Kathy Kirkpatrick will speak on “Displaced Persons during WWII, 1939-1969”. Zoom link will be available shortly.
We have been unable to locate a speaker attending RootsTech for another presentation at that time. It appears that many are choosing the Virtual option for their RootsTech presentation.
We will hold a board meeting during our regularly scheduled meeting on 18 March to discuss upcoming projects and programs.
Looking forward to seeing and hearing from you all at these meetings!
Janette Silverman will talk about Illegitimate births in Galicia. She explains the reasons for this common situation and research strategies. The Zoom link is: https://ancestry.zoom.us/j/92539775994?pwd=XcviXe8Di7V6kmnSZWHEFGQxHxlRaM.1
We look forward to seeing and visiting with you!
We are holding a Roundtable, so bring your successes, or your frustrations, to share with us. We love to assist folks with our knowledge of sources, both basic and off-the-wall. And we love to share our success stories, especially those hard won!
The Zoom link is:
https://ancestry.zoom.us/j/97781366453?pwd=vpXU8WpU02OzdOHzaG1WYM2kdmbJJ6.1
Join us as Curt Witcher speaks on “Making the Genealogy Center in Fort Wayne, IN Your Research Assistant, With an Emphasis on Jewish Family History Research”. The presentation will cover how to explore the expansive holdings and datafiles of the Genealogy Center, to plan a research trip to Fort Wayne, to prepare for attending the 2025 IAJGS Conference, and to use the Genealogy Center remotely. Zoom link is https://ancestry.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJYrceisqT8rHNdN-2bBeOnEGUVh_6vepjVL
After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.
Curt Witcher will speak to us on:
Making the Genealogy Center in Fort Wayne, IN Your Research Assistant, With an Emphasis on Jewish Family History Research
Description: The presentation will cover how to explore the expansive holdings and datafiles of the Genealogy Center to plan a research trip to Fort Wayne, to prepare for attending the 2025 IAJGS Conference, and to use the Genealogy Center remotely.
Curt Witcher is the Director of Special Collections at the Allen County Public Library, managing the widely acclaimed Genealogy Center as well as the Rolland Center for Lincoln Research. He is a former president of both the Federation of Genealogical Societies and the National Genealogical Society, and the founding president of the Indiana Genealogical Society. Curt currently serves on the Indiana State Historical Records Advisory Board, the Indiana Historical Society’s publications committee, and the executive committee of the Friends of the Lincoln Collection of Indiana’s Board of Directors. He also serves on the Northeast Indiana Jewish Genealogy Society board of directors as well as an advisor for the African American Genealogical Society of Fort Wayne. He has numerous accolades, but I’m keeping this post short.
Zoom meeting at 6:30. Open Board Meeting, please bring your input!!
Building relationships with local community
1. Work one-on-one helping individual families, word of mouth
2. One session on one person’s family, family by family
3. Develop relationship with synagogues, Josh joined Kol Ami
4. Attend local Jewish events to develop relationships, is there a calendar? Perhaps at Federation?
5. Advertise ourselves through Federation
6. Schedule meeting groups over dinner to develop relationships
Tours, perhaps leading to books, or post on website? See audio tour of Ely murals at ElyNevada.net. We need to remember our non-profit status.
7. Edit And schedule walking tour based on Google map of locations prepared for SLC conference
8. Walking tour around historic SLC Jewish families’ homes, synagogues, businesses, and burials. Other locations in Utah?
9. Banai talked to Rochelle Kaplan for cooperation on tours and/or books based on tours?
10. Kol Ami walking tour, including former Synagogue now architectural firm.
Programs
11. Present Lou Dornbush’s interview of Shoah Foundation at JCC or Kol Ami. Gary has it with permission.
12. Present brief beginners classes before breakout workshops on topics like interviewing relatives. Perhaps at Kol Ami or Federation with Zoom. Perhaps during Yom Kippur or around High Holy Days, Thanksgiving, or Hanukkah, when they think of Family? Or Tu BiShvat for trees? Follow up with research in small groups or one family at a time.
13. Discuss “A Homeland in the West ” with memories of local families. We can then assist with extending or connecting them.
Projects
14. Propose autosomal DNA project of Utah Jewish communities seeking connections. Community sharing project. Include short program to explain results using those who have tested. Follow up meetings for groups or families. Y-DNA when available.
15. Migration chart showing Jewish families who passed through here and/or are buried here. Include where they came from and where they went. Perhaps posted on our website. Some of this has been researched for our own families and in local histories.
https://ancestry.zoom.us/j/94982736912?pwd=q3fpK3YzSPXoXUgjOdjKvv91XMRpXK.1
September 17 – Elizabeth Foote will speak on the Rothschilds of Voehl and her visit there this summer to celebrate her family. The meeting will be held at the FamilySearch Library as well as through this Zoom link at https://ancestry.zoom.us/j/98373164194?pwd=1VSlByfonsp9Uijce1p3ACiV4bDKr6.1