Rediscovering the Lost Jewish Communities of Eastern Europe

Sally Mizroch & Phyllis Grossman

Using Synagogue Records to Reconstruct a Community

Tammy Hepps

Szia Hungary! Discovering Your Hungarian Ancestors

Judi Gyory Missel

Immigration Myths: Tracking Ashkenazi and Sephardi Ancestors Through Arrival Manifests

Janette Silverman

A Look at Records that Lead Researchers Astray

Renee Stern Steinig

Genealogy and the Restoration of Polish Jewish Cemeteries

Dan Oren

Piecing Together History Using Maps and Directories - Eastern Europe

Michelle Chubenko

The Treasures of Galician Vital Records

Shelley Kellerman Pollero & Mark Halpern

How Did They Get There from Here

Emily Garber

Navigating Metrical Books for the Non-Russian Speaker

Ellie Vance

Crossing the Ocean: U.S. Records to Ancestral Towns

Susan Weinberg

Jews in the Russian Empire

Ellie Vance

L’Dor V’Dor: Using DNA to Reunite Holocaust Survivors

Dr. Adina Newman

The Fluidity of Names

Susan Weinberg

Help! I Got My DNA Results and I’m Confused, Part 2

Gil Bardige

We Are Not Strangers

Josh Tuininga Josh Tuininga

"Illegitimacy" in the Jewish Communities of Galicia

Janette Silverman

Using Social Media for Genealogical Research

Robin Meltzer

When Henry Silverstein Got Cold: Fraud in the 1920 Census

Tammy Hepps

What's in a Name? Trouble!

Ron Arons

In Search of Mishpocha

S. Lynn Diamond

Three Minutes in Poland

Glenn Kurtz

Grandma Said What? Gathering and Verifying Your Family's Oral History

Sara Cochran

Synagogue Records as a Genealogical Resource

Ellen Kowitt

How Not to Read a Jewish Tombstone

Robin Meltzer

Jewish Ethnicity: History, Migration and DNA

Schelly Talalay Dardashti

Researching Your Litvak Family

Judy Baston

Putting Your Family in Context: The History of Jews in Ukraine

Tammy Hepps

Bubbe Was from Gubernia! How to Find Your Eastern European Town of Origin

Jennifer Mendelsohn

A Multiracial Jewish Family in Early America

Laura Arnold Liebman

Using the "Forverts" (Jewish Daily Forward) for Family History

Michael Morgenstern

JRI-Poland

Robinn Magid & Howard Zakai

Getting Ready for the 1950 Census

Steve Morse

An Epic Journey: Eastern Europe in 27 Days

Janette Silverman

What We Can Learn from Naturalization Papers

Emily Garber

Learning How to Make Sense of Your Ashkenazi Jewish DNA Results

Jennifer Mendelsohn

GEDmatch.com - Should I Upload or Not?

Arthur Sissman

Jewish Genealogy in the Germanies

Roger Lustig

Researching New York City Resources Remotely

Jordan Auslander

Online Resources for Jewish Genealogy

Janice Sellers

Genetic Origins of the Jewish People & the Avotaynu DNA Project

Adam Brown

How to Utilize the JewishGen Discussion Group

Phil Goldfarb

Changing Borders of Eastern Europe

Hal Bookbinder

The Alex Krakovksy Project (repeat)

Gary Pokrassa

The Alex Krakovsky Project: Navigating the Wiki to Locate Town Records and Find Hidden Data

Gary Pokrassa

How to Locate People Through Genealogy

Fred Blum

A Post Holocaust Genealogical and Family History Journey

Esther Safran Foer

Finding My Roots - Using the Entire Genealogy Tool Box

Coral Grant

Help! I tested my DNA and I’m confused!

Gil Bardige

What were the odds? Four stories of survival: A Grandson of Four Holocaust Survivors Calculates the Improbability of His Existence

Arik Cohen

Bubbie, Who Are You? Finding the Maiden Names in Your Family Tree

Janice Sellers

Sex, Lives and Genealogical Tape

Ron Arons

Success Stories and Finding Vital Records in New York City Using Online Resources

Members and Linda Deneroff

DNA PAINTER: Five Tools to Help Visualize Your DNA Match Relationships

Cary Bright

Digging Deep: Doing Historical Research

Mike Saunders

Building a Genealogical Research Plan for DNA Testing

Janice Lovelace

Jewish Genealogy: How is This Research Different from All Other Research?

