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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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