I am canceling the creation of the Jewish Genealogy Reference Book List. The DOJR project by L'DorV'Dor is doing the same thing on a country by country basis for the entire world. The community does n

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I would like to purchase a copy of the book Hebrew Subscription Lists by Beryl Kagan 1975. Is the book mainly in Hebrew or is there enough English in the book for me to follow it? I know the Hebrew pr

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I am looking for the village of Uzava in Eastern Ukraine. Can anyone look up this village in Pinkas Ha-Ki-Hilot? 48*32'/38*00' Near Artemovsk 207 Kilometers southeast of Kharkiv and tell me what it sa

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Sunday at 10:00 am pacific time the Orange County California JGS will have our monthly meeting on Zoom. The speaker will be Ken Bravo, the former President of the IAJGS. He will be giving the talk Fin

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The Orange County California Jewish Genealogy Society website has been completely updated for 2023. You can now register for 9 of the 12 meetings in 2023. August, November and December have not been s

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2023 Orange County California Jewish Genealogy Society Speakers for 2023 so far: 1/22 10:00 am Ken Bravo (tentative) Finding Frieda 2/26 10:00 am Hallel Yadin YIVO Research 3/26 10:00 am Michael Morge

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September 18 at 10:00 am (Pacific time zone) Lisa Cooper: A Forgotten Land: Growing up in the Jewish Pale Based on recorded conversations Lisa Cooper’s father had with his mother, Pearl, about her ear

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Here are the handouts for the JGS Libraries talk. www.ocjgs.org/for-librarians. The talk is Tuesday at 9:30 am Pacific Time #4008. Michelle Sandler MLS Head of Libraries IAJGS Librarian OCJGS

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Emily Garber is presenting her new talk on Holocaust Resources this Sunday to the Orange County California Jewish Genealogy Society at 10:00 am Pacific Time. The title is: All was not lost: Researchin

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Link for Critical Books for a Jewish Genealogy Collection. https://www.ocjgs.org/uploads/3/0/8/8/30889055/critical_books_for_a_jewish_genealogy_library.pdf Michelle Sandler MLS Head of Libraries IAJGS

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Sunday July 24th at 10:00 am pacific time the Orange County California JGS is having Karen Franklin speak on What's new in German Jewish Genealogy. Everyone must register to view the meeting. Please g

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The Orange County California JGS is having their monthly meeting on Sunday June 12th at 10:00 am Pacific Time. Retired Historian of the USCIS Marian Smith will be giving her new talk on Immigration. M

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The next meeting of the Orange County California Jewish Genealogy Society is Sunday at 10:00 am on Zoom. The speaker will be Ken Bravo speaking on Finding Frieda. Ken is the former President of the IA

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Upcoming Orange County California JGS Virtual Meetings for 2022 May 22: Ken Bravo Finding Frieda June 12: Marian Smith INS Records (New Talk) July 24: Karen Franklin New strategies in German Jewish ge

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Orange County California Jewish Genealogy Society April Meeting Sunday April 24 at 10:00 am (Pacific time zone) Libby Copeland: Exploring Jewish Genealogy and Home DNA Testing Picture The presentation

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Orange County California Jewish Genealogy Society meeting March 27 at 10:00 am (Pacific time zone) Susan E King: In conversation... Susan E King is the founder of JewishGen. Another in our Pioneers of

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How many volumes of Pinḳas ha-ḳehilot. have been published? Does anyone know where I can find a complete collection in a library? Michelle Sandler MLS Librarian OCJGS Head of Libraries IAJGS Westmin

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February 27 at 10:00 am (Pacific time zone) Dan Rottenberg: In conversation... Dan Rottenberg wrote Finding Our Fathers in 1977, making him arguably the Father of the modern Jewish Genealogical moveme

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Our society OCJGS gives away a copy of the newest edition of Getting Started in Jewish Genealogy at our virtual booth at the Genealogy Jamboree as a door prize. Well, this year there will not be a new

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OCJGS 2022 Meeting Calendar January 23rd, Jeffrey Mark Paull - Jewish Surname Process in the Russian Empire February 27th, Daniel Rottenberg - In Conversation With (Author of Finding our Fathers) Marc

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