The next meeting for UJGS will be February 15, 6:30pm, online.
We will feature Brian Schellenberg presenting: Introduction to German Paleography.
Registration is, as usual, required. Visit GoToWebinar to sign up.
See you there.
Call to Meeting – January 18
We have been delighted with the attendance at our virtual meetings in 2020 and expect to continue this year. In fact, we have made tentative plans for speakers at our first few meetings of 2021.
That said, we are very interested in your ideas for future speakers and/or topics.
- What subjects would you like to learn more about?
- Are there any specific speakers or organizations that you would like to hear from?
- Do you have any other suggestions for the society?
We assume that most of you receive these notices by email, so feel free to just hit the reply button and let us know.
Now, for new business. We apologize for the short notice, but we’re having an early meeting this year.
On Monday, January 18 at 6:30pm, we will be meeting by webinar for a presentation from Janette Silverman, Lost in the Shoah: the Rescuing Power of Genealogy.
Registration is required so please sign up.
We’d also like to remind you that dues for 2021 is due. You can pay online at Square. You may also mail a check to the UJGS Treasurer, 5173 Pieper Blvd, Salt Lake City, UT 84118. Dues is $10 per person or $15 for a couple. If you’re a new member, please visit our web site and fill in an application so we know who you are.
Hope to see you at our meetings.
Call to Meeting – November 16
Our next meeting of UJGS is on Monday. Sorry for the late notice.
Our speaker is Chad Schaeffer of the United Jewish Federation of Utah and he’ll be speaking about the Utah Jewish community.
As usual, this meeting will be held virtually and attendees will need to register online.
This is our last scheduled meeting of the year. We’ll let you know when next year’s schedule has been set up.
See you Monday.
Call to Meeting – October 19
Our next meeting will be October 19th at 6:30pm, virtually.
Our speaker is Brooke Schreier Ganz and she’ll be presenting Reclaim the Records: Using Freedom of Information Laws for Genealogy.
Brooke Ganz is a genealogist, computer programmer, and open-data activist. She is the founder and president of Reclaim the Records, a non-profit organization making archival records more accessible to the public.
Call to Meeting – September 21
It’s almost time for our next virtual meeting, September 21st at 6:30pm.
There are a lot of changes being made to FamilySearch, especially the research wiki. Todd Knowles, the Deputy Chief Genealogical Officer of FamilySearch, will present What’s New at FamilySearch.
As always, registration is required. Also note that we don’t expect to take up two hours as the registration page says, probably closer to one, but we over-book the webinar time just in case.
See you there!
RootsTech 2021 Is Virtual
FamilySearch recently announced that RootsTech 2021 will be all virtual — and all free.
Dates have been moved to February 25-27 (which coincides with Purim).
You can read more about their plans in a blog post about the virtual experience.
You can register for the free conference to receive any updates direct to your email, and then attend when the time comes.
While you’re on the site, you can check out the video archive to watch sessions from past years that you may have missed or forgotten.
Utah State Historical Society Conference
The Utah State Historical Society is holding its annual conference virtually in September.
The conference is free and open to the public. Each week, they have scheduled a few pre-recorded sessions and one or two livestreamed sessions, culminating in the keynote on September 25th.
The theme is Rights & Responsibilities. With sessions about Utah history, women’s rights and suffrage, and archaeology, the most genealogical topic will be the week of September 14-20, a session called The Right Record: Rights and Responsibilities in Utah Government Records.
Visit the USHS Conference web site to see the full program and to register.
Call to Meeting – August 17
For our August meeting, we will have Emily Garber as our speaker. Her topic: Learning Our Craft: Online Opportunities for Improving Our Research Skills.
To do quality research, never stop learning. Webcasts, webinars, online courses, blogs, podcasts, FaceBook, YouTube, discussion groups, wikis – these are a few of the plethora of opportunities for genealogy enthusiasts to hone their skills.
Since there are many different learning styles, this talk focuses on types of online opportunities (their strengths and weaknesses) and where to find them. Topics also include developing a personalized learning plan and fitting learning into our busy lives.
Of course, we will have this presentation by webinar, which requires registration. Some of you register minutes before we begin, and that’s OK too. Visit the registration link to sign up. As always, we block two hours for the webinar but usually only take about one hour of time.
See you there.
IAJGS Virtual Conference 2020
Sorry that we didn’t send this notice out sooner, but IAJGS is doing its conference virtually this year and it’s this week.
This year, there are some live lectures and there’s an on demand library. So even if you sign up late, all the live lectures ought to be available on demand at some time after they have concluded.
But there’s a bonus free part of the conference. SIG and BOF meetings are free, as well as the JewishGen annual presentation and the IAJGS annual meeting. The SIG and BOF schedule is online here.
What are SIGs and BOFs? Special Interest Groups and Birds of a Feather. This is how we divide ourselves by the regions our families came from. Most Jewish American researchers will find themselves in multiple groups. These groups work to obtain and index records mostly, but may also help with coordinating research trips, recommending local researchers, or more, focusing on just their area of the world. SIGs are bigger geographical areas and BOFs often fit into specific SIGs, but work in smaller areas.
Visit iajgs2020.org to sign up. You will need to register for the free sessions, or you could pay for the full conference. Again, you’ve missed the first day already, but there are three more days to go. The SIG meetings are being recorded, so they may be available on demand at some point too.
Call to Virtual Meeting – 20 July
We’re sorry that last month’s meeting planning slipped through the cracks, but we’re still here and having a meeting on Monday, July 20 at 6:30pm.
Our speaker will be Brian Podoll and his presentation is “Other German Record Sources, Beyond the Vitals”.
We use GoToWebinar. All attendees will need to register online before the event. The webinar will show two hours’ length, but we’re generally finished around one.
See you there.