Janice M. Sellers

Using Multiple Data Sources to Find the Name of a Great-Grandfather Who Fled and Changed His Name

Sally Mizroch

Ins and Outs of Indexes

Mary Kircher Roddy

Breaking Down Brick Walls

Mary Kathryn Kozy

Using MacKiev’s Family Tree Maker Software

Mark Olsen

Step by Step: Researching & Writing a Family Memoir

Karen Treiger

DNA Successes -- Despite Endogamy!

Lara Diamond

Preserving Memories: How to Organize and Turn Your Family Memorabilia into a Personal Archival Project

Molly Bullard

Jewish Migration Patterns in Two Parts

Avraham Groll

Using Online Historical Jewish Newspapers for Genealogical Research

Janice M. Sellers

When It Takes A Village: Applying Cluster Research Techniques

Emily Garber

The ABCs of JewishGen and Beyond

Debra Kay Blatt

Brick Wall Panel: Ask an Expert!

Nancy Adelson/Mary Kathryn Kozy

The Hidden Ones: A Veil of Memories

Marcia Fine

Maximizing the Treasures of the JRI-Poland Database: How one genealogist prepared for trips to Poland, Ukraine, and Belarus using the JRI-Poland.org Website

Robinn Magid

Reclaim the Records: Genealogy Fought the Law and Won (How to Use State Freedom of Information Laws for Genealogy)

Brooke Schreier Ganz

From Matches in a List to Family: Case Studies in DNA

Mary Kathryn Kozy

Manifest Destiny: Names at Ellis Island

Joel Weintraub

The American Joint Jewish Distribution Committee's (JDC) Archives and What We Have to Offer Jewish Genealogists

Linda Levi

Beyond the Manifest: Methods for Confirming One's Ancestral Origins

Emily Garber

Case Study: A Complete Genealogy Starting from Nothing AND The Julian Calendar and Its Importance to Genealogists

Steve Morse

Ships of Our Ancestors

Hal Bookbinder

I've Had My DNA Tested… Now What?

Mary Kathryn Kozy

Tracing People Through Time & Space Using Timelines

Mary Kathryn Kozy

Success Stories and Socializing

JGSWS Members

Deciphering Jewish Tombstones

Madeleine Isenberg

Essential Jewish Genealogy

Nancy Adelson

Building a Digital Research Plan

Cyndi Ingle

Beyond Online: Beginning Courthouse Research

Janice Lovelace

Writing the Story When They Left No Stories

Mary Kircher Roddy

The Journey of Albert Levy & The Beginnings of the Seattle Sephardic Community

Ashley Bobman & Isaac Azose

Research in Hungary/Transylvania/Romania and Adjacent Areas of Ukraine

Vivian Kahn

Genealogical Research In Israel: The Records and Databases of the Israel Genealogy Research Association (IGRA)

Garri Regev

Evaluating Evidence: Asking a Mini-Minnie Question AND Handwriting Analysis for Genealogists

Ron Arons

Unravelling Family Myths Using the Principles of Logic

Jill Morelli

Out on the Town: Are You From Mine? A Social Event to Help Connect Cousins

Membership Sharing

The History, Adoption, and Regulation of Jewish Surnames in the Russian Empire

Jeffrey Mark Paull

Using USCIS Records to Research Jewish and Ethnic Roots

Marian Smith

Intro to Jewish Genealogy/Intro to Online Genealogy

Nancy Adelson/Mary Kathryn Kozy

Galicia, the Austrian Empire & Beyond: Mining Unusual Records in Archives & Online to Expand Your Research

Pamela Weisberger

Using FamilySearch.org and the Todd Knowles Collection to Research Jewish and Ethnic Roots

Mary Kozy for Todd Knowles

Google and Its Genealogy Tools

Mary Kathryn Kozy

Get the Most Out of Ancestry.com and Jewish Research

Crista Cowan

Doing Genealogical Research at the Puget Sound Branch Archives

Michael S. Saunders

Locating People Through Genealogy

Fred Blum

Family Stories: Scintillating, Scandalous or Sweet?

