On behalf of the Board and entire membership of the San Francisco Bay Area Jewish Genealogical Society — of which Nancy was a long-time, and valued member, we join with Avraham Groll, and the worldwid

Dear Genners, February 18th saw a very important event take place. Alas it was soon to be overshadowed by the events in Ukraine. On that day the San Francisco Bay Area's Jewish newspaper J Weekly, ann

#records #usa

My favourite story on this theme concerns my Frankel great grandfather, who was the informant when recording the births of all ten of his children in London. He proffered to the registration clerk tha

#unitedkingdom

Dear Genners, You don’t have to wait for an email alert from Ancestry to see if you have any new matches. Go to your DNA list of matches and at top right where it says ‘Sort’ you can sort by newest to

#dna

Dear Genners, Elise Cundiff included in her post with respect to Ancestry.com that "you can have your tree be private entirely - but people will be able to see that you have one, just not be able to s

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Dear Genners, I’m surprised that no-one has seen fit to mention Ellen Levitt and her indefatigable work, researching the lost synagogues of the various boroughs of New York City. She has published sev

#usa

The Board and 200+ members of the San Francisco Bay Area Jewish Genealogical Society applaud long-time member for being elected Secretary of the IAJGS. Many of us are very familiar with Ron’s wide-ran

#jgs-iajgs

On behalf of the Board and members of the San Francisco Bay Area Jewish Genealogical Society, we are thrilled to learn that our long-time member, Vivian Kahn has been co-honored with the Susan E. King

#usa

Dear Genners, I hope that group members are not too exhausted with this thread to read about a variant of the "name change" story that I've just come across—one which I cannot yet offer an explanation

#names

On behalf of the Board of the San Francisco Bay Area Jewish Genealogical Society, I would like to heartily endorse the election of our long-time society member, Robinn Magid, to the position of Assist

#announcements

Dear Genners, I am extremely reluctant to add my two cents to the plethora of emails on the topic of immigrants’ names (be it first, last, or both) being “changed” at a US port of entry, but I would l

#names

I would like to thank Stephen Weinstein et al for their responses to my original posting about the genealogical value of the 2020 US Census. As Stephen succinctly notes, the information contained in a

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The coronavirus pandemic has pushed the 2020 US Census off the front-page news. Obviously people have more important things on their mind. Looking at the California figures, some 47% of households hav

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Dear Genners, Today is March 1st. In one month's time we will all be participating in the 2020 United States Census. As genealogists we spend an awful lot of time seeking out information and records a

I would like to support what Phyllis Berenson wrote in a recent email. As President of The San Francisco Bay Area Jewish Genealogical Society of California, USA, I would like to add our voice to those

Dear Genners, This is a first for me. I'm helping a friend compile a report on her family history and in it she says that one branch of her family emigrated >from Hamburg in 1908 to Argentina with the

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Dear Genners, This is a first for me. I'm helping a friend compile a report on her family history and in it she says that one branch of her family emigrated >from Hamburg in 1908 to Argentina with the

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Dear Genners, I've just received confirmation of a burial for Joseph SACKMAN in my family >from the cemetery, including his burial location. Because I live in California, I wonder if there is anyone o

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Dear Genners, I've just received confirmation of a burial for Joseph SACKMAN in my family >from the cemetery, including his burial location. Because I live in California, I wonder if there is anyone o

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Dear Genners, I've run into a strange problem I've not encountered before. I've emailed a couple of people but no-one's really any the wiser. I'm researching a married couple who live in England. >fro

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