Santa Cruz Jewish Genealogy Society  invites you to  

 Speaker: Guest Speaker: Serafima Velkovich

The Central Database of Shoah  Victimsʼ Names and

               Other Sources at Yad Vashem   

Sunday June 12, 11am Pacific Time/ 4pm Eastern

PLEASE NOTE the earlier start time.

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Free to Members, $5.00 to Guests 

Description:    Yad Vashem, a living memorial to the Holocaust, houses a huge collection of materials. This lecture highlights new features and materials of the Database, as well as offer “tips” on utilizing it to the fullest. Serafima will also guide us to other Yad Vashem online sources that are relevant for genealogists. 

Bio: Serafima Velkovich is the Head of the Family Roots Research Section in the Reference and Information Department of the Yad Vashem Archives division. She has been working at Yad Vashem for 16 years. She is also a PhD Candidate at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.  Serafima was closely involved in the work on names material in Yad Vashem`s databases. At the same time, the main research field is family roots. She lectures on the use of Yad Vashem resources for genealogical and other research to various groups, as well as to visiting genealogists and organizations who make use of genealogical tools for their research.  She participates in international conferences and films on Holocaust topics.

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