Membership Sharing

Jewish Genealogy Research Essentials

Nancy Adelson

From History to Family History

David Laskin

Can You Help Me Find My Cousins? Understanding Autosomal DNA

Mary Kathryn Kozy

Researching New York Resources Remotely

Jordan Auslander

Crypto Jews in History and Today

Art Beneviste

Play: From Door to Door

Seattle Jewish Theater Company

German Jewish Research and the Internet Archive

Gary Zimmerman

Free Genealogy Resources from King County Library System

Darcy Brixey

The Human Family Tree Through DNA: A Film and Discussion

Steve Louis

Revival of Contemporary Jewish Life in Poland: A Historical and Personal Perspective

Karina Sokolowska

Online Jewish Genealogy Research Essentials

Nancy Adelson

The Knowles Collection: Jewish Resources at FamilySearch.org

Todd Knowles

One-Step Webpages: A Potpourri of Genealogical Tools AND Online Genealogical Research with Minimal Information and Misspellings

Steve Morse

On-Line Genealogy Research: Specializing in Sephardic Genealogy of the Ottoman Empire

Victor Alkana

Who the Heck Is Ida Gerskill: Some Challenges of Researching Jewish Names AND My Grandfather Came From Poison: Resources and Strategies for Discovering and Deciphering Jewish Personal, Family, and Town Names

Meredith Hoffman

Jewish History of Washington State

Howard Droker

I've Had My DNA Tested… Now What?

Mary Kathryn Kozy

We Are Here: Memories of the Lithuanian Holocaust

Ellen Cassidy

Using the Internet for Genealogical Research

Mary Kathryn Kozy

How To Interview Aunt Myra

Stephen Adler

Probate Records

Karen Sipe

2012 Jewish Genealogy Research Essentials Presentation & Workshop

Nancy Adelson

Your Jewish Roots in Poland: JRI-Poland, the Records, and More

Mark Halpern

A Holocaust Survivor's Story

Peter Metzelaar

Genealogy Gadgets for the 21st Century

Mary Kathryn Kozy

Kiev, Jewish metropolis: A History, 1859-1914

Natan Meir

Breaking Through Brick Walls AND Researching Israeli Resources from your Couch

Michael Goldstein & Daniel Horowitz

Preparing for the 1940 Census

Steve Morse

Researching Your Ancestors From Ukraine

Ron Doctor

Jews in the Americas, 1620-1820

Laura Leibman

Changing Borders of Eastern Europe AND Why Would Our Ancestors Leave a Nice Place Like the Pale?

Hal Bookbinder

Publishing Your Family History

Nancy Adelson

Jewish Genealogy Research Essentials Presentation & Workshop

Nancy Adelson

The Search for Holocaust Victims

Bob Herschkowitz

Genetic Testing for Genealogy AND Interpreting your Results to Further your Genealogy Research

Bennett Greenspan

Carved in Stone: Tips for Cemetery Research

Deb Freedman

150 Years of Jewish History in Washington State

Rabbi Jim Mirel

Genetics, Jewish History, and the DNA Shoah Project

Matt Kaplan

Using Ancestry.com to Locate Your Jewish Ancestors

Crista Cowan

Locating Jewish Records on the NEW National Archives Websites

Carol Buswell

Jews of China

Rabbi Anson Laytner

The Leo Baeck Institute and Other On-line Resources

Gary Zimmerman

Tips for Using the Footnote Website

Karl Kumm

Discovering the Lost Jewish Town of Trochenbrod

Avrom Bendavid-Val

What 1,500 Czarist Laws Can Tell Us About Jewish Genealogy

Michael Steinore

Genealogy Workshop: Tips and Techniques from Four Experts

Michael Steinore/Deb Freedman/Susana Leniski/Sally Mizroch

The Y Chromosome and Beyond: Tracing Your Genealogy with the “Other” DNA

Bennett Greenspan

Hidden Treasures of the JGSWS Library

JGSWS Members

Power of Stories: Yours, Mine, and Ours

Carol Starin

Reading in Another Hand: Deciphering Cyrillic and Hebrew Archival Documents from Eastern Europe

Natan Meir

Mapping Madness: Historical Maps and Genealogical Research

Ron Arons

Genealogy Resources in the Seattle Public Library

Darlene Hamilton

East European Jewry up to the ‘Great Migration’

Natan Meir

Genealogical Discoveries from Cemeteries in the Old Country and the New World

Sally Mizroch/Nancy Adelson

Lady Luck on the Hungarian Archives Roller Coaster

Ted Grossman

History and Genealogy of the Jews of Rhodes and Their Diaspora

Leon Taranto

Russian Jewish Genealogy

Michael Steinore

Hidden Treasures of the JGSWS Library

JGSWS Members

Genealogy Software: Today and Tomorrow

Dawn Bingaman

Hidden Secrets of the National Archives

Carol Buswell

Tips & Tricks on Digital Imagery for Genealogy

Sally Mizroch

Putting the Flesh on the Bones: Adding the "Why"

Ron Arons

Opening the Archives of the Holocaust International Tracing Service

Paul Shapiro

Success Stories and Thorny Problems Workshop

Susana Leniski

Sephardic Genealogy Resources

Jeffrey S. Malka