotEtV0P23P9LPGhTb1bfg5aE-u
Date: 15 Aug 2022Time: 7:00 pm MST
Speaker: Janette Silverman
Topic: Illegitimacy in the Jewish Communities of Galicia
The many punitive and restrictive laws in the Austrian Empire resulted in choices made by the Jewish community to circumvent these. Originally instituted to curtail the size of the Jewish community and create boundaries, the communities themselves changed and found ways to work around the laws. Many birth, marriage and death records in the Jewish community use terms like “illegitimate” and “ritual marriage”. Sometimes our ancestors had multiple surnames, or even hyphenated surnames this session will discuss these and the insight we can gain about the lives of our ancestors
https://ancestry.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJIodeuvrjotEtV0P23P9LPGhTb1bfg5aE-u
Date: 15 Aug 2022Time: 7:00 pm MST
Speaker: Janette Silverman
Topic: Illegitimacy in the Jewish Communities of Galicia
The many punitive and restrictive laws in the Austrian Empire resulted in choices made by the Jewish community to circumvent these. Originally instituted to curtail the size of the Jewish community and create boundaries, the communities themselves changed and found ways to work around the laws. Many birth, marriage and death records in the Jewish community use terms like “illegitimate” and “ritual marriage”. Sometimes our ancestors had multiple surnames, or even hyphenated surnames this session will discuss these and the insight we can gain about the lives of our ancestors
The link to register for our July 18 meeting via Zoom:
https://ancestry.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJYof-CpqjguHdfuym1e36JPEOk9jUhdAK7T
Please give yourself time before the meeting begins to complete the registration. Our meeting starts at 7pm, as usual. See you tonight.
Our next meeting will be a Round-Table discussion. We would like each of you to talk about a great research experience, travel adventure in pursuit of family or research, family reunion or DNA connections, something we can all enjoy!
Also, please remember to keep your membership active (or start it).
We still need chairs for membership and activities committees, and members in all committees. Please participate!
It’s been suggested that we rotate the program responsibility for each month to different members of the group (or interested parties). You can present the program yourself or work with us to locate a speaker on a topic of your choice of benefit to all (or most). Our next scheduled presentation is in March 2023, so there are lots of opportunities!
Title: Deep Genetic Genealogy: A Survey For Researchers of All Levels
Speaker: Guest Speaker: Adam Cherson, Author of “Historicity of the Tribe of Levi: A Genetic Perspective” (in print)
Part 1: Cultural Genography
Part 2: Rabbinical yDNA Lineages
Part 3: Levi-Cohen Tribal Tree
Part 4: Q & A
Description: In this first-ever presentation Adam will give an overview with illustrations of various unique approaches to genealogical research, including everything one needs to know to get started.
Monday May 23, 7pm Mountain/ 9pm Eastern/ 8pm Central/ 6pm Pacific/ 3am (May 24) UTC/GMT
You are invited to a Zoom meeting.
When: May 23, 2022 07:00 PM Mountain Time (US and Canada)
Register in advance for this meeting:
https://ancestry.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJUoceCspz4uE9ECi34vlYCCBDtBXJ56_GLm After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.
Adam Cherson will be speaking about three of his projects: Cultural Genography, Rabbinical Lineages Index, Levi-Cohen Tribal Tree. The topics all involve Y-DNA analysis, but it’s tailored to be of interest to DNA novices as well. I believe it will be a bit of a promotion for fee-for-service offerings, but the subjects are incredibly interesting.
Many thanks to Josh and to Bill Elkus for making this possible.
You are invited to a Zoom meeting.
When: May 23, 2022 07:00 PM Mountain Time (US and Canada)
Register in advance for this meeting:
https://ancestry.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJUoceCspz4uE9ECi34vlYCCBDtBXJ56_GLm After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.
https://ancestry.zoom.us/j/98993858307?pwd=TzhwUklLcWdIdEIzUE1CdjluVE5iZz09
April 26 – This is a Tuesday! Rabbi Samuel Spector of Congregation Kol Ami has agreed to meet with us there (2425 East Heritage Way, Salt Lake City) for a combination in-person (masked and vaccinated) and Zoom meeting. He will talk about the history of Kol Ami, the state of the Utah Jewish Community, and the significance of family history/traditions in Judaism.