Greetings Genealogists,

The next meeting of the Jewish Genealogical Society of Central New York (JGSCNY) will be on Wednesday, May 26th at 6:00 PM Eastern Time.

Dr. V. Fred Chvatal will speak on "Jewish Cemetery Research in Europe" 

Fred has been documenting, photographing and restoring Jewish cemeteries of over 180 Jewish cemeteries in Central Europe and Finland. His body of work include over 90 publications on subjects such as methodology of documentation of Jewish cemeteries, theory of the gradually usage of burial area in old rural Jewish cemeteries, comparison research of the Hebrew epigraphy and more. He spoke at several International IAJGS conferences and serve as the Chairman of the Tachov Archive and Museum Society or TAMUS (http://tamus.tachov.org/subdom/tamus/). He lives and work in the town of Tachov that is on the German-Czech border.

This webinar is free and open to the public.

To register in advance for this meeting please use the following link:

https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZErceGupj8tHtFUr8FrYtgrzLSs1fTCKzJx

After registering, you will receive a confirmation email with a link and information about joining the meeting.

We look forward to "seeing" you

Yonat Klein
Syracuse, NY