Introduction to Jewish Genealogy
A
Workshop For Beginners
Sunday, April 10, 2005, 1:30-5:30 pm
Congregation Emanuel, 51 Grape Street, Denver
Sponsored annually by the Jewish Genealogical Society
of Colorado
Researching Jewish ancestry can be a challenge with
so many languages, countries, and uniquely Jewish
traditions to navigate.
Join our workshop for novices and learn how to get
started NOW!
·
What are Jewish naming traditions?
· Why
are Jewish migration patterns important?
· And
where are east European records now held?
What can these libraries, archives, and Jewish
repositories reveal for your family research?
·
The Center for Jewish History
· YIVO
Institute for Jewish Research
· Leo
Baeck Institute
·
American Jewish Historical Society
·
American Sephardi Federation
·
American Jewish Archives
· U.S.
Holocaust Memorial Museum
· Yad
Vashem
·
Central Archives for the History of the Jewish
People
·
Synagogues
· Jewish
cemeteries
·
Landsmanshaftn records
· Jewish
newspapers
Online Resources
·
JewishGen Family Finder and Discussion Group
·
Consolidated Jewish Surname Index
· Family
Tree of the Jewish People
·
JewishGen Online Worldwide Burial Registry
·
Searching Ellis Island with Stephen Morse’s uniquely
Jewish search criteria
$35
fee for the workshop includes annual membership in
the Jewish Genealogical Society of Colorado and the
book “Getting Started in Jewish Genealogy” by
Gary Mokotoff and Warren Blatt
For
more information, contact Ellen Kowitt at
720/221-6858 or grapevynwest@comcast.net
