JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen JGSMD January 22 program announcement #general
Jewish Genealogy Society of Maryland
Speaker: Israel Pickholtz Title: "Why Did My Father Know That His Grandfather Had an Uncle Selig?" Date and Time: Sunday, January 22, 2017, 1:30 p.m. Location: Pikesville Library'?s meeting room, 1301 Reisterstown Rd, Pikesville, MD Please join us for our next program: "Why Did My Father Know That His Grandfather Had an Uncle Selig?" presented by Israel Pickholtz. More than 20 years before Israel Pickholtz began doing serious genealogy, his father sent him a postcard with three bits of family information. One of those was that Israel's great-grandfather Hersch Pikholz had an uncle Zelig. That information was very important in Israel's research over the past two decades, research that was helped along by traditional sources and more recently by genetic genealogy. But even as he was progressing in his research, Israel could not shake the question, "Why did my father know this?" Israel says, "My father was 8 years old when his grandfather Hersch Pikholz died, and they never had any real conversation. None of the cousins knew about Uncle Zelig, even the older one who lived in the same house as my great-grandfather. My father himself did not recall why he knew this." And did it even matter? Israel tells the story of his great-great-great-uncle, what he learned about his family, and why now he thinks he knows how his father knew. And yes, it matters. Israel Pickholtz, a native of Pittsburgh, made aliyah in 1973 from Chicago and now lives in Jerusalem. He has done serious family research for 20 years. His flagship work is the Pikholz Project, a single-surname project to identify and reconnect all Pikholz descendants. Alongside his work as a professional genealogist, taking clients in Israel and abroad, he became heavily involved in genetic genealogy in 2013. He manages test kits of more than 80 family members, at last count. He recently published a book, Endogamy: One Family, One People (available at www.endogamy-one-family.com). He blogs at http://allmyforeparents.blogspot.com. The program is free for paid members and $5 for non-members (applied to membership fee when a visitor joins JGSMD) after their first meeting. Refreshments will be available. Please check our web site at www.jgsmd.org for late updates and for the time, location, and program of future meetings. Susan Steeble JGSMD Public Relations
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