Family History Library's New Webpage

 January 29, 2021

FamilySearch Family History Library Launches New Webpage

Read an article about Family History Library's new webpage by clicking this link:

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Jewish Genealogical Society of Long Island - Choosing Genealogy Software - A Comparison, Wednesday, February 10 at 7:00 PM

 

Jewish Genealogical Society of Long Island Wednesday, February 10 at 7:00 PM

Topic: Choosing Genealogy Software -  A Comparison

Speaker - Chuck Weinstein

JGSLI Virtual meeting on Wednesday February 10 at 7:00 PM Eastern #events #education From: Bonnie Birns Date: Sun, 31 Jan 2021 17:27:50 EST Hello all! The Jewish Genealogy Society of Long Island is delighted to invite you to our bonus monthly meeting featuring our guest speaker, Chuck Weinstein, Past President of JGSLI.   JGSLI is extending the invitation to the broader genealogy community. We ask that you register in advance (see below). Please share with your friends! Wednesday, February 10th, 7:00 PM, via Zoom Speaker: Chuck Weinstein Topic: Choosing Genealogy Software – A Comparison There are several major software companies and each has slightly different strengths and weaknesses. This lecture will focus on MyHeritage/Family Tree Builder and Ancestry/Family Tree Maker as well as options for Macintosh. Chuck will build a small family tree, find relevant documents and images, attach these to the tree and build reports and charts. Chuck is a Past President of the JGS of Long Island and a family historian for over 25 years. There are two ways to join our meeting: Register for our Zoom meeting: this will allow you to join in so you can chat with others before and after the meeting (this will be limited to the first 100 people to join)   When: Feb 10, 2021 07:00 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada) Register in advance for this meeting: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZIpcO6rpj8jHNUsbXl97FITdVbC8hnRB7Uv After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting. OR Our meeting will be livestreamed on our YouTube channel. Please visit http://bit.ly/JGSLIYT at the meeting start time and the meeting's video should be listed. No YouTube or other login is required, but if you are signed in you can ask questions in writing via the comment section under the video.   This webinar is free and open to the public.   I look forward to "seeing" you all then!   Bonnie Birns president@jgsli.org President, Jewish Genealogy Society of Long Island Jericho, Long Island, NY researcher #59766

The Jewish Community of Iran - Sunday, February 21 at 10:30 a.m.

 

Dr. Henry Alan Green is a Professor of Religious Studies at the University of Miami and is also the founder and Executive Director of Sephardi Voices.

Dr. Lior Sternfeld is an Assistant Professor of History and Jewish Studies at Penn State University and author of:

Dr. Lina Samimy, a retired Coral Gables physician and artist who was born in Iran.

Just in time for Purim – the celebration originated by the Jews of Persia – comes “The Jewish Community in Iran,” part of the “A Slice of Jewish Life” series presented by Temple Beth Am and the Jewish Genealogical Society of Greater Miami.

The program will take place at 10:30 a.m. Sunday, February 21 on Zoom.

The moderator will be Professor Henry Green of the University of Miami, who is the International Director of Sephardi Voices. He will interview Dr. Lina Samimy, a physician and artist from Coral Gables, about her Iranian heritage. Dr. Samimy was born in Iran and left in the wake of the 1979 revolution there.

The keynote speaker will be Dr. Lior Sternfeld, Assistant Professor of History and Jewish Studies at Penn State University’s College of Liberal Arts. A social historian of the modern Middle East, Sternfeld is the author of the book “Between Iran and Zion: Jewish Histories of Twentiety-Century Iran.” He examines Zionism and constitutionalism against the backdrop of Iranian nationalism, the development and integration of Jewish communities in Iran into the nation-building projects of the last century.

For more information, visit https://www.tbam.org/ or https://sites.google.com/site/jgsmiami10/

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JGSLI Zoom Meeting January 13th, at 7 PM Navigating Alex Krakovsky's Wiki

 Dear JGSLI Members and friends,

 

Hello all! The Jewish Genealogy Society of Long Island is delighted to invite you to our bonus monthly meeting featuring our guest speaker, Gary Pokrassa the Data Acquisition Director of the JewishGen Ukraine Research Division.

 

JGSLI is extending the invitation to the broader genealogy community. We ask that you register in advance (see below). Please share with your friends!

Wednesday, January 13th, 7:00 PM, via Zoom

Speaker: Gary Pokrassa
Topic: Navigating Alex Krakovsky’s Wiki

Alex Krakovsky has been using Ukraine’s freedom of information laws to force archives throughout his country to allow him to scan records and post them online. Gary Pokrassa will describe how to navigate Alex’s wiki to locate town records. He will also describe the Ukraine Research Division's projects to capture and translate Alex’s scanned files on the JewishGen server -- including index files for Kiev, Zhitomir and Elizavetgrad.

There are two ways to join our meeting:
Register for our Zoom meeting: this will allow you to join in so you can chat with others before and after the meeting (this will be limited to the first 100 people to join)

 

When: Jan 13, 2020 07:00 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada)

Register in advance for this meeting:
https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZYuf-Chpj8qGdav6wBGKYgP4dU2haIn4cBW

After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.

OR

Our meeting will be livestreamed on our YouTube channel. Please visit http://bit.ly/JGSLIYTat the meeting start time and the meeting's video should be listed. No YouTube or other login is required, but if you are signed in you can ask questions in writing via the comment section under the video.

 

This webinar is free and open to the public.

 

I look forward to "seeing" you all then!

 

Bonnie Birns

president@jgsli.org