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Past Presentations

Date
Program
Speaker(s)
01/12/2015
Locating People Through Genealogy
Fred Blum
12/08/2014
Family Stories: Scintillating, Scandalous or Sweet?
Membership Sharing
11/09/2014
Jewish Genealogy Research Essentials
Nancy Adelson
10/12/2014
From History to Family History
David Laskin
09/08/2014
Can You Help Me Find My Cousins? Understanding Autosomal DNA
Mary Kathryn Kozy
06/09/2014
Researching New York Resources Remotely
Jordan Auslander
05/05/2014
Crypto Jews in History and Today
Art Beneviste
04/07/2014
Play: From Door to Door
Seattle Jewish Theater Company
03/10/2014
German Jewish Research and the Internet Archive
Gary Zimmerman
02/10/2014
Free Genealogy Resources from King County Library System
Darcy Brixey
01/13/2014
The Human Family Tree Through DNA: A Film and Discussion
Steve Louis
12/15/2013
Revival of Contemporary Jewish Life in Poland: A Historical and Personal Perspective
Karina Sokolowska
11/10/2013
Online Jewish Genealogy Research Essentials
Nancy Adelson
10/13/2013
The Knowles Collection: Jewish Resources at FamilySearch.org
Todd Knowles
09/23/2013
One-Step Webpages: A Potpourri of Genealogical Tools AND Online Genealogical Research with Minimal Information and Misspellings
Steve Morse
06/10/2013
On-Line Genealogy Research: Specializing in Sephardic Genealogy of the Ottoman Empire
Victor Alkana
05/13/2013
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
04/08/2013
Jewish History of Washington State
Howard Droker
03/11/2013
I've Had My DNA Tested… Now What?
Mary Kathryn Kozy
02/11/2013
We Are Here: Memories of the Lithuanian Holocaust
Ellen Cassidy
01/14/2013
Using the Internet for Genealogical Research
Mary Kathryn Kozy
12/09/2012
How To Interview Aunt Myra
Stephen Adler
11/11/2012
Probate Records
Karen Sipe
10/20/2012
2012 Jewish Genealogy Research Essentials Presentation & Workshop
Nancy Adelson
10/08/2012
Your Jewish Roots in Poland: JRI-Poland, the Records, and More
Mark Halpern
09/10/2012
A Holocaust Survivor's Story
Peter Metzelaar
06/11/2012
Genealogy Gadgets for the 21st Century
Mary Kathryn Kozy
05/14/2012
Kiev, Jewish metropolis: A History, 1859-1914
Natan Meir
04/23/2012
Breaking Through Brick Walls AND Researching Israeli Resources from your Couch
Michael Goldstein & Daniel Horowitz
03/12/2012
Preparing for the 1940 Census
Steve Morse
02/13/2012
Researching Your Ancestors From Ukraine
Ron Doctor
01/09/2012
Jews in the Americas, 1620-1820
Laura Leibman
12/11/2011
Changing Borders of Eastern Europe AND Why Would Our Ancestors Leave a Nice Place Like the Pale?
Hal Bookbinder
11/13/2011
Publishing Your Family History
Nancy Adelson
10/22/2011
Jewish Genealogy Research Essentials Presentation & Workshop
Nancy Adelson
10/09/2011
The Search for Holocaust Victims
Bob Herschkowitz
09/19/2011
Genetic Testing for Genealogy AND Interpreting your Results to Further your Genealogy Research
Bennett Greenspan
06/13/2011
Carved in Stone: Tips for Cemetery Research
Deb Freedman
05/09/2011
150 Years of Jewish History in Washington State
Rabbi Jim Mirel
04/11/2011
Genetics, Jewish History, and the DNA Shoah Project
Matt Kaplan
03/14/2011
Using Ancestry.com to Locate Your Jewish Ancestors
Crista Cowan
02/14/2011
Locating Jewish Records on the NEW National Archives Websites
Carol Buswell
01/10/2011
Jews of China
Rabbi Anson Laytner
12/12/2010
The Leo Baeck Institute and Other On-line Resources
Gary Zimmerman
11/08/2010
Tips for Using the Footnote Website
Karl Kumm
10/10/2010
Discovering the Lost Jewish Town of Trochenbrod
Avrom Bendavid-Val
09/13/2010
What 1,500 Czarist Laws Can Tell Us About Jewish Genealogy
Michael Steinore
06/14/2010
Genealogy Workshop: Tips and Techniques from Four Experts
Michael Steinore/Deb Freedman/Susana Leniski/Sally Mizroch
05/10/2010
The Y Chromosome and Beyond: Tracing Your Genealogy with the “Other” DNA
Bennett Greenspan
04/12/2010
Hidden Treasures of the JGSWS Library
JGSWS Members
03/15/2010
Power of Stories: Yours, Mine, and Ours
Carol Starin
02/08/2010
Reading in Another Hand: Deciphering Cyrillic and Hebrew Archival Documents from Eastern Europe
Natan Meir
01/11/2010
Mapping Madness: Historical Maps and Genealogical Research
Ron Arons
12/13/2009
Genealogy Resources in the Seattle Public Library
Darlene Hamilton
11/09/2009
East European Jewry up to the ‘Great Migration’
Natan Meir
09/14/2009
Genealogical Discoveries from Cemeteries in the Old Country and the New World
Sally Mizroch/Nancy Adelson
06/08/2009
Lady Luck on the Hungarian Archives Roller Coaster
Ted Grossman
05/11/2009
History and Genealogy of the Jews of Rhodes and Their Diaspora
Leon Taranto
04/13/2009
Russian Jewish Genealogy
Michael Steinore
03/16/2009
Hidden Treasures of the JGSWS Library
JGSWS Members
02/09/2009
Genealogy Software: Today and Tomorrow
Dawn Bingaman
01/12/2009
Hidden Secrets of the National Archives
Carol Buswell
12/08/2008
Tips & Tricks on Digital Imagery for Genealogy
Sally Mizroch
11/09/2008
Putting the Flesh on the Bones: Adding the "Why"
Ron Arons
10/22/2008
Opening the Archives of the Holocaust International Tracing Service
Paul Shapiro
09/08/2008
Success Stories and Thorny Problems Workshop
Susana Leniski
05/12/2008
Sephardic Genealogy Resources
Jeffrey S. Malka
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