The Jewish Genealogical Society (New York) is pleased to announce its BASICS
AND BEYOND full-day seminar on Sunday April 3, 2005 at the Center for Jewish
History, 15 West 16th Street, NYC. (9:30 am - 5 pm)

Space is limited -- advance registration is recommended.

The following is an outline of the program:
- Naturalizations & Draft Records (Lucille Gudis, co-chair 2006
Interantional Conference on Jewish Genealogy, co-chair 1999 Conference and
JGS Executive Council)
- Beginner's Workshop (Jordan Auslander, compiler of the recently published,
A Genealogical Gazetteer of the Kingdon of Hungary)
-Vital Records (Debra Braverman, professional genealogist and member of
the APG)
- Genealogical Treasures at YIVO (Estelle Guzik, editor, Genealogical
Resources in New York and former JGS President)
- Court Records (Bruce Abrams, Archivist, NY County Clerk's Office, Old
Records Division)
- Eastern European Research (Linda Cantor, co-chair 2006 Interantional
Conference on Jewish Genealogy, and JGS (NY) Secretary)
- Research in New York City (Claus Hirsch, JGS Executive Council and
Advisory Board member for Stammbaum, the Journal of German-Jewish Genealogy)
- Computors & Genealogy (David Kleiman, co-founder and chair of the New York
Computers and Genealogy Special Interest Group)
- Polish Research (Alex Friedlander, JGS President, former editor of Dorot,
the journal of the JGS (NY) and author of the 2 volume >from Suwalki to St
Iganace)
- Holocaust Research (Gloria Berkenstat Freund, JGS Vice President for
Programs and Program Chair of the 2006 Conference)
- Ask the Experts (Steven Siegel, former JGS President, and Alex
Friedlander, Lucille Gudis, Estelle Guzik)
- Searching for Survivors of the SS St. Louis (Scott Miller, Director,
Registry of Holocaust Survivors, US Holocaust Memorial Museum)

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For information on the seminar location and registration fees check
www.jgsny.org. Discount rates are available to members of the JGS and
co-sponsors, the American Jewish Historical Society, the American Separdi
Federation, the Center for Jewish History Genealogy Institute, the Leo Baeck
Institute, the Yeshiva University Museum and the YIVO Institute for Jewish
Research.


Linda Cantor
JGS, Inc