Sunday, January 22nd, 2023 1:00pm Pacific time
Speaker: Julie Roberts Szczepankiewicz, Genealogist
“Locating Vital Records in Poland Using Online Records”
Description: If you are researching your Jewish ancestral roots in Poland and would like to go beyond Jewishgen and JRI-Poland to find vital records this presentation is for you. This program introduces major websites such as Metryki, GenBaza, Szukajwarchiwach (the Polish State Archives), Geneteka, and FamilySearch. Learn more about the Polish partitions to introduce the history and geography of Poland. Our speaker genealogist, Julie Roberts Szczepankiewicz will illustrate the use of religious records, passenger manifests, naturalization records, and other documents from U.S. sources, to suggest resources and strategies to help you decipher misspelled place names, and discuss the next steps in your research: determining the parish and civil registry office using gazetteers, and obtaining birth, marriage and death records to determine one’s ancestral village accurately. Julie will rely heavily on online sources throughout her presentation, and show how you can trace your Polish ancestry without having to cross the ocean.
About Julie Roberts Szczepankiewicz
Julie Roberts Szczepankiewicz is a genealogist, writer and speaker, with over 20 years of experience in researching her familyʼs origins in Poland, Germany, the U.S. and Canada. She is the Secretary of the Polish Genealogical Society of Massachusetts, contributes to a number of genealogy-related Facebook groups, and writes an informative genealogy blog, From Shepherds and Shoemakers.
Non-Members pay $5, Zoom link will be sent the week of the event. Members automatically receive a free Zoom link.
Sunday, May 21, 2023, 2pm Pacific Time Zone
Speaker: Hailey Wentz, Genealogist
Revision Lists and 1897 Census Records: Tracing Jewish Families in the Former Russian Empire
Description: If you are researching your Jewish ancestral roots in the former Russian Empire this presentation is a must! This presentation provides insight to effectively read, locate, translate and summarize the contents of these important documents (Revision Lists and the 1897 Russian Census Records).
The Ревизские сказки Reviska Skazka (“Revision Lists”) are some of the most important records for Jewish Russian genealogical research beginning in 1719 through 1858. These lists, used to levy taxes, contain the names of all taxable persons from each city, town, village or estate arranged by household and provide the relationship to the head of house and ages over time.
The 1897 Russian Imperial Census was the first and only census carried out in the Russian Empire. The census enumerated the entire population of the Empire (excluding Finland) and was designed to gather population and statistical data. This census provides a wealth of genealogical and personal details (address, occupation, literacy, profession, study, military status, lineage and more. with Jewish roots. The primary motivation behind her career is paying forward the knowledge she has acquired through teaching, both in individual and group settings.
About Hailey Wentz
Hailey Wentz is an up-and-coming genealogist with an emphasis in Latin American research and Eastern European genealogy. She specializes in Ladino and Russian language research. Hailey’s love for Jewish genealogical research began during her internship at the FamilySearch Library in Salt Lake City, where she met many researchers with Jewish roots. The primary motivation behind her career is paying forward the knowledge she has acquired through teaching, both in individual and group settings.
Non-members pay $5.00 Zoom link will be sent the week of the event. Members automatically receive a Zoom link.
Sunday, June 11, 2023, 1pm Pacific Time Zone
Speaker: Sydney Cruice, Genealogist
Making the Most of Indirect Evidence: Forming Sound Genealogical Conclusions
Description: Many researchers miss clues and pieces of information that could allow them to discover family members and their relationship to other family members. In this program we will look at case studies in order to examine the more sophisticated issues of genealogical source evaluation. We will look at the research methods necessary to extract all the information contained in genealogical sources. We will explore how to assemble and combine pieces of information from various sources to form sound genealogical conclusions and
maximize indirect evidence.
About Sydney Cruice
Sydney F. Cruice is a professional genealogy researcher, educator and international lecturer with over 25 years of experience. She has served as a faculty member for the Salt Lake City Genealogy Institute of the Utah Genealogical Society, the International Association of Jewish Genealogy Societies Conference, the Institute of Genealogy and Historical Research of the Georgia Genealogy Society and the Researching Family in Pennsylvania Institute of theHistorical Society of Pennsylvania. For the past seven years, she developed the curriculum and taught the Foundations of Genealogy courses at Historical Society of Pennsylvania. She also served as the President of the Association of Professional Genealogists for the Greater Philadelphia Area Chapter for the past 6 years.
Non-members pay $5.00 Zoom link will be sent the week of the event. Members automatically receive a Zoom link.
Sunday, July 9, 2023, 1pm Pacific Time Zone
Speaker: Daniel Horowitz, Genealogist
Advanced Your Israeli Genealogical Research
Description: Looking for ancestors who lived in, passed through, or died in Israel? The Internet contains many rich repositories where you can learn about them — and these resources, which can be searched in English and in Hebrew, are growing each day. In this session, youʼll learn how to access these resources and receive the tools you need to make the most of them. Daniel will also provide a quick introduction to the Hebrew keywords and translation tools that can help you overcome language barriers and unearth fascinating details about your ancestors located in Israel.
About Daniel HorowitzDedicated to Genealogy since 1986, Daniel was the teacher and the study guide editor of the family history project “Searching for My Roots” in Venezuela for 15 years. He was a board member of The International Association of Jewish Genealogical Societies (IAJGS) for 10 years, now is involved in several crowdsource digitization and transcription projects, and holds a board-level position at The Israel Genealogy Research Association (IGRA). Since 2006 Daniel has been working at MyHeritage liaising with genealogy societies, bloggers, and media, as well as lecturing, and attending conferences around the world.
Non-members pay $5.00 Zoom link will be sent the week of the event. Members automatically receive a Zoom link.
Sunday, August 20, 2023, 1pm Pacific Time Zone
Speaker: Julie Roberts Szczepankiewicz, Genealogist
Locating Vital Records in Poland Using Online Records
Description: If you are researching your Jewish ancestral roots in Poland and would like to go beyond Jewishgen and JRI-Poland to find vital records this presentation is for you. This program introduces major websites such as Metryki, GenBaza, Szukajwarchiwach (the Polish State Archives), Geneteka, and FamilySearch. Learn more about the Polish partitions to introduce the history and geography of Poland. Our speaker genealogist, Julie Roberts Szczepankiewicz will illustrate the use of religious records, passenger manifests, naturalization records, and other documents from U.S. sources, to suggest resources and strategies to help you decipher misspelled place names, and discuss the next steps in your research: determining the parish and civil registry office using gazetteers, and obtaining birth, marriage and death records to determine one’s ancestral village accurately. Julie will rely heavily on online sources throughout her presentation, and show how you can trace your Polish ancestry without having to cross the ocean.
About Julie Roberts Szczepankiewicz
Julie Roberts Szczepankiewicz is a genealogist, writer and speaker, with over 20 years of experience in researching her familyʼs origins in Poland, Germany, the U.S. and Canada. She is the Secretary of the Polish Genealogical Society of Massachusetts, contributes to a number of genealogy-related Facebook groups, and writes an informative genealogy blog, From Shepherds and Shoemakers.
Non-members pay $5.00 Zoom link will be sent the week of the event. Members automatically receive a Zoom link.
