IAJGS JGS Yearbook

Jewish Genealogy Yearbook 2008 Published by the IAJGS

Hal Bookbinder, Editor

Reporting on 131 organizations and continuing projects

Jewish Genealogy Yearbook 2008 (11th annual edition)

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The International Association of Jewish Genealogical Societies (IAJGS) is pleased to present the Jewish Genealogy Yearbook on an annual basis in the hopes that it will be of help as you pursue your family research. I want to thank Hal Bookbinder for his long-time devotion to editing the Yearbook and all those who have taken the time to respond to his requests for the information. With very best wishes for successful research Anne Feder Lee President, IAJGS The Jewish Genealogy Yearbook began in 1998 as a section in the syllabus of the Jewish genealogy conference held that year in Los Angeles. The initial edition included reports on about 80 organizations involved in Jewish genealogy. Over the past decade, this has grown to 131 organizations and projects. We hope you find it to be a valuable resource. I extend my thanks to the organizational and project leaders who put the effort into gathering, reviewing and submitting the information that appears in this edition of the Yearbook. And, I thank Jan Meisels Allen for her ongoing assistance. Hal Bookbinder Editor, Jewish Genealogy Yearbook Jewish Genealogy Yearbook: Copyright © 2008 by the International Association of Jewish Genealogical Societies (IAJGS), 7207 Kuahono St, Honolulu, HI 96825 USA. All rights reserved. No portion of this book may be reproduced in any form, including electronic or mechanical means without permission of the publisher. Brief quotes may be used in reviews. Authors of portions of this book continue to have complete rights to their submitted material.



Table of Contents International Association of Jewish Genealogical Societies

Organization update 4

1991 – 2007 IAJGS Stern Awards, now called, “The Malcolm Stern Grant” 5

1998 – 2007 IAJGS Achievement Awards 6

2007 – 2008 IAJGS Salutes 8

1981 – 2011 Jewish Genealogy Conferences 9

In Memoriam, recognizing Jewish Genealogy leaders who have passed on 10

Organization information including contact information and updates

Jewish Genealogical Societies & Jewish Historical Societies (organized alphabetically by name within country and U.S. state) 13

Special Interest Groups & Research Groups (organized alphabetically by name) 59

Jewish Genealogical Projects (organized alphabetically by name) 80

Other Organizations supporting Jewish Genealogy (organized alphabetically by name) 83

Organizations which are no longer apparently active 90

Indices

By Organization Name (including alternate names and abbreviations) 91

By Publication Name (including organization) 94

By Geographic Focus (location served or area of interest) 96

By non-geographic Topical Focus 96



International Association of Jewish Genealogical Societies Mission: The International Association of Jewish Genealogical Societies (IAJGS) is an independent non-profit umbrella organization with national and local Jewish genealogical societies (JGSs) from around the world and special interest groups as members. Its broad mandate is to provide a common voice for issues of significance to its members, to advance our genealogical avocation, to assist in the formation of and growth of JGSs, and to ensure the continuity and effectiveness of the annual Jewish Genealogy Conference. Founded: 1988 Membership/subscriber count (as of 12/31/2007 unless otherwise indicated): 73 member organizations Mailing Address: 7207 Kuahono St, Honolulu, HI 96825 USA Telephone: 1 (808) 395-0115, FAX: None Email: [email protected], Website: www.iajgs.org Newsletter/Journal/Discussion List or other periodic publication/communication: IAJGS Echo, Frequency: Periodically, Distribution: Posted on website Library: No library. However resources posted at the IAJGS website include Old maps of Poland and Romania (the first part of a project to make old maps available for researchers); the listing of Jewish Records available at the Family History Library (LDS); a Bibliography of North American Jewish Community Books; a listing of Legislative Websites; the previous Yearbook; a Statement on Ethics for genealogists; Guidelines for Brainstorming; and information concerning access to public records relevant to researching Jewish genealogy. We also have, on our website, a periodic story about our International member societies called “Spotlight" Leaders: Anne Feder Lee, President; Michael Brenner, Vice President; Joel Spector, Secretary; Michael Posnick, Treasurer; Jan Meisels Allen, Director; William Israel, Director; Marcia Indiander Meyers, Director; Daniel Schlyter, Director and Webmaster; Paul H. Silverstone, Director; Hal Bookbinder, Past President 2007/2008 activities summary: The IAJGS assists in the formation of new JGSs with its booklet on How to Start a JGS in Your Community. We have a booklet on how to organize a conference. Our Public Records Access Monitoring Committee follows legislation that impacts access to vital records. Members benefit from: our cemetery project; the Leadership Digest; and their ability to be recognized as 501 (c) (3) tax-exempt organizations under the umbrella of the IAJGS 501 (c) (3) status. We have assumed responsibility for Jewish Genealogy Month (previously sponsored by Avotanyu) by initiating a poster contest. The IAJGS continues to award excellence by presenting Achievement Awards and assisting worthy projects with the Stern Award. Our program IAJGS Salutes recognizes laudable achievements on our website. The IAJGS, in cooperation with the JGS of Illinois and the Illiana JGS hosted the 2008 Annual Jewish Genealogy Conference in Chicago (August 17-22 at the Downtown Marriott Magnificent Mile). Three future conferences have been approved: Philadelphia in 2009 co-hosted by the IAJGS and the JGS of Greater Philadelphia, Los Angeles in 2010 hosted by the JGSLA, and Washington, DC in 2011 hosted by the JGS of Greater Washington.



1991 - 2007 IAJGS Stern Awards, now called, “The Malcolm Stern Grant” Malcolm Stern Grant honors Malcolm H. Stern, widely considered to have been the dean of American Jewish genealogy, and his efforts to increase the availability of resources for Jewish genealogical research. The Stern Award is a funding award given to encourage institutions to pursue projects, activities and acquisitions that provide new or enhanced resources to benefit Jewish genealogists. It has been awarded since 1991.

2007: US Holocaust Memorial Museum for its upcoming project to index materials it receives from the International Tracing Service (ITS). - $2,000

2006: Toledot-Jewish Family History Centre in Prague for its project to Digitize Jewish Familiant Registers from Bohemia (1760-1849) - $2,000

2005: Jewish Genealogical Society of Montreal for their project to digitize and index Canadian naturalization records 1932-1951 covering approximately 400,000. The data will be posted to the Internet. - $2000

2004: No award given 2003: The University of Denver Ira M. Beck Memorial Special Collection Archives to support the JCRS

project indexing about 25,000 tuberculosis patient files from 1904-1920 - $2,000 2002: The Jacob Rader Marcus Center of the American Jewish Archives, Cincinnati, OH - $2,000 to

expand its archives 2001: Genealogy Institute of the Center for Jewish History, New York City - $1,000

Central Zionist Archives, Jerusalem - $1,000 The Philadelphia Jewish Archives Center, Philadelphia, PA. - $1,000 Center for Judaic Studies at the University of Latvia, Riga - $1,000 JewishGen, Houston, TX - $1,000

2000: No award given 1999: The International Survey of Jewish Monuments, Syracuse, NY - $2,000

The US Holocaust Museum, Washington, DC - $2,000 to computerize Russian lists of Holocaust victims

1998: Jewish Agency Search Bureau, Jerusalem Jerusalem - $1,250 Jewish Historical Institute in Warsaw, Poland - $1,250

1997: No award given 1996: Jewish Historical Institute in Warsaw, Poland - $1,250

The US Commission for the Preservation of America's Heritage Abroad, Washington, DC - $500 1995: Jewish Historical Institute in Warsaw, Poland - $1,000

The Federation of Genealogical Societies' Stern-NARA Gift Fund for US National Archives microfilming - $1,000

1994: Yad Vashem, Jerusalem - $3,000 to purchase computers to speed process of computerizing Pages of Testimony

1993: Central Archives for the History of the Jewish People, Jerusalem - Funding for adding much needed office space - $2,000

1992: No award given 1991: Jewish Agency Search Bureau, Jerusalem - $3,000



1998 - 2007 IAJGS Achievement Awards Annually since 1998, the IAJGS has issued achievement awards to recognize outstanding individual and organizational contributions to Jewish Genealogy. Potential awardees are nominated by one or more of the 73 IAJGS member societies, and determined by a committee appointed by the IAJGS Board of Directors. Mark Halpern, Chair, IAJGS Awards Committee, presented the 2007 awards during the 27th IAJGS International Conference on Jewish Genealogy, Salt Lake City, UT. • The IAJGS Lifetime Achievement Award - It is presented to a living individual for a lifetime of

outstanding contributions of major significance and benefit to Jewish genealogy. • The IAJGS Outstanding Contribution Award - It is presented to a person, persons or organization in

recognition of an exceptional contribution to Jewish genealogy via the Internet, print, or electronic product.

• The IAJGS Outstanding Programming or Project Award - It is presented to a person, persons or organization either in recognition of a single program or series of programs, or in recognition of a single project or series of projects.

• The IAJGS Outstanding Publication Award - It is presented to an IAJGS Member Organization in recognition of an outstanding of an outstanding journal, newsletter, or other publication that Jewish genealogical research.

The 2007 IAJGS Lifetime Achievement Award was presented to Mathilde Tagger "In recognition of her huge impact on the advancement of Sephardic Jewish genealogy, through her personal research, including translations, transliterations, and indexes; through the publication of her book Guidebook for Sephardic and Oriental Genealogical Sources in Israel; through her numerous scholarly publications; and through her unstinting personal assistance to individual researchers.." The 2007 IAJGS Outstanding Contribution to Jewish Genealogy was presented to Lars Menk "In recognition of his book A Dictionary of German-Jewish Surnames, created as a remarkable act of love and dedication while choosing employment as a letter carrier in order to leave time for his meticulous research. Within a context of general demographic and historical information, the book documents 13,000 Jewish surnames from German-speaking regions of Europe, including the the dates and locations in which the names were recorded." No awards were presented for Outstanding Programming or Project or for Outstanding Publication by an IAJGS member Society 1998 - 2006 Achievement Awards 2006 Lifetime Achievement Award Stephen P. Morse Outstanding Contribution Ada Green (documention of burial plots and gravestone inscriptions) Outstanding Publication JGS of Greater Boston (MASS-POCHA) Outstanding Project JGS of Greater Philadelphia (database of the Blitzstein & Lipshutz

“ethnic bank” records) 2005 Lifetime Achievement Award Susan King Outstanding Contribution Yad Vashem (Central Database of Shoah Victims' Names) Outstanding Publication JGS of Greater Philadelphia (Chronicles) Outstanding Project JGS of Los Angeles (25th anniversary activities) 2004 Lifetime Achievement Award Warren Blatt Outstanding Contribution Alexander Beider (proper name and surname research)



Outstanding Publication Jewish Genealogical Society, Inc. (Genealogical Resources of the New York Area (2nd Edition))

Outstanding Project David Fox (Belarus SIG databases) 2003 Lifetime Achievement Award Miriam Weiner Outstanding Contribution Stephen Morse (One-Step website) Outstanding Publication JGS of Palm Beach County (Beginners and Intermediate Genealogical

Workbook) Outstanding Project JGS of Montreal (the Drouin Project) 2002 Lifetime Achievement Award Stanley Diamond Outstanding Contribution JewishGen (Yizkor Book Project) Outstanding Publication JGS of Los Angeles (RootsKey) Outstanding Project JGS of Ottawa (Chernivtsi Cemetery Project) 2001 Lifetime Achievement Award Peter Landé Outstanding Contribution Internet Michael Tobias (Jewish genealogical database development) Print Dan and Rosanne Leeson (18th Century Alsatian Jewish Census and

marriage indices) Electronic Media Nancy Goodstein (Index of Jewish Records in the FHL) Outstanding Publication Asociacion de Genealogia Judia de Argentina (Toldot) Outstanding Programming JGS, Palm Beach County Outstanding Project(s) JGS, Inc. (NY) (Indexing of various historical records) 2000 Lifetime Achievement Award Sallyann Amdur Sack Outstanding Contribution Internet Litvak SIG (All Lithuania Database) Print Miriam Weiner (Jewish Roots in Ukraine and Moldova) Outstanding Publication JGS of Michigan (Generations) Outstanding Programming JGS of Greater Washington Outstanding Project(s) JGS of Canada (Toronto) (Jewish Youth Genealogy Project) 1999 Lifetime Achievement Award Arthur Kurzweil Outstanding Contribution Internet Jewish Records Indexing-Poland Project Print Miriam Weiner (Jewish Roots in Poland) Outstanding Publication Israel GS (Sharsheret HaDorot) Outstanding Programming JGS of Michigan Outstanding Project(s) JGS, Inc. (NY) (Family Finder) 1998 Lifetime Achievement Award Gary Mokotoff Outstanding Contribution Susan King (Jewishgen) Outstanding Publication JGS of Great Britain (Shemot)



2007 - 2008 IAJGS Salutes The IAJGS has instituted “IAJGS Salutes” to encourage noteworthy projects and activities relating to Jewish genealogy that increase the availability of resources, demonstrate creative techniques others can use or increase interest and participation in Jewish Genealogy. For full information about the noteworthy efforts by our honorees, please see the IAJGS Website, www.iajgs.org. March, 2008 - Marian Smith for her continuing efforts to assist the Jewish genealogy community through her writing, lectures and personal assistance based on her understanding of the US naturalization process. She wrote the JewishGen infofile titled A Guide to Interpreting Passenger List Annotations and the excellent article, Women and Naturalization 1802-1940. January, 2008 - Leo Baeck Institute. The Institute has three centers – in New York, London, and Jerusalem, and an office in Frankfurt. The New York center has a library and archive with one of the largest collection of documents concerning German Jewry. The London office publishes the Yearbook and maintains contact with European scholars. LBI Jerusalem is responsible for the publication Juedisher Almanach and books in Hebrew and German. January, 2008 - Nancy Adelson for her creative and resourseful programming for the JGS of Washington State, which has directly contributed to a doubling of the size of the Society. December, 2007 - Angelika Ellmann-Krüger and Dietrich Ellmann for their definitive resource for German-Jewish genealogical research, Bibliography on German-Jewish Family Research and on Recent Regional and Local History of the Jews. December, 2007 - Sidney & Arline Sachs for their Tracing Your Family Roots show. Sidney and Arline have helped spread the word about Jewish genealogy through their dedicated and tireless efforts and creative programming. March, 2007 - Dr. Steve Lasky of New York for an IAJGS Salute for his virtual Museum of Family History, created with dedication and diligence “to honor and preserve the memory of our ancestors for present and future generations.” February 2007 - Mary Barkan for her work in preserving archival material from the original Hadassah chapter in Las Vegas, Nevada which included scrapbooks, photos, articles, awards, plaques, pins, and banners documenting various Hadassah events held from 1964 through 1971.



1981 – 2011 Jewish Genealogy Conferences 2011 Washington, D.C. 31st IAJGS International Conference on Jewish Genealogy

2010 Los Angeles 30th IAJGS International Conference on Jewish Genealogy

2009 Philadelphia 29th IAJGS International Conference on Jewish Genealogy

2008 Chicago 28th IAJGS International Conference on Jewish Genealogy

2007 Salt Lake City 27th IAJGS International Conference on Jewish Genealogy

2006 New York City 26th IAJGS International Conference on Jewish Genealogy

2005 Las Vegas 25th IAJGS International Conference on Jewish Genealogy

2004 Jerusalem 24th IAJGS International Conference on Jewish Genealogy

2003 Washington, D.C. 23rd IAJGS International Conference on Jewish Genealogy

2002 Toronto 22nd IAJGS International Conference on Jewish Genealogy

2001 London 21st International Conference on Jewish Genealogy

2000 Salt Lake City 20th Annual Conference on Jewish Genealogy

1999 New York City 19th Annual Conference on Jewish Genealogy

1998 Los Angeles 18th Annual Seminar on Jewish Genealogy

1997 Paris 5th International Seminar on Jewish Genealogy

1996 Boston 15th Summer Seminar on Jewish Genealogy

1995 Washington, D.C. 14th Summer Seminar on Jewish Genealogy

1994 Jerusalem 4th International Seminar on Jewish Genealogy

1993 Toronto 12th Annual International Summer Seminar on Jewish Genealogy

1992 New York City 11th Annual Seminar on Jewish Genealogy

1991 Salt Lake City 3rd International Seminar on Jewish Genealogy

1990 Los Angeles 9th Annual Seminar on Jewish Genealogy

1989 Philadelphia 8th National Seminar on Jewish Genealogy

1988 Washington, D.C. 7th Summer Seminar on Jewish Genealogy

1987 London 2nd International Jewish Genealogy Conference

1986 Salt Lake City 6th National Summer Seminar on Jewish Genealogy

1985 New York City 5th National Summer Seminar on Jewish Genealogy

1984 Jerusalem International Seminar on Jewish Genealogy

Chicago 4th National Summer Seminar on Jewish Genealogy

1983 Los Angeles 3rd National Summer Seminar on Jewish Genealogy

1982 Washington, D.C. Summer Seminar on Jewish Genealogy II

1981 New York City Summer Seminar on Jewish Genealogy



In Memoriam Recognizing leaders in the world of Jewish Genealogy who have passed on The very core of genealogy is recognizing and honoring our past and those who have gone before. In this spirit, we wish to honor those who gave so much of themselves in supporting us in our genealogical pursuits. To nominate others for “In Memoriam”, please send their information to [email protected]. Please include the person’s year of birth and passing and a short (dozen words or less) description of his/her leadership role in Jewish genealogy. We acknowledge the following who passed on since January 1, 2007. Carl Adelsheim (1929-2007), Vice president, JGS of Pittsburgh Donald Frank (1926-2007), Editor, Branches, JGS of Greater Miami, Membership comm, JGS of Greater

Orlando Rubin Schmer Gartenberg (1922-2007), Drohobycz projects, including cemetery restoration and a

memorial to Shoah victims Donn Gordon (1927-2007), Membership Committee, JGS of Greater Orlando Melvin Hanberg (1923-2007), First President of JGSLA. Also founder of Polish Genealogical Society of

California. Myrna Lewis (1936-2007), Publicity co-chair, with husband Paul, JGS of North Jersey; extensive

knowledge of DNA testing Judith Moroz (1932-2007), Long time volunteer for the JGS of Central Jersey. Self-taught archivist who

organized the Society's collection. Anita ("Nikki") Pikus (1938-2007), President, JGS of Greater Washington and editor of Mishpacha Monica Edelmuth Benatuil (1956-2008), Vice president of Asociación de Genealogía Judía de Argentina Jan M. Engel (1924-2008), JRI-Poland Volunteer, Published extensive Engel Family genealogy, member

JGS of the San Francisco Bay Area Helene Handaly (1928-2008), Long-time newsletter editor JHS of Central Jersey Rita Rubin (1930-2008), Second VP for JGS Tampa Bay, Special Projects & Librarian Joe Schuster (1937-2008), Charter member, JGS Washington State We add these individuals to the list of those who have gone before Nat Abramowitz (1917-2002), Founding member, Gesher Galicia, Introduced Alex Dunai to the Jewish

genealogical community Carl Adelsheim (1929-2007), Vice president, JGS of Pittsburgh Norma Arbit (1920-2005), President, membership VP, JGS of Los Angeles Moses Aronson (1919-2002), Secretary, charter member, JGS of Greater Orlando Mila Begun (1936-2005), JRI-P Shtetl CO-OP Leader Monica Edelmuth Benatuil (1956-2008), Vice president of Asociación de Genealogía Judía de Argentina David Bernstein (1922-1999), Founding President, Board Member, JGS of Oregon, Forester Arthur Chassman (1930-2004), President, JGS of Greater Miami Richard Ecuyer (1939-2006), Active member of the JGS of San Antonio, expert on Louisiana Jewish roots Ivan Elion (d. 2005), Founder and chairman of JGS Johannesburg Sam Elpern (1930-1998), President and Founding Member, ROMSIG Jan M. Engel (1924-2008), JRI-Poland Volunteer, Published extensive Engel Family genealogy, member

JGS of the San Francisco Bay Area Douglas First (1922-2002), Charter member, JGS of Greater Orlando, genealogical photographer Donald Frank (1926-2007), Editor, Branches, JGS of Greater Miami, Membership comm, JGS of Greater

Orlando Marshall Frenkel (1934-2004), Membership committee, JGS of Greater Orlando, lecturer Rubin Schmer Gartenberg (1922-2007), Drohobycz projects, including cemetery restoration and a

memorial to Shoah victims Donn Gordon (1927-2007), Membership Committee, JGS of Greater Orlando Lucille Gudis (1933-2005), Vice president, JGS, Inc. (New York), treasurer, AJH Society; professional

genealogist



In Memoriam Recognizing leaders in the world of Jewish Genealogy who have passed on Continued Tali Hadar (1951-2001), Founder, Galil Genealogical Society, Kibbutz Mizra (1990-2000) and Kiriat Tivon

(from 2000) Melvin Hanberg (1923-2007), First President of JGS of Los Angeles. Also founder of Polish Genealogical

Society of California. Helene Handaly (1928-2008), Long-time newsletter editor JHS of Central Jersey Margery Yamins Hyman (1927-1990), Dedicated leader in the early years of the JGS of Greater Boston Dr. Paul Jacobi (1911-1997), Dean of Israeli genealogy, reknowned expert/writer on more than 400

European rabbinic families James Jaffee (1915-2003), Sponsor, History, JGS of Greater Orlando, Melody Aroner Katz (1948-2004), Created the Ulanów, Poland webpage; member, Gesher Galicia Steering

Committee Solomon Katzen (d. 2001), Assisted many in Courland research. His memoirs online illuminateday-to-day

lives of our ancestors. Laura Horowitz Klein (1923-1994), President, JGSLA Harvey Klevit (1931-2005), Treasurer, Board Member, JGS of Oregon Aliza Koler (1948-2003), JGSGP German SIG Leader, JRI-P Shtetl CO-OP Leader, Data Entry Volunteer Jack Kornbluh (1922-2003), Director, webmaster, JGS of Greater Orlando Sam Kweskin (1924-2005), Resident artist, JGS of Broward County Alfred Leeds (1923-1999), President, JGS of Pittsburgh Ernie Lefkowitz (1919-2002), Jewish History, JGS of Greater Orlando Monica Leonards (1957-2006), JRI-P Data Entry Volunteer Amy Levinson (1932-2001), Past President, Board Member, JGS of Oregon, active in Belarus SIG Myrna Lewis (1936-2007), Publicity co-chair, with husband Paul, JGS of North Jersey; extensive

knowledge of DNA testing Judith Moroz (1932-2007), Long time volunteer for the JHS of Central Jersey. Organized the Society's

resource collection. Sheila R. Moskow (1929-1998), Treasurer, Gesher Galicia Sonia Nayle (1933-2005), Webmaster, JGS of Los Angeles Estelle Nemoy (1939-2005), Program chair, JGS of Broward County; founding member, UkraineSIG Harold Nissenthall (1938-2003), Executive member, JGS of Canada (Toronto); Coordinator, 2002 & 2003

IAJGS Conferences Arlene Parnes (1923-2003), Photography, JGS of Greater Orlando Bonnie Phelphs (1955-2000), JRI-P Data Entry Volunteer Anita ("Nikki") Pikus (1938-2007), President, JGS of Greater Washington and editor of Mishpacha Sheldon Pivnik (1935-2005), e-mail Coordinator, JGS of Greater Miami Honora Rickler (1938-2005), Co-president of the JGS of Buffalo, local historian, lecturer and teacher Wallace Rindskopf (1916-2000), Editor, "Discovery" & chair, computer committee, San Diego JGS Leif H. Rosenstock (1926-2004), Founding member, director, JGS of Denmark Rita Rubin (1930-2008), Second VP for JGS Tampa Bay, Special Projects & Librarian Joe Schuster (1937-2008), Charter member, JGS of Washington State Howard Seligson (1933-2002), Workshop coordinator, JGS of Greater Orlando Dr. Hilde Shmerling (d. 2004), Secretary, member of managing committee, Swiss Society for Jewish

Genealogy Albert Sobol (d. 2004), President, member of managing committee, Swiss Society for Jewish Genealogy Jonathan Emanuel Stein (1913-2001), President, JGS of Greater Philadelphia, 1st President, (I)AJGS; VP,

Philadelphia Jewish Archives Rabbi Malcolm H. Stern (1916-1994), Dean of American Jewish genealogy, author of "First American

Jewish Families" Harold Sternberger (1925-2002), Secretary, VP program, JGS of Greater Orlando Ralph Tannenbaum (1921-2006), Founding member, Utah JGS, Mapped and published Jewish burials in

Salt Lake.



In Memoriam Recognizing leaders in the world of Jewish Genealogy who have passed on Continued Norman Tillman (1927-2005), President, JGS of the Capital District (Albany, NY); lecturer on Lithuanian

Jewish genealogy Charlotte Title (1922-2001), Treasurer, JGS of Los Angeles Ellie Adler Tritchler (1938-2000), Editor, "Mekorot" JGS Buffalo; Cert. Records Specialist Buffalo & Erie

Co.; LDS FHC teacher Dave Verdooner (1937-2008), Founding member, Netherlands Society for Jewish Genealogy. Extensively

researched Dutch Jewry. Gary Wallin (1940-2004), Founding president, JGS of New Hampshire Norman Kaslowitz Winiker (1925-2005), Founding member and treasurer, JGS of Long Island Michael Wippman (d. 2001), Developed and organized computer databases for the Courland Research

Group Yehuda Julius Witenoff (1924-2005), Treasurer Galil Genealogical Society, created database of Youth

Aliya (Aliyat Hanoar) files Benjamin (Wald) Ya'ari (d. 2006), Member Israeli GS, dedicated his life to documenting and restoring

Jewish cemeteries in Poland Sylvan Zeiden (1940-2004), Librarian, JGS of Los Angeles



Jewish Genealogical Societies & Jewish Historical Societies (organized alphabetically by name within country and U.S. state) Asociación de Genealogía Judía de Argentina, "AGJA", (Association of Jewish Genealogy of Argentina) (IAJGS Member) Mission: The AGJA has four primary activities: a) to assist people of all religions interested in researching their Jewish ancestors; b) to promote among young people (school age) the history of the Jewish immigration, idea of origins and the search for ancestors; c) to preserve records and memory of the Jewish history in Argentina; and d) to join other Genealogical Societies in the world in exchanging information and experiences. Founded: Informally founded in July 1996 as “Sociedad Argentina de Genealogía Judía.” Formally established on December 2, 1997 as “Asociación de Genealogía Judía de Argentina.” Obtained official “Non-Profit Society” status on April 20, 1998 (Resolution #00345/98). Membership/subscriber count (as of 12/31/2007 unless otherwise indicated): Around 100, 70 in Argentina and 30 outside of Argentina Mailing Address: Juana Azurduy 2223 piso 8, 1429 Buenos Aires, Argentina Telephone: 54 11-4701-0730, FAX: 54 11-4702-5654 Email: [email protected], Website: www.agja.org.ar Newsletter/Journal/Discussion List or other periodic publication/communication: Toldot, Frequency: Quarterly, Distribution: Hardcopy and emailed as PDF. An index of contents can be found on website Library: Our library is held in private locations. So, it is available only by appointment. Non-members who wish to use our resources must contact us for permission. We collected an importnat number of photocopies of special books not edited commercially about celebrations of 50, 75 and 100 years of several colonies founded by the Braon Hirsch colonization and also independend colonies a "Colonia Rusa" (Russian Colony) in the south of the country, founded in 1906. This books joined are not generally in any place, or other Libraries, so we are the only keepers of that material. Leaders: Paul Armony, Chairman and Editor; Daniel Susevich Vicepresident; Marcelo Beneviste Secretary; Jacques Obadia, Former Secretary; Diana Nimcowicz, Deputy Secretary; Hector Mondrik, former Vice president and Director 2007/2008 activities summary: We have enlarged our database, gathering information from more than 70 cemeteries, adding some Argentine small cemeteries and up to day the biggest Cemeteries in Buenos Aires. We completed our Data Base with some records from Chile, Peru and Uruguay and during 2007 we added some records from Bolivia. During this past year, we enriched our files with patient investigations, lists of passengers from the first immigration ships, ketubot registers of some Sephardic Communities, lists of students of the first Jewish schools in the Baron Hirsch Colonies and many other sources. During the last month of 2006 records were added from the La Paz City Cemetery in Bolivia. Also during 2006 we began to take pictures of ketubot in the two biggest Ashkenazi synagogues in Buenos Aires, Libertad and Paso (these are the street names where they are located), from 1930 until 1950. We have photographed 14% of the ketubot. Our volunteers continue to enter this information into a computer database. But we need sponsors to continue the work. We have more than 250,000 names of deceased people representing more than 63,000 different family names and also around 80,000 maiden surnames of married women. We are working and doing our best to be in position to place, in the future, some family name indexes in our website for consultation. The information available shall be the simple mention of the family names and where such names could be found for further information in our archives, files, locations, cemeteries, places and so on.



