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JewishGen Blog: Announcement: JGS, Inc. (NY)
The Jewish Genealogical Society, Inc. (NY) presents
New York Family History Research: An Afternoon of Learning in memory of Steven Siegel.
Sunday, May 19th, 12:30 to 5:30
Center for Jewish History, 15 West 16th St. New York
Program:
Rebecca Ko...
Dateline: 2013-05-13 5:22pm -07:00T (168 words)
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JewishGen Blog: Shalom the Beloved Country
By Ann Rabinowitz
One of
the amazing and beloved characters in South Africa is Rabbi Moshe Silberhaft
who travels many thousands of miles each year to serve and provide succor to the
dwindling number of 1,200 Jews in the small c...
Dateline: 2013-05-13 8:52am -07:00T (545 words)
 
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JewishGen Blog: Announcement: JGS of Cleveland
The Jewish Genealogy Society of Cleveland's next meeting will be
Wednesday, June 5, 2013 at
7:30 p.m.
in the Miller Board Room
27100 Cedat Road, 2nd Floor
Beachwood, Ohio 44122 Our Featured Speaker will be
Dr. Deborah Abbott
addressing the...
Dateline: 2013-05-13 8:52am -07:00T (232 words)
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JewishGen Blog: Update: KehilaLinks April 2013
We are pleased to welcome the following webpages to
JewishGen KehilaLinks We thank the owners and webmasters of these webpages for
creating fitting memorials to these Kehilot (Jewish Communities) and for
providing a valuable resource for future generat...
Dateline: 2013-05-13 8:52am -07:00T (277 words)
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JewishGen Blog: 23 Jews
Jewish
American Heritage Month
#1 – Only 23 Jews
By Ann Rabinowitz
Peter Stuyvesant and New Amsterdam at the Time of the
Arrival of the Jews
From “Mapping Jewish
History”
Harrie Teunissen,
MSc, Map Curator, Histori...
Dateline: 2013-05-03 10:22am -07:00T (193 words)
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JewishGen Blog: Honoring Our Volunteers
Dear
Friends,
On
June 2, we will be honoring Karen Franklin, Gary Mokotoff, and Lance Ackerfeld,
for their leadership and dedication to JewishGen.
After
working with each of these individuals for years, it gives me great pleasure to...
Dateline: 2013-05-02 3:07pm -07:00T (99 words)
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JewishGen Blog: Marian Smith United States Citizenship and Immigration Service (USCIS) Speaker at May 5 JGS Conejo Valley and Ventura County Meeting
Posted by: Jan Meisels Allen
The Jewish Genealogical Society of the Conejo Valley and
Ventura County (JGSCV) will hold a general meeting, co-sponsored with and
located at Temple Adat Elohim, on Sunday, May 5, 2013 1:30-3:30 p.m.at Temple
Adat El...
Dateline: 2013-04-27 7:22pm -07:00T (426 words)
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JewishGen Blog: Join the Monthly Donor Club!
Please read this important message from Jay Sage.
Dear
Friend,
I am
writing to you on behalf of JewishGen.org, which has been responsible
for my most important and exciting genealogical discoveries.
As
you know, JewishGen does...
Dateline: 2013-04-25 12:52pm -07:00T (386 words)
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JewishGen Blog: Announcement: JGS of Cleveland
Reminder:
The Jewish Genealogy Society of Cleveland's next meeting will beWednesday, May 1st, 2013 at 7:30 p.m.in the Miller Board Room27100 Cedat Road, 2nd FloorBeachwood, Ohio 44122 Our Featured Speaker will beCynthia Turk presenting Forensic Gene...
Dateline: 2013-04-25 10:22am -07:00T (41 words)
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JewishGen Blog: Military Records Of The Austro-Hungarian Empire
By Ann Rabinowitz
Jacob Drimmer in Austro-Hungarian Military Uniform
(born Drohobycz,
Ukraine, January 10, 1904)
One of
the first things I attempted to do when I was researching my mother’s family
was to tr...
Dateline: 2013-04-23 12:22pm -07:00T (778 words)
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JewishGen Blog: Family History Books
By Ann Rabinowitz
One of
the interesting additions to the Mormon Family Search site is the family
history books which have been scanned.
Going to the site, http://books.familysearch.org/primo_library/libweb/action/search.do?dscnt=0&pa...
Dateline: 2013-04-23 12:22pm -07:00T (826 words)
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JewishGen Blog: Another Auction Extravaganza
By Ann Rabinowitz
Grain Bill Given to Nathan Spanier (1826-27)
As a
follow up to my previous piece on the Blog on locating great finds at auction,
I have another very helpful and informative find from Sotheby’s. As a result of a g...
Dateline: 2013-04-19 10:37am -07:00T (536 words)
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JewishGen Blog: May Will Be Jewish American Heritage Month
Posted by: Jan Meisels Allen
The month of May is Jewish American Heritage Month
(JAHM). This recognition was started by President George W. Bush in 2006 as a
result of the Jewish Museum of Florida and South Florida Jewish Community
leaders resulti...
Dateline: 2013-04-17 3:07pm -07:00T (217 words)
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JewishGen Blog: Congressional Bills Limit Access to the Social Security Death Index
Posted by: Jan Meisels Allen
The
Social Security Death Index (SSDI) is the commercial version of the Death
Master File (DMF). The DMF is a computer database file made available by the
United State Social Security Administration since 1980 The DMF ...
Dateline: 2013-04-17 3:07pm -07:00T (417 words)
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JewishGen Blog: American Joint Distribution Committee Archives Post WWII Accessible Online
Posted by: Jan Meisels Allen
The American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee (JDC)
placed their post-World War II New York 1945-1954 Collection online and its
accessible for free. This collection
chronicles the vital rescue, relief, and r...
Dateline: 2013-04-17 3:07pm -07:00T (119 words)
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