The JGSGM Blog: December 2023

Wednesday, December 27, 2023

Miami Jewish Film Festival January 11-25

Virtual tickets are available.

You can watch all the movies on your computer!

https://miamijewishfilmfestival.org/

https://mjff.eventive.org/welcome

Wednesday, December 20, 2023

Family Tree Maker Instructional Zoom Meeting Wednesday, January 17th at 7:30 pm

Dear Members and Friends,

I am pleased to announce that the Jewish Genealogical Society of Greater Miami members and friends are invited to a Family Tree Maker instructional zoom meeting with Mark Olson, the Family Tree Maker Ambassador to historical and genealogical societies around the world.

The zoom meeting is scheduled for Wednesday, January 17th at 7:30 pm.

"Family Tree Maker is genealogy software for Windows and Mac that allows the researcher to keep track of information collected during research and to create reports, charts, and books containing that information."

Family Tree Maker is easy to use.

I hope that you will join us for this instructional event.

Kindly contact me if you have any questions.

With warm regards,

Paulette Bronstein

President

Jewish Genealogical Society of Greater Miami

Please contact me for the link to this meeting at

jgsgm.president@gmail.com

Tuesday, December 5, 2023

FamilySearch.org Workshop January 4th, 11th, 18th, and 25th at 8 pm

Using the Free FamilySearch.org web site January 4th, 11th, 18th, and 25th at 8 pm

JGSGM will be offering a 4 week zoom workshop beginning on January 4th on the usage of FamilySearch.org. Why use FamilySearch.org? Well, it is free. Also, it has as much, if not more, to offer than Ancestry. There are over 16.3 billion free historical records and images for more than 110 countries. In addition, they have a digital library holding over 500,000 genealogy books, family histories, maps, yearbooks, and more. To learn more about genealogy resources for different regions and countries, they have a research wiki that is extremely comprehensive.
So how to access all of these features? In this limited seating workshop available only to JGSGM members, we will introduce these features and how to use them.
Kindly respond to this email if you are interested in joining these workshops.
The zoom link will be shown once you have registered for this workshop. To register email jgsgm.president@gmail.com. This workshop is for members only. Go to our website https://www.jgs-miami.org/ to view membership options and join or renew online.
The workshop will be led by Robbin Smith. She has over 20 years of experience, including working professionally with clients and teaching genealogy classes.

Paulette Bronstein
President
Jewish Genealogical Society of Greater Miami

Monday, December 4, 2023

Genie Milgrom-My Return to the Ancestors: A Spiritual and Genealogical Journey-Sunday, Decemter 17, 2023, at 11:00 AM

JEWISH GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY OF GREATER MIAMI

December 17 at the Greater Miami Jewish Federation

11:00 AM

Zoom presentation at 11:30 AM

GENIE MILGROM

My Return to the Ancestors: A Spiritual and Genealogical Journey.

Trailer to the soon-to-be released documentary will be shared.

Past President of the Jewish Genealogy Society of Greater Miami

2015-Present-Spearheaded a Global Initiative to Digitize

Inquisition Documents

2010-Present Authored the following Books: My 15 Grandmothers, Mis 15 Abuelas, How I Found My 15 Grandmothers, Pyre to Fire, De la Pira al Fuego, Recipes of My 15 Grandmothers, Las Recetas de Mis 15 abuelas. Awarded the Latino Author Book Award as well as the Literary Titan Book Award for several of the Books.

LIVE/ZOOM MEETING

RSVP TO jgsgm.president@gmail.com

Please indicate if you will be attending the live meeting at the Greater Miami Jewish Federation

VIA ZOOM

Come and join us at Greater Miami Jewish Federation

15 Federal Highway

Miami, FL 33137

***Meeting is scheduled for Zoom

Zoom link shared one day before the event.

Light refreshments will be available.

MORE DETAILS WILL SOON BE ANNOUNCED.

Paulette Bronstein