Australian Jewish Genealogical Society (Victoria), Inc. (IAJGS Member) Mission: The aim of the Society is to provide opportunities for people to research their Jewish ancestry through access to library resources and expert guidance. To achieve this aim the Society conducts lectures, seminars and workshops, gives individual assistance to its members, issues a newsletter and builds a library collection. Founded: The AJGS (Vic) Inc. was incorporated as a separate organisation in 1998 having been first established as a branch of the AJGS in 1995. Membership/subscriber count (as of 12/31/2007 unless otherwise indicated): 130 Mailing Address: P.O. Box 189, Glenhuntly, Victoria, 3163, Australia Telephone: 61 3 9523 6738, FAX: None Email: [email protected], Website: www.ajgs.exist.com.au Newsletter/Journal/Discussion List or other periodic publication/communication: Jewish Genealogy Downunder, Frequency: Quarterly, Distribution: Hardcopy distributed by post Library: The resource collection is housed at the Makor Jewish Community Library, 306 Hawthorn Rd, South Caulfield, 3161. The library is open to the general public, Monday - Thursday, 10.00 am - 5.00 pm and Sunday 2.00 pm - 5.00 pm. except Jewish and public holidays. Leaders: Leslie Oberman, President; Lionel Sharpe, Hon. Secretary and Editor; Enid Yoffa-Elton, Vice-President; Kurt Friedlaender, Treasurer 2007/2008 activities summary: Dvorah Netzer, Genealogical Research in Israel, Sharing Your Family Research Issues, Keira Lockyer, A Genealogical Journey, Anne Burrows, Resources available for Genealogical Research at the State Library of Victoria Jenny Harkness, Resources for Research with the Latter Day Saints, Ralphy Jhirad Genealogy of the Bene Israel Community of India, Effective Use of the Internet for Family History Research, Rabbi Dr. John Levi, 'Errors and Omissions' in his recent book, ‘These Are the Names: Jewish Lives in Australia 1788-1850’, Getting started with researching our ancestry - a hands-on Workshop with guidance from experts. Australian Jewish Genealogical Society, Inc. (IAJGS Member) Mission: Our aim is to encourage and assist those with Jewish ancestry to research their family histories. Founded: Nov 1991 Membership/subscriber count (as of 12/31/2007 unless otherwise indicated): 170 Mailing Address: P. O. Box 42, Lane Cove, NSW, 1595, Australia Telephone: None, FAX: None Email: [email protected], Website: www.ajgs.org.au Newsletter/Journal/Discussion List or other periodic publication/communication: The Kosher Koala, Frequency: Quarterly, Distribution: Hardcopy Library: The Society's library has a wide range of publications about overseas research. Location and hours of availability of the Society's library can be found on the web site at www.ajgs.org.au. Special arrangements might be possible by contacting [email protected].



Leaders: Rieke Nash, President (Sydney, also for Brisbane/Queensland); Miriam Shifreen, Editor; Vernon Kronenberg, Canberra; Les Oberman, Melbourne; Marjorie Luno, Adelaide; Michelle Urban, Perth 2007/2008 activities summary: In 2007 the membership of the Society continued to grow. Additions to the reference library were regularly consulted and our discussion group, AJGen, was a valuable resource for members and non-members, locally and around the world. Interest in our newsletter, The Kosher Koala, remained high with many members contributing helpful and interesting articles. Apart from the regular workshops, guest speakers presented topics of interest ranging from early Australian Jewish history, Czech and Austrian research and Genetic Diseases to Jewish participation in Australia's World War I forces at Gallipoli. Planning commenced for a National Jewish Genealogy conference to be held in Canberra in October, 2008 to be jointly hosted by the ACT Jewish Community and the Australian Jewish Genealogical Societies in Sydney and Melbourne. Jewish Historical & Genealogical Society of Western Australia Inc. Mission: The Society was formed in 2003 to promote and foster the study and knowledge of genealogy and to provide a forum for people with a common interest in family history as well as to raise interest in Western Australian history. Founded: 1998 (Established as a branch of the AJGS), Incorporated separately, Jun 2003 Membership/subscriber count (as of 12/31/2007 unless otherwise indicated): ~ 60 Mailing Address: PO Box 225, Claremont, WA 6910, Australia Telephone: 61 08 9375 3874, FAX: 61 08 9375 3574 Email: [email protected], Website: no website Newsletter/Journal/Discussion List or other periodic publication/communication: Perth Jewish Roots, Frequency: Quarterly, Distribution: E-mailed and post-mailed Library: Our extensive Library of books and recordings is based at the Northern Suburbs Synagogue (NSHC), 9 Garson Court, Noranda. It is regularly open on Tuesday mornings from 10:00 am to 12:00 noon. Leaders: John Urban, President; Michelle Urban, Vice President 2007/2008 activities summary: Assisted in organizing an exhibition on early Perth Jewry in Northbridge at the Stuart Street Art Gallery. This included a walking tour of the Northbridge area. Later a mini-exhibition of Jewish Northbridge was held at the Chanukah Fair. Society presentation sessions have been as follows: Mrs. Lennie McCall of the Royal Western Australian Historical Society on the History of Western Australia; Andrew Blitz on his ancestry and Shtetl Eishyshok; David Sandler on his book 100 Years of Arc Memories, documenting a South African Orphanage; Dr. Sallyann Amdur Sack on her topics, reconstituting the destroyed communities of Europe and how Jewish genealogy differs from other genealogy; Warren and Brenda Austin on Jewish graves in remote Western Australia; Sue and Julian Levy on the history of the lost communities of Rhodes, Corfu & Dubrovnik and Ken Arkwright OAM presented on the history of his family from 1492 and the expulsion of Jews from Spain to his own arrival as a youth in Perth having survived the Shoah. Other talks have been given in a variety of venues to both Jewish and non-Jewish groups. We have also held a number of computer workshops with the aim of assisting family researchers to explore genealogical sites. Continuation of our major Lotteries-funded Oral Histories Project in conjunction with the State Library of Western Australia. The collection of stories, memoirs, photos and collections relevant to family history are on-going. Projects underway include collecting and collating information about all Jewish burials throughout Western Australia, researching Jewish graves in remote and rural parts of our State and collecting data on births and marriages in Western Australia.



Cercle de Généalogie Juive de Belgique, also, Kring voor Joodse Genealogie in Belgie (Jewish Genealogy Society of Belgium) (IAJGS Member) Mission: The society’s mission is to collect, keep and disseminate the knowledge about Jewish Genealogy. Founded: Nov 1997 Membership/subscriber count (as of 12/31/2007 unless otherwise indicated): 28 Mailing Address: c/o Jewish Museum of Belgium, rue des Minimes 21 Minimes-street;1000 Bruxelles (Sablon) Telephone: (+32) (0)2 512 19 63, FAX: (+32) (0)2-513 48 59 Email: [email protected], Website: www.mjb-jmb.org (website for the Jewish Museum of Belgium) Newsletter/Journal/Discussion List or other periodic publication/communication: None, Frequency: N/A, Distribution: N/A Library: The society's library is located at 21 rue des Minimes 1000 Brussels. It is open 10 am-5pm Monday through Friday. Leaders: Daniel Dratwa, President; Marcel Apsel, Vice President; Adam Richard, Secretary; Bob Drilsma, Vice-Secretary 2007/2008 activities summary: Meetings are scheduled for the first Tuesday of the month in the museum building. In 2007, in cooperation with the Jewish Museum of Belgium, we made a database of all the Jews that were living in Belgium between December 1940 and September 1944 (the database is not online because of the Belgium law). Members of our JGS organized a booth for 2 days during the main fair of Genealogy in the French speaking part of Belgium. Genealogical Institute of the Jewish Heritage Centre of Western Canada Inc. (IAJGS Member) Mission: The Genealogical Institute was founded in June 1990 and operates as a program component and committee of the Jewish Heritage Centre. It is dedicated to the development, preservation and distribution of Jewish genealogical knowledge and material, and the sharing of techniques and tools with others who may be searching their Jewish roots. We are a member of the International Association of Jewish Genealogical Societies (IAJGS). We provide lectures, workshops, library facilities, and a variety of other benefits Founded: Jan 1999 Membership/subscriber count (as of 12/31/2007 unless otherwise indicated): 400 Mailing Address: C116 - 123 Doncaster Street, Winnipeg MB Canada R3N 2B2 Telephone: 1 (204) 477-7460, FAX: 1 (204) 477-7465 Email: [email protected] or [email protected], Website: www.jhcwc.org Newsletter/Journal/Discussion List or other periodic publication/communication: Newsletter of the JHC of Western Canada Inc, Frequency: Quarterly, Distribution: Hardcopy, mail, e-mailed and posted on the web-site. Library: A library is maintained. For access, please contact Vanesa Harari.



Leaders: Abe Anhang, President; Arthur Blankstein, Vice President; Stan Carbone, Director of Programs and Exhibits; Vanesa Harari, JHC Archivist; Allan Finkel, Genealogy Chairperson; Carla Divinsky, Holocaust Education Coordinator; Fran Barrett, General Manager 2007/2008 activities summary: No update received. Information shown is from the prior (2007) Yearbook. Please check the website of the Institute for current information. Jewish Genealogical Institute of British Columbia (IAJGS Member) Mission: The Institute works to encourage genealogical research; to collect and disseminate information on genealogical resources and techniques; to assist and educate its members and the general public in the "how-to's" of finding one's Jewish roots; and to promote the preservation of and access to Jewish records and resources. Founded: 1992 Membership/subscriber count (as of 12/31/2007 unless otherwise indicated): 50 Mailing Address: Suite # 300 - 950 West 41st Avenue, Vancouver BC Canada V5Z 2N7 Telephone: 1 (604) 321-9870, FAX: 1 (604) 257-5199 Email: [email protected] (Catherine Youngren), [email protected] (Cissie Eppel), Website: www.geocities.com/Heartland/Hills/4441 Newsletter/Journal/Discussion List or other periodic publication/communication: Meeting notice containing tips, Frequency: Prior to scheduled meetings, Distribution: E-mailed and sent in hard copy to those members without computer access Library: Our reference-only library is housed within the Jewish Museum and Archives of British Columbia, while our circulating books are held in the Isaac Waldman Library. Both facilities are at the Jewish Community Centre, 41st Ave, Vancouver. Leaders: Catherine Youngren, President; Ed Goldberg, Vice President; Cissie Eppel, Founding Chairman; Irv Rivkin, Treasurer; Gayle Pelman, Membership; Barbara Freedman, School Programs; Earl Lesk, Director; Danny Gelmon, Director; Cheryl Rimer, Director 2007/2008 activities summary: Since relocating our meetings to the new Jewish Museum and Archives of British Columbia, we have attracted several genealogical “newbies”, curious to see what genealogy is all about, and we hope that they will eventually join us as members. The Museum also contains an Archival Research Room, that now houses part of our genealogical library, and two computers are available for Internet research. In turn, our Society (JGIBC) makes one of our members available every Sunday to meet with and help those researching their roots. This year we held our annual Roundtable workshop and our annual Hanukah social. Programs have included a presentation on a genealogical/klezmer music cruise down the Dneiper River by members of our Jewish community; a talk on Canadian resources by one of the Cloverdale Library genealogical librarians; a film called “Bernie”, a beautiful film about an elderly man recalling his experiences in the Hebrew Orphan Asylum in New York; and the film “More than Gold” a history of the Jews of British Columbia. Michael Goldstein from Israel spoke to our group in November and Jeff Malka in May. The establishment of the Northwest Speakers’ Bureau – an informal group consisting of the Jewish genealogical societies of British Columbia, Washington State and the societies in Oregon, has gone a very long way in allowing us to bring in out-of-town speakers at a reasonable cost, as the four societies share expenses.



Jewish Genealogical Society - Hamilton & Area (IAJGS Member) Mission: We welcome anyone with an interest in exploring their Jewish roots, regardless of religious affiliation or level of experience. We offer assistance locally as well as through a vast network of resources available through the IAJGS, JRI-Poland & JewishGen. The study of Family History is the search for ancestors and relatives, both living and deceased. It is also the study of the culture, political conditions, lifestyles, and the history of our ancestors as well as the shtetls and countries they lived in. We offer encouragement and assistance to begin your search, to find resources, to overcome roadblocks and to celebrate your genealogical victories. Founded: May 2004 Membership/subscriber count (as of 12/31/2007 unless otherwise indicated): 31 Mailing Address: 13-120 Beddoe Drive, Hamilton ON Canada L8P 4Z4 Telephone: 1 (905) 524-3345, FAX: 1 (905) 524-3345 Email: [email protected] or [email protected], Website: www.jgsh.org Newsletter/Journal/Discussion List or other periodic publication/communication: None, Frequency: N/A, Distribution: N/A Library: Virtual listing of members' Libraries on the Members only portion of our website. Access to listings by individual contact. Leaders: Hazel Sandow Boon, President; Steven Brock, Treasurer 2007/2008 activities summary: Programming for the 2007-2008 year included: Stanley Diamond - Medical and Genetic Family History; the Role of the Genealogist; Steven Morse - Two Lectures in One: One-Step Searching for the Genealogist & Jewish Calendar Demystified Ruth Goldberg – Growing My Family Tree from 20 to 200+ Merle Kastner - Rebirth of the Jewish Community in Vilnius, Lithuania & Visiting Jewish Sites in Eastern Europe Paul McGrath - Beyond The Death Certificate Family History Centre - What's There and How do We Access It! Rabbi Jordan Cohen - The Lion Meets the Dragon – Jewish Life in China, Past & Present Esther & Ralph Bloch - Give Us Your Brick Walls Jim Pogany - The Jewish Communities of Northern Ontario Mel Solman - How I Found My Goldbergs, Sobiloffs, Vinebergs and Salmanovitzs We continued the photographing and indexing of stones in Jewish cemeteries located in the Hamilton/Burlington/Oakville area. Once completed this data will be sent to JOWBR. Please refer to www.jgsh.org for additional information. Jewish Genealogical Society of Canada (Toronto) (IAJGS Member) Mission: 1. To stimulate interest in the pursuit of Jewish genealogical research; 2. To facilitate the pursuit of Jewish genealogical research locally and globally; and 3. To provide an environment for fellowship and mutual exchange among persons with an interest in Jewish genealogy. Founded: 1985 Membership/subscriber count (as of 12/31/2007 unless otherwise indicated): 185 Mailing Address: 2901 Bayview Avenue, PO Box 91006, Toronto, ON, M2K 2Y6, Canada Telephone: None, FAX: None Email: [email protected], Website: www.jgstoronto.ca



Newsletter/Journal/Discussion List or other periodic publication/communication: Shem Tov, Frequency: Quarterly, Distribution: Hardcopy and e-mailed as PDF Library: The society's library is located in the Canadiana Room on the 6th Floor of the North York Central Library, 5120 Yonge St, Toronto, Ontario. Materials do not circulate. They are available to the public every day during library hours. Leaders: Shelley Stillman, President; Lucy Sadowski, Secretary; Steve Gora, Treasurer; Harvey Glasner, Shem Tov Managing Editor; Carolynne Veffer, Immediate past president 2007/2008 activities summary: Programs: The Jewish Victorian; Trip to Ivansk: Cemetery Restoration Project; A Primer on DNA and its Role in Genealogical Research; Holocaust Research: The Breakthrough, And ?; Jewish Women Throughout the Ages; Klezmer Music and Contemporary Jewish Heritage Travel in Eastern Europe; What's in the Archives of Ontario and How to Find It; Canadian Naturalization Database Project; Report on the WIRTH DNA-based Jewish Genealogy Project; Tour of the North York Public Library; Finding Home: In the Footsteps of the Jewish Fusgeyers; The Internet Beyond JewishGen and Steve Morse's Website; and Member Breakthroughs. Published four Issues of Shem Tov. Projects: submitting burial records to JOWBR for the remaining cemeteries in Toronto; digital cemetery photography; working to obtain records for Jewish cemeteries across Ontario; Holocaust Education Week and the Jewish Mosaic Festival; processing donations for JewishGen and JRI-Poland providing Canadians with tax receipts; re-doing our website and continuing to update our library. Jewish Genealogical Society of Montreal (IAJGS Member) Mission: The JGS-Montreal fosters, encourages and supports Jewish genealogical research in the Montreal area through a program of education, information dissemination and on occasion, entertainment. The society also carries out and sponsors programs designed to make Quebec Jewish and Canadian genealogical information available to genealogists world-wide. Founded: Dec 1994 Membership/subscriber count (as of 12/31/2007 unless otherwise indicated): 90 Mailing Address: 5599 Edgemore Avenue, Montreal QC Canada H4W 1V4 Telephone: 1 (514) 484-0100, FAX: 1 (514) 484-7306 Email: [email protected], Website: www.jgs-montreal.org Newsletter/Journal/Discussion List or other periodic publication/communication: JGS of Montreal Forum, Frequency: Quarterly, Distribution: Posted to private website, and later made available publicly Library: The JGS of Montreal partners with the Montreal Jewish Public Library. The JPL collection includes virtually all major Jewish genealogical reference books as well as more than 500 Yizkor Books. Leaders: Stanley M. Diamond, President; Alan Greenberg, Vice President, Database Manager; Merle Kastner, Vice President, Program Chair; Jerry Zell, Membership Chair; Alan Greenberg, Webmaster; Joan Naimark, Project Coordinator



2007/2008 activities summary: The JGS-Montreal continued its ongoing series of meetings including lectures, movies and research circles, as well as its popular monthly "Sunday Morning Family History Workshops." The Society provides vital records and research advice to Montreal and Quebec researchers worldwide. This year the Society's web site is regularly updated and includes research guides on various Montreal and Canadian topics. With the support of the 2005 Stern Award, the Society has begun the process of indexing all Canadian naturalizations from 1932 to 1952 - comprising an estimated 400,000 individuals. An index of all burials for the Baron de Hirsch and Back River Cemeteries, Montreal's two largest multi-section cemeteries with over 70,000 burials was contributed to the Jewish Online Worldwide Burial Registry (JOWBR). Work is underway to index the 1967 Family Who’s Who and the 1968 Who’s Who in Canadian Jewry. Jewish Genealogical Society of Ottawa (IAJGS Member) Mission: To collect, preserve, and disseminate Jewish genealogical knowledge and information; To promote interest in genealogical research; To stimulate and provide instruction in the use of research methodology and adherence to standards of accuracy and thoroughness in research; To foster careful documentation and to promote scholarly genealogical writing and publication; To promote the preservation of Jewish genealogical records and resources; To hold meetings for the instruction and education of its members and the general public; And to further such other related purposes as the organization may from time to time elect to pursue. Founded: Jun 1995 Membership/subscriber count (as of 12/31/2007 unless otherwise indicated): 25 Mailing Address: c/o Greenberg Families Library, Soloway JCC, 21 Nadolny Sachs Private, Ottawa ON Canada K2A 1R9 Telephone: 1 (613) 829-5620 (Hymie Reichstein), 1 (613) 995-9227 (Donna Dinberg), FAX: None Email: [email protected], Website: www.jgso.org Newsletter/Journal/Discussion List or other periodic publication/communication: None, Frequency: N/A, Distribution: N/A Library: The society's library is located at Solaway Jewish Community Centre in Ottawa. Library hours are 10am-8pm, Mon-Thurs; 10am-2pm, Fri; 10am-4pm, Sun. Materials do not circulate. The JGSO continued to expand its library and Yizkor book collection. We now have approximately 193 Yizkor books plus an extensive library of Jewish and general genealogical books. The catalogue of our holdings will be made available on the JGSO website. Leaders: Hymie Reichstein, President; Donna Dinberg, Librarian; John Diener, Vice President; Lawrence Tapper Director of Research 2007/2008 activities summary: A database of the Jews of Ottawa, Ontario in the 1911 Canadian Census has been completed. The JGSO has launched a website located at www.jgso.org The JGSO has completed photographing the New Ottawa Jewish Cemetery located in Osgoode, Ontario and is updating it every year. This database along with the database of the old Jewish Cemetery (Bank Street), completed in 2003, will be available on the website (names and locations only). The JGSO continues to update the cemetery every summer. The society plans to digitally photograph various small Jewish cemeteries in Eastern Ontario as an ongoing project. The Jewish Cemetery in Cornwall Ontario was filmed and databased. The JGSO is continuing a project to database the obits from the Keneder Odler (The Jewish Eagle, a Montreal Yiddish newspaper); The years 1928-1932 have been added to the database. The searchable database 1908-1932 will be made available on the JGSO website. The JGSO continued to expand its library and Yizkor book collection. We now have approximately 193 Yizkor books plus an extensive library of Jewish and general genealogical books. The catalogue of our holdings will be made available on the JGSO website.



Jewish Genealogical Society of Denmark (IAJGS Member) Mission: The aim of the society is to create or strengthen the interest in Jewish genealogy in Denmark. To this end we hold meetings approx. 8-10 times a year, arrange tours to places of interest, publish a newsletter (4 issues annually). Founded: Feb 2004 Membership/subscriber count (as of 12/31/2007 unless otherwise indicated): 103 Mailing Address: Kildevaenget 37, DK-2100, Copenhagen O, Denmark Telephone: 45 39 27 24 33, FAX: None Email: [email protected] & [email protected], Website: www.jewishgen.org/jgs-denmark Newsletter/Journal/Discussion List or other periodic publication/communication: JGS-NYT, Frequency: Quarterly, Distribution: E-mailed as a PDF file. A few members who prefer - or do not have a computer or Internet access - receive a printed issue and pay approx. $7 US to cover the expenses. Library: The Society has in 2006 begun collecting books and journals for a library, and have succeeded in collecting an alrmost all Jewish journals that have been published in Denmark since 1935. Leaders: Elsebeth Paikin, President; Merete Næsbye Christensen, Newsletter Editor 2007/2008 activities summary: The Society had 12 meetings covering the following topics: Professor emeritus Ole Harck: “Trying to reconstruct the history of the Jews in Northern Germany after the census 1925”. “Yad Vashem's Central Database of Shoah Victim's Names About Jewish tombstones and what they can tell us”. Joseph Hirsch: “The enigmatic hatmaker and his descendants of which one, Hartvig Hirsch immigrated to the US in 1840”. Samuel Rachlin: “The perpetual nomad - about DNA-testing and The Genographic Project”. Helen Liesl Krag about her book: “A dressmakers Odyssée - an old Jewish woman tells her fascinating story to her grandchild”. Stephen P. Morse about his ‘One-Step-programs”. “Introduction and demonstration of FamilySearch Jews in Danish Politics - their commitment to democracy”. Silvia G. T. Fracapane about her research project, “The almost forgotten - About the Danish or Danish born Jewish Victims of the Holocaust”. Meeting for “beginners and experienced genealogists who have hit a brick wall”. Cercle de Généalogie Juive (IAJGS Member) Mission: Not reported Founded: 1984 Membership/subscriber count (as of 12/31/2007 unless otherwise indicated): 590 Mailing Address: 45 rue La Bruyère, 75009 PARIS, France Telephone: (33) 1 40 23 04 90, FAX: (33) 1 40 23 04 90 Email: [email protected], Website: www.genealoj.org Newsletter/Journal/Discussion List or other periodic publication/communication: Revue du Cercle de Généalogie Juive, Frequency: Quarterly, Distribution: Post mailed



Library: 0ur books, documents, and journals are now deposited at the Library of the Alliance Israélite Universelle, 45 rue La Bruyère, 75009 Paris. Opening hours are the following: Monday, Tuesday, Thursday 1 pm to 6 pm, Wednesday 1 pm to 7.30 pm. Until further notice, the references of the documents are the same as previously and the printed catalog is still valid. It can be ordered from our office (6 Euros) or borrowed on the premises (see Publications). You can also consult the on-line catalog below. Except for the books (references beginning by L), booklets (ref. B) and journals (ref. R), only CGJ members can consult our documents but anybody can order photocopies (see below). Leaders: Joëlle Allouche-Benayoun, President; Claudie Blamont, Editor; Max Polonovski, Vice President; Jacob Benzazon, Secretary General; Ernest Kallmann, Contributing Editor; Georges Graner, Webmaster 2007/2008 activities summary: No update received. Information shown is from the prior (2007) Yearbook. Please check the website of the Cercle for current information. Hamburger Gesellschaft für Jüdische Genealogie e.V. (IAJGS Member) Mission: The society’s declared objective is to act as a platform for the maintenance and preservation of Jewish family research in Hamburg. Members discuss points pertaining to family research matters as well as make inquiries concerning their genealogical investigation, access an excellent library containing a variety of genealogical publications, broaden their knowledge base with a variety of lectures and excursions, and are partners in the continuous discovery of as yet unknown historical sources of Hamburg Jewish Genealogy. Founded: 1996 Membership/subscriber count (as of 12/31/2007 unless otherwise indicated): 80 Mailing Address: c/o Juedische Gemeinde in Hamburg, Grindelhof 30, 20146 Hamburg, Germany Telephone: 0049 40 44 09 4444, FAX: None Email: [email protected], Website: no website Newsletter/Journal/Discussion List or other periodic publication/communication: Maajan-Die Quelle (in co-operation with the JGS of Switzerland), Frequency: Quarterly, Distribution: Hardcopy Library: No information Leaders: Hannelore Goettling-Jakoby, President; Jürgen Sielemann, Vice President 2007/2008 activities summary: Members of the society meet regularly every first Monday of each month at 6:00 P.M. (except July and August) in the Jewish Community Center (Grindelhof 30, 3rd floor). We present our society’s news, reviews as well as historical family depictions in the Hamburg Section of the 1/ 4 yearly issue of the Jewish Genealogical publication Maajan. Jewish Genealogical Society of Great Britain (IAJGS Member) Mission: The principal objective of the Society is to assist members trace their Jewish ancestors - whether they came from abroad to the UK or went via the UK to other destinations. Founded: Mar 1992 Membership/subscriber count (as of 12/31/2007 unless otherwise indicated): 900 (approx.) Mailing Address: 33 Seymour Place London W1H 5AP England



Telephone: +44(0) 20 8866 7980, FAX: None Email: [email protected], Website: www.jgsgb.org.uk Newsletter/Journal/Discussion List or other periodic publication/communication: Shemot (Journal) and JGSGB Newsletter, Frequency: Quarterly, Distribution: E-mailed or hardcopy at member's preference Library: The Library, contains many hundreds of books of genealogical interest, CDs, and computers and is situated in Central London at 33, Seymour Place, London W.1. The library has internet access. Leaders: Laurence Harris. Chairman; Anthony Joseph, President; Bernard Valman, Shemot Editor; Stan Rose, JGSGB Editor; Norman King, Secretary 2007/2008 activities summary: Regular meetings in main centre, other localities in London area, Manchester and Leeds Annual all day Conference in London and Manchester Regular workshops in conjunction with other organizations e.g. Jewish Museum Regular meetings of Society Sigs – Anglo-Jewish, Dutch, Latvian-Estonian and Lithuanian, German, Sephardi and Romanian Guides to Jewish Genealogy – Poland; Germany and Austria; Latvia and Estonia; Lithuania; United Kingdom; Organizing your Family History Records; Reading Hebrew Inscriptions and Documents; Genealogical Resources within the Jewish Home and Family; Jewish Memorial (Yizkor) Books in the United Kingdom Development of library of books and CD ROMs with associated facilities and extending access to it A Mentoring service including guidance from a Panel of Experts for members Genealogical enquiry answering service for members and the public Development of JCR (Jewish Communities and Records) – UK project in conjunction with JewishGen Joint exercise with the United Synagogue to make their marriage authorization records readily available Encouraging work on Jewish Genealogy taking place in schools Maintenance of registers of genealogical projects being undertaken by members Provision of speakers on Jewish genealogy to various groups e.g. Synagogues. Please refer to www.jgsgb.org.uk for additional information. The Irish Jewish Genealogical Society & Family History Centre, (A division of the Irish Jewish Museum) Mission: To uncover hidden resource material concerning the Irish Jewish Community both of North and Southern Ireland. In this regard 10 publications may be viewed in the National Library, National Archives and Irish Jewish Museum Dublin. We now have 38,000 plus, individual entries most in family tree format covering up to 70 fields of information on any one individual. We encourage every one to make contact thus adding more substance to the many lost relatives who have passed through these shores to find a home elsewhere. Founded: 1999 Membership/subscriber count (as of 12/31/2007 unless otherwise indicated): 1 Mailing Address: Jasonia Business Centre, 76 Dame Street, Dublin 2 Ireland Telephone: 353 1 677 3808, FAX: None Email: [email protected], Website: no website Newsletter/Journal/Discussion List or other periodic publication/communication: None, Frequency: N/A, Distribution: N/A Library: No information Leaders: Stuart Rosenblatt P.C, FGSI, Facilitator



2007/2008 activities summary: Publications: 1. "Irish Jewish Memorial Inscriptions, Dolphins Barn Dublin 1898 - 2003", 2. "Irish Jewish Memorial Inscriptions Ballybough, Dublin 1784 - 1908, and Early Synagogues", 3. "Irish Jewish Museum 1992 (12,300 listings)", 4. "Belfast Irish Jewish Memorials 1873 - 2003", 5. "Alien Registration 1914 - 1922, Dublin Non National Jewish Extracts", 6. "Ada Shillman (midwife) Birth records 1896 - 1908", 7. "The Hebrews of Limerick 1904 and earlier", 8. "The Hebrews of Cork", 9. "Irish Jewish Marriage Records 1845 - 2005", 10. "Irish Jewish Census (32 Counties) 1901 & 1911" and 11. “The School of Irish Jewish Enrolments (9,000)". 12. Gardens of the Dead. (32 Counties and abroad) Israel Genealogical Society (IAJGS Member) Mission: The mission of the Israel genealogical Society is to encourage and assist researching of family history. The IGS provides opportunities to members and the general to research their roots through its programs and services. Activities and services include branch meetings, seminars & workshops, expert knowhow, interactive website, fieldtrips, Special Interest Groups, Sharsheret Hadorot a Journal on Jewish and Israeli genealogy and a library. Branches are located in the Omer (Be’er Sheva), Jerusalem, Tel Aviv, Netanya, Haifa and Tivon. Founded: 1983 Membership/subscriber count (as of 12/31/2007 unless otherwise indicated): 225 Mailing Address: P.O.B. 4270, 91041 Jerusalem, Israel Telephone: 972 (52) 8610489, FAX: None Email: [email protected], Website: www.isragen.org.il Newsletter/Journal/Discussion List or other periodic publication/communication: Sharsheret HaDorot, Frequency: Quarterly, Distribution: Hardcopy Library: The Jerusalem Library consists of general genealogical reference works, family histories, histories of Jewish towns, memorial books, maps, clippings, information files, audiocassettes, CD-ROM’s and a collection of worldwide Jewish genealogical societies' publications. The main library in Jerusalem, and the branch libraries, are open to members and colleagues for research prior to lectures. Calendar of meetings and events is published and updated at www.isragen.org.il Leaders: Michael Goldstein, President; Chana Furman Immediate Past President; Michael Restatcher, Treasurer; Dr. Lea Gedalia, Secretary and Chairman, Jerusalem Branch; Barbara Siegel, Chairperson, English-Speakers section Jerusalem branch; Billie Stein, Chairman, Tel Aviv Branch; Dr. Martha Lev-Zion, Chairman, Negev Branch; Joe Levitas, Chairman Netanya Branch; Hanna Steinblatt, Chairman, Haifa Branch; Shaul Hollander, Shorashim Bagalil, Kiriat Tivon Branch; Israel Pickholtz, Editor Sharsheret Hadorot; Rose Feldman, Webmaster; Harriet Kasow, Librarian 2007/2008 activities summary: Each branch held monthly lectures or visits to archives and libraries. The Society supports various SIGs, including Anglo- Jewish (Joe Isaacs), Eretz-Yisrael, Germany and Austria (Esther Ramon), Hungary (Menashe Davidovicz), Latvia (Dr. Martha Lev-Zion), Lithuania (Dr. Rose Lerer Cohen), Sephardim of the Mediterranean Basin (Mathilde Tagger), and Poland. The highlight of IGS’s activities in 2007 was The Third Annual Seminar on Jewish Immigration in the 19th and 20th century (The Wandering Jew).The IGS continues to help those searching for the submitters of Pages of Testimony. Our website has added new databases and we are working a minimum of 11 databases related to Eretz Israel and Israel.



