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PROGRAMS 2020-2021 Season

Programs via zoom until further notice

May 24, 2022, 7:00 EDT

ZOOM MEETING

The JewishGen Discussion Group is a lively online forum for JewishGen researchers of all levels, whether beginners or experts, to share information, receive answers to questions, and participate in the JewishGen Community. Also, all postings back to 1998 have been archived and are searchable, creating an excellent resource for research. Phil Goldfarb is a member of the Leadership Team for JewishGen as well as the Lead Moderator for the JewishGen Discussion Group. He will tell us what this platform can do to help us with our family history research and share some success stories.  The Agenda for the meeting will include instructions for use as well as:

  • What the JGDG is all about
  • Ways the JDDG can help you
  • Advantages of the new JGDG platform
  • Hashtags: how/why important to use them
  • Ways to post a message
  • How to reply to a message individually or to the group
  • Success stories from the JGDG
  • Who to contact if confused

Phil Goldfarb was born and raised in New Jersey and is a 4th generation pharmacist. After service in the Army Medical Service Corps he had a distinguished career in the pharmaceutical industry retiring as Divisional V.P of Operations of Cardinal Health, a Fortune 19, $89 Billion-dollar company.

Researching genealogy for 35 years, Phil is the founding and current President of the JGS of Tulsa which he started in 2005. He has lectured extensively on various topics in genealogy, published articles on genealogy in numerous periodicals, and authors a monthly column in the Tulsa Jewish Review.  He has written two books titled ”A Page of History: Passport Applications 1851-1914” and ”A Page of History: Passport Applications Volume II 1915 -1925.” Phil is a member of the Leadership Team for JewishGen as well as being the Lead Moderator for the JewishGen Discussion Group.  He was the Chairman of the 2020 IAJGS Awards Committee and sits on the Board of Directors for several non -profit organizations. In July 2020 he won an Emmy Award as a Producer for the Tulsa Historical Society’s documentary titled: L‘dor V’dor Generation to Generation: A History of Tulsa’s Jewish Community, which has been shown on PBS stations around the U.S. In his career, he has personally given over 2,000 presentations as well as teaching a course on presentation skills

Registration is required for this meeting. 

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A link to access the Zoom meeting will be sent to you a few days before the meeting.

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Presenter: Gil Bardige
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Date: 8-Dec-20
Presenter: Risa Daitzman Heywood
Name of Presentation: Missing Manifests – Tips for finding those elusive passenger lists 

Date: 12-Jan-21
Presenter: Robinn Magid
Name of Presentation: Finding your Eastern European Jewish Family on JRI-Poland.org

Date: 9-Feb-21
Presenter: Jeffrey Paull
Name of Presentation: How our Ancestors Acquired Surnames in the Russian Empire.

Date: 9-Mar-21
Presenter: Marion Werle
Name of Presentation: Never Give Up – Strategies for Taking Your Genealogy Research to the Next Level

Date: 4-May-21
Presenter: Adam Brown
Name of Presentation: The Genetic Heritage of the Jewish People: An Introduction.

Date: 1-Jun-21
Presenter: TBD
Name of Presentation: TBD

Date: 26-Oct-21
Presenter: Ted Chesner and Danielle Casamento
Name of Presentation: Glad I found you – the Power of DNA

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WHAT’S NEW IN FAMILY TREE MAKER
Interactive Q and A and Discussion

with Mark Olsen.

Date: 26-Apr-22
Presenter: Arthur Sissman
Name of Presentation: Gedmatch.com – Should I Upload of Not?

To be announced