This is your last minute reminder that we have a meeting tomorrow, September 16th, at the usual place and time, FHL at 6:30pm.
This month, we hear from our own Kathy Kirkpatrick about Jewish Military Burials in Europe and the US.
And don’t forget to bring any genealogy conundrums if you’d like some assistance with your research.
See you then!
It’s almost time for our last meeting of the year — the Hebrew year, that is.
Our next meeting is in two weeks, on September 16th, at 6:30pm in a main floor classroom of the Family History Library.
Come hear Kathy Kirkpatrick teach us about Jewish Military Burials in Europe and the US.
We will not have a meeting in October due to the High Holidays, so come and get your fix for Jewish genealogy this month. (We will have a meeting in November.)
As always, you are welcome to bring your own genealogy problem if you need assistance with your research. We’re happy to help.
See you there.
UJGS is sad to report we’ve just learned about the death of Robert Neu on 16 March 2019.
Robert was the founder of our society in 2002, serving as president from that time until he left for an LDS mission in 2007. Upon his return in 2008, he remained an active member until about 2012. He continued to attend sporadically until his last meeting in 2015. He moved to Minnesota soon after.
Robert contributed regularly to Atsmi Uvsari, our newsletter (2003-2010), including as the editor for about a year. His book reviews can be found in many of the old issues, along with other stories.
In 2005 (Issue 10, page 7), Robert gave the following still-relevant advice to our members:
“Don’t give up. Get to know ALL the records from the area you are researching. Help others as you gain knowledge.”
Robert was buried at Fair View Cemetery in Middletown, New Jersey, where he has other family members. He was 78 years old. His obituary can be read online.
UJGS sends its condolences to his many family members and friends.
It’s time for another JGS meeting. We are still meeting on the third Monday of the month, August 19th, in a main floor classroom of the Family History Library at 6:30pm.
This month, we will hear from Banai Feldstein about Lesser Known Online Resources, a presentation she gave at the IAJGS conference last month in Cleveland.
Come learn about many resources, most free, and how to find more to help with your own research.
As always, if you need any help — translations or brick walls — bring them along and we’ll do our best to move you along in your research.
See you there.
This is your monthly reminder that it’s time for a Utah JGS meeting. Again, we will be meeting on the third Monday, July 15th, 6:30pm, at the Family History Library in a classroom on the main floor.
We have two possible presentations, depending on if one will be ready in time for the meeting. Both presentations are about available genealogy resources, each from different sources. We’ll try to send out a reminder when we know which one we’re going with.
As always, if you have any research problems you want help with, bring them with you and we’ll try to help.
See you next week.
Just a reminder that the next UJGS meeting is tomorrow evening at 6:30pm at the the JCC (Jewish Community Center) at 2 North Medical Drive. Use their parking lot then go in the main entrance and signs or people will guide you to where we are.
The topic will be An Introduction to Jewish Genealogy.
If you have any friends or family who are interested in genealogy research, bring them along so they can learn.
As always, if anyone has a research problem, bring that along as well and we’ll see what we can do to help you with it.
See you there.
That’s right, friends, our next meeting will be on Monday. And we’ll be at the Jewish Community Center (JCC) at 2 North Medical Drive. We’re keeping our usual start time of 6:30pm.
The topic will be An Introduction to Jewish Genealogy.
We’re trying to attract new people, so if you have any friends who are interested in Jewish genealogy, bring them along because this will be a good presentation for them to get started with.
But a refresher can be good for anyone as you may be reminded of things you once learned but forgot or just don’t think about anymore.
As always, we’re happy to brainstorm any research problems you are having, so bring your questions to the meeting and we’ll see what we can do to help you along.
It’s time for another Utah JGS meeting.
As usual, it will be on Tuesday night, May 21st, at 6:30pm in one of the main floor classrooms along the back wall of the Family History Library.
This month, we’ll be learning from our own Josh Perlman and Banai Feldstein as they teach us about Jewish Gravestones: What To Look For And How To Understand Them.
Need help with some gravestones? Bring along your pictures. We always have some time after the meeting to help out our members with their genealogy research, and this month would be appropriate to help with gravestones. Or if you have some other brick wall in your research, we’ll be happy to help you try to bust through it. Just bring whatever details you already have and we’ll give it a go.
See you there!
Sorry folks, we were thinking of the wrong floor. The B1 computer lab is the other direction. The books are down the right side wall where the previous message told you to go.
The computer lab is the other way, past the copy center and in the back where the microfilm readers are, the southeast corner of the building.
For those of you who see this message in time, we have been bumped out of our usual meeting room down to the B1 level computer lab. The B1 computer lab is located to the right, after the restrooms.
See you there.