Jewish Family Research Association Israel (JFRA Israel) (IAJGS Member) Mission: Jewish Genealogical Society with five branches; to provide informative programming to members of all levels, a reference library, an international English-language forum to assist and inform members and friends around the world. Founded: 1999 Membership/subscriber count (as of 12/31/2007 unless otherwise indicated): Tel Aviv: 20+; Ra'anana: 40; Petach Tikva: 20; Rehovot: 20+; Herzliya: 30+ Mailing Address: Official mail: c/o Micha Reisel, Alexander Penn St. 38, Hod HaSharon 45212, Israel, Alternative: Ingrid Rockberger, 11/17 Akiva Street, Raanana 43260, Israel Telephone: 972 (9) 745-0456 (Ingrid) and 972 (9) 745-1390 (Micha), FAX: 972 (9) 742-2520 (Ingrid) and 972 (9) 745-2125 (Micha) Email: [email protected], Website: www.genealogy.org.il Newsletter/Journal/Discussion List or other periodic publication/communication: None, Frequency: N/A, Distribution: N/A Library: The JFRA Library is located at Bet Fisher, 5 Klausner St, Ra'anana. Generally open before regularly scheduled meetings, or by appointment. Contact Ra'anana chair Ingrid Rockberger for more information. Leaders: Ingrid Rockberger, President; Micha Reisel, Vice President; Arne Rabuchin, Treasurer; Daniel Horowitz, Webmaster; Trisher Wilson, Librarian; Ora Leshem, Programming; Micha Reisel, Electronic Media Coordinator; Freda Lanesman, Membership Coordinator; Ingrid Rockberger, Branch Chair, Ra'anana /Herzlia; Susan Edel, Branch Chair, Petah Tikva; Hinda Solomon, Branch Chair, Tel Aviv; Linda Geffon, Branch Chair, Rehovot 2007/2008 activities summary: Our main activity has been part of Yad Vashem's Names Recovery Project for which our volunteers received awards from Yad Vashem in July 2008. JFRA member Trisha Wilson has become an expert at tracing families through Yad Vashem Pages of Testimony and other on-line resources and has reunited many families. Branch programs range from practical to educational and informative including: Dr Doron Behar, geneticist at Rambam Medical Center "Maternal Diversity among the Jewish Diaspora" and JFRA webmaster Daniel Horowitz "Creating and Storing Family Trees on the Internet". Members gave lectures on their own research and writing books on their family histories. Various archives and educational facilities were also visited. Immediate past president Schelly Talalay Dardashti writes the Jewish genealogy blog: Tracing the Tribe, http://tracingthetribe.blogspot.com. Vice president Micha Reisel and Schelly Talalay Dardashti are among the founders of GenClass - Online Genealogy Classes, www.genclass.com, and are responsible for the Jewish genealogy courses. Jamaica Jewish Genealogical Society Mission: To research and record the Family Histories of those families who were the original Jewish settlers in Jamaica starting from 1655 and to trace their roots to the countries from which they came. The Jamaican society has many family names that were those of originally practicing Jews. One challenge is to trace these families back to their Jewish roots and origins. Founded: Oct 1997 Membership/subscriber count (as of 12/31/2007 unless otherwise indicated): 114 Mailing Address: 58 Paddington Terrace, Kingston 6, Jamaica Telephone: 1 (876) 927-9777, FAX: 1 (876) 927-4369



Email: [email protected], Website: no website but information is now shared on the Congregation's website www.ucija.org Newsletter/Journal/Discussion List or other periodic publication/communication: None, Frequency: Periodically, Distribution: E-mailed Library: The Jewish Family History Centre has been established in the Jamaican Jewish Heritage Centre in Kingston, Jamaica. as a part of the 350 anniversary celebrations of Jewish worship and life in the Island. The Centre is fully equipped with computer, scanner, and databases exceeding 20,000 persons. The library with its records and family history publications and the genealogical charts of outstanding Caribbean families are also avaialable in the Family History Centre. Leaders: Ainsley Cohen Henriques, President; Donald Lindo, Member; Bryan Ashenheim 2007/2008 activities summary: During the past year the Jamaican Jewish Genealogical Society through its president, Ainsley Henriques, undertook the raising of funds to clear one of the oldest Jewish cemeteries at Hunt's Bay in Kingston, Jamaica for the first time in nearly a century. The earliest graves with inscriptions still intact date to 1672. A number of burials date to the great earthquake of 1692. The last burial recorded on a tombstone is dated 1819. The reports and pictures from this clearing and subsequent cataloguing by the Caribbean Volunteers, whose field work was headed by Rachel Frankel, can be seen on the United Congregation of Israelites website at www.ucija.org The opening up of this historic cemetery reinforces the earlier work of Richard Barnet and Phillip Wright's work in recording Tombstones in Jamaica's many Jewish cemeteries. Visits to this cemetery are now being arranged in conjunction with the JJGS. Nederlandse Kring voor Joodse Genealogie, (Netherlands Society for Jewish Genealogy) Mission: The society's main goals and activities are: Interchange of genealogical data about Jewish families having lived, or now living, in the Netherlands; development of knowledge concerning available sources for research on Jewish families; publication of a quarterly periodical in the Dutch language; arranging meetings and lectures; stimulation of genealogical research with regard to Jewish families in the Netherlands and their ancestors from other countries; and study - in the framework of genealogical research - of the position of Jews in the Netherlands in various regions throughout the ages. Founded: Aug 1987 Membership/subscriber count (as of 12/31/2007 unless otherwise indicated): 500 Mailing Address: Margaliet Engelsman, Secretary, PO Box 94703, 1090 GS Amsterdam Telephone: N/A, FAX: N/A Email: [email protected], Website: www.nljewgen.org Newsletter/Journal/Discussion List or other periodic publication/communication: Misjpoge, Frequency: Quarterly, Distribution: Hardcopy post-mailed Library: The library is located at Beth Haim (at the Portuguese Jewish Cemetary in Ouderkerk aan de Amstel, just south of Amsterdam). Leaders: Margaliet Engelsman, Secretary; Louis Cohen, Chairman; Rogier Foyer, Treasurer 2007/2008 activities summary: Lectures on various topics about typical Dutch Jewish subjects. Planned: 20th Anniversary Congress in October 2007 in Amsterdam.



Jewish Genealogical Society of South Africa (formerly JGS Johannesburg) (IAJGS Member) Mission: Researching individual Family histories. Derivation of Jewish names and Surnames. The histories of shtetlach in Lithuania, Latvia, Poland, and South Africa. The lives of Families in this country. Founded: Aug 1995 Membership/subscriber count (as of 12/31/2007 unless otherwise indicated): 18 Mailing Address: P O Box 92267, Norwood, 2117, Johannesburg, South Africa Telephone: 27 (11) 887-7764, FAX: None Email: [email protected], Website: no website Newsletter/Journal/Discussion List or other periodic publication/communication: Yichus, Frequency: Quarterly, Distribution: Hardcopy, emailed Library: The Society maintains a small, but comprehensive book and journal collection, together with local newsletters/papers. The library can be accessed by arrangement, with librarian or chairman. Telephone us on 27 (11) 887 7764 evenings to arrange. Leaders: Mo Skikne, Chairman; Hon. Treasurer: Vacant; Judy Gerson, General Secretary; Hannah Karpes, Minutes Secretary; Ada Gamsu, Programme Organiser; Dave Sieff, Librarian; Mo Skikne, Newsletter Editor 2007/2008 activities summary: The Society ran 11 meetings of which 1 was a "Show and Tell" workshop. This consisted of participants showing and explaining how they had conducted their research. This was deemed to be a successful evening. Ten talks were given on the other evenings. Judiska Släktforskningsföreningen i Sverige, (Jewish Genealogical Society of Sweden) (IAJGS Member) Mission: To promote the interest for Jewish Genealogy; to give lectures on that subject, to make visits to archives and other institutions of interest as well as buying literature and make them accessible to the members. To inform about news in the field of Jewish Genealogy through our newsletter. Founded: Feb 1997 Membership/subscriber count (as of 12/31/2007 unless otherwise indicated): 143 Mailing Address: c/o Gerber, Box 7427, 103 91, Stockholm, Sweden Telephone: 46 (0)8 58785817, FAX: 46 (0)8 58785858 Email: [email protected] or [email protected], Website: www.genealogi.se/judgen Newsletter/Journal/Discussion List or other periodic publication/communication: Mishpologen: medlemsblad för Judiska släktforskningsföreningen i Sverige (Mishpologen: Newsletter of the JGS of Sweden), Frequency: Quarterly, Distribution: Hardcopy and emailed Library: The society provides books on genealogy to the Jewish Library in Stockholm. Check with that facility for operating hours. Leaders: Thomas Fürth, Ph.D, President; Irena Cynkier, Treasurer; Allan Grünewald, Secretary; Maynard Gerber, member of the board, co-founder; Annie Dvoretsky, member of the board; Jan Berg, member of the board; Björn Fagerstedt, member of the board, editor and webmaster; Carl-Henrik Carlsson Ph.D, deputy, co-founder and former president; Adam Katzeff, deputy; May-Britt Kaufmann, deputy



2007/2008 activities summary: During 2007 the society had four member meetings, along with our annual business meeting. On February 21st we met at the Jewish library in Stockholm. Gunnar Ståhl had a lecture about emigration to Sweden from Germany and Russia over the Baltic Sea. On March 13th we had our annual business meeting. Carl H. Carlsson co-founder and president from the start stepped down and Thomas Fürth was elected new president. On October 9th Anders Wahlgren lectured about his new book about the famous painter Isak Grünewald and his wife and painter Sigrid Hjertén. On November 9th we had 10 years Jubilee meeting. Thomas Fürth spoke about a journey to Czech Republic to places where his family had lived. Lena Einhorn spoke about her film and book about her mother Nina - "Ninas resa" (The Travel of Nina) and Semmy Stahlhammer spoke about his father’s life and when he join the Polish resistance movement during WW II from his book "Kodnamn Frisör" (Code-name Baber). Schweizerische Vereinigung für Jüdische Genealogie (IAJGS Member) Mission: Help to find ancestors in the world. Founded: Mar 1986 Membership/subscriber count (as of 12/31/2007 unless otherwise indicated): 97 Mailing Address: Postfach 2774, 8021 Zurich, Switzerland Telephone: ++41 1 462 78 83, FAX: None Email: [email protected], Website: www.svjg.org Newsletter/Journal/Discussion List or other periodic publication/communication: Maajan-Die Quelle, Frequency: Quarterly, Distribution: Hardcopy Library: Maintain a library and archive. Leaders: René Loeb-Feldmann, President, Archivist, Librarian, International Relations; Thomas Bloch-Kahn, Vicepresident and Treasurer; Gaby Kutner-Langbeheim, Secretary; Raymond M. Jung,; Gaby Leibundgut-Thaler,; Jean-Pierre Rotschild-Stein,; Daniel Teichman-Levy. Editor of "MAAJAN - Die Quelle"; René Loeb-Feldmann, Co-Editor of "MAAJAN - Die Quelle"; Raymond M. Jung. Co-Editor of "MAAJAN - Die Quelle"; Ron Epstein-Mil, Webmaster 2007/2008 activities summary: We held four meetings called Stammtisch. Greater Phoenix Jewish Genealogical Society, Inc, A division of the Arizona Jewish Historical Society Mission: Our mission is to preserve the rich heritage of Arizona's Jewish history and to educate the public about the Jewish contributions to Arizona and American life. Founded: AJHS founded in 1981. Greater Phoenix JGS founded in 1996; incorporated October 1, 1998 and merged into the AJHS in 2001 Membership/subscriber count (as of 12/31/2007 unless otherwise indicated): 350 family units Mailing Address: 4710 N. 16th Street, Phoenix, AZ 85016 USA Telephone: 1 (602) 241-7870, FAX: 1 (602) 264-9773 Email: [email protected], Website: www.azjhs.org



Newsletter/Journal/Discussion List or other periodic publication/communication: Heritage, Frequency: Quarterly, Distribution: Hardcopy and on website Library: Archival resources of 40,000 documents, photographs artifacts and collection of 200 oral histories Leaders: Lawrence D. Bell, Ph.D, Executive Director; Jack Fradin, Archivist 2007/2008 activities summary: Sponsors community archive, oral history program, speakers’ bureau, and genealogy activities. Currently raising funds to restore Phoenix's first synagogue as a Jewish Heritage Center. Jewish Genealogical Society of Sacramento (IAJGS Member) Mission: The Jewish Genealogical Society of Sacramento (JGSS) is a nonprofit organization dedicated to promoting the study of Jewish family history in order to learn about our rich heritage and to preserve it for future generations. The JGSS meets every month so that members can hear lectures by leading genealogy experts, access the JGSS’s outstanding library, and share their skills and personal experience. Founded: Feb 1989 Membership/subscriber count (as of 12/31/2007 unless otherwise indicated): 36 Mailing Address: c/o Einstein Residence, 1935 Wright Street, Sacramento, CA 95825 USA Telephone: 1 (916) 486-0906 x361, FAX: None Email: [email protected], Website: www.jgss.org Newsletter/Journal/Discussion List or other periodic publication/communication: None, Frequency: N/A, Distribution: N/A Library: The JGSS has assembled an outstanding library of genealogy-related books, video tapes, and other media, including journals and newsletters from around the world. All of these materials are available for checkout by members at meetings. Leaders: Mort Rumberg, President; Mort Rumberg, Vice President; Burt Hecht, Past President; Mark Heckman, President Emeritus; Bob Wascou, Registrar 2007/2008 activities summary: Programs during 2008: Virtual Reconstruction of Jewish Synagogues; Preservation of Records; Effective Use of the Census; Polish Ancestral Records; Understanding DNA; Tracing the Tribe; The Science of Names; From Shtetl to Hester Street; Ellis Island; Roots Trek in Russia. We also conducted a hugely popular genealogical Jeopardy game meeting and an Unbrick That Wall meeting, conducted by members. Jewish Genealogical Society of the Conejo Valley and Ventura County (JGSCV) (IAJGS Member) Mission: The JGSCV is a non-profit organization dedicated to education of and the sharing of genealogical information, techniques and research tools with those who are interested in Jewish genealogy and family history. Founded: May 2005 Membership/subscriber count (as of 12/31/2007 unless otherwise indicated): 101 Mailing Address: 6052 Hackers Lane, Agoura Hills, CA 91301 USA



Telephone: 1 (818) 889-6616, FAX: 1 (818) 889-0189 Email: [email protected], Website: www.jgscv.org Newsletter/Journal/Discussion List or other periodic publication/communication: Venturing Into Our Past, Frequency: monthly, Distribution: E-mailed to members and interested parties and posted on website Library: JGSCV has a non-circulating genealogy library, comprised of books, journals and pamphlets located at the information desk at the Agoura Hills Library, part of the County of Los Angeles Public Library System. The Agoura Hills Library is open Monday-Saturday and is located at: 29901 Ladyface Court, Agoura Hills, CA 91301. To check the hours of operation, please call the library at:1-818-889-2278. We have a non-circulating traveling library of over 100 books, journals and pamphlets that are available at the monthly meetings. Leaders: Jan Meisels Allen, President and Program Chair; Stewart Bernstein, Member at large; Debra Kay Blatt, Information Chairman; Warren Blatt, New Member Education; Dorothy Drilich, Recording Secretary; Fred Land, Treasurer; Werner Frank, Newsletter Editor; David Oseas, Webmaster; Helene Rosen, Membership Vice President; Franklin Tessel, Cemetery Project Coordinator 2007/2008 activities summary: All our meetings are held at and co-sponsored by Temple Adat Elohim in Thousand Oaks, CA. Our programs included: "How To Begin Your Genealogy Part III (Newspaper Research, Yizkor Books and Shtetls)"- Jan Meisels Allen and Werner Frank; "Lesser Known Resources at the National Archives"-Randy Thompson Archivist, NARA; "Navigating the New York and Federal Censuses With Fewer Tears and More..."-Joel Weintraub; "There Once Was A Town"- video commemorating Yom Hashoah Day; "Genealogy in the Round-Sharing Successes, Failures, Brickwalls"; "JewishGenealogy and DNA Testing"- Bennett Greenspan, Family Tree DNA," Highlights of the IAJGS 27th Conference"; "How to Begin Your Genealogy-Part IV (Resources at the Family History Library and Centers)- Warren Blatt and Debra Kay Blatt"; "How the Jews Won the West"-Gladys Sturman Western States Jewish History Journal; "Using the Internet Beyond JewishGen and Steve Morse"-Ron Arons. See our website www.JGSCV.org for more details on each of the programs. Jewish Genealogical Society of Los Angeles (IAJGS Member) Mission: JGSLA provides eleven programs each year on various topics relating to Jewish genealogy and history, which are open to our members and the general public. We provide volunteer mentors and support special interest groups to facilitate research assistance and personal interaction between members. We disseminate educational genealogical information via a quarterly research journal, a monthly newsletter and a website. Our cemetery indexing project is creating databases of burials in older Los Angeles Jewish cemeteries that do not have public records. We engage in outreach activities to the Jewish community in Los Angeles through participation in such community activities as the Israel Festival and the Southern California Genealogy Society Jamboree. Founded: May 1979 Membership/subscriber count (as of 12/31/2007 unless otherwise indicated): 631 Mailing Address: P.O. Box 55443, Sherman Oaks, CA 91413-5443 USA Telephone: 1 (818) 771-5554, FAX: None Email: [email protected], Website: www.jgsla.org Newsletter/Journal/Discussion List or other periodic publication/communication: RootsKey (journal), Dates & Updates (newsletter), Frequency: RootsKey quarterly, Dates & Updates monthly, Distribution: Roots-Key is distributed in hard copy. Dates & Updates is posted on website.



Library: The Society maintains two libraries. The Spiszman Traveling Library is available at meetings of the society. The main library collection is housed at the Los Angeles Regional Family History Center in Westwood. The library is open to the public Tuesday to Thursday from 9 – 9 and Friday and Saturday from 9 - 5.The catalog for both collections can be found at the society website, www.jgsla.org. Neither collection circulates. Leaders: Sandy Malek, President; Sonia Hoffman, Past President, Roots-Key editor; Nancy Biederman, CFO; Pamela Weisberger, 1st VP, Programming; Bobby Furst, 2nd VP, membership; David Hoffman, Website Editor 2007/2008 activities summary: Our year of programs opened with a New Year's brunch and a day with Yale Strom, filmmaker and klezmer musician. We had two private assisted research days at the Los Angeles Regional Family History Center. Mark Heckman, Andrea Massion, Karen Roekard and Lois Rosen discussed their travels to their ancestral shtetls. Nancy Biederman and David and Sonia Hoffman spoke on their re-creation of their Lithuanian shtetl. Prof Shalom Sabar of Hebrew University spoke on Jewish life as reflected in early 20th century postcards. Author Stuart Tower talked about his book "The Wayfarers" about the Fusgeyers and life in Roumania. Pamela Weisberger spoke on the use of historical newspapers in genealogical research. Michael Goldstein, Canadian and Israeli genealogist, spoke on records and research in Israel. Our year wound up with Karen Franklin, introduced by attorney Randall Schoenburg (who handled the recovery of the Klimt paintings), speaking on tracing lost art and the connection with genealogical research. San Diego Jewish Genealogical Society (IAJGS Member) Mission: To collect, preserve, and disseminate knowledge and information with reference to Jewish genealogy. To encourage interested persons to pursue and preserve genealogical data. To provide opportunities for the sharing of Jewish genealogical information. To aim toward the publication of worthy material in the field of genealogy. Founded: 1982 Membership/subscriber count (as of 12/31/2007 unless otherwise indicated): 60 Mailing Address: PO Box 927089, San Diego, CA 92192-7089 USA Telephone: None, FAX: None Email: [email protected], Website: www.sdjgs.org Newsletter/Journal/Discussion List or other periodic publication/communication: Discovery, Frequency: Quarterly, Distribution: Emailed, posted on website for 30 days then private to members Library: San Diego JGS library has over 1000 items (books, maps, periodicals, CD's), of which about 350 are books. A listing of our holdings can be viewed at www.sdjgs.org/library.html. We are co-located with the JCC library at: Lawrence Family JCC, Executive Drive & Genesee Ave, La Jolla, CA. Our library is available to the public as a reference library (no borrowing privileges). The hours are generally Mon-Thurs, 12-3. Also open during our regular meetings, 2nd Sunday of the month. It is best to contact our librarian, at [email protected] prior to visiting in case there are any changes. Leaders: Adelle Bernstein, President; Joy Torchin, Co-President; Paul Wolf, Vice President, membership; Wayne Marcus, Past President 2007/2008 activities summary: Programs included: The movie "Bernie, a documentary by Jay Heyman; Speaker Ron Arons who spoke on "Beyond ship manifests, Census record and draft registration; Speaker Miki Schwartz who spoke of his trip to Bad Arolsen with the "60 minutes" program.



San Francisco Bay Area Jewish Genealogical Society (IAJGS Member) Mission: The aim of the Society is to promote the knowledge and information available for people to research their Jewish heritage. We do this by holding monthly meetings, occasional outings to local research institutions, publish a quarterly newsletter and a Resource Guide. We also provide experts for an additional monthly 1-on-1 meeting sponsored by the Bureau of Jewish Education's Jewish Community Library in San Francisco. Founded: Sep 1981 Membership/subscriber count (as of 12/31/2007 unless otherwise indicated): 225 Mailing Address: P.O. Box 471616, San Francisco, CA 94147 USA Telephone: 1 (510) 525-4052, FAX: None Email: [email protected], Website: www.jewishgen.org/sfbajgs Newsletter/Journal/Discussion List or other periodic publication/communication: ZichronNote, Frequency: Quarterly, Distribution: Hardcopy and emailed as PDF Library: The SFBAJGS supports the libraries located at their three Bay Area meeting places. When new appropriate genealogy books are published three copies of each are purchased and donated to each library for the benefit of the local community. The Society also donated $250 to the Oakland Family History Center for the purchase of birth, marriage and death indices for the counties in the Gold Rush areas east of San Francisco. Leaders: Jeremy Frankel, President; Rosanne Leeson, Vice President 2007/2008 activities summary: Improved our links with other Bay Area Jewish communal organizations; co-sponsored several genealogical events to raise the awareness of the Society. Jewish Genealogical Society of Colorado (IAJGS Member) Mission: The JGSCO goals are to collect, preserve, disseminate knowledge and information with reference to Jewish genealogy, to encourage interested persons to pursue and preserve genealogical data, to provide opportunities for the sharing of Jewish genealogical information and to aim toward the publication of worthy materials in the field of Jewish genealogy. Founded: Aug 1995 Membership/subscriber count (as of 12/31/2007 unless otherwise indicated): 50 Mailing Address: 5186 S. Shalom Park Circle, Aurora, CO 80015-2264 USA Telephone: 1 (303) 759-9824, FAX: None Email: [email protected], Website: www.jewishgen.org/jgs-colorado Newsletter/Journal/Discussion List or other periodic publication/communication: Chai from Colorado, Frequency: Three times a year, Distribution: Hardcopy, emailed and posted on website Library: The JGSCO library is housed in the Congregation Emanuel Library, 1st and Grape St, Denver, CO. JGSCO's books are housed on specified shelves and may be checked out by members only Out of town JGS visitors should contact Sandra Greenberg, JGSCO librarian, to arrange for a possible visit. Sandra is also available for additional information at (303) 755-8384.



Leaders: Rita Jo Tensly, President; Ted Ruskin, Vice-president; Myndel Cohen, Co-Secretary; Barry Levene, Treasurer; Anne Fendrich, Past president; Eleanore Judd, Board Member at Large; Alan Gass, Board Member at Large; Ellen Shindelman Kowitt, Webmaster and Chai Newsletter Editor 2007/2008 activities summary: Monthly meetings are held on Tuesdays at Congregation Emanuel, 51 Grape Street, Denver, CO, or on Sundays at B'nai Havurah, 6445 E. Ohio Ave, Denver. Meetings are announced by email and snail mail reminders. Jewish Genealogical Society of Connecticut, Inc (IAJGS Member) Mission: The Society’s purpose is to help disseminate and preserve Jewish genealogical knowledge and information. The objectives are promoting genealogical research, providing instruction in the use of research methodology and adherence to standards of accuracy, and fostering careful documentation and scholarly genealogical writing and publication. Founded: 1988 Membership/subscriber count (as of 12/31/2007 unless otherwise indicated): 66 Mailing Address: Box 524, Middletown, CT 06457-0524 USA Telephone: 1 (860) 638-3819, FAX: None Email: [email protected], Website: groups.yahoo.com/group/JGSCT Newsletter/Journal/Discussion List or other periodic publication/communication: Quest, Frequency: Quarterly, Distribution: Hardcopy and e-mailed Library: The society's library is located in the Godfrey Memorial Library, 134 Newfield St, Middletown, CT. It is available to the public when the library is open and when the society holds Sunday meetings at the library. Leaders: Marcia Indianer Meyers, President; Georgia Haken, VP & Librarian; Monica Talmor, Secretary; Lewis Goldfarb, Treasurer; Linda Winkleman, Program; Arthur S. Meyers, Newsletter Editor; Barney Miller, At-large-member; Howard Siegel, Past President; Rabbi Edward Cohen, Rabbinic Advisor 2007/2008 activities summary: Jean Nudd, Archivist at National Archives, Pittsfield spoke on using the archives for researching military records and passenger manifests. Jonathan Shea presented a program on "Researching your Family Roots in Poland Eastern Europe. A meeting was held for translating letters and documents in German, Polish, Russian and Romanian. Dr. Molly Fitzgeral-Hayes, Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology presented "DNA-A new Resource in Genealogy". "Jewish Genealogy on the Internet" and "First Steps in Jewish Genealogy" rounded out the year Jewish Genealogy Society of Greater Washington (IAJGS Member) Mission: JGSGW welcomes members from Maryland, Virginia, and the District of Columbia. During 2007-8 meetings were held in all three jurisdictions: Mission includes: To collect, preserve, and disseminate Jewish genealogical knowledge and information; To promote interest in genealogical research; To stimulate and provide instruction in the use of research methodology and adherence to standards of accuracy and thoroughness in research; To foster careful documentation and to promote scholarly genealogical writing and publication; To promote the preservation of Jewish genealogical records and resources; To hold meetings for the instruction and education of its members and the general public; And such other purposes as the organization shall from time to time elect to pursue. Founded: Oct 1980



Membership/subscriber count (as of 12/31/2007 unless otherwise indicated): 275 Mailing Address: PO Box1614, Rockville, MD 20849-1614 USA Telephone: 1 (301) 774-7952, FAX: None Email: [email protected], Website: www.jewishgen.org/jgsgw Newsletter/Journal/Discussion List or other periodic publication/communication: Mishpacha (journal); Capital Collections; and Membership Directory, Frequency: Mishpacha (Quarterly); Capital Collections (bi-annual); and Membership Directory (bi-annual), Distribution: E-mailed and post-mailed Library: We maintain a non-circulating library that is open to members of our society. Leaders: Jeff Miller, President; Benjamin Fassberg, Past President & Speakers Bureau; Harris Weinstein, VP Programming; Mark Stone, VP Membership; Victor Cohen, VP Logistics, Cohen; Sonia Pasis, Corresponding Secretary; Leon Taranto, Recording Secretary; Eleanor Matsas, Treasurer; Eugene Alpert, Member-At-Large; Marlene Bishow, Research Coordinator; Aaron Werbel, Webmaster; Margarita Lackó, Mishpacha Editor 2007/2008 activities summary: The relocation of our JGSGW Library was a primary focus of our activities during 2007-8. The library collection was moved to its new home at B'nai Israel Congregation in Rockville, Maryland. The library includes more than 600 books, as well as maps, photographs, periodicals, microfiche, microfilm, and binders of articles on specialized subjects. There are 13 computers with internet access co-located with the library. Researchers may use these during library hours. In addition, the extensive library of recorded lectures on topics of interest to Jewish genealogists is available for listening using headphones. The library has its own microfiche-microfilm reader. The programming year included 10 monthly membership meetings. In Novembers, we so-sponsored a meeting on archival methods with the Jewish Historical Society of Greater Washington. Subsequent programs include guest speakers and a discussion panel. In December and April, we held Beginner's Workshops for members. The June, 2008 Annual Member Appreciation Luncheon featured a pot-luck luncheon and presentation on the origin of Jewish Names by Warren Blatt. The JGSGW Speaker's Bureau conducted genealogy presentations to various community groups. Jewish Genealogical Society of Broward County, Inc. (IAJGS Member) Mission: To educate, to promote and to preserve Jewish genealogical and family history and information. To encourage the preservation of our Jewish heritage through an understanding of Jewish history and the Jewish family. To achieve these goals by providing interesting and informative programs. Founded: Dec 1988 Membership/subscriber count (as of 12/31/2007 unless otherwise indicated): 82 Mailing Address: P. O. Box 17251, Ft. Lauderdale, FL 33318 USA Telephone: 1 (954) 873-4403, FAX: (954) 577-9247 Email: [email protected], Website: www.jgsbc.org Newsletter/Journal/Discussion List or other periodic publication/communication: Family Gatherings, Frequency: monthly (10 times per year), Distribution: E-mailed to all members who choose this method; hard copy mailed to all others. Back issues are on website.



