I think the changes are an overall improvement. The design is cleaner and more modern. Having the responses to earlier posts listed immediately below the original posts in the digest layout offers a g

Mike Karsen to speak at separate locations on Chicagoland Jewish genealogy research tools Oct. 27: “Resources for Jewish Genealogy in Chicagoland—What’s New” will be the topic of a presentation by gen

According to the Sephardic names database at http://www.sephardicgen.com/databases/SephardimCom2009.htm, Santos is a Sephardic name. I have written an unpublished article about how I, as an Ashkenazi

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“Using Periodical Literature for Genealogical Research” and “More than Surname Surfing: Best Practices for Using the Internet for Genealogy” will be the topics of two presentations by genealogy librar

“Family History Resources from the Library of Congress” will be the topic of a presentation by genealogist Tina Beaird at the Sunday, Jan. 26, 2020, meeting of the Jewish Genealogical Society of Illin

JGSI of Illinois explores mystery of gravestone portrait photo cache By Martin Fischer The Jewish Genealogical Society of Illinois website has posted photos of a mysterious collection of gravestone po

Yes, we do plan to contact the cemetery managers in the near future.

Debbie Kroopkin, president of the Jewish Genealogical Society of Illinois, will speak on “Unique Aspects of Jewish Genealogy” at the Sunday, Feb. 23, 2020, JGSI meeting. Her presentation will begin at

The Jewish Genealogical Society of Illinois meeting scheduled for Sunday, March 22, 2020, at Temple Beth-El in Northbrook, Illinois, has been canceled. The planned program, “When DNA or Documents Reve

Morasha, the Jewish Genealogical Society of Illinois newsletter formerly edited by the late Peggy Morrow z"l and now edited by Dale Amdur, has won the first-place award for newsletters in the Internat

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The community newspaper article linked below from Forest Park, Illinois, is not new, but I only became aware of it this week. It tells the story of an important leader of the largest Jewish cemetery i

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Ellen Kowitt, past president and current outreach chair of the Jewish Genealogical Society of Colorado, will give two virtual lectures for the Sunday, July 26, 2020, Jewish Genealogical Society of Ill

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Genealogist Deborah Long to speak on Holocaust research on Aug. 30 Deborah H. Long, founder of the Triangle Jewish Genealogical Society in Durham/Chapel Hill, N.C., will speak on “Out of the Whirlwind

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Does anyone recognize the child in this old photo taken in Berlin? Martin Fischer

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“Resources for Jewish Genealogy in Chicagoland—What’s New” will be the topic of a talk by genealogist Mike Karsen for the Sunday, Oct. 25, 2020, Jewish Genealogical Society of Illinois virtual meeting

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The recent post by Adam Cherson of class photos from Havana's Centro Israelita reminded me that I had this photo, which was taken in June 1942 of the going-away party for my mother, Chana Anita Levik,

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The Jewish Genealogical Society of Illinois has posted an updated and improved list of links to informative genealogy podcasts and webinars atop their website's homepage at: https://jgsi.org/ Just loo

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“Using FamilySearch for Jewish Research” is the topic of a webinar by expert genealogist W. Todd Knowles for the Sunday, Nov. 22, 2020, Jewish Genealogical Society of Illinois virtual meeting. His liv

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Stanley Diamond to present update on JRI-Poland on Jan. 24, 2021: Jewish Records Indexing-Poland’s founder and executive director, Stanley Diamond, will present “JRI-Poland Update and More” for the Su

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Adam Turner wrote: "Does anyone know anything about the people involved in the early history of Anshe Motele in Chicago? I am researching a KAPLAN family with at least two sons who were connected to t

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