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

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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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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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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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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 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

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

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

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

“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

“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

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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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

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

The Jewish Genealogical Society of Illinois' annual meeting on Sunday, June 23, 2019, at 2 p.m. will feature a "Kvell and Tell" program in which members share family history discoveries and research t

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The Jewish Genealogical Society of Illinois' annual meeting on Sunday, June 23, 2019, at 2 p.m. will feature a "Kvell and Tell" program in which members share family history discoveries and research t

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For those who want to learn more about using genetic genealogy testing and will be in the Chicago area this Sunday, there is still time to register for the Jewish Genealogical Society of Illinois' one

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For those who want to learn more about using genetic genealogy testing and will be in the Chicago area this Sunday, there is still time to register for the Jewish Genealogical Society of Illinois' one

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