Library: The collection includes over 300 books, as well as numerous magazines, journals and copies of other genealogical society newsletters from all over the world. The collection includes many out-of-print histories of U.S. and international Jewish communities, works on Jewish culture of the shtetl, copies of Avotaynu back to 1989 and more. The library is housed at the Soref Jewish Community Center. It is staffed by volunteers and is open one morning a week, for one hour prior to each meeting, and by appointment. Leaders: Michael Sofman, President; Martin Shames, Vice-President, Immediate Past-President, Program Chair; Brenda Feuer, treasurer; Joyce Ben-Ezra, secretary; Bob Koltnow, Speaker’s bureau, Past president; Ara Morenberg, Webmaster; Rhoda Horwitz, Library; Rosa Pinsky, Membership; Robert Pittell, Board member; Bernard Kouchel, Founder, Past President 2007/2008 activities summary: We continue to add new members to our group, and had another excellent programming year. We started 2007 with Bruce and Judy Borich of the Middle River Press, who gave us advice on how to publish our family histories. We continued through the spring with such well-known people as Karen Roekard, who spoke about her visit to her ancestral shtetl, Ron Arons, who again entertained us with tales about Jewish criminals, and Daniel Mendelsohn, author of The Lost: A Search for Six of Six Million. In the fall, after an update on the IAJGS meeting, we heard from Jeffrey Shoulson, whose 1980 family reunion in Jerusalem was attended by 2500 people, and Andrea Greenbaum, a local writer who edited the book The Jews of South Florida. Along the way, we ran two 4-hour beginner’s seminars on Jewish Genealogy that were very well attended and received. Jewish Genealogical Society of Greater Miami, Inc. (IAJGS Member) Mission: To teach the techniques of genealogical research and to share our research with each other. We also aim to reach out to the Jewish community of all ages and backgrounds. Founded: Feb 1989 Membership/subscriber count (as of 12/31/2007 unless otherwise indicated): 58 Mailing Address: P. O. Box 560432, Miami, FL 33156-0432 USA Telephone: 1 (305) 266-3350, FAX: None Email: [email protected], Website: www.jgs-miami.org Newsletter/Journal/Discussion List or other periodic publication/communication: Branches, Frequency: quarterly, Distribution: Post mailed and e-mailed Library: Library is located at the Greater Miami Jewish Federation Building, 4200 Biscayne Blvd, Miami, Fl, Reference Library is part of CAJE library. Reference books available when CAJE library is opened and by appointment. Circulating library available at meetings and by appointment. Leaders: Joan Parker, President; Barbara Musikar, Editor Branches, Librarian, Contact person; Bette Mas, V.P. Membership and Communications; Abe Lavender, V.P. Programming 2007/2008 activities summary: We held an all level Genealogical Workshop. Our cemetery committee under the leadership of Marcia Finkel has completed and submitted its research of the historical Jewish section of the Miami City Cemetery to JOWBR. Monthly programs for 2007 included: Michael Goldstein “A Wealth of World Jewish Records”, Arno Erban “My Youth in Prague and my Shoah Experiences”, Harriet Kasow “Family Research in Israel: Personal Experiences”, “27th IAJGS International Conference On Jewish Genealogy In Salt Lake City”, Share Successes and Ask the Experts, Annual Election and Member Brunch, Abe Lavender, Ph.D. “DNA Comparisons Between Jewish Groups and With Non-Jewish Groups” Martin Zafman “Life in the Pale of Settlement and Feldbaum-Zafman Family Research”, Genealogy Workshop – Marcia Finkel and Barbara Musikar, 18th Chai Anniversary Meeting – Ann Rabinowitz “What's New on the Web”, Stephen Denker “My family in Cuba 1928-1938: Why they went, what they did there, how I found all this out”



Jewish Genealogical Society of Greater Orlando (IAJGS Member) Mission: To Promote an interest in Jewish Genealogy in the community; instruct and inform members in genealogical research and methodologies; provide opportunities for sharing Jewish genealogical information; and to encourage the preservation of Jewish genealogical records in the Central Florida area. Founded: Sep 1990 Membership/subscriber count (as of 12/31/2007 unless otherwise indicated): 64 Mailing Address: P.O. Box 941332, Maitland, FL 32794-1332 USA Telephone: 1 (407) 830-4440, FAX: None Email: [email protected], Website: www.rootsweb.com/~FLjgscf Newsletter/Journal/Discussion List or other periodic publication/communication: Etz Chaim, Frequency: Quarterly, Distribution: Hardcopy Library: Our JGSGO library continues to expand. Located in the Dworkin Learning Center of the Congregation of Reform Judaism, a complete re-organization was required and completed by our volunteer librarian, Marcie and Raeburn Wallen. A new bookcase was added. Leaders: Larry Morrell, President; Edith Schulman, Program VP; Doris Frank, Membership; Jerry Kurland - [email protected]; Florence Gold, Secretary; Millie Rosenbaum, Treasurer; Jay Schleichkorn, Editor, Etz Chaim & Director; Jose Valle, Webmaster & Director; Marcie & Raeburn Wallen, Librarians 2007/2008 activities summary: Our regular meeting night is the third Monday of the month from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m, except in July and August. Titles of Programs for 2007: "Book Review- Abraham's Children" by Irwin Feldman; "Round Table with the Experts," "Growing Up in America:" "The Immigration Experience" by Gladys Freidman Paulin; "I'm a Taphophilliac" by Jay Schleichkorn; Field Trip to Orange County Library and the Genealogical Department; "Digital Tools for Restoring Family Photos," by Paul Enchelmayer; Film: A Cemetery Special; "DNA and Gemological Research" by Jose Valle; "Tracing My Family Roots to Plymouth Rock" by Ray Waller; "Recovering My Ukrainian Past" by Greg Dawson; "A Wealth of World Jewish Records" by Michael Goldstein; and Installation of officers, Gala Wine and Cheese Social. Average attendance at JGSGO meetings has been 26. Workshop: On four Thursday evenings in January and February, President Edith Schulman offered an evening workshop. Twelve people registered. Jewish Genealogical Society of Palm Beach County, Inc. (IAJGS Member) Mission: (1) To establish a scholarly organization with the goal of preserving Jewish family histories. (2) To assist and promote the research of Jewish family history. (3) To encourage interested persons to pursue and preserve genealogical data. (4) To provide opportunities for the sharing of Jewish genealogical information (5) To elevate the status and role of Jewish genealogy in the Jewish community and in the academic community. (6) To encourage the preservation of Jewish Heritage. (7) To aim toward the publication of worthy material in the field of Jewish Genealogy. (8) To engage in only those activities permitted by the organizations exempt from Federal Income Tax as described in section 501(C) of the Internal Revenue Code. Founded: 1991 Membership/subscriber count (as of 12/31/2007 unless otherwise indicated): 290



Mailing Address: P.O. Box 7796, Delray Beach Fl. 33482-7796 USA Telephone: 1 (561) 883-8566, FAX: 1 (561) 883-3253 Email: [email protected], Website: www.jgspalmbeachcounty.org Newsletter/Journal/Discussion List or other periodic publication/communication: Scattered Seeds, Frequency: Quarterly, Distribution: E-mailed and Post-mailed, Non-Computer members receive hardcopy Library: The Society maintains its library at the Sandler Center, Levis Jewish Community Center, 95th Ave and Glades Road (south side). Hours: 10AM-4PM M-F, closes 1PM the third Thursday of each month. By appointment only. Leaders: Sandra Hirschhorn, President and Editor; Joel Sisitsky, Vice President; Cindy Taylor, Vice President; Irving Skorka, Treasurer 2007/2008 activities summary: Programming included: “Solving Mysteries Using HIAS case Files”, featuring Valerie Bazarov, “The family Tree of Simon Wiesenthal” By his Daughter Dr. Rachel Kreisberg-Zakarin cousin of our member Helen Schwartz Kenvin “Planting Your Family Tree“, Presentation by members Ellie Schorr and Jerry Kornbluth on How to set-up a Family Web-site. “Using Israeli Archives & Resources for Worldwide Jewish Records” Featuring Michael Goldstein. Annual Lunch and Learn featured Neal Rosenstein Attendance was about 200 “My Family Tree DNA” presented by Bennett Greenspan 3rd annual All Day Mini Conference attracted 64 participants to 7 presentations by 6 speakers “Navigating the FHL in Salt Lake City and FHC in Boca Raton, FL President Dennis Rice and Immediate Past President Dr. Marvin Hamburg with assistance of Natalie Hamburg Presented a Power-point Presentation on the advantages of attending the IAJGS 2007 Conference in Salt Lake City. “The Internet beyond Steve Morse and JewishGen”. Presented by Ron Arons Attendance at meeting averaged over 110 members. Jewish Genealogical Society of Southwest Florida (IAJGS Member) Mission: To guide people with their Jewish genealogy via a wide array of monthly programs (November thru May at Kobernick House in Sarasota) and provide books and maps from the society library. Founded: Jan 1996 Membership/subscriber count (as of 12/31/2007 unless otherwise indicated): 50 Mailing Address: 4462 Violet Avenue, Sarasota, FL 34233-1825 USA Telephone: 1 (941) 921-1433, FAX: 1 (941) 923-6914 Email: [email protected], Website: www.jgsswf.org Newsletter/Journal/Discussion List or other periodic publication/communication: Mishpochology, Frequency: Quarterly, Distribution: Post-mailed, e-mailed, posted on website Library: The JGS of SW FL library is stored in a locked cabinet at Kobernick House/Anchin Pavilion Independent Retirement and Assisted Living Community, 1951 N. Honore Avenue, and is accessible at meetings or by appointment for members. Contact Kim Sheintal (president) or Bernie Spitalnick (librarian) to schedule an appointment. Leaders: Kim Sheintal, President and Editor; Irene Midler, Programs; Lee Ruggles, Publicity; Gerry Chernoff, Treasurer; Sue Davis, Secretary; Libbie Kaplan, Membership; Bernie Spitalnick, Librarian; Jim Habernan, webmaster



2007/2008 activities summary: January 2007 program was “Jews in the Civil War” by Lunelle Siegel. February 2007 program was “Dear Helga, Dear Ruth” by author Helga Harris who spoke about letters that bound a friendship shattered by history. March 2007 program was “Genealogy in the Round: Share Successes and Helpful Hints” by Kim Sheintal. April 2007 program was “Polish Jewish Cemeteries Project and Shoah Remembered” by Norman L. Weinberg, Executive Director Poland Jewish Cemeteries Restoration Project. May 2007 was the “Pot Luck Luncheon” with program "Journey back to the Ukraine, Moldova and Romania" by Jane Plitt. November 2007 program was “A Chance to Live: A Family's Journey to Freedom” by author Pieter Kohnstam, who spoke about the story of his family's escape from the occupied Netherlands through France and Spain, to freedom in Argentina. December 2007 program was “Zechut Avot: The Merit of our Ancestors” by Rabbi Brenner Glickman. Jewish Genealogical Society of Tallahassee (IAJGS Member) Mission: The purpose of the society is to facilitate the genealogical research activities of members by providing general knowledge of research sources, scheduling meetings to hear speakers on relevant topics and to share genealogical information, making members aware of publications and activities concerning Jewish genealogical study, and otherwise assisting members in becoming better informed about their own ancestors and the areas from which they came. Founded: Nov 1999 Membership/subscriber count (as of 12/31/2007 unless otherwise indicated): 36 Mailing Address: 2707 Everett Lane, Tallahassee, Florida 32308 Telephone: 1 (850) 386-9468, FAX: 1 (850) 309-7447 Email: [email protected], Website: www.rootsweb.com/~fljgst Newsletter/Journal/Discussion List or other periodic publication/communication: None, Frequency: N/A, Distribution: Communication with our membership is by email with those who have email addresses, and fliers by snail mail to those who do not have email. We also publicize through the Temple Israel, Tallahassee, bulletin Library: The library where we are considering placing our small library is the Leroy Collins Public Library. You evidently left out "Collins" in the previous yearbook. Leroy Collins was the governor of Florida who brought our state into the era of racial integration and fresh striving for human rights. Leaders: Carl Rubin, President; Rhea Schwartz, Vice President; Stephan Fregger, Secretary-Treasurer 2007/2008 activities summary: We have a meeting once each quarter. We do very little business at these meetings. Instead, we have a member present his or her adventures and results in creating a family history and genealogy. When I presented, I shared slides of my roots trip to Sombor, Galitzia, which is now in Ukraine. Each person has used a different approach to the presentation. Jewish Genealogical Society of Tampa Bay (IAJGS Member) Mission: The purpose of the JGSTB is to encourage and assist its members in Jewish genealogical research. We do this by facilitating the exchange of research information, encouraging and coordinating research activities, educating members to help themselves and others, acquiring and organizing research materials, arranging genealogical tours, and by publicizing our activities to our members and to the public. Founded: Apr 1999 Membership/subscriber count (as of 12/31/2007 unless otherwise indicated): 26



Mailing Address: 1148 Manderlee Place, Trinity, FL 34655 USA Telephone: 1 (727) 372-0646, FAX: None Email: [email protected], Website: www.rootsweb.com/~fljgstb/home.htm Newsletter/Journal/Discussion List or other periodic publication/communication: Looking Back, Frequency: Quarterly, Distribution: E-mailed Library: We are continually updating our library to include the most current reference and resource materials on Jewish Genealogy. We have more than 100 carefully selected items (books, videos, CDs, maps) in our library, all of which are available for checkout and home use by members. Leaders: Linda Zolinsky, President; Debbe Hagner, First VP & Programming Chair; Bettylou Rosen, Secretary; Lawrence Blum, Treasurer; Richard Adelson, Membership Chair; Clint Elbow, Webmaster; Sally Israel, Publicity Chair; Michele Tanberg, Librarian; Bill Israel, Immediate past president 2007/2008 activities summary: During 2007 we continued to have regular monthly programs and hold our very successful annual seminar. We have expanded our website and are working to revive our email newsletter, Looking Back. ("Please refer to http://www.rootsweb.com/~fljgstb/home.htm for additional information"). We also participated in special events in partnership with local synagogues and Jewish Community Centers. Jewish Genealogical Society of Georgia (IAJGS Member) Mission: The PURPOSE of the Jewish Genealogical Society of Georgia is to preserve and disseminate Jewish genealogical knowledge and information. The GOALS of the Society include: promoting awareness among the Jewish community of the possibility of tracing their ancestors, encouraging genealogical research, providing instruction on genealogical methodology and standards of accuracy, fostering the preservation of Jewish genealogical records and resources. Maintaining and improving our libraries of genealogical resources. Founded: Oct 1990 Membership/subscriber count (as of 12/31/2007 unless otherwise indicated): 40 Mailing Address: 2492 Madison Commons, Atlanta, GA 30360 USA Telephone: 1 (770) 458-6664, FAX: 1 (770) 458-5733 Email: [email protected], Website: www.jgsg.org Newsletter/Journal/Discussion List or other periodic publication/communication: JGSGNet, Frequency: Quarterly, Distribution: E-mailed Library: The society maintains its library at the William Breman Jewish Heritage Museum - Joseph and Ida Pearle Cuba Genealogy Library and Archives. It is available to the public. For current access information, see the museum's website, www.thebreman.org. Leaders: Gary Palgon, President 2007/2008 activities summary: Working session on Avotaynu genealogy book about Georgia and JGSG Mentoring: 1-on-1 family tree assistance.



Illiana Jewish Genealogical Society (IAJGS Member) Mission: To promote Jewish Genealogy in the southern communities of Chicago and northwest Indiana and others with Jewish Genealogy roots in our area. Founded: Sep 1984 Membership/subscriber count (as of 12/31/2007 unless otherwise indicated): 36 families Mailing Address: P. O. Box 384, Flossmoor, IL 60422-0384 USA Telephone: 1 (708) 957-9457, FAX: None Email: [email protected], Website: ijgs.home.comcast.net Newsletter/Journal/Discussion List or other periodic publication/communication: Illiana JGS Newsletter, Frequency: Quarterly, Distribution: Mailed, e-mailed and posted on website Library: The Society's library is housed in one of the classrooms at Congregation Am Echad, 160 Westwood; Park Forest, IL. It is available during the weekday when the synagogue secretary is there. Please call the synagogue at 708-748-5722 for directions and to confirm hours of availability. Leaders: Trudy Barch, President; Roslyn Greenberg, Editor 2007/2008 activities summary: We shared how we celebrated the High Holidays when we were children and had an interesting discussion on a book about Purim. We went to our local JCC computer room using the ancestry.com program. We were introduced to a local genealogy library. We viewed a movie about Ellis Island. A member’s daughter-in-law spoke about her trip and studies in Russia. We also held our "annual indoor picnic" and contributed Chanukah gifts to our local Jewish federation for distribution to Jewish families. Mother Nature cancelled some of our winter meetings, so we added a June meeting to 'catch up' on the missed meetings. Jewish Genealogical Society of Illinois (IAJGS Member) Mission: We are dedicated to educating and helping our members learn as well as perfect methods and techniques that will aid them in their collection and preservation of documents, which are part of their ancestral research. Our Beginners’ Workshop and Ask the Experts, which are each presented twice a year, are examples of programs designed to increase our members’ research expertise. We have now begun a program of collecting, digitizing, and making available records of interest to genealogists interested in Jewish Chicago genealogy. Our online death index now has over 65,000 records searchable using the "Steve Morse" search form. Founded: 1981 Membership/subscriber count (as of 12/31/2007 unless otherwise indicated): 245 Mailing Address: PO Box 515, Northbrook, IL 60065-0515 USA Telephone: 1 (312) 666-0100, FAX: None Email: [email protected] or [email protected], Website: www.jewishgen.org/jgsi Newsletter/Journal/Discussion List or other periodic publication/communication: Morasha, Frequency: Three times per year, Distribution: E-mailed and post-mailed according to member's preference



Library: Our library is currently located in the lower level of Temple Beth Israel, Skokie, IL, our monthly meeting place. Books and other media can be accessed before and after meetings on Sunday afternoons; other library times are by appointment. Leaders: Mike Karsen, President; Harriet Rudnit, Immediate Past President; Judith Frazin, Membership VP 2007/2008 activities summary: Monthly meetings were held on various topics of interest. We had a tour of Waldheim cemetery coving the historic points. The major accomplishments for the year included the creation of the JGSI online death index, improvements to our newsletter Morasha to create more clickable links in the online version, initiation of a DNA project, development of an online help desk, and an updating of our website. Please visit us at www.jewishgen.org/jgsi to find out the latest on what we're doing. Jewish Genealogical Society of New Orleans (IAJGS Member) Mission: The Jewish Genealogical Society (JGS) of New Orleans is a non-profit organization for those who desire to research their Jewish roots in Louisiana and worldwide. Our purpose is to bring members together to share information and ideas, and to periodically present programs which will assist with such research, providing members with a broad base of knowledge regarding resources and research skills. Founded: Jan 1995 Membership/subscriber count (as of 12/31/2007 unless otherwise indicated): Not reported Mailing Address: P.O. Box 7811, Metairie, Louisiana 70010 USA Telephone: 1 (504) 836-2720, FAX: 1 (504) 836-2722 Email: [email protected], Website: www.jewishgen.org/jgsno Newsletter/Journal/Discussion List or other periodic publication/communication: Bayou Branches (Currently not publishing. Seeking a new editor), Frequency: N/A, Distribution: N/A Library: No information Leaders: Jacob and Vicki Karno, co-Presidents 2007/2008 activities summary: No update received. Information shown is from the prior (2007) Yearbook. Please check the website of the Society for current information. Jewish Genealogical Society of Greater Boston, Inc. (IAJGS Member) Mission: To develop and promote the growth, study and exchange of ideas among all people interested in Jewish genealogical research and family history. To provide educational programs and research support to help our members learn about their Jewish ancestry. Founded: 1982 Membership/subscriber count (as of 12/31/2007 unless otherwise indicated): 420 Mailing Address: P.O. Box 610366, Newton Highlands, MA 02461-0366 USA Telephone: 1 (617) 796-8522, FAX: None Email: [email protected], Website: www.jgsgb.org



Newsletter/Journal/Discussion List or other periodic publication/communication: Mass-Pocha, Frequency: 3-4 times per year, Distribution: Hardcopy mailed to members and domestic subscribers; electronic copy made available to foreign subscribers Library: The JGSGB Research Library is located on the premises of the American Jewish Historical Society at Hebrew College in Newton Center, where it is accessible 36 hours a week. A substantial number of reference books are available for use at monthly meetings at a different site. Name, position and email of up to 12 contacts for the organization (While names and positions will be included, to avoid misuse, emails will not be shown in the Yearbook.) Leaders: Heidi Urich, President; Carol Clingan, Vice-President; Steve Denker, Secretary; Michael Marx, Treasurer; Daphnah Sage, Mass-Pocha Co-editos; Jay Sage, Mass-Pocha Co-editor; Carol Bogin, Mass-Pocha Co-editor 2007/2008 activities summary: The highlight of the year was our 25th Anniversary Celebration on April 29th, a day-long affair with 250 guests including all our past presidents, a delicious catered luncheon, premier of our video “Searching for Our Roots: A Shared Passion,” publication of a written history of the Society, and featured speakers Arthur Kurzweil, Warren Blatt and Hankus Netsky. Research into the Society’s history stimulated a renewed partnership with Hebrew College, resulting in co-sponsorship of a new Annual Genealogy Lecture and the development of an intensive course on Jewish Genealogy to be taught by the Society in the Spring. The inaugural Genealogy Lecture took place at Hebrew College on December 9th with Daniel Mendelsohn speaking on “The Lost: A Search for Six of Six Million.” Western Massachusetts Jewish Genealogical Society (IAJGS Member) Mission: Provide resources and help for those tracing their family lineage. Provide activities to enhance knowledge and understanding of Jewish culture and history. Founded: Sep 2002 Membership/subscriber count (as of 12/31/2007 unless otherwise indicated): 40 Mailing Address: 26 Nutting Ave, Florence, MA 01062 USA Telephone: 1 (413) 575-0526, FAX: 1 (413) 323-4291 Email: [email protected], Website: www.wmjgs.org Newsletter/Journal/Discussion List or other periodic publication/communication: JGSGB sends us copies of MassPocha to distribute to our members. They include articles by our members as well as a schedule of our meetings, Frequency: Quarterly, Distribution: Hardcopy mailed to paid-up members of WMJGS Library: In 2005, WMJGS received funds from Harold Grinspoon Foundation, Arts and Culture Initiative, Springfield, MA, to purchase books for a Jewish genealogy resource center at the Forbes Library, Northampton, MA. It is now the largest collections of Jewish Genealogy reference books in Western Massachusetts. Leaders: Joanne Saltman, President; Norman Spencer, Treasurer; Lynne Shapiro, Secretary; Janet Fraidstern, Membership Committee



2007/2008 activities summary: September, 2007 Genealogy Workshop-tackling brick walls and research problems October 2007 Henry Wellisch, past President of JGS of Canada, spoke On "The Austro-Hungarian Empire, Conventional and Non-Conventional resources (this program was also held the day before in Boston and co-sponsored by Both the Boston and Western Mass. JGS groups. November 2007 5th Annual Potluck dinner celebration. Speaker Howard Ziff Entertained us with "Growing Up Jewish in Holyoke, Mass.-an enclave of culture and community" December 2007 A Panel Discussion on Dual Citizenship with Daniel Berger, Esq, an immigration attorney and community members who have or desire to Have dual citizenship February 2008 "Computerizing Your Family Tree" an overview of the readily available computer programs and their use. March 2008 "Shanghai Ghetto" a showing of the documentary about the Jews of Shanghai during WWII April 2008 "Visiting Your Ancestral Shtetl" with Miriam Weiner May 2008 Annual meeting and report from the members on their research Successes. Jewish Genealogical Society of Michigan (IAJGS Member) Mission: The objectives of the Society are: To educate its members in the methodology of collecting Jewish family historical/genealogical data; To create a wider interest in genealogy in the community; To cooperate and, where necessary, affiliate with other local and national genealogical associations and enhance the Society’s ability to serve its members; and to aim toward publication of worthy material in the field of Jewish genealogy. Founded: Sep 1985 Membership/subscriber count (as of 12/31/2007 unless otherwise indicated): 236 Mailing Address: PO Box 251693, West Bloomfield, MI 48325-1693 USA Telephone: 1 (248) 851-3481, FAX: None Email: [email protected], Website: www.jgsmi.org Newsletter/Journal/Discussion List or other periodic publication/communication: Generations, Frequency: Quarterly, Distribution: Hardcopy to membership and e-mail to other societies Library: Library is housed at Zekelman Family Holocaust Memorial center in Farmington Hills, Michigan. Leaders: Adina Lipsitz, President; Alexandra Goldberg, VP Programming; David Goldis, VP Membership; Judi Fox, VP Publicity; Ruth Rosenberg, Recording Secretary; Shlomo Sperka, Corresponding Secretary; Irwin Alpern, Treasurer; Gayle Saini, Librarian; Leah Bisel & Marc Manson, Cemetery Project; Ruth Rosenberg, Editor, Generations; James Grey, Speakers Bureau; Adina Lipsitz, Webmaster; Stan Finkelstein, Past President 2007/2008 activities summary: JGSMI conducted a number of activities during 2008: Issued “Generations” the Society’s quarterly newsletter and held bi-monthly board meetings throughout the year. The Society offered a number of programs/lectures as follows: The Ellis Island database: An easier search, by Steve Morse, Highlights of the 27th IAJGS Conference in Salt Lake City, given by Society members, “Scrapbooking your Family History with Dick and Caryn Jaeger, JGSMI Library Holdings with librarian Gayle Saini, JGSMI co-sponsored Jon Entine, author of Abraham’s Children, at the 56th Annual Jewish Book Fair, Unlikely Heroes documentary was screened, Writing Your Family History Now with Mike Karsen, The Jewish Experience in Michigan with Irving Cohen, HIAS - History in the Making, with Valery Bazarov, Trip to the Reynolds Genealogical Collection at the Allen County Public Library in Fort Wayne Indiana, Annual Luncheon speaker Gary Frohlich of Genzyme talks about Jewish Genetic Diseases.



Jewish Special Interest Group (J-SIG) of the St. Louis Genealogical Society (StLGS) (IAJGS Member) Mission: The Jewish SIG is affiliated with the St. Louis Genealogical Society. Holding quarterly meetings open to the public and of interest to anyone researching Jewish ancestors. We collect, preserve and publish Jewish records in the St. Louis area and provide speakers to groups interested in Jewish genealogy. Founded: Jun 2005 Membership/subscriber count (as of 12/31/2007 unless otherwise indicated): Mailing list consists of 100 names Mailing Address: Jewish SIG, #4 Sunnen Drive, Suite 140, St. Louis, MO 63143-3814 USA Telephone: 1 (314) 647-8547, FAX: (314) 647-8548 Email: [email protected], Website: www.stlgs.org Newsletter/Journal/Discussion List or other periodic publication/communication: News 'n Notes and St. Louis Genealogical Society Quarterly, Frequency: News 'n Notes, monthly, and St. Louis Genealogical Society Quarterly, quarterly, Distribution: Newsletter: members have a choice of e-mail or by mail. Foreign members only have e-mail unless they wish to pay extra for a mailing. The Quarterly is mailed. Library: The St. Louis Genealogical Society office has a small research library staffed by volunteers. St. Louis County Library Headquarters, Special Collections, houses the bulk of the Society’s library and has a large holding of Jewish resources including an extensive collection of Yizkor books. Leaders: Phyllis Faintich, Leader; Ilene Murray, co-Leader 2007/2008 activities summary: The Jewish SIG began as a rebirth of the Jewish Genealogical Society of St. Louis (JGS-STL), which ceased operations as a society as of 1 July 2005. Phyllis Faintich is SIG Leader. Phyllis is assisted by Ilene Murray, Publications Director of StLGS. We hold periodic meetings on researching Jewish genealogy. We also continued the process of merging the JGS-STL website with the St. Louis Genealogical Society website. We are continuing to work on the cemetery, marriage records, and funeral home projects begun by JGS-STL. We continue to receive and answer e-mails from people with questions concerning St. Louis Jewish research. Jewish Genealogical Society of North Jersey (IAJGS Member) Mission: The Jewish Genealogical Society of North Jersey is a non-profit organization dedicated to assist members with their genealogical pursuits. Founded: 1984 Membership/subscriber count (as of 12/31/2007 unless otherwise indicated): 30 Mailing Address: YM-YWHA of North Jersey, Charles & Bessie Goldman Library, 1 Pike Drive, Wayne, NJ 07470-2494 USA Telephone: 1 (973) 595-0100 x36, FAX: None Email: [email protected], Website: mysite.verizon.net/vze2gnpn Newsletter/Journal/Discussion List or other periodic publication/communication: Yichus, Frequency: Quarterly, Distribution: Hardcopy and emailed



Library: The society maintains its library within the Charles and Bessie Goldman Library, YM-YWHA of Wayne, 1 Pike Road, Wayne, NJ 07470 (973) 595-0100. It is available to the public. Call the Y for regular library hours. Leaders: Susan Kobren, President; Judy Salomon, Membership Vice President; Bill Werther, Treasurer; Alice Gould, Secretary; Paul Lewis, Publicity 2007/2008 activities summary: The Society meets monthly at the Charles Goldman Library of the YM-YWHA of Wayne. New members are welcome and will receive valuable assistance with their individual research needs. For over a decade, a number of the members of the North Jersey JGS, under the leadership of Alice Gould, have been copying the information on the gravestones in the five Newark Jewish Cemeteries. Along with other volunteers from nearby communities, they have completed the indexing of three of those cemeteries. That data has already been submitted to JOWBR. The other 2 cemeteries are almost finished and those results should be computerized and entered this year. Alice continues to receive many emails from all over the country for the information on many of those approximately 30,000 gravestones. Alice continues to receive many emails from all over the country for the information on many of those approximately 30,000 gravestones. Jewish Historical Society of Central Jersey (IAJGS Member) Mission: We primarily deal with all aspects of the Jewish experience in Central New Jersey. We maintain an archival collection available to all researchers. We promote educational programs, and conduct lectures and exhibits for both the Jewish and general communities. We provide genealogical assistance. Our collection includes genealogical periodicals from the U.S. and other countries, records of synagogues and other Jewish organizations, family papers, oral histories, memorabilia and news clippings. Our research library contains an extensive book collection. Founded: 1977 Membership/subscriber count (as of 12/31/2007 unless otherwise indicated): 30 (genealogical interest group) Mailing Address: 222 Livingston Avenue, New Brunswick NJ 08901 USA Telephone: 1 (732) 249-4894, FAX: None Email: [email protected], Website: www.jewishgen.org/jhscj/Genealogy.html Newsletter/Journal/Discussion List or other periodic publication/communication: JHSCJ Newsletter, Frequency: Quarterly, Distribution: Hardcopy Library: Library is accessible by appointment at the Society's office.Handicap-accessible. Collection focuses on Central New Jersey. Leaders: Nathan M. Reiss, President and Genealogy Chair; Deborah Cohn, Office Manager 2007/2008 activities summary: The Society had several meetings on genealogy-related subjects; we provided information for numerous online and telephone requests. We are in the process of placing a catalog of our holdings onto our Web site. The JHSCJ is currently presenting the 11th consecutive American Jewish Experience Lecture Series in two locations. A third lecture series presented through the Rutgers Academy for Lifelong Learning was held in March-April of 2008. A visit and lecture by Dr. Gary P. Zola, Executive Director of the American Jewish Archives, is planned for December 2008.



Jewish Genealogy Society of Southern Nevada, Inc. (IAJGS Member) Mission: The society holds educational meetings and work shops to further family history research. Founded: 1998 (as a successor to prior JGS's in southern Nevada) Membership/subscriber count (as of 12/31/2007 unless otherwise indicated): 57 Mailing Address: P.O. Box 370522, Las Vegas, NV 89137 USA Telephone: 1 (702) 243-2858, FAX: 1 (702) 243-1879 Email: [email protected] and [email protected], Website: www.jgssn.org Newsletter/Journal/Discussion List or other periodic publication/communication: Family Legacies, News to Note, Frequency: Family Legacies - Quarterly, News to Note - Monthly, Distribution: Family Legacies - Mailed, emailed and posted on website, News to Note - Mailed and emailed Library: The society library is available by prior arrangement with Abe Simon, Librarian for access. Materials may be borrowed for local use. A security deposit is required. Leaders: Michael Brenner, President; Jerry Kunzman, Vice President; Marilyn Brenner, Secretary; Sam Showel, Treasurer; Marilyn Barkan, Trustee; Earle Malkin, Trustee; Abe Simon, Trustee &Librarian; Ella Perla, Trustee & Publicity; Charlotte Showel, Past President; Sybil Greenberg, Membership; Shelly Weiner, Editor 2007/2008 activities summary: Not reported Jewish Genealogical Society of Buffalo (IAJGS Member) Mission: The JGSB supports and encourages research, education, and celebration of our heritage for members and the Jewish community. Founded: May 1985 Membership/subscriber count (as of 12/31/2007 unless otherwise indicated): 35 Mailing Address: 255 Louvaine Drive, Buffalo, NY 14223 USA Telephone: 1 (716) 873-6356, FAX: None Email: [email protected], Website: www.jewishgen.org/jgs/jgs-buffalo Newsletter/Journal/Discussion List or other periodic publication/communication: None, Frequency: N/A, Distribution: N/A Library: The library consisting of over 125 books, maps and some genealogies is housed at Ferne Mittleman's home. It is available during winter and summer work sessions or anytime by appointment. Leaders: Dr. Jane Vogel Fischman, Co-President; Deb Delgato, Co-President; Muriel Selling, Cemetery Chair; Ferne Mittleman, Corresponding Secretary, Librarian 2007/2008 activities summary: During the year we had various workshops and a show and tell session. We worked with and continue to work with the new archivist on Jewish Philanthropies in bringing the local archives up to date.



Jewish Genealogical Society of the Capital District (NY), (JGSCD) (IAJGS Member) Mission: To disseminate knowledge and information with reference to Jewish genealogy. To provide opportunities to share Jewish genealogical information. To encourage people to pursue and preserve genealogical data. Founded: 1989-1994, 1995-2002, reorganized Fall 2003 Membership/subscriber count (as of 12/31/2007 unless otherwise indicated): 40 Mailing Address: 176 Hollywood Avenue, Albany, NY 12209 USA Telephone: 1 (518) 482-2898, FAX: None Email: [email protected], Website: no website Newsletter/Journal/Discussion List or other periodic publication/communication: The Acorn, Frequency: 3 or 4 times per year, Distribution: Hardcopy Library: None Leaders: Rema Goldstein, President; Marian Price, Program Vice President & Publicity; Bob Michaels, Treasurer; Rita Redlich, Editor 2007/2008 activities summary: Society is currently inactive. Jewish Genealogical Society, Inc. (IAJGS Member) Mission: To nurture, assist and promote Jewish genealogical research through innovative programs, seminars and workshops; disseminate information through a quarterly newsletter, web site, and publications; and support archival programs and repositories through financial grants Founded: Oct 1977 Membership/subscriber count (as of 12/31/2007 unless otherwise indicated): 910 Mailing Address: P.O. Box 286398, New York, NY 10128 USA Telephone: 1 (212) 294-8326, FAX: 1 (212) 787-9552 Email: [email protected], Website: www.jgsny.org Newsletter/Journal/Discussion List or other periodic publication/communication: Dorot, Frequency: Quarterly, Distribution: Hardcopy Library: The society's collection is housed at (and combined with) the Genealogical Institute at the Center for Jewish History. The CJH is open Monday 9:30 to 7:30 and Tuesday through Thursday 9:30 to 5, and is located at 15 West 16th Street, 3rd floor. The CJH Genealogical Institute is open to anyone. Leaders: Linda Cantor; Steven W. Siegel, Vice President, Programming; Michael Levine, Vice President Membership; Michael Pertain, Secretary 2007/2008 activities summary: We celebrated our 30th Anniversary at a membership brunch in December and will be sponsoring two talks at the Chicago conference via the Lucille Gudis Memorial Fund for Jewish Genealogy



Jewish Genealogy Society of Long Island (IAJGS Member) Mission: The Jewish Genealogy Society of Long Island works to encourage and to disseminate information about Jewish genealogical research. Our well-attended monthly meetings (September to June) feature formal presentations plus the opportunity for attendees to network, use key reference books, and receive one-on-one mentoring. Our mission to motivate and educate Jewish genealogists is also served by our special workshops, including an annual Beginner’s Workshop, our print and electronic publications, our fine library collection and our website. In addition, members of our Speakers’ Bureau reach out to the community with their presentations to synagogues, Jewish groups, and public libraries. Founded: Sep 1985 Membership/subscriber count (as of 12/31/2007 unless otherwise indicated): 211 Mailing Address: 37 Westcliff Drive, Dix Hills NY 11746-5627 USA Telephone: 1 (631) 549-9532, FAX: None Email: [email protected], Website: www.jgsli.org Newsletter/Journal/Discussion List or other periodic publication/communication: LIneage & JGSLI ONLINE, Frequency: Quarterly, Distribution: LIneage is post mailed quarterly to our membership and other organizations. JGSLI Online is a monthly Email publication with updates and current events of interest to our members. Library: JGSLI's unique genealogical reference collection is housed at the Plainview-Old Bethpage Public Library, 999 Old Country Road, Plainview, (516) 938-0077, www.nassaulibrary.org/plainv. Holdings include books, periodicals, and microfiche, many available nowhere else on Long Island. A list of our library materials is published on our website - www.jgsli.org. Holdings do not circulate; the collection is available to members and to the public for use on-site only. Requests for materials are made at the Reference Desk. Leaders: Rhoda Miller, President; Diane Berg, Program Vice President; Barbara Kruger, Membership Vice President; Burt Masnick, Newsletter Editor; Nolan Altman, Treasurer; Don Guttman, Webmaster; Cheryl Sofer, Corresponding Secretary and Chair of Beginner's Workshop; Joel Weidenbaum, Recording Secretary; Renee Steinig, Member at large; Harriet Weidenbaum, Member at large; Chuck Weinstein, Immediate Past President 2007/2008 activities summary: JGSLI accomplished a lot in 2007. Our meetings featured top speakers, including Steve Lasky, David Kleinman, Logan Kleinwaks, Suzann Wynne, Steve Morse, and Mike Karsen. Our collection at the Plainview-Old Bethpage Public Library swelled as a result of both purchases and donations. We have expanded the Yearbook Project to offer lookups in high school and college yearbooks held by our members and others who have volunteered; a list of available yearbooks is on our website. We continue to have an active Speaker Outreach Program and have provided nearly 20 speakers for various venues. In November, our 17th annual Beginners Workshop helped new members get started in Jewish genealogy and others expand their skills. Many members of JGSLI were speakers or attended the IAJGS conference in Salt Lake City. See our website, www.jgsli.org, for additional information. Jewish Genealogical Group, Columbus Jewish Historical Society (IAJGS Member) Mission: The genealogy group within the CJHS focuses on helping the community use the CJHS genealogy library, increasing the library's holdings and promoting and supporting the practice of genealogical research within the community. Founded: 1981



Membership/subscriber count (as of 12/31/2007 unless otherwise indicated): 30 Mailing Address: 1175 College Avenue, Columbus, OH 43209-2890 USA (CJHS) Telephone: 1 (614) 238-6977 (CJHS), FAX: 1 (614) 237-2221 (CJHS) Email: [email protected], Website: www.columbusjewishhistoricalsociety.org (CJHS) Newsletter/Journal/Discussion List or other periodic publication/communication: Reflections, Frequency: Quarterly, Distribution: Hardcopy Library: Yes, contact the society regarding hours and access Leaders: Peggy Kaplan, Office Manager; Michael Meckler, President; Joe Cohen, Chair, Jewish Genealogy Group 2007/2008 activities summary: The CJHS Annual Meeting was held on Tuesday June, 17, 2008, 7:00PM at Wexner Heritage Village 1155 College Avenue, Columbus Ohio. The event featured the premier of a video tribute to the B’nai B’rith Zion Lodge #62 which was the largest lodge in the country. A special “Organization of the Year” award was given to the Ohio Jewish Chronicle, in recognition of its publishers’ ninety years of chronicling our history. Retiring president, Skip Yassenoff was honored for the years of dedication to the Society with the Ben Mandlekorn Outstanding Achievement Award. Michael Meckler was elected president for a two-year term. Other awards included: The Leon Schottenstein Memorial Award, presented to B. Lee Skilken, The Harold & Regene Schottenstein & Family Volunteer Award to Harriet Kallenber, and The Ben Balshone Oral History Award was presented to Rose Luttinger. The Genealogy Group, chaired by Joe Cohen and Carol Shkolnik, continues to plan interesting programs with speakers who have experience with researching and tracing family genealogy. The "how to" program for doing research continues to be a popular event. Organized bus trips are also planned to sites of interest in the Ohio area. The Cemetery Project headed up by Dr. Jules Duga, with assistance for his wife, Cyril, have completed documenting Jewish grave-sites in central Ohio as well as the southeastern area of Ohio. This has been published on a CD. The Oral History Project, chaired by Helene Schlam, and with assistance from volunteer interviewers, transcribers, and editors, continue to interview Jewish community members to record their personal story of living and growing up in Columbus, Ohio. These histories are copied and transcribed and stored in the archives of the CJHS for future research and for family members to learn more about where they have come from. Jewish Genealogical Society of Dayton (IAJGS Member) Mission: Helping members develop their own genealogical lines, as well as adding to the databases on the Jewish community of Dayton, Ohio. To continue the education process on the rapidly changing world of genealogy and all the computer enhancements that assist in the research. Founded: Oct 1987 Membership/subscriber count (as of 12/31/2007 unless otherwise indicated): 36 Mailing Address: 4631 Cantura Drive, Dayton, OH 45415 Telephone: 1 (937) 277-8342, FAX: None Email: [email protected], Website: no website, in process of development Newsletter/Journal/Discussion List or other periodic publication/communication: None, Frequency: Monthly announcement of each meeting and contents of the presentations, Distribution: e-mail, postcards, phone.



Library: The Society's library is housed in its own room at Beth Abraham Synagogue, 305 Sugar Camp Circle, Dayton OH, 45409. Holdings include: computerized databases of necrologies, obituaries, marriage licenses, births, bar and bat Mitzvah dates associated with the Dayton Jewish Community since its inception in 1842; 40 years of Dayton, OH city directories, and of some nearby localities. More than 80 CD genealogical collections from ancestry.com and other sources; Many of the standard genealogical books, including "Source", "Where Once We walked", "The Unbroken Chain", atlases, histories of Jews of Cleveland, Boston, Columbus, etc; computerized listing of Jews who fought in World War II and received decorations, etc. Leaders: Marilyn Lustig, President; Minnette Weiss, Vice President; Sandra Schoemann, Secretary; Marcia Jaffe, Treasurer; Marlene Carne, Library Research Chair; Steve Hone, Computer Research Chair; Eugenia Williams, SIG Chair 2007/2008 activities summary: Significant assistance has been given to members and outside inquirers for access and use of the internet. The synagogue has moved to its new location and our new library/ meeting room is being furnished with new shelving, tables, chairs, etc. The synagogue is planning to equip it with broadband internet communication available to members at all times when Synagogue is open. Of particular utility to our hosting organization, the synagogue, rabbis, and memorial plaque personnel, has been our database of Hebrew names of deceased Dayton Jews, and the more accurate knowledge on yahrtzeits than even family members have. We are inaugurating SIGs on specialized European localities. We are also computer-archiving Jewish and all other obituaries published in the Dayton Daily News, the Columbus Dispatch, and the local "The Dayton Jewish Observer." Informational programs are held monthly. Working groups are also held with the help of a member who takes some of their information and illustrates the different avenues to pursue on line. This has gotten a lot of members moving on working on their genealogies. Publicity and a new membership drive are in the planning stages at this time. A new set of by-laws has been developed and recently finalized. Jewish Genealogy Society of Cleveland (IAJGS Member) Mission: The primary objective of the Jewish Genealogy Society of Cleveland, Inc. is to foster Jewish family history and genealogical research. In order to meet this objective, the Society educates the public and disseminates information on Jewish records, sources, techniques, archives and libraries, and has done so since its inception in 1982. The Society maintains its own research library and encourages the collection of genealogical material and family histories. Founded: 1982 Membership/subscriber count (as of 12/31/2007 unless otherwise indicated): 90 Mailing Address: c/o Menorah Park, 27100 Cedar Road, Beachwood, OH 44122 USA Telephone: 1 (216) 378-9353, FAX: None Email: [email protected], Website: www.Clevelandjgs.org Newsletter/Journal/Discussion List or other periodic publication/communication: The Kol, Frequency: Three times yearly, Distribution: Hardcopy and email Library: Our library is being reorganized and catalogued. We also maintain links to various Cleveland area databases on our website, www.clevelandjgs.org. Leaders: Richard Spector, President; Cynthia Spikell, 1st Vice President; Sheldon Baskin, 2nd Vice President; Phyllis Wachs, Secretary; Helene Feinsilber, Treasurer; Jerry Kliot, Webmaster



2007/2008 activities summary: Monthly meetings are generally held the first Wednesday of each month at 7:30 PM at Menorah Park, 2nd Floor Miller Auditorium, 27100 Cedar Road, Beachwood, OH. See our calendar for future speakers and dates, as well as other information about our society, on our website at www.clevelandjgs.org. We achieved many of our goals during 2007 including a wider variety of speakers which included, among others, Sallyann Amdur Sack and Steve Morse. We also frequently provide speakers to other interested groups in the community. Jewish Genealogical Society of Tulsa (IAJGS Member) Mission: Establish a scholarly organization with the goal of pursuing, encouraging and preserving Jewish family history and genealogical data. Assist and promote the research of Jewish family history while elevating the status and role of genealogy in the Community. Provide opportunities for sharing Jewish Genealogical information. Help develop interesting exhibits and programs for the Sherwin Miller Museum. Founded: Sep 2005 Membership/subscriber count (as of 12/31/2007 unless otherwise indicated): 30 Mailing Address: c/o the Sherwin Miller Museum of Jewish Art, 2021 East 71st Street, Tulsa, OK 74136 USA Telephone: 1 (918) 492-1818, FAX: 1 (918) 492-1888 Email: [email protected], Website: jewishmuseum.net/jgs/jgs.html Newsletter/Journal/Discussion List or other periodic publication/communication: The Muse, Frequency: Quarterly, Distribution: Hardcopy Library: The Genealogy Research and Study area is located within the Library of the Museum. We have two State of the Art computers, printer, copier, etc. for members with access to all sites included ones that charge a fee (www.ancestry.com). We have subscribed to 8 Genealogical Journals for our library as well. Leaders: Phil Goldfarb, President; Bruce Singer, Vice President; Martha Strauss, Membership; Harold Stein; David Halpern; Arthur Feldman; Nancy Lobo; Fred Strauss; Marc Bookbinder; Mark Lobo; Rita Newman 2007/2008 activities summary: For 2007, we continued to build our young society as well as helping our members continue to trace their "roots" during meetings and with 1 on 1 sessions. We had speakers talk on: "Immigration to Israel from Eastern Europe in the late 19th Century;" "Jewish Hereditary Diseases;" "DNA and what it means to you.", and "From Shtetl to Sooner State." In 2008 we will have programs on computer skills, “How to organize, plan and implement a successful family reunion” as well as develop a professionally curated traveling genealogy exhibit in conjunction with our Jewish Museum. Jewish Genealogical Society of Oregon (IAJGS Member) Mission: To collect, preserve and perpetuate the records and history of our ancestors. Founded: 1989 Membership/subscriber count (as of 12/31/2007 unless otherwise indicated): 70 Mailing Address: P.O. Box 19736, Portland, Oregon 97280 USA Telephone: 1 (503) 970-0078, FAX: None Email: [email protected], Website: www.rootsweb.com/~orjgs



Newsletter/Journal/Discussion List or other periodic publication/communication: Shalshelet, Frequency: Quarterly, Distribution: post-mailed, emailed, some on website Library: The Society's library is housed at Congregation Neveh Shalom in Portland. Booklist can reviewed at: http://www.rootsweb.com/`orjgs/jgsolibrary.htm Leaders: Joe Mayer, President/Video; Joan Teller, 1st VP; Sandra Shapiro, Immediate Past President/2nd VP; Julian Kaufman, Treasurer; Golda Edwards, Secretary; Harvey Schulzinger, Librarian; Ron Doctor, Past President/Membership; Debbi Korman, Shalshelet (Newsletter) Editor; Barbara Hershey, Program Chair 2007/2008 activities summary: JGSO had monthly programs September through June. Several featured speakers through a cooperative effort among the JGS of British Columbia, Washington and Oregon. We Were There: Exciting Developments from the IAJGS Conference in Salt Lake City (Joe Mayer; Ron Doctor and Barbara Hershey); Lineages, Priests and Saints - Genealogy and Anthropology in Jewish Morocco (Dr. Oren Koransky); Genealogy Detective (Debbi Korman); Genealogical Resources in Israel (Michael Goldstein); Documenting Immigrants to America, 1882-1954 Federal Naturalization records (Marian L. Smith, Senior Historian at U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, Department of Homeland Security); Exploring Your Roots in the US Court House (Gerald Lenzen); Mining the Genealogy Resources at Multnomah County Libraries (Janet Irwin and Michael Constan); Somehow, We'll Survive: Life in Japan During World War II Through The Eyes Of A Young Caucasian Boy (George Sidline, author); Sephardic Genealogy: unique features, tools and resources (Jeffrey Malka); Jewish Calendar Demystified and Pot-Pourri (Steve Morse). Jewish Genealogical Society of Willamette Valley Oregon (JGSWVO) (IAJGS Member) Mission: We are a genealogy group dedicated to enhancing knowledge of those who came before us, enabling those who follow to enjoy and learn from our discoveries. Founded: Sep 1998 (as EugeneGen) Membership/subscriber count (as of 12/31/2007 unless otherwise indicated): 25 Mailing Address: 2352 Van Ness, Eugene, Oregon 97403-1862 USA Telephone: 1 (541) 345-8129, FAX: None Email: [email protected], Website: www.nwfam.com/jgswvo.html Newsletter/Journal/Discussion List or other periodic publication/communication: None, Frequency: E-mail is used to update our members several times a week, Distribution: E-mail is used to update our members on meetings, new databases and interesting genealogy information Website is used for meeting calendar and links to search engines Library: Members may checkout books, newsletters, CDs and videos from our library at meetings. JGSWVO is developing a database of early Jews of Eugene Leaders: Reeva Kimble, President; Renee Gottesman, Vice President; Charles Fleishman, Treasurer; Pam Endzweig, Secretary; Arnold Ismach, Board Member at Large



2007/2008 activities summary: In the past year, we heard Marian Smith, the Senior Historian of the US Citizenship and Immigration Services, speak on "Documenting Immigrants to America, 1882-1954". Professor Richard Littman demonstrated techniques in his presentation "Oral History and How To Conduct an Interview". Leona Maltz told us about her ancestor "Abraham Zacuto, Mapmaker for Christopher Columbus". JGSWVO had several talks by local genealogists including a series of programs by Reeva Kimble and Renee Gottesman called "Creating Timelines" and "Using Timelines as an Aid to Writing Family History". Richard Sapon-White gave a presentation titled "Languages of the Jews" and Renee Gottesman demonstrated "Using Ancestry.com". Two special meetings were dedicated to celebrating success stories and solving research problems. JGSWVO participated in a community wide celebration of Israel's 60th Birthday. We contributed an article to the Jewish Federation of Lane County Newsletter. JGSWVO is working on a history of the Early Jews of Eugene, Oregon and hope to extend it to other towns in Lane County. Jewish Genealogical Society of Greater Philadelphia (IAJGS Member) Mission: The primary objectives of JGSGP are to collect, preserve, and disseminate Jewish genealogical knowledge; promote interest in Jewish genealogical research; foster careful documentation and promote scholarly publication; promote the preservation of Jewish genealogical records and resources; and hold meetings for the instruction and education of members. Founded: May 1979 Membership/subscriber count (as of 12/31/2007 unless otherwise indicated): 235 Mailing Address: PO Box 335, Exton, PA, 19341-0335 USA Telephone: 1 (215) 947-7161, FAX: None Email: [email protected], Website: www.jewishgen.org/jgsp Newsletter/Journal/Discussion List or other periodic publication/communication: Chronicles (IAJGS Award Winner for 2005), Frequency: Quarterly, Distribution: Hardcopy to members; email to other IAJGS Member Societies Library: JGSGP's non-circulating Library is located at Gratz College, 7605 Old York Road, Melrose Park, PA 19027, which is about 10 miles north of Philadelphia. The JGSGP Library is in a separate section of the Gratz Tuttleman Library. JGSGP Library holdings are catalogued by Gratz Tuttleman Library. Instructions to search the online catalog are at http://www.jewishgen.org/jgsp/library.htm. The JGSGP Library is the largest Jewish genealogical collection in the area. It has over 400 titles as well as periodicals, tapes, CDs, and copies of many newsletters and journals of other IAJGS member organizations. Leaders: Fred Blum, President; David Mink, Co-Vice President Programs; Steve Schecter, Co-Vice President Programs; Mark Halpern, Vice President Membership



2007/2008 activities summary: The Society runs nine general meetings each year at Reform Congregation Kneseth Israel in Elkins Park, PA. It sponsors affiliates in Southern New Jersey and in Delaware County, PA along with a Russian SIG. “Chronicles” was presented the IAJGS Outstanding Publication Award in 2005. The JGSGP Library, located in the Tuttleman Jewish Public Library at Gratz College, is the largest library in the area devoted to Jewish Genealogy, with over 400 titles as well as periodicals, tapes, CDs, and copies of many newsletters and journals. The Blitzstein Bank and Lipschutz Bank Passage Order Books, housed at the Philadelphia Jewish Archives Center, have been indexed by JGSGP volunteers. They are searchable at www.jewishgen.org/databases/USA/PhilaLipshutz.htm and www.jewishgen.org/databases/USA/PhilaBlitzstein.htm. The Rosenbaum Bank books are now being indexed. These “Ethnic Bank” projects were presented the 2006 IAJGS Award for Outstanding Programming or Project that Advances the Objectives of Jewish Genealogy. The obituaries and death notices in The Jewish Exponent, Philadelphia's English language weekly since 1887, are being indexed. About 38,000 entries have been indexed so far. Jewish Genealogical Society of Pittsburgh (IAJGS Member) Mission: JGS Pittsburgh provides a forum for and assistance to members interested in researching their ancestors. JGS Pittsburgh offers its members research techniques, informative lectures and teaches modern research techniques on and off the internet. Founded: 1983 Membership/subscriber count (as of 12/31/2007 unless otherwise indicated): Not reported Mailing Address: 2131 Fifth Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15219-5505 USA Telephone: 1 (412) 471-0772, FAX: 1 (412) 471-1004 Email: [email protected], Website: www.jewishgen.org/jgs-pittsburgh Newsletter/Journal/Discussion List or other periodic publication/communication: Z'chor, Frequency: Currently not being published, Distribution: Hardcopy Library: JGS Pittsburgh does not have its own Library but has access to the comprehensive Jewish Genealogical library at the JCC of Pittsburgh. Hours of the JCC are: 8:30 AM- 6 PM Sun-Fri, and Sat afternoon. Library open to public. Leaders: Julian Falk, President; Rae Barent; Robert Zavos, Webmaster 2007/2008 activities summary: We hold eight monthly meetings from March thru October in the Rudolph Family Holocaust Center of the United Jewish Federation, JCC Robinson Bldg, 5738 Darlington Rd, Pittsburgh, PA 15217 Dallas Jewish Historical Society, Jewish Genealogy Interest Group (IAJGS Member) Mission: The Dallas Jewish Historical Society was established in 1971 with the mission of “preserving the precious past as a living legacy for all our community’s tomorrows.” The agency is the only one that actively collects, preserves, and records the history of the entire Greater Dallas Jewish Historical Society for research purposes. Founded: 1991 – JGIG (DJHS was founded in 1971) Membership/subscriber count (as of 12/31/2007 unless otherwise indicated): 45 – genealogy Mailing Address: 7900 Northaven Road, Dallas, TX 75230-3392 USA



Telephone: 1 (214) 239-7120, FAX: 1 (214) 239-7126 Email: [email protected], Website: www.djhs.org Newsletter/Journal/Discussion List or other periodic publication/communication: Journal of the DJHS, Frequency: Semi-annually, Distribution: Post-mailed, Posted on website Library: The library of the DJHS contains a number of non-circulating books of interest to genealogists. A listing of these holdings can be found at the web site of the DJHS under the Genealogy link. Leaders: Michael Waldman, President, DJHS; Debbie Tobias, Executive Director; Amanda Dossey, Archivist 2007/2008 activities summary: Not reported Greater Houston Jewish Genealogical Society (IAJGS Member) Mission: The objectives of this Society are: to promote an interest in Jewish genealogy, to encourage and instruct members in Jewish genealogical research through careful documentation, and to maintain quality genealogical standards, to locate, preserve and index public and private Jewish genealogical records and make such records available to members and the general public, to assist and support any genealogical library in Texas which is open to the public and to publish genealogical and historical information in a regular newsletter or other publications as directed by the membership. Founded: 1994 Membership/subscriber count (as of 12/31/2007 unless otherwise indicated): 36 Mailing Address: 9251 Burdine Street # 337, Houston, Texas 77096 Telephone: 1 (713) 723 - 5423, FAX: None Email: [email protected], Website: www.texsys.com/ghjgs Newsletter/Journal/Discussion List or other periodic publication/communication: Dor to Door, Frequency: Hoping to issue Quarterly, Distribution: E-mailed & posted on website Library: Not reported Leaders: Anita Drexler, President; Deena Gordon, VP of Programs; Morris Dante, VP Archivist/Historian; Ann Oppman, VP Publicity; Jeff Olderman, Recording Secretary; Lynn Greenberg, Corresponding Secretary; Milton Gugenheim, Treasurer; Max Heffler, Webmaster; Susanna Friedman, Jewish Herald - Voice Project Manager; Jeff Olderman, Editor of Newsletter; Al Eisenberg, Board Member at Large; Gil Gorman, Board Member at Large 2007/2008 activities summary: Not reported Jewish Genealogical Society of San Antonio (IAJGS Member) Mission: To inform members of the community how to follow their Jewish roots through monthly meetings featuring resources for research, and success stories. Founded: May 2000 Membership/subscriber count (as of 12/31/2007 unless otherwise indicated): 18 Mailing Address: c/o Gloria Seitzman J.C.C, 12500 NW Military Drive, San Antonio, TX 78231 USA



Telephone: 1 (210) 302-6860, FAX: 1 (210) 408-2341 Email: [email protected], Website: www.jewishgen.org/JGS-sanantonio Newsletter/Journal/Discussion List or other periodic publication/communication: None, Frequency: N/A, Distribution: N/A Library: Our library is housed in the Barshop Library of the JCC where we maintain some genealogical material. Contact the JCC for current hours of availability. Leaders: Marion Bernstein, president; Michelline Rotblut, Program Chairman; Gloria Seitzman, J.C.C. Coordinator; [email protected] 2007/2008 activities summary: No update received. Information shown is from the prior (2007) Yearbook. Please check the website of the Society for current information. Utah Jewish Genealogical Society (IAJGS Member) Mission: To promote interest in Jewish genealogy; to locate, preserve and make accessible public and private Jewish genealogical records in Utah. Founded: Aug 2002 Membership/subscriber count (as of 12/31/2007 unless otherwise indicated): 22 Mailing Address: P.O. Box 71869, Salt Lake City, UT 84171 USA Telephone: 1 (801) 942-6226, FAX: None Email: [email protected], Website: www.ujgs.org Newsletter/Journal/Discussion List or other periodic publication/communication: Atsmi Uvsari (my Bone and My Flesh), Frequency: Quarterly, Distribution: Hardcopy, emailed, posted on website Library: None Leaders: Rochelle Kaplan, Acting President/Secretary; Thomas Lerman, Program Chair; Banai Feldstein, Webmaster/Journal Editor; Mark Kleinfield, Treasurer 2007/2008 activities summary: Held three meetings, highlights included: Sponsored a film at Utah Jewish Film Festival, had guest speakers from FamilySearch.org and the University of UT genetics lab, toured Family History Library, viewed historic films. For more details, visit our website. Jewish Genealogical Society of Washington State (IAJGS Member) Mission: Monthly JGSWS programs focus on various aspects of genealogy that further our mission statement: "Tracing Your Family; Finding Your Roots." Benefits of membership include free admission to meetings ($5 for nonmembers), free translations of short documents, and library circulation privileges. Founded: Aug 1998 Membership/subscriber count (as of 12/31/2007 unless otherwise indicated): 115 Mailing Address: PO Box 16364 Seattle, WA 98116 USA Telephone: 1 (206) 932-3481, FAX: None



Email: [email protected], Website: www.JGSWS.org Newsletter/Journal/Discussion List or other periodic publication/communication: The Evergreen Mishpacha, Frequency: Not currently publishing, Distribution: E-mailed Library: JGSWS maintains a circulating library. The library resources are available for anyone to use at monthly meetings, but only members can take books home. Leaders: Lyn Blyden, President; Phyllis Grossman,Webmaster; Sally Mizroch, Programming Chairman 2007/2008 activities summary: Our most significant focus for the year involved developing programs sponsored by the Northwest JGS Speakers Bureau. In 2007-2008, those speakers included Jeff Malka, Marian Smith, Schelly Talalay Dardashti, Michael Goldstein, and Stephanie Weiner. The goal of the consortium is to bring quality out-of-town speakers to our meetings that no individual JGS could do alone. Wisconsin Jewish Genealogical Society (IAJGS Member) Mission: Our goals are to help each other learn, to promote research, to aid Jewish genealogical education, to collect and preserve the records of our heritage and to publish our accomplishments for generations to come. Founded: Sep 1990 Membership/subscriber count (as of 12/31/2007 unless otherwise indicated): 34 Mailing Address: 2032 Upper Ridge Road, Port Washington WI 53074 USA Telephone: 1 (262) 268-3077, FAX: None Email: [email protected], Website: no website Newsletter/Journal/Discussion List or other periodic publication/communication: Family Finding, Frequency: Quarterly, Distribution: Hardcopy and e–mail Library: The Wisconsin Jewish Genealogical Society maintains a library at the Milwaukee Jewish Historical Society offices in the Milwaukee Jewish Federation building, 1360 N. Prospect Avenue, Milwaukee, WI 53202-3094. Accessibility by visitors during regular business hours has been increased by this new cooperative relationship. Leaders: Marilyn Lane, President & Editor; Penny Deshur, Past President; Fran Luebke 2007/2008 activities summary: We have presented a companion concept to traditional genealogy by introducing the Older Women's Legacy (OWL) Circle memoir project, a guided autobiography workshop especially for senior women but also for women of all ages and men have been included, too. It enables you to write a collection of stories that will be cherished by your family members for many years to come—a very meaningful legacy to leave and an eloquent expression of love. It helps take the "fear" out of getting started in writing your own story for future generations and helps you put the "flesh" on those "bones" of traditional genealogy or the interesting stories that families so love to know. The OWL Circle process makes writing easy and enjoyable, even for those who may be reluctant. Asociación de Genealogía Judía de Venezuela (AGJUVE) (IAJGS Member) Mission: To interest our community in Jewish Genealogy and History; To help the parents of our school children in Jewish Genealogy so that the children can accomplish the program suggested by Beth Hatefusoth in Israel: "Buscando tus Raices"; and to help our members in their research.



Founded: Jun 2001 Membership/subscriber count (as of 12/31/2007 unless otherwise indicated): 12 Mailing Address: Av 11 entre 6a y 7a Altamira Ed. Mystique 2B, Caracas, Venezuela 1060 Telephone: (58212) 267.7610 or 264.7952, FAX: (58212) 2647952 Email: [email protected] or [email protected], Website: Mail Group: groups.msn.com/AGJUVE Newsletter/Journal/Discussion List or other periodic publication/communication: None, Frequency: N/A, Distribution: N/A Library: Bukowiener's in Venezuela, Coro Cemetery graves. Leaders: Ignacio Sternberg, President; Yael Goldman, Vice-President 2007/2008 activities summary: We provided training and instructions in researching for various small groups of people/members. Our school (about 1500 students -elementary and high school) participates in a program called Finding your Roots and each year a contest is held between the sixth grade children of their best work. This is then sent to Beth Hatefutsoth in Israel to participate in an international contest. We have gained members (parents) that after the work is finished continue their interest in Jewish Genealogy. We are preparing a plan to digitize the information of all our cemeteries and include the information in IAJGS. Served on the 2008 IAJGS awards committee.



Special Interest Groups & Research Groups (organized alphabetically by name) Courland Research Group Mission: To promote archival and internet access to records from Courland. To help descendants of Courlanders find their roots and guide them to useful resources. To memorialize the 98% of the Courlander Jews who were murdered in the Shoah. Founded: May 1995 Membership/subscriber count (as of 12/31/2007 unless otherwise indicated): 398 Mailing Address: POB 786, 84965 Omer, Israel Telephone: 972 (8) 646-0494, FAX: None Email: [email protected], [email protected] or [email protected], Website: www.jewishgen.org/Courland Newsletter/Journal/Discussion List or other periodic publication/communication: JewishGen listserv discussion list, Frequency: Daily as members post to the list, Distribution: E-mailed Library: Databases are put up on our website as available. Leaders: Dr. Martha Lev-Zion, Steering Committee; Constance Whippman, steering committee; Dr. Abraham Lenhoff, steering committee 2007/2008 activities summary: Continual translation, transliteration and databasing of Herder films covering the early records of Jewish Courlanders. More volunteers who can read Suettlin German Gothic handwriting are welcome! This year we participated in an international symposium in Goldingen/Kuldiga on the fate of the Synagogue. Only two Jews remain in Kuldiga after their massacre in the Shoah. The Shoah Names database, in cooperation with the University of Latvia and the Latvian Archives, which we encouraged and helped fund, went live at the end of 2007. http://names.lu.lv/cgi-bin/names?lang=en Czestochowa-Radomsko Area Research Group Mission: (1) Based on professional research and volunteer typing, CRARG finds and types Holocaust survivor lists and death lists from around Poland, with over 250,000 records so far. (2) Based on daily professional research in Poland, CRARG finds and types lists of Jewish residents of Czestochowa, Radomsko, Przedborz, and many nearby towns, with over 500,000 records so far. Founded: Feb 2003 Membership/subscriber count (as of 12/31/2007 unless otherwise indicated): About 150 Mailing Address: 1930 Audubon Park Drive, Springfield, Ohio 45504-1213 USA Telephone: 1 (937) 327-7354, FAX: 1 (937) 327-6340 Email: [email protected], Website: www.crarg.org Newsletter/Journal/Discussion List or other periodic publication/communication: None, Frequency: Newly acquired data shared with CRARG members every two weeks, Distribution: Email Library: One of the largest free-access, no-registration-required databases of Holocaust data on the web (at www.crarg.org). Leaders: Daniel Kazez, President



2007/2008 activities summary: This year, we have added tens of thousands of new records to our free-access search engine for Holocaust-era material www.crarg.org/search.php. We have done intensive work on pre-1826 birth, marriage, and death records for many towns in the CRARG area and we have done further work in our effort to photograph, translate/transliterate, and type every tombstone in every cemetery in the towns in our area of Poland. ETSI Sephardi Genealogical and Historical Society (IAJGS Member) Mission: The purpose of "Etsi" is to help people interested in Jewish Genealogical and Historical Research in the Sephardi World. Etsi's field of study covers the Ottoman Empire (Turkey, Greece, Palestine, Syria, Libya, Egypt...), North Africa (Algeria, Morocco, and Tunisia), Spain, Portugal, Italy and Gibraltar. The study of every Sephardi community or family who lived in other regions is equally within the society's aim. Founded: 1998 Membership/subscriber count (as of 12/31/2007 unless otherwise indicated): 106 Mailing Address: 77 bd Richard-Lenoir, F-75011, Paris, France Telephone: None, FAX: None Email: [email protected], Website: www.geocities.com/Etsi-Sefarad Newsletter/Journal/Discussion List or other periodic publication/communication: ETSI, Sephardi Genealogical and Historical Review, Frequency: Quarterly, Distribution: Hardcopy Library: N/A Leaders: Mrs. Laurence Abensur-Hazan, President; Philip Abensur, Editor 2007/2008 activities summary: No update received. Information shown is from the prior (2007) Yearbook. Please check the website of the Society for current information. Gesher Galicia, Inc. Mission: Gesher Galicia is a non-profit, charitable organization that promotes Jewish genealogical and family historical research in Galicia, a province of the former Austro-Hungarian Empire. Its goals are to promote a forum for researchers to share information and engage in individual and group research. We hold two annual meetings: one at the summer IAJGS conference, and the other, an autumn east coast regional meeting where we present lectures, films and workshops of interest to Galitzianers. Our web site contains information about Gesher Galicia, along with databases, links, and other helpful research information for Jewish-Galician genealogists. Founded: Summer 1993 Membership/subscriber count (as of 12/31/2007 unless otherwise indicated): 648 members, 2,028 subscribers to the Galicia on-line mailing list Mailing Address: 1204 Hillside Terrace, Pomona, New York 10970 USA Telephone: 1 (845) 362-5201, FAX: None Email: [email protected] OR [email protected], Website: www.GesherGalicia.org Newsletter/Journal/Discussion List or other periodic publication/communication: The Galitzianer, Frequency: Quarterly, Distribution: Hardcopy or Emailed



Library: N/A Leaders: Eden Joachim, Acting Co-Coordinator; Pamela Weisberger, Acting Co-Coordinator and Research Coordinator; Leon Gold, Membership; Edward Goldstein, Newsletter Editor; Shelley Kellerman Pollero, Past Coordinator; Peter Zavon, Editor, Gesher Galicia Family Finder 2007/2008 activities summary: Gesher Galicia, the SIG for those with Jewish roots in this former Austrian province, has embarked on a “Cadastral Map and Landowner records Project, “ obtaining copies of these documents from the Lviv Historical Archives. At our October 2007 meeting in New York we elaborated on this project, the activities of the Bolechow Historical Foundation, and discussed the LDS Lviv Jewish metrical record microfilms. In May 2008, research coordinator, Pamela Weisberger, conducted research at the International Tracing Service Archives in Bad Arolsen, Germany, obtaining Holocaust records from Galician communities. GG sponsored speakers, Omer Bartov (“Erased: Vanishing Traces of Jewish Galicia in Present-Day Ukraine”) and Michael Stanislawski (“A Murder in Lemberg”) at the IAJGS Conference. GG continues to fund yizkor book translations and will continue its cadastral map project this fall. Our next regional meeting will be on Sunday, October 19, 2008 at the Center for Jewish History, NYC. Grodno Genealogy Group, Inc. (IAJGS Member) Mission: Fostering Jewish Family History research in the former Grodno Gubernia. Providing an e-mail List (on Rootsweb) where members can post queries and information concerning Grodno genealogical research. Founded: Jun 1995 Membership/subscriber count (as of 12/31/2007 unless otherwise indicated): 96 Mailing Address: 5715 Clinton Avenue South, Minneapolis, MN 55419-1455 USA Telephone: 1 (612) 861-7137 or 1 (952) 920-4344, FAX: 1 (952) 920-8130 Email: [email protected], Website: www.jewishgen.org/Belarus/grodno1.htm and www.jewishgen.org/Belarus/Grodno Newsletter/Journal/Discussion List or other periodic publication/communication: There is a GRODNO e-mail List on Rootsweb. See www.rootsweb.org and enter GRODNO, Frequency: As members post to the list, Distribution: E-mailed Library: Refer to http://www.jewishgen.org/Belarus/Grodno/. The list can be searched for archived postings. Leaders: Judith Deutsch Bennett, President; Michael Posnick, Secretary-Treasurer 2007/2008 activities summary: Not reported



Jewish Communities and Records - United Kingdom (JCR-UK) Mission: Jewish Communities and Records - United Kingdom, known as "JCR-UK", is a project which records genealogical and other related information about Jewish communities within the UK, and makes this information freely available to all those interested via the internet. JCR-UK is a joint project of the Jewish Genealogical Society of Great Britain and JewishGen Inc. The website will contain a webpage for each major Jewish Community that exists/existed and a database of genealogical records from these communities. JCR-UK also has an active online E-mail Discussion Group. It is free to join. Many participants find this a valuable way getting general research questions answered quickly and keeping up to date with the latest genealogical developments. Most questions posted are answered within 24 hours. All the messages go into a searchable archive that is an invaluable research source. Founded: N/A Membership/subscriber count (as of 12/31/2007 unless otherwise indicated): N/A Mailing Address: N/A Telephone: N/A, FAX: N/A Email: E-mail can be sent from the "Contact Us" page on the website, Website: www.jewishgen.org/JCR-UK Newsletter/Journal/Discussion List or other periodic publication/communication: JewishGen listserv discussion list, Frequency: Daily as members post to the list, Distribution: E-mailed Library: N/A Leaders: Laurence Harris 2007/2008 activities summary: No update received. Information shown is from the prior (2007) Yearbook. Please check the website of the Institute for current information. Jewish Records Indexing-Poland (JRI-P) Mission: The mission of Jewish Records Indexing - Poland (JRI-Poland) www.jri-poland.org, an independent non-profit organization founded in 1995, is to create searchable on-line indices of Jewish records from current and former territories of Poland. The indices in JRI-Poland come from two major sources, 1) Mormon microfilms of Jewish records from more than 500 towns and villages and 2) Records not filmed by the Mormons, in branches of the Polish State Archives. Other sources include books of permanent residents, census records, newspapers, government publications, and cemetery burials and gravestones. Founded: 1995 Membership/subscriber count (as of 12/31/2007 unless otherwise indicated): More than 2,200 Discussion Group readers. Mailing Address: 5599 Edgemore Avenue, Montreal QC Canada H4W 1V4 Telephone: 1 (514) 484-0100, FAX: 1 (514) 484-7306 Email: [email protected], Website: www.jri-poland.org, [email protected] (discussion group) Newsletter/Journal/Discussion List or other periodic publication/communication: JRI-Poland listserv discussion list hosted by JewishGen, Frequency: Daily as members post to the list, Distribution: E-mailed Library: N/A



Leaders: Stanley M. Diamond, Executive Director; Hadassah Lipsius, Associate Director and Shtetl CO-OP and Transliteration Coordinator; Michael Tobias, Database Manager; Mark Halpern, Order Processing; Judy Baston, List Moderator 2007/2008 activities summary: Searchable database contains index entries to more than 3.5 million records from more than 500 towns. More than 200 active Shtetl CO-OPs indexing records in the LDS (Mormon) microfilms. Indexing generally completed of available 100-year old Jewish records of towns in the following archive branches: Bialystok, Czestochowa, Katowice, Grodzisk Mazowiecki, Jedrzejow, Kielce, Leczyca, Lomza, Mlawa, Pinczów, Przemysl, Radom, Rzeszów, Sanok, Skolyszyn, Starachowice, Suwalki, Tomaszów Mazowiecki and Warszawa. Jewish entries in Standesamt 1974-1905 Civil Records for a number of Prussian-Polish towns completed. Most of the 88 Galician towns with records housed at the AGAD Archives have been fully indexed. Indexing complete for Books of Residents for a number of additional towns. JewishGen Austria-Czech SIG (formerly the JewishGen Bohemia-Moravia SIG) Mission: Research and discussion of Jewish Genealogy and history in Austria and the Czech Republic (formerly Bohemia and Moravia) Founded: Sep 1999 Membership/subscriber count (as of 12/31/2007 unless otherwise indicated): 1020 active subscribers to online mailing list Mailing Address: c/o E. Randol Schoenberg, 11429 Chenault Street, Los Angeles, CA 90049 Telephone: 1 (424) 208-3844, FAX: 1 (424) 208-3405 Email: [email protected], Website: www.jewishgen.org/AustriaCzech Newsletter/Journal/Discussion List or other periodic publication/communication: JewishGen listserv discussion list, Frequency: Daily as members post to the list, Distribution: E-mailed Library: No information Leaders: E. Randol Schoenberg, Coordinator and Moderator 2007/2008 activities summary: Not reported JewishGen Belarus SIG Mission: The purpose of the JewishGen Belarus SIG is to combine our resources of time, expertise and money to aid Jewish genealogy researchers with an interest in the gubernia (provinces) of Grodno, Minsk, Mogilev and Vitebsk, as well as in the Lida and Vileika uyezds (districts) of the Vilna gubernia. Founded: Jul 1998 Membership/subscriber count (as of 12/31/2007 unless otherwise indicated): 2,211 Mailing Address: 751 Sunshine Court, Los Altos, CA 94024-3154 Telephone: None, FAX: None Email: Sharon Fingold, Co-Coordinator; [email protected], David Feldman, Co Coordinator; [email protected], Website: www.jewishgen.org/Belarus Newsletter/Journal/Discussion List or other periodic publication/communication: JewishGen listserv discussion list, Frequency: Daily as members post to the list, Distribution: E-mailed



Library: N/A Leaders: Sharon Fingold, Co-Coordinator; David Feldman, Co Coordinator; Ruth Silver, Research Coordinator 2007/2008 activities summary: Made progress in adding data from different parts of Belarus. The All Belarus Database is updated whenever new data comes in. See the web site for more details. JewishGen BIALYGen SIG, the Bialystok Region Jewish Genealogy Group Mission: The primary function of JewishGen BIALYGen is to facilitate cooperation and discussion amongst Jewish researchers interested in the Bialystok region of Poland. This includes the city of Bialystok and nearby towns and villages currently in Poland that were formerly in Grodno Gubernia when these towns were under Russian rule. See www.jewishgen.org/bialygen/Towns.htm. BIALYGen is committed to the following objectives: 1. Sharing research and experiences, 2. Commemorating our ancestors and their lives, and 3. Cooperating on projects of value to all researchers. Founded: Jul 2003 Membership/subscriber count (as of 12/31/2007 unless otherwise indicated): 560 Mailing List Subscribers Mailing Address: c/o Mark Halpern, 275 Silverbell Court, West Chester, PA 19380 USA Telephone: 1 (610) 363-7956, FAX: 1 (253) 650-6255 Email: [email protected], Website: www.shtetlinks.jewishgen.org/BialyGen Newsletter/Journal/Discussion List or other periodic publication/communication: JewishGen listserv discussion list, Frequency: Daily as members post to the list, Distribution: E-mailed Library: N/A Leaders: Mark Halpern, Coordinator; Sidney Zabludoff, Research Coordinator; Judy Baston, Mailing List Moderator 2007/2008 activities summary: JewishGen BIALYGen operates a mailing list provided by JewishGen. This Discussion forum is open to anyone with a genealogical or historical interest in Jewish Bialystok and nearby towns. Early in 2005, BIALYGen introduced its website. The following projects that have been completed by BialyGen and are accessible through its website: Indexing of the 1897 All Russian Census for Grodno Gubernia (in cooperation with Belarus SIG), Transliteration of the Yiddish people index of the “Bialystoker Photo Album”, English portion of the “Bialystoker Memorial Book” and Surname Index to records of the Regional Liquidation Office in Bialystok. Projects in progress as of April 2007 include: Indexing of information on 4,000 people that had Yahrzeit plaques at The Bialystoker Center in New York and a JewishGen Yizkor Book project to translate “Pinkos Bialystok JewishGen Borislav, Drogobych, Dobromil, Sambor and Vicinity Research Group Mission: The Jewish Family History Foundation is dedicated to the preservation of Jewish records from archives in Eastern Europe. Our Grand Duchy Project focuses on the censuses of the Lithuanian-Polish Commonwealth, in the 18th century and earlier. We are translating/transliterating records for more than 100,000 people on the 1784 and 1765 poll tax lists of the Jewish kahals. This area later became Belarus, Lithuania, parts of Poland, and Northern Ukraine and is the ancestral homeland of 80 percent of the Jews alive in the world today. Our goal is the creation of a searchable patronymic database of these records. Founded: 2000 Membership/subscriber count (as of 12/31/2007 unless otherwise indicated): 240



Mailing Address: None Telephone: None, FAX: None Email: [email protected], Website: http://www.shtetlinks.jewishgen.org/Drohobycz/ Newsletter/Journal/Discussion List or other periodic publication/communication: JewishGen listserv discussion list, Frequency: Daily as members post to the list, Distribution: E-mailed distribution to shtetl research groups and GDL research project groups are emailed data in advance of publication on our website. Library: None Leaders: Valerie Schatzker, Webmaster; Alex Sharon, BDSandV coordinator; Carole Glick Feinberg, moderator; Alex Sharon, Boryslaw Town Leader; Carole Glick Feinberg, Drohobycz Town Leader; Rochelle Kaplan, Sambor Town Leader; David Thaler, Stary Sambor Town Leader; Mark Jacobson, Spreadsheet Project Manager; Bill Fern, Holocaust Materials Specialist; Elaine Kaplan, Sambor Town Historian 2007/2008 activities summary: Material continued to be collected, translated, edited, and added to yizkor books, web site, as funds became available. Creation of spreadsheets which will not be available on line. JewishGen Ciechanow Research Group Mission: The primary mission of the group is to provide a general awareness of the former Jewish Community of Ciechanow. The information and resources on the Shtetl Page attempt to do this and at the same time provides useful material to Ciechanow researchers. Founded: 2000 Membership/subscriber count (as of 12/31/2007 unless otherwise indicated): 128 Mailing Address: N/A Telephone: N/A, FAX: N/A Email: [email protected], Website: www.shtetlinks.jewishgen.org/ciechanow Newsletter/Journal/Discussion List or other periodic publication/communication: JewishGen listserv discussion list, Frequency: Daily as members post to the list, Distribution: E-mailed Library: None Leaders: Stan Zeidenberg 2007/2008 activities summary: We have had no special activities or projects in 2007. JewishGen Danzig/Gdansk SIG Mission: We are a recently established Special Interest Group at JewishGen, focusing on genealogical research on the Jews of Danzig/Gdansk, its precursor communities of Altschottland, Langfuhr, Mattenbuden, Weinberg, and Danzig in der Breitgasse, as well as Tiegenhof/Nowy Dwór Gdanski. Founded: Feb 2006 Membership/subscriber count (as of 12/31/2007 unless otherwise indicated): 140 Mailing Address: None



Telephone: 1 (703) 437-4284, FAX: None Email: [email protected], Website: www.jewishgen.org/Danzig Newsletter/Journal/Discussion List or other periodic publication/communication: JewishGen listserv discussion list, Frequency: Daily as members post to the list, Distribution: E-mailed Library: We do not have a physical library, as we exist only online, as a part of JewishGen. Relevant publications are reprinted or cited on our website. Leaders: Logan J. Kleinwaks, Coordinator; Elsebeth Paikin, Mailing List Moderator 2007/2008 activities summary: See website for status of our activities, including indexing and translation projects. JewishGen Early American SIG Mission: We are dedicated to those whose ancestors were in the United States in the 1880 census. The purpose of this SIG is to be a resource for genealogists researching families who came to the US before the larger immigration wave of the 1880s and later. We share our knowledge and methods with each other by answering queries on the SIG mailing list as well as through links on our web pages. The web pages are organized geographically (by state) in order to give advice and information that is as specific as possible. Founded: N/A Membership/subscriber count (as of 12/31/2007 unless otherwise indicated): 300 Mailing Address: N/A Telephone: N/A, FAX: N/A Email: [email protected], Website: www.jewishgen.org/EarlyAmerican Newsletter/Journal/Discussion List or other periodic publication/communication: JewishGen listserv discussion list, Frequency: Daily as members post to the list, Distribution: E-mailed Library: N/A Leaders: Marvin Weinberg, Coordinator; John Lowens, Moderator; Joshua Levy, Webmaster 2007/2008 activities summary: Our Website was revamped thanks to Joshua Levy, our Webmaster. It gives information on how to look for relevant databases. It is especially helpful for those starting to find their early American ancestors. There are about 300 members who lived in or were working on their families in 35 of the 50 United States. Genealogists who are researching early Jewish immigrants to the US (pre-1880) have a different set of challenges and issues from the majority of Jewish Genealogy researchers. Unlike the majority, we do not have complete immigration records, nor living relatives who might remember "the old country" or what town the family came from. We may be 150 years or more removed from European roots. Most immigrants before 1880 were spread out among small towns and rural areas in the South and Midwest and blended in with their non-Jewish neighbors rather than collecting in urban areas and keeping their culture. For these reasons, many times our research methods and resources have more in common with standard American genealogy, but with a few twists. JewishGen French SIG Mission: Our prime objective is to provide a forum for questions, exchange of information and discussion of matters involved in doing Jewish genealogical research in France, other French-speaking areas such as Belgium, Luxembourg and Switzerland, and in former French colonies such as Tunisia, Algeria, etc.



Founded: Feb 2001 Membership/subscriber count (as of 12/31/2007 unless otherwise indicated): 522 as of March 2008 Mailing Address: None Telephone: None, FAX: None Email: [email protected] or [email protected], Website: www.jewishgen.org/French Newsletter/Journal/Discussion List or other periodic publication/communication: JewishGen listserv discussion list, Frequency: Daily as members post to the list, Distribution: E-mailed Library: None Leaders: Rosanne Leeson, co-Coordinator; Pierre Hahn, co-Coordinator 2007/2008 activities summary: We have created an English translation of a rare French yizkor book. We are working on the data entry for a very large database of French deportees (over 28,000), and will be seeking more volunteers for the project. We have provided the database for a very old and large Jewish cemetery in Switzerland for the JOWBR project of JewishGen. JewishGen Genealogy by Genetics Project with Family Tree DNA Mission: The JewishGen Genealogy by Genetics Project with Family Tree DNA was organized in 1995 based on a partnership with Family Tree DNA (FTDNA) in order provide JewishGenners with a new avenue of research in connecting families. FTDNA puts us on the cutting edge of scientific technology when the paper trail ends and one must rely on DNA testing to prove family connections. Founded: 1995 Membership/subscriber count (as of 12/31/2007 unless otherwise indicated): 948 Mailing Address: c/o JewishGen, Inc, Museum of Jewish Heritage, 36 Battery Place, New York, NY 10280 Telephone: 1 (646) 437-4326, FAX: 1 (646) 437-4328 Email: [email protected], Website: www.jewishgen.org/dna Newsletter/Journal/Discussion List or other periodic publication/communication: JewishGen listserv discussion list, Frequency: Daily as members post to the list, Distribution: E-mailed Library: Online library provided by Family Tree DNA (ftDNA) accessible from our website's home page: www.jewishgen.org/dna Leaders: Jacob D. Goldstein, Ph.D, DNA Discussion List Manager 2007/2008 activities summary: Please see our website: www.jewishgen.org/dna JewishGen German-Jewish SIG (GerSIG) Mission: GerSIG was founded during the 1998 IAJGS Conference to run an email discussion group devoted to Jewish genealogy research in German speaking areas and for descendents of German Jews everywhere. The GerSIG Website is primarily a reference tool and resource guide. GerSIG considers its searchable Discussion Group Archives, hosted by JewishGen, to be an important resource for genealogists who are new to German Jewish research. Founded: Sep 1998



Membership/subscriber count (as of 12/31/2007 unless otherwise indicated): 1,420 with 32% outside the U.S. (April 2007) Mailing Address: 239 Chestnut Street, West Newton, MA 02465 USA Telephone: 1 (617) 244-0180, FAX: 1 (617) 244-2496 Email: [email protected] or [email protected], Website: www.jewishgen.org/GerSIG Newsletter/Journal/Discussion List or other periodic publication/communication: None, Frequency: N/A, Distribution: N/A Library: None – Refer to Leo Baeck Institute Leaders: Arthur Obermayer, Coordinator, (Website); Werner Frank, Coordinator (Meetings); Karen A. Franklin, Coordinator (Liaison with IAJGS, JewishGen); John Lowens, Coordinator (Discussion Group Moderator); Roger Lustig, Coordinator (Projects) 2007/2008 activities summary: From 2006 through 2008 the group has seen a surge of interest from persons who’ve found possible links to previously undiscovered German Jewish ancestors. Several experts on research in German archives presented lectures and help sessions during the 2007 IAJGS Conference in Salt Lake City. This pattern will be followed during the 2008 IAJGS Conference in Chicago where GerSIG business meetings will continue the group’s efforts to create new internet based resources for German Jewish genealogy. GerSIG was a cosponsor of the 2008 Obermayer German Jewish History Awards in Berlin. These awards were presented to five non-Jewish Germans who had made extraordinary contributions to preserving the Jewish history, culture, records and structures of their own local communities. Additional information (including awardees' profiles, the award ceremony program, news articles, speeches, and photos) can be obtained at: www.obermayer.us/award. JewishGen Hungarian SIG (H-SIG) Mission: Develop and maintain JewishGen's resources for researching Jewish families and communities in the area known as "greater Hungary" or pre-Trianon Hungary. This includes all of present-day Hungary and Slovakia and lands that are now within Romania, the Ukraine, Austria, Croatia, Bosnia, and Serbia. Founded: 1993 Membership/subscriber count (as of 12/31/2007 unless otherwise indicated): About 1200 subscribers to JewishGen's Hungarian SIG discussion group. Mailing Address: Vivian Kahn, 4623 Davenport Avenue, Oakland, CA 94619 USA Telephone: 1 (510) 482-1031, FAX: 1 (510) 482-1032 Email: [email protected], Website: www.jewishgen.org/Hungary Newsletter/Journal/Discussion List or other periodic publication/communication: JewishGen listserv discussion list, Frequency: Daily as members post to the list, Distribution: E-mailed Library: N/A Leaders: Vivian Kahn, H-SIG Coordinator and List Moderator; Benjamin Schoenbrun, Website Manager; Robert Neu, 1848 Census Project Coordinator; Eric Bloch, 1828 Census Project Coordinator and Other Census Project Coordinator; Sam Schleman, Vital Records Project Coordinator; Marelynn Zipser, 1869 Census Project Coordinator



2007/2008 activities summary: More than 92,000 new birth, marriage, and death records will have been added to the All Hungary Database this year including 40,000 new records from Budapest and close to 9,000 for Miskolc. With these additions the AHD will increase to more than 752,000 records. Updates and additions to the H-SIG website include a partial list of Jewish Austro-Hungarian soldiers cited for bravery, a transcription of headstones from Humenne, Slovakia, and links to new and updated Shtetl pages for Velky Meder (Nagymegyer), Miskolc, and Kormend. JewishGen Latin American Special Interest Group Mission: The JewishGen Latin American Special Interest Group mailing list is a means of helping JewishGenners who are researching families in Latin America as well as helping 'genners living in Latin America find their families elsewhere. Founded: 1998 Membership/subscriber count (as of 12/31/2007 unless otherwise indicated): 547 members, 438 active subscribers Mailing Address: N/A Telephone: N/A, FAX: N/A Email: e-mail only to registered JewishGenners [email protected], Website: www.jewishgen.org/InfoFiles/LatAmSig.html Newsletter/Journal/Discussion List or other periodic publication/communication: JewishGen listserv discussion list, Frequency: Daily as members post to the list, Distribution: E-mailed Library: All messages since inception in 1998 in Special Interest Groups Archived Messages. Access via www.jewishgen.org/databases. Leaders: Dick Plotz, list moderator 2007/2008 activities summary: As a primary forum for discussion of research strategies and helpful suggestions, this group has engaged in no projects. For further information please see the JewishGen InfoFile at www.jewishgen.org/InfoFiles/LatAmSig.html JewishGen Latvia SIG Mission: The Latvia SIG is dedicated to enhancing the genealogy experiences of its members by providing: a quarterly newsletter, a growing on-line database of important historical records, a website facilitating genealogical research, a list serve enabling exchange of information, a bibliography of Latvian genealogical resources, historical information about Jewish Latvia, points-of-contact within today’s Latvia, details of Holocaust events in Latvia, narratives of members’ trips to ancestral towns, and a Family Finder of towns and surnames. Founded: Jul 1995 Membership/subscriber count (as of 12/31/2007 unless otherwise indicated): 90 dues-paying members; 748 subscribers to the Latvia SIG listserve Mailing Address: Henry Blumberg: 73 Abbeywood Trail, Toronto ON Canada M3B 3B6; Mike Getz: 5450 Whitley Park Terrace #901, Bethesda MD 20814 USA Telephone: Henry Blumberg: 1 (416) 361-1982; Mike Getz: 1 (301) 493-5179, FAX: 1 (416) 353-8451 Email: Henry Blumberg: [email protected]; Mike Getz: [email protected], Website: www.jewishgen.org/Latvia



Newsletter/Journal/Discussion List or other periodic publication/communication: Latvia SIG Newsletter; Latvia SIG Listserve under JewishGen, Frequency: Latvia SIG Newsletter - quarterly, Distribution: Hard copy distributed to paid members of the SIG. Library: Members of the SIG, the JGS of Washington, and members provided material related to the history, families and lives of Latvian Jewry. Holocaust records from a number of sources indicate where many died. Much of this material is in Russian and Hebrew and is being translated as funds are provided. Included are a variety of documents covering Jewish life in Latvia and also immigrant communities and their families, particularly in the United States. The library also contains the Beth Hatefutsoth database of Latvian Jewish communities in the Diaspora. This is a subset of the BH database covering communities from all over the world. Since, September 2005 entries in this database have been featured in the Latvia SIG newsletter and future issues will continue this practice. Leaders: Henry Blumberg, President; Donald Hirschhorn, Vice President; Barry Shay, Newsletter & Website Editor; Mike Getz, Treasurer; Elsebeth Paikin, Listserve Moderator; Bruce Dumes, Webmaster; Arlene Beare, Database Coordinator; Constance Whippman, Special Projects; Dave Howard, Dvinsk and Resekne Co-coordinator 2007/2008 activities summary: We have striven to bring online the All Russian Census for 1897 for Dvinsk, now Daugavpils and have received and funded the first 2000 names. We anticipate that it may reach 15000 names. Our newsletter has been appearing quarterly thanks to our editor, Barry Shay. The redesign of the Latvia SIG website has continued and we thank Bruce Dumes, our webmaster, and Barry Shay, our web editor The SIG has also honored Dr. Arlene Beare and Mike Getz, both former Presidents of the SIG, with its Lifetime Achievement Awards in appreciation for their contribution to the Latvia SIG. Earlier this year, our SIG President, Henry Blumberg, was a speaker at the launch of the Names and Fates Project in Riga. He also went to Grobina to personally thank the local municipality for their assistance in erecting the memorial listing all the names of the Jewish victims buried outside Grobina in 1941. JewishGen Lodz Area Research Group (LARG) Mission: The primary function of the JewishGen Lodz Area Research Group (LARG) is to facilitate communication and cooperation among researchers interested in Lodz and the surrounding towns. These communities were in the area once known as the Kingdom of Poland, also known as Congress Poland or Russian Poland, occupied by the Russian Empire from 1815 until 1918. We strive to provide researchers with a forum, clearinghouse and resource for the collection and dissemination of genealogical and historical information relating to these approximately 80 Jewish communities in the Lodz area. Founded: Jul 1999 Membership/subscriber count (as of 12/31/2007 unless otherwise indicated): 656 (discussion group members) Mailing Address: 78 Stratton Road, Scarsdale, N.Y. 10583-7724, USA Telephone: None, FAX: 1 (914) 722-0709 Email: [email protected], Website: www.shtetlinks.jewishgen.org/Lodz/LARG.htm Newsletter/Journal/Discussion List or other periodic publication/communication: JewishGen listserv discussion list, Frequency: Daily as members post to the list, Distribution: E-mailed Library: None



Leaders: Roni Seibel Liebowitz, Coordinator, Webmaster, LARGHelp Team member, Belchatow Contact Person; Jacob D. Goldstein, Ph.D, LARG Discussion Group Moderator; Debra Kaye Blatt, LARGHelp Team member; Mark Melmed, LARGHelp Team member; Joe Ross, Contact Person for Lodz, Szczercow, and Zgierz; Andrzej Selerowicz, Contact Person for Zelow; Gloria Berkenstat Freund, Contact Person for Radomsko and Brzeznica; Alex Korn, Contact Person for Dzialoszyn, Piotrkow Trybunalski, Lask, and Tuszyn; Leah Bisel, Contact Person for Tuszyn; Hadassah Lipsius, Contact Person for Tomaszow Mazowiecki; Sheila Salo, Contact Person for Bielawy and Zychlin; Leon Weintraub, Contact Person for Dobra 2007/2008 activities summary: This year the indexing of the "Missing" Lodz Ghetto Names Book (Volume Five) was completed and has been added to the JewishGen Holocaust Database website. The indexing of the 23 microfilms of Lodz Ghetto Work ID Cards is complete, and the databases are being proofread now. The first few files have been submitted to be uploaded onto the JewishGen Holocaust database website with more being added as they are completed. The indexing of the 1920 Lodz Business Directory should be concluded before the conference. Indexing of the Lodz Ghetto Vital records is in process. Sixteen of the towns in LARG have had indices of records added to the JRI-Poland website this year. Nine LARG towns have JewishGen ShtetLinks, and another two are in progress. An additional five LARG towns are listed with off-site websites. The LARGHelp Team continues to respond to researchers' inquiries about researching the LARG towns. [See website for people to contact about LARG towns.] JewishGen Rabbinic Genealogy SIG (RavSIG) Mission: The JewishGen Rabbinic Genealogy Special Interest Group (RavSIG) is a forum for those interested in rabbinic genealogy or researching rabbinic ancestry within any geographic area or time period. RavSIG encourages and supports the discovery of sources of rabbinic genealogical data and maintains an Internet web site that provides a permanent home for information, research techniques, searchable databases, and resources on rabbinic genealogy Founded: Apr 2001 Membership/subscriber count (as of 12/31/2007 unless otherwise indicated): 944 Mailing Address: c/o JewishGen, Inc, Museum of Jewish Heritage, 36 Battery Place, New York, NY 10280 Telephone: 1 (646) 437-4326, FAX: 1 (646) 437-4328 Email: [email protected], Website: www.jewishgen.org/Rabbinic Newsletter/Journal/Discussion List or other periodic publication/communication: JewishGen listserv discussion list, Frequency: Daily as members post to the list, Distribution: E-mailed Library: Online articles and bibliography available from our website's home page: http://www.jewishgen.org/rabbinic Leaders: Jacob D. Goldstein, Ph.D, RavSIG Discussion List Manager 2007/2008 activities summary: Please see our website: www.jewishgen.org/rabbinic JewishGen Romania SIG (ROM SIG) Mission: By combining our resources of time, expertise and funds we hope to be able to aid Jewish genealogy researchers with an interest in this region. We are constantly seeking contact with sources in Romania to assist us in acquiring more records to share with our members. Also includes: Moldova, Southwestern Ukraine, and Southern Hungary, including the regions formerly known as Bessarabia, Bukovina, Transylvania, and The Banat. Founded: 1993



Membership/subscriber count (as of 12/31/2007 unless otherwise indicated): 1,481 as of March 2008 Mailing Address: None Telephone: None, FAX: None Email: None, Website: www.jewishgen.org/romsig Newsletter/Journal/Discussion List or other periodic publication/communication: JewishGen listserv discussion list, Frequency: Daily as members post to the list, Distribution: E-mailed Library: None Leaders: Rosanne Leeson, co-Coordinator; Paula Zieselman, co-Coordinator; Robert Wascou, Research Coordinator 2007/2008 activities summary: We have increased the amount of information on our All-Romanian Database to more than 300,000 records. And more are being created daily thanks to our many volunteers. We have also added some new, useful links on our webpage. Please check out our resources at: www.jewishgen.org/romsig! We have acquired several Yizkor books from the Romanian publisher, which have been translated for the Yizkor Book site on JewishGen, as well as the burial records of three cemeteries, to go to the JOWBR site. In addition, the USHMM will be sending us more records through the year. JewishGen Scandinavia SIG Mission: The purpose of JewishGen Scandinavia SIG is to gather information about resources on Jewish genealogy and Jewish life and history in Scandinavia, and to make it available online to those who are interested. Scandinavia SIG is now a forum for researchers with Jewish roots in Scandinavia (Finland, Norway, Sweden and Denmark) and also in former Danish colonies and protectorates: Schleswig-Holstein, Guinea (on the Gold Coast of Africa), Tranquebar, the Danish West Indies, (now the U.S. Virgin Islands), the Faroe Islands, Iceland and Greenland. Founded: Sep 1999 – Name change from Denmark SIG: Nov 2002 Membership/subscriber count (as of 12/31/2007 unless otherwise indicated): 250 Mailing Address: Kildevaenget 37, DK-2100 Copenhagen O, Denmark Telephone: 45 39 27 24 33, FAX: None Email: [email protected], Website: www.jewishgen.org/Scandinavia Newsletter/Journal/Discussion List or other periodic publication/communication: JewishGen listserv discussion list, Frequency: Daily as members post to the list, Distribution: E-mailed Library: N/A Leaders: Elsebeth Paikin, Coordinator 2007/2008 activities summary: In March 2008 Scandinavia SIG started a geographic DNA project through Family Tree DNA for those with Jewish roots in Scandinavia: Participants in group projects at Family Tree DNA can qualify for discounts on DNA testing. The goals of JewishGen's initiative are to: (1) Encourage participation in genetic genealogy by Jewish genealogists and their families through geographical DNA projects. (2) Study the distribution of Y-DNA and mtDNA haplogroups of Jewish families who lived within the SIG geographical boundaries. (3) Discover previously-unknown relationships between different-surname families from within the SIG geographical boundaries. (4) Contribute to the study of Jewish migration patterns through increased Jewish participation in DNA testing.



JewishGen Sephardic SIG Mission: a) Develop resources and encourage research into Sephardic genealogy. b) Sephardic SIG website: educational material and links to websites of interest to Sephardic genealogy. c) Sephardic Forum (Discussion group) - A meeting place to exchange ideas and interact with other researchers of Sephardic Genealogy. Founded: 1996 Membership/subscriber count (as of 12/31/2007 unless otherwise indicated): 700+ subscribers Mailing Address: None Telephone: None, FAX: None Email: [email protected], Website: www.jewishgen.org/Sephardic Newsletter/Journal/Discussion List or other periodic publication/communication: JewishGen listserv discussion list, Frequency: Daily as members post to the list, Distribution: E-mailed Library: N/A Leaders: Jeff Malka, SIG coordinator; Dick Plotz, List manager 2007/2008 activities summary: Not reported JewishGen Southern Africa SIG Mission: The JewishGen Southern Africa SIG has been created to provide a forum for a free exchange of ideas, research tips and information of interest to those researching Jewish family history in the communities of South Africa, Lesotho (Basutoland), Botswana (Bechuanaland), Zimbabwe (Southern Rhodesia), Zambia (Northern Rhodesia), Swaziland, Mozambique, Kenya, and the former Belgian Congo, to reflect the homogenous character and traditions of Southern African Jewry, to address broader issues relating to the region's Jewry and its institutions and maintain contact with them, to assist members intending to travel to the region, and to promote, support and assist projects relevant to the family history and genealogy of SA Jewry. Founded: Jul 1998 Membership/subscriber count (as of 12/31/2007 unless otherwise indicated): 471 discussion group participants Mailing Address: 5450 Whitley Park Terrace #901, Bethesda MD, 20814 USA Telephone: 1 (301) 493-5179, FAX: None Email: [email protected], Website: www.jewishgen.org/Safrica Newsletter/Journal/Discussion List or other periodic publication/communication: SA SIG Newsletter, Frequency: Quarterly, Distribution: Hardcopy, emailed, and posted on website Library: N/A Leaders: Dr. Saul Issroff, President; Roy Ogus, Vice-President; Bubbles Segall, Newsletter Editor; Mike Getz, Treasurer; Ann Rabinowitz, USA; Rose Lerer Cohen, Israel; Beryl Baleson, Israel; Stan Hart, Durban, South Africa; Eli Goldstein, Johannesburg, South Africa



2007/2008 activities summary: Membership of the SA SIG continues to grow and now numbers 471 participants, and increase of 24% over the past year. Please refer to www.jewishgen.org/Safrica for additional information JewishGen Ukraine SIG Mission: To make resources available that will illuminate Jewish life in the former Russian Empire’s nine Ukrainian gubernias - Podolia, Volhynia, Kherson, Kiev, Ekaterinoslav, Chernigov, Kharkov, Poltava, and Taurida. Through group interaction and cooperation: - to organize and assist in the formation of Regional Special Interest Groups, which can then focus on their main area of research, and produce separate pages for each gubernia/region. To locate and translate available data from Ukrainian archives, from research facilities, and all repositories around the world, primary documentation of the Jewish experience in the Ukraine including the Reviskaya lists, Tax lists, Business lists, Property lists, historical material of all types, yizkor books and more. To prepare databases which will be uploaded and made readily available to all through the JewishGen website. Founded: Sep 2000 Membership/subscriber count (as of 12/31/2007 unless otherwise indicated): 2,300 Mailing Address: None Telephone: None, FAX: None Email: [email protected] (forum mailing list), Website: www.jewishgen.org/Ukraine Newsletter/Journal/Discussion List or other periodic publication/communication: JewishGen listserv discussion list, Frequency: Daily as members post to the list, Distribution: E-mailed Library: N/A Leaders: Freya Blitstein Maslov, Coordinator; Minde Kaplan, Internet Programming Project Leader/Webmaster; Hilary Henkin, Internet Project Technical Design Coordinator/Webmaster; Andrea Massion, Kherson Gubernia Coordinator; Michael Jaron, Kiev Gubernia Coordinator; Art Hoffman, Podolia Gubernia Coordinator; Joanne Saltman, Volhynia Gubernia Co-Coordinator; Gaye Lynne Kegan, Volhynia Gubernia Co-Coordinator; Lena Yelkova, Poltava Gubernia Co-Coordinator; Michael Jaron, Poltava Gubernia Co-Coordinator; Hilary Henkin, Ekaterinoslav Gubernia Co-Coordinator; Carol Clingan, Ekaterinoslav Gubernia Co-Coordinator 2007/2008 activities summary: We have redesigned our website to be more user-friendly and established links to the informative databases of JewishGen, making it easier for you to find the articles, data, sample documents, and information you're looking for. We are continually adding more travel remembrances from our members. The latest link is to the Russian Consular Records - the Likacheff-Ragosine-Mathers Collection, better known as the "Li-Ra-Ma" records, was completed in 2007 by the Canadian Government. The Photo Album of the JewishGen Ukraine SIG and our "Most Wanted" mystery photos section has been a popular site. The Project Page of the Ukraine SIG has a wide variety of information on new and completed and in-process SIG projects: Ukraine Towns and Jewish Families, Occupational Survey of the Ukraine, Photographers of Jewish Ukraine, Ukrainian Residence Info in Destination Countries and Did You Know? (Information on source materials); many new maps to view, and Bubbe's Ukrainian Yiddishe Noshery, listing delicious recipes from our mothers', grandmothers', aunts and occasionally, grandfathers. Please refer to www.jewishgen.org/ukraine for additional information and to see more of our new features. JewishGen Warszawa Research Group Mission: The primary mission of the JewishGen Warszawa Research Group is to facilitate communication and cooperation among researchers interested in the Capital City of Warszawa. The JewishGen Warszawa



Research Group has undertaken the massive project of researching and indexing City business directories and life cycle information on the Warszawa community. We have begun with several projects and there is so much more to do. The JewishGen Warszawa Research group discussion group is hosted by JewishGen. Founded: 1999 Membership/subscriber count (as of 12/31/2007 unless otherwise indicated): 415 Mailing Address: 144-19 Jewel Avenue, Kew Gardens Hills, NY 11367 USA Telephone: None, FAX: None Email: [email protected], Website: www.jewishgen.org/InfoFiles/WarszawaGroup.html Newsletter/Journal/Discussion List or other periodic publication/communication: JewishGen listserv discussion list, Frequency: Daily as members post to the list, Distribution: E-mailed Library: None Leaders: Nicole Berline, Warszawa Research Group Coordinator; Hadassah Lipsius, Warszawa Research Group Database Coordinator 2007/2008 activities summary: Not reported JewishGen Yiddish Theater and Vaudeville Research Group Mission: JewishGen YTandV RG's goals include: 1. providing an electronic discussion group in the form of a JewishGen mailing list for genealogists tracing people involved in Yiddish theater or vaudeville or related performance venues in any capacity, in any location, and in any time period; 2. recording the combined expertise of genealogists tracing people in this Jewish "micro-world" through JewishGen YTandV discussion group archives and InfoFiles; 3. establishing YTandV databases and a primer on JewishGen; 4. facilitating members' access to information in Yiddish language sources; 5. focusing on unusual sources like song sheets, playbills, newspaper reviews, sound recordings, movies, and more. Founded: YTandV was founded at the 19th annual IAJGS seminar (New York 1999 / 5759). The listserv went live 17 March 2000 / 10 Adar II 5760. Membership/subscriber count (as of 12/31/2007 unless otherwise indicated): YTandV has almost 330 members with 27 new email addresses joining the YTandV listserv during 2007; in addition to the US, email addresses of members come from Australia, Argentina, Canade, Israel, France, Switzerland, Poland, Germany, Romania and Austria. Mailing Address: None Telephone: None, FAX: None Email: [email protected], Website: www.jewishgen.org/InfoFiles/YTheatre.htm Newsletter/Journal/Discussion List or other periodic publication/communication: JewishGen listserv discussion list, Frequency: Daily as members post to the list, Distribution: E-mailed Library: N/A Leaders: Jonina Duker, Founder and Coordinator; David W. Harris, Moderator



2007/2008 activities summary: JewishGen YTandV postings included information about books dealing with the early period of the modern Yiddish Theatre, burial locations of some of the stars of the theater and the continuing search for family members and friends who were part of the Theater and Vaudeville stages. In 2007 YTandV was fortunate to have members posting to the list whose professional credentials make them a source of considerable expertise, including a staff member at the Music Division of the New York Public Library for the Performing Arts. All YTandV postings are recorded in JewishGen SIG discussion archives. Kielce-Radom SIG Mission: Scope is Kielce and Radom Gubernias (per borders of 1867-1917), now south-central Poland, much of the area between (but not including) Warsaw and Krakow Founded: Jul 1996, inactive as of 2004 Membership/subscriber count (as of 12/31/2007 unless otherwise indicated): 300 (prior year membership) Mailing Address: Gracie Station, P.O. Box 127, New York NY 10028 USA Telephone: 1 (646) 403-9882, FAX: None Email: Editor: [email protected], Membership: [email protected], Website: www.jewishgen.org/KRSIG Newsletter/Journal/Discussion List or other periodic publication/communication: Kielce-Radom SIG Journal, Frequency: Quarterly, Distribution: Hardcopy Library: None Leaders: Warren Blatt, Editor; Debra Braverman, Membership; Carol Isaak, Distribution 2007/2008 activities summary: Publishes the "Kielce-Radom SIG Journal", a quarterly. To date, have published 2,000 pages, including over 1,000 pages of full extracts of 19th-century Jewish birth, marriage and death records. The SIG is currently on hiatus. Kolbuszowa Region Research Group (KRRG) Mission: The Kolbuszowa Region Research Group (KRRG) includes shtetlach within a 35 miles radius of Kolbuszowa, Rzeszow Province, Poland (formerly Galicia) in the following Administrative Districts: KOLBUSZOWA, LANCUT, MIELEC, NISKO, PILZNO, ROPCZYCE, RZESZÓW, STRZYZÓW, and TARNOBRZEG. Some of the shtetlach included are: Baranów, Debica, Frysztak, Glogów, Grodzisko, Kanczuga, Krzeszów, Lezajsk, Niebylec, Nisko, Przeworsk, Radomysl Wielki, Ranizów, Rozwadów, Sedziszów, Rudnik, Tyczyn, Ulanów, Wielopole, and Zolynia. KRRG’s collects and shares information about the Jewish Communities that once lived in our shtetlach and helps make family links. There is no cost or membership fee to join the group. KRRG is affiliated with Gesher Galicia. Founded: Jan 1998 Membership/subscriber count (as of 12/31/2007 unless otherwise indicated): 650 (from all over the world) Mailing Address: c/o Susana Leistner Bloch, 817 Montrose Street, Winnipeg MB Canada R3M 3M5 Telephone: None, FAX: 1 (204) 488 9006 Email: [email protected], Website: www.shtetlinks.jewishgen.org/Kolbuszowa Newsletter/Journal/Discussion List or other periodic publication/communication: KRRG Newsletter, Frequency: Quarterly, Distribution: E-mailed



Library: None Leaders: Susana Leistner Bloch, Project Coordinator; Neil Emmer, Webmaster 2007/2008 activities summary: Not reported Kupiskis SIG Mission: The Kupiskis SIG which was formed in the 1990's as an outgrowth of prior landsmanshaftn, benevolent societies and cousins' clubs that were founded in the late 1800's and early 1900's. The membership is comprised of individuals who were either born in Kupiskis, Lithuania or their descendants and their relatives. Membership meetings are held annually during each IAJGS Conference and dues are collected at that time. Founded: 1990 Membership/subscriber count (as of 12/31/2007 unless otherwise indicated): N/A Mailing Address: N/A Telephone: N/A, FAX: N/A Email: N/A, Website: www.shtetlinks.jewishgen.org/kupiskis/kupishok.htm Newsletter/Journal/Discussion List or other periodic publication/communication: Periodic Membership E-Mails, Frequency: Several per year, Distribution: E-mailed and posted on web site Library: SIG Coordinator keeps the Kupiskis library that includes materials from Lithuania, South Africa and America such as family trees, monographs, books, Holocaust materials, landsmannschaftn records, and other items of interest. Leaders: Ann Rabinowitz; Linda Cantor, Secretary and Web Master 2007/2008 activities summary: Due to access to the Internet through JewishGen, the Kupiskis SIG is now a fully functional worldwide group with members from America, Australia, Barbados, Canada, Germany, Great Britain, Israel, South Africa, and Zimbabwe. In addition, the SIG sponsors a ShtetLinks Site on JewishGen, www.shtetlinks.jewish.org/kupiskis/kupishok.htm, which provides the latest information regarding genealogical research for the shtetl. A Yizkor Book, a historical monograph, a cemetery database, two commemorative DVDs of the Wall of Memory Holocaust Memorial Dedication which took place on July 13, 2004 ("Kupishok: For Eternal Memory" and "Unto Each Name a Person"), and a newly translated historical article, are products of Kupiskis descendants and available to members. LitvakSIG Mission: LitvakSIG is the primary internet source connecting researchers of Lithuanian-Jewish Genealogy worldwide Our purpose is to discover, translate, present and preserve records and information about our ancestors who lived in Lithuania. Additionally, we strive to bring researchers together to work toward the same goals and enable our members to further their personal genealogical research. Founded: Dec 1997 Membership/subscriber count (as of 12/31/2007 unless otherwise indicated): 1,650 Discussion Group readers Mailing Address: 4430 Mt Paran Parkway NW, Atlanta, GA 30327-3747 USA Telephone: 1 (404) 261-8662, FAX: 1 (404) 228-7125



Email: [email protected], Website: www.litvaksig.org & www.litvaksig.com (latter is for members only) Newsletter/Journal/Discussion List or other periodic publication/communication: JewishGen listserv discussion list, Frequency: Daily as members post to the list, Distribution: E-mailed Library: N/A Leaders: Howard Margol, President; Eden Joachim, Treasurer; David Hoffman - Secretary; Aaron Roetenberg, VRT Coordinator for Kaunas Gubernia; Judy Baston, Digest Moderator; Mike Posnick - Board Member; Rose Lerer Cohen - Board Member; Dorothy Leivers, District Research Groups Coordinator; Gene Alpert - Membership Chair; Joel Ratner, VRT Coordinator for Vilna & Suwalk Gubernias; Dave Lewak - Webmaster 2007/2008 activities summary: The year 2007 saw a continuation of the accomplishments achieved in the landmark year of 2006 for LitvakSIG. The ability to pay dues and make contributions online in a secure site enabled the SIG to enjoy a record year of 383 paid memberships. The translation of vital records, internal passports, as well as various other types of records proceeded at a greatly increased pace. Over 100,000 records were added to the LitvakSIG searchable database. An outstanding SIG luncheon and annual meeting were held during the IAJGS conference in Salt Lake City, Utah. For complete information, go to our website www.litvaksig.org where you can sign up for the LitvakSIG Daily Digest and pursue other links to our various projects. Rokiskis SIG Mission: The Rokiskis SIG was formed in the late 1990's as an outgrowth of interest in Jewish genealogy. Presently, the membership is comprised of individuals whose families originated in Rokiskis, Lithuania and surrounding towns. Membership meetings are held annually during each IAJGS Conference. Founded: 1998 Membership/subscriber count (as of 12/31/2007 unless otherwise indicated): 70 Mailing Address: 205 West End Ave #6L, New York, NY 10023 USA Telephone: Not reported, FAX: Not reported Email: [email protected], Website: www.shtetlinks.jewishgen.org/rokiskis/rokmain.htm Newsletter/Journal/Discussion List or other periodic publication/communication: Not reported, Frequency: Not reported, Distribution: Not reported Library: Not reported Leaders: Linda Cantor; Ann Rabinowitz 2007/2008 activities summary: Due to access to the Internet through JewishGen, the Rokiskis SIG has members from North America, Australia, Canada, Great Britain, Israel, and South Africa. In addition, the SIG sponsors a ShtetLinks Site on JewishGen, which is located at: www.shtetlinks.jewish.org/rokiskis/rokmain.htm, and provides the latest information regarding genealogical research for the shtetl. A Yizkor Book, genealogical information obtained from Lithuanian Archives, and other research tools are available to members. Suchostaw Region Research Group (SRRG) Mission: The Suchostaw Region Research Group (SRRG) includes shtetlach within a 35 miles radius of Suchostaw, Tarnopol Province, Ukraine (formerly Galicia) in the following Administrative and Judicial Districts: BORSZCZÓW, BUCZACZ, CZORTKÓW, HUSIATYN, SKALA, SKALAT, TARNOPOL, TREMBOWLA, ZALESZCZYKI, and ZBARAZ. Some shtetlach included: Barysz, Budzanów,



Chorostków, Grzymalów, Kopyczynce, Jablonów, Jagielnica, Janów, Jezerziany, Mikulince, Podwoloczyska, Potok Zloty, Probuzna, Tarnoruda, Tluste, Touste, Ulaszkowce, Wasylkowce, and Wygnanka. SRRG’s collects and shares information about the Jewish Communities that once lived in our shtetlach and helps make family links. There is no cost or membership fee to join the group. SRRG is affiliated with Gesher Galicia. Founded: Jan 1999 Membership/subscriber count (as of 12/31/2007 unless otherwise indicated): 450 (from all over the world) Mailing Address: c/o Susana Leistner Bloch, 817 Montrose Street, Winnipeg MB Canada R3M 3M5 Telephone: None, FAX: 1 (204) 488 9006 Email: [email protected], Website: www.shtetlinks.jewishgen.org/Suchostaw/SRRGhome.html Newsletter/Journal/Discussion List or other periodic publication/communication: SRRG Newsletter, Frequency: Quarterly, Distribution: E-mailed Library: None Leaders: Susana Leistner Bloch, Project Coordinator; Edward Rosenbaum, Webmaster 2007/2008 activities summary: Not reported Suwalk - Lomza SIG Mission: To advance genealogical research on Jews in the former gubernias of Suwalki and Lomza (c. 18th and 19th centuries). Founded: Fall 1990 Membership/subscriber count (as of 12/31/2007 unless otherwise indicated): About 450 Mailing Address: Box 228, 3701 Connecticut Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20008 USA Telephone: 1 (202) 244-5014 (2pm-6pm, Wash, DC time), FAX: 1 (202) 244-7098 (max. 2 pages, indicate "M. S. Silverman" on top of first page) Email: None, Website: www.jewishgen.org/SuwalkLomza Newsletter/Journal/Discussion List or other periodic publication/communication: Landsmen, Frequency: Semi-annually, Distribution: Hardcopy Library: N/A Leaders: Marlene Silverman, Ph.D, Chair; Robert Zavos, webmaster 2007/2008 activities summary: In addition to our ongoing detailed data extracts from 19th century civil records for Suwalk-Lomza towns, we are publishing an increasing number of records from the Vilnius State Historical Archives, available only through our Journal (Landsmen). We continue to publish original articles by our resourceful members which have genealogical data from international sources not easily available elsewhere. Current emphasis is on integration of our holdings for transition to online searchable databases. The website contains a summary of past contents of Landsmen and membership guidance. Major activities in progress for 2008 include: (1) full data extracts from Suwalki Gubernia Jewish civil records in Vilnius archives, which the FHL has not microfilmed (including, the towns of Szaki, Preny, Balbieriskis, and other towns.<19th century>); (2) Full data extracts from FHL civil records for Suwalk-Lomza which generally are not available through the JRI-PL website, including 1808-1825 BMD records, marriage supplements, and divorce records. We continue to improve our website.



Jewish Genealogical Projects (organized alphabetically by name) JewishGen ShtetLinks Project Mission: The JewishGen ShtetLinks Project personifies JewishGen's mission of preserving our history for future generations. ShtetLinks is a venue for people to memorialize the places of their ancestral origins. Anyone with an interest in a town that had a Jewish population can commemorate it with pictures, personal memoirs, resources and links to sites providing additional relevant information. ShtetLinks not only memorialize these once vibrant Jewish communities but also serves as a resource for genealogists. Founded: May 1996 Membership/subscriber count (as of 12/31/2007 unless otherwise indicated): N/A Mailing Address: c/o JewishGen, Inc, Museum of Jewish Heritage, 36 Battery Place, New York, NY 10280 Telephone: 1 (646) 437-4326, FAX: 1 (646) 437-4328 Email: [email protected], Website: www.shtetlinks.jewishgen.org Newsletter/Journal/Discussion List or other periodic publication/communication: JewishGen listserv discussion list, Frequency: Daily as members post to the list, Distribution: E-mailed Library: N/A Leaders: Susana Leistner Bloch, Project Coordinator; Barbara Ellman, Technical Coordinator 2007/2008 activities summary: Not reported JewishGen Yizkor Book Translation Project Mission: Yizkor (Memorial) Books are some of the best sources for learning about Jewish communities in Eastern and Central Europe. Groups of former residents, or landsmanshaftn, have published these books as a tribute to their former homes and the people who were murdered during the Holocaust. The majority of these books were written in Hebrew or Yiddish, languages that many contemporary genealogists cannot read or understand. Therefore, translating these books into English is important for researchers who cannot read the books in their original languages. An important part of our work is translating articles from the 19 volumes of the Pinkas HaKehillot. Founded: Oct 1994 Membership/subscriber count (as of 12/31/2007 unless otherwise indicated): N/A Mailing Address: 625 Avondale Street, West Lafayette, IN 47906-1101 USA, or Museum of Jewish Heritage,36 Battery Place, New York City, NY 10280 Telephone: 1 (765) 463-1746, FAX: 1 (720) 265-0278 Email: [email protected], Website: www.jewishgen.org/yizkor Newsletter/Journal/Discussion List or other periodic publication/communication: JewishGen listserv discussion list, Frequency: Daily as members post to the list, Distribution: E-mailed Library: None Leaders: Joyce Field, JewishGen VP Data Acquisition; Lance Ackerfeld, Permissions and HTML Coordinator; Warren Blatt, JewishGen JewishGen Managing Director



2007/2008 activities summary: We added 28 books and 92 new entries and updated 141 books. The number of translations from the Pinkas HaKehillot keeps increasing. See the category "Regions" at www.jewishgen.org/Yizkor/translations.html. Translations into languages other than English are now listed in a separate category, "Other languages." In this category are the following: Debica, Poland; Deblin-Irena, Poland; Drogichin, Belarus; Florina, Greece; Lipkany, Moldova; Ryki, Poland; Volozhin, Belarus; Zelechow, Poland; and Zgierz, Poland. The necrologies from the translated yizkor books are accessible at www.jewishgen.org/databases/yizkor. Included are over 186,000 entries from the necrologies of 210 different yizkor books. Poland Jewish Cemeteries Restoration Project Mission: The PJCRP has three major missions: 1-reclaiming, restoration, and care of the 1200-1400 Jewish cemeteries of Poland desecrated and destroyed by German forces during WWII and fencing and memorializing the thousands of mass graves they created; 2-documentation through photographs, video, stories, books etc. of the matzevot in these cemeteries and the process of restoration for each cemetery project; and, 3-education of both Poles and Jews about the Holocaust, especially youth. Education also includes the PJCRP Annual Scholarship Awards for the best essays, poetry, artwork, photography and combinations of these presented to Polish high school students who writer about the Holocaust, Jews and Jewish life in their former shtetl, about Polish Jewish relations before War II or about the importance of respect for others and reconciliation. Over 3500 submissions by students have been made to date. Founded: May 2001. The PJCRP is a 501c3 charitable organization under the US tax code. Membership/subscriber count (as of 12/31/2007 unless otherwise indicated): Hundreds of volunteers and donors, worldwide, including Jews and Christians. Mailing Address: 95 Chasewood Lane, East Amherst, NY 14051 USA Telephone: 1 (716) 688-5272, FAX: 1 (716) 636-6093 Email: [email protected] and [email protected], Website: www.pjcrp.org; see also www.ozarow.org Newsletter/Journal/Discussion List or other periodic publication/communication: PJCRP Newsletter; newspaper articles published about the PJCRP in the Buffalo Jewish News and Sarasota-Manatee Jewish News; Toronto Jewish News; AmPol Eagle News-Polish Newspaper; PJCRP Discussion Group, see [email protected], Frequency: PJCRP Newsletter-semi-annually, Distribution: E-mailed, posted on website www.pjcrp.org Library: See website for recent updated information, www.pjcrp.org Leaders: Dr. Norman L. Weinberg, Executive Coordinator 2007/2008 activities summary: The PJCRP through July 2008, has been involved in the successful restoration of 18 cemeteries, with about another 30 in various stages. In a new initiative assisted by the Polish provincial government, 2 more cemeteries are expected to be completed by the end of 2008 using prison inmates. Documentaries have so far been made or are in the making of the cemetery restoration projects for the following former shtetls: Ozarow, Ilza, Ivansk, Wachock, Szadek and Losice. The PJCRP has initiated a Petition to the German Government asking that the German Government take responsibility and pay their fair share of the estimated $200 million US required to restore the cemeteries German forces destroyed and fence the thousands of mass graves they created. The Petition is found at: www.petitiononline.com/1200des/petition.html.



Many large organizations have given their support, including, the Polish American Congress, representing 10 million Polish Americans (letter expected soon); Polish American Congress WNY Division, Buffalo, NY, representing 300,000 Polish Americans; the City of Lodz, representing 800,000 Poles, the Jewish National Fund: representing over one million supporters; New York Board of Rabbis, representing more than 2 million Jews, in NY, NJ and CT; the Board of Rabbis of Southern California, representing 286 rabbis, and more than 550,000 Jews; the Board of Rabbis of Northern California, representing 130 rabbis, and more than 250,000 Jews; the Jewish Council for Public Affairs, representing a large segment of the US organized Jewish community (numbering in the millions), including 14 national Jewish organizations, 125 local Jewish federations/community relations councils including the ADL, American Jewish Committee, American Jewish Congress, B’nai B’rith, Hadassah, Jewish Labor Committee, Jewish Reconstructionist Federation, Jewish War Veterans, National Council of Jewish Women, ORT America, Union of Orthodox Jewish Congregations of America, Union for Reform Judaism, United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism, Women’s League for Conservative Judaism, as well as the Simon Wiesenthal Center, representing more than 400,000 supporters (letter expected); National Council of Jewish Women: 90,000 members, volunteers and supporters; Washington Board of Rabbis, representing 125 rabbis, and more than 200,000 Jews; American Association of Jewish Lawyers and Jurists; World Federation of Jewish Child Survivors of the Holocaust; Generations of the Shoah International; and the Holocaust Child Survivors of Connecticut, representing 100 families. In total these organizations represent more than 15 million Jews and Poles. Another 10 million Poles will soon be represented as provinces in Poland begin to declare their support. We expect the German Government to respond favorably to the Petition.



Other Organizations supporting Jewish Genealogy (organized alphabetically by name) Avotaynu Mission: Our flagship Avotaynu, the International Review of Jewish Genealogy, is now in its twenty-fourth year of publication. Each issue consists at least 68 pages of useful, interesting articles that can help in your research. Issues have been as large as 100 pages. Primary focus is on U.S, Canadian, and Central and Eastern Europe research but virtually every country in the world has been covered in the more than 80 issues published to date. An index to articles for the first 21 years can be found at www.avotaynu.com/indexsum.htm. Each issue includes a summary of all publications of Jewish genealogical societies and Special Interest Groups worldwide. An international board of contributing editors supplies information about genealogical activities and resources in virtually every country where Jews live today. Personal, human-interest stories are published in the Winter issue of each year along with a list of all family history books that appeared in the preceding year. A CD of all issues from 1985 through 2005 permits searching for any and every word that appeared in these editions. Founded: 1985 Membership/subscriber count (as of 12/31/2007 unless otherwise indicated): N/A Mailing Address: 155 N. Washington Avenue, Bergenfield, NJ 07621 USA Telephone: 1 (201) 387-7200, FAX: 1 (201) 387-2855 Email: [email protected], Website: www.avotaynu.com Newsletter/Journal/Discussion List or other periodic publication/communication: Avotaynu, Frequency: Quarterly, Distribution: Hard Copy Library: Consolidated Jewish Surname Index is a gateway to information 700,000 surnames, mostly Jewish, that appear in 42 different databases. It is located at http://www.avotaynu.com/csi/csi-home.htm Leaders: Gary Mokotoff, Publisher; Sallyann Amdur Sack, PhD, Editor 2007/2008 activities summary: Avotaynu also publishes books of interest to Jewish genealogists. Since 1991, Avotaynu has produced 43 reference works including Where Once We Walked, Sephardic Genealogy and A Dictionary of Jewish Surnames from the Kingdom of Poland, all of which have won the prestigious “Outstanding Reference Book of the Year” by the Association of Jewish Libraries (AJL). In 2004, Avotaynu won the "Body of Work" award of the AJL. Other notable books include Avotaynu Guide to Jewish Genealogy, A Dictionary of Jewish Surnames from the Russian Empire, A Dictionary of Ashkenazic Given Names and Getting Started in Jewish Genealogy. Avotaynu also sells books and maps published by other companies. Rather than make available every book of potential interest to Jewish genealogists, only those considered the best in their area are sold. Thus, there is only one book made available on publishing a family history or holding a family reunion. Our website, www.avotaynu.com, includes access to the Consolidated Jewish Surname Index, a database of some 700,000 Jewish surnames that appear in 42 important databases for Jewish genealogy. There is also a “Getting Started in Jewish Genealogy” guide using the Internet. Center for Jewish History Mission: The Center for Jewish History is home to the American Jewish Historical Society, the American Sephardi Federation, the Leo Baeck Institute, Yeshiva University Museum, and the YIVO Institute for Jewish Research. These partners’ collections are unique resources for documenting the Jewish experience, and include rare books, original records of Jewish organizations and institutions, personal letters and memoirs of individuals and families, photographs, posters, paintings, sound recordings, ceremonial objects, textiles and other artifacts illuminating all aspects of Jewish identity. The Ackman & Ziff Family



Genealogy Institute's primary mission is to help researchers access the vast genealogical resources available within these collections. Founded: Oct 2000 Membership/subscriber count (as of 12/31/2007 unless otherwise indicated): N/A Mailing Address: 15 West 16th Street, New York, NY 10011 USA Telephone: Ackman & Ziff Family Genealogy Institute: 1 (212) 294-8318, Samberg Family History Program: 1 (212) 294-8324, FAX: 1 (917) 606-8222 Email: Ackman & Ziff Family Genealogy Institute: [email protected], Samberg Family History Program: [email protected], Website: Primary URL: www.cjh.org, Online Catalog: http://catalog.cjh.org, Ackman & Ziff Family Genealogy Institute: http://www.cjh.org/collections/genealogy/index.php, Samberg Family History Program: http://www.cjh.org/collections/genealogy/samberg.php Newsletter/Journal/Discussion List or other periodic publication/communication: None, Frequency: N/A, Distribution: N/A Library: The Ackman & Ziff Family Genealogy Institute’s open-shelf reference collection is located on the third floor, outside the Lillian Goldman Reading Room and adjacent to the Center’s public access computers and microfilm reader-printers. Resources include how-to books, guides to American and Jewish genealogy, name dictionaries, maps, gazetteers, historical atlases, translation guides, JGS and SIG publications, and directories of family history resources around the world. With a formal Collection Development policy created in 2008, the Institute continued purchasing the latest print materials. Electronic resources include Ancestry Library Edition, Encyclopedia Judaica, ProQuest Historical Newspapers, Biography and Genealogy Master Index, American National Biography, Marquis Who’s Who, World Biographical Information System, Columbia Gazetteer of the World, Testaments to the Holocaust, and a variety of other databases and CD ROMs. The Institute has 2,053 reels of microfilmed Jewish records on indefinite loan from the Family History Library in Salt Lake City, and researchers may borrow additional films on short-term loan. Leaders: Bob Sink, Chief of Archives & Library Services; Diane Spielmann, Director of Public Services; Irit Gafni-Pinchovski, Reading Room Coordinator; Ben Cutter, Samberg Family History Program Manager 2007/2008 activities summary: Ackman & Ziff Family Genealogy Institute staff and volunteers provided on-site reference assistance to 613 visitors from around the world since January 2, 08 with 1014 visitors since Aug 2007 to Aug 2008, answered 700 written and telephone inquiries, updated and created additional research guides now numbering 45, and conducted numerous group orientations of the resources and facilities to new users. With the support of JGS, the institute extended its Monday hours through to 7:30 pm beginning on January 7, 2008. The Institute continued to offer special Sunday afternoon hours for JGS members prior to monthly meetings, and free translation of brief documents for researchers by CJH volunteers. The fifth Samberg Family History Program for high school students took place during July. Through lectures, workshops, field trips, and cultural programs, 34 students learned how to conduct genealogical research and gained a deeper understanding of the Jewish experience. The Samberg Family Foundation renewed its funding for an additional three years, through 2009. GenAmi, Association de Généalogie Juive Internationale Mission: The principal objective of GenAmi is to provide assistance to their members and to share between them information to trace their Jewish roots in France and worldwide. Members have access on GenAmi website to a forum dedicated to genealogical exchanges, to a large database including civil records mainly in France but also in other countries, censuses, mohel-books and genealogical trees provided by members. Founded: Apr 1997 Membership/subscriber count (as of 12/31/2007 unless otherwise indicated): 309



Mailing Address: 76 rue de Passy, 75016 Paris, France Telephone: 33 (0) 1 45 24 35 40 or 33 (0) 8 71 75 21 53, FAX: 33 (0) 1 45 24 25 59 Email: [email protected], Website: www.genami.org Newsletter/Journal/Discussion List or other periodic publication/communication: GenAmi, Frequency: Quarterly, Distribution: Hardcopy and available on line Library: Library contains more than 800 books and many documents. On appointment, please contact Micheline Gutmann Leaders: Micheline Gutmann, President and Editor 2007/2008 activities summary: A great number of files added on GenAmi website (Bordeaux, mohel-books of the 18th Century, Old civil records from Comtat Venaissin (Avignon region), Alsace, Vosges, Bayonne,...). Genealogical trip in Alsace. Exhibition and meeting for the tenth anniversary of the society. Participation at the Tours Conference of French Genealogy Jewish Family History Foundation Mission: The Jewish Family History Foundation is dedicated to the preservation of Jewish records from archives in Eastern Europe. Our Grand Duchy Project focuses on the censuses of the Lithuanian-Polish Commonwealth, in the 18th century and earlier. We are translating/transliterating records for more than 100,000 people on the 1784 and 1765 poll tax lists of the Jewish kahals. This area later became Belarus, Lithuania, Poland, and Ukraine and is the ancestral homeland of 80 percent of the Jews alive in the world today. Our goal is the creation of a searchable patronymic database of these records. Founded: Aug 2001 Membership/subscriber count (as of 12/31/2007 unless otherwise indicated): N/A Mailing Address: P.O. Box 16305, Encino, CA 91416 USA Telephone: 1 (818) 776-1161, FAX: None Email: [email protected], Website: www.jewishfamilyhistory.org Newsletter/Journal/Discussion List or other periodic publication/communication: None, Frequency: New data and articles are posted frequently, Distribution: E-mailed distribution to shtetl groups and GDL research project groups of data in advance of publication on our website. Library: N/A Leaders: David B. Hoffman, President; Sonia R. Hoffman, Grand Duchy Project Coordinator; Nancy Biederman, Director; Nancy Holden, Director; Vitalija Gircyte, Chief Archivist, Kaunas Regional Archives, Advisory Committee; Professor Eric L. Goldstein, Advisory Committee; Ada Green, Advisory Committee; Chaim (Keith) Freedman, Advisory Committee; Mark W. Halpern, Advisory Committee; Ambassador Neville Y. Lamdan, Advisory Committee; Neil Rosenstein, M.D, Advisory Committee 2007/2008 activities summary: Presentations at 26th Annual IAJGS Conference (including to Litvak, Belarus, BIALYGen SIGs) and papers on GDL Project and “Re-creation of Ariogala, Lithuania: A Virtual Shtetl." Publication of series of sixteen articles on Foundation website, translated records for 90 Jewish communities (kahals) and "Town Wide Genealogy" in Roots-Key, Fall-Winter 2007; Records distributed to Donors by e-mail; records prepared for posting in searchable database on our website. Sponsored three eastern European shtetl research groups with web pages and research articles on Foundation website.



JewishGen, Inc. Mission: JewishGen®, Inc. is the primary internet source connecting researchers of Jewish genealogy worldwide. Its most popular components are the JewishGen Discussion Group, the JewishGen Family Finder (a database of 400,000 surnames and towns), the comprehensive directory of InfoFiles, ShtetLinks for over 200 communities, Yizkor Book translations, and databases such as the ShtetlSeeker and All Country Databases. JewishGen's Family Tree of the Jewish People contains data on more than three million people. JewishGen also serves as host to independent organizations such as Jewish Records Indexing - Poland. Created to assist those researching their Jewish ancestry and based on the concept of free sharing of information, JewishGen Inc. is staffed primarily by volunteers. It is a 501(c)(3) United States tax-exempt, non-profit corporation relying on the JewishGen-erosity of its users to ensure continued growth. To learn more about what JewishGen offers to anyone researching Jewish ancestry, we invite you to explore JewishGen. Founded: 1985, incorporated as a non-profit in 1996 Membership/subscriber count (as of 12/31/2007 unless otherwise indicated): JewishGen is not a membership organization. Registered users as of the end of 2006 totaled 225,576 Mailing Address: JewishGen, Inc, 36 Battery Place, New York, NY 10280 Telephone: 1 (646) 437-4326, FAX: 1 (646) 437-4328 Email: [email protected], Website: www.jewishgen.org Newsletter/Journal/Discussion List or other periodic publication/communication: JewishGen Discussion Group, Various SIG Discussion Groups, Frequency: Daily, Distribution: E-mailed Library: Over 13 million records online. Leaders: Warren Blatt, Managing Director; Michael Tobias, Vice President - Programming and Development; Avraham Groll, Administrator; Joyce Field, Vice President - Data Acquisition; Phyllis Kramer, Vice President - Education; Vivian Kahn, Vice President - SIG Liaison; Susana Leistner Bloch, Vice President - ShtetLinks 2007/2008 activities summary: JewishGen’s accomplishments through 2007 are noted on our cumulative “What’s New” report, linked from our home page, www.jewishgen.org. Some of the highlights included the additions of over one million records to our databases. Additions to the Yizkor Book Translation project and ShtetLinks also reflected tremendous expansion. The number of records in the Family Tree of the Jewish People topped four million and the number of records in all of our databases is over thirteen million. JewishGen expanded and enhanced the "JewishGen Communities Database", a master database of Jewish Communities, which unifies and links together all of JewishGen's resources. SephardicGen Resources Mission: Provide a comprehensive site for Sephardic genealogy to include history, maps, extensive bibliography, website links by country where Sephardim lived, Sephardic gazetteer, Sephardic surnames, archival information of use to Sephardic genealogists, links to Sephardic family trees, calendar conversion for Sephardic calendars, and searchable databases (currently 70,000+ names). Founded: 1998 Membership/subscriber count (as of 12/31/2007 unless otherwise indicated): Approximately 1,600,000 visits to website. Mailing Address: None Telephone: None, FAX: None



Email: [email protected], Website: www.SephardicGen.com Newsletter/Journal/Discussion List or other periodic publication/communication: None, Frequency: N/A, Distribution: N/A Library: N/A Leaders: Jeff Malka, creater and webmaster 2007/2008 activities summary: New extensive searchable databases were added and CISS (Consolidated Index of Sephardic Surnames) was created to serve as an index to the individual databases. Stephen P. Morse Webpages Mission: Creating One-Step Utilities Founded: N/A Membership/subscriber count (as of 12/31/2007 unless otherwise indicated): N/A Mailing Address: 1313 Lombard Street, San Francisco, CA 94109 USA Telephone: 1 (415) 775-0810, FAX: 1 (415) 775-0811 Email: [email protected], Website: www.stevemorse.org Newsletter/Journal/Discussion List or other periodic publication/communication: None, Frequency: N/A, Distribution: N/A Library: None Leaders: Stephen P. Morse 2007/2008 activities summary: Stephen Morse continued to add extensive functionality to his various “One-Step” webpages with numerous search utilities under the following categories: "Ellis Island Search Forms and Ship Arrivals", "Castle Garden Years", "Other Ports of Immigration", "US Census and Soundex", "Canadian and British Census", "New York Census", "Births, Deaths, and other Vital Records", "Calendar, Sunrise/Sunset, Maps", "Dealing with Characters in Foreign Alphabets", "Holocaust and Eastern Europe", "Genetic Genealogy (DNA)", "Creating your own Search Applications", "Publications, Awards, and Interviews", and, the ever-popular, "Miscellaneous". The Douglas E. Goldman Jewish Genealogy Center at Beth Hatefutsoth Mission: The Douglas E. Goldmann Jewish Genealogy Center at Beth Hatefutsoth - the Nahum Goldmann Museum of the Jewish Diaspora is dedicated to the study of the Jewish Family, its history and heritage. The Center maintains a genealogy database that currently boasts almost 3,000,000 individuals recorded by Jewish families from all over the world. Founded: 1985 Membership/subscriber count (as of 12/31/2007 unless otherwise indicated): 31 Mailing Address: P.O. Box 39359, Tel Aviv 61392, Israel Telephone: 972 (3) 745-7858, FAX: 972 (3) 745-8031 Email: [email protected], Website: www.bh.org.il/Genealogy/index.aspx



Newsletter/Journal/Discussion List or other periodic publication/communication: None, Frequency: N/A, Distribution: N/A Library: The Douglas E. Goldman Jewish Genealogy Center has a collection of 1,200 LDS films with Jewish vital records. Researches from all over the world may order photocopies of vital records from this collection – for full details see the Museum's website http://www.bh.org.il/Genealogy/ldsbyname.aspx. In addition, the genealogy center has a rich collection of Jewish genealogy related books from all over the world. Leaders: Horia Haim F. Ghiuzeli, Director, Internet and Databases Department 2007/2008 activities summary: In 2007, Beth Hatefutsoth – the Nahum Goldmann Museum of the Jewish Diaspora, including The Douglas E. Goldman Jewish Genealogy Center, has opened a new computer system that for the time being is available in its Intranet version. This state-of-art system facilitates a new approach to Jewish genealogy by allowing the researchers to view Jewish genealogy in a wider context by taking advantage of the museum's other digital collections. In the second stage of the project, to be concluded in the future, the system will be available through the Museum's website for users worldwide. The Douglas E. Goldmann Jewish Genealogy Center has continued its fruitful collaboration with JRI-Poland. Thanks to the dedicated work of the Museum's volunteers, The Douglas E. Goldman Jewish Genealogy Center was able to enrich the database of JRI-Poland with English translations of Jewish vital records from additional towns including Plonsk and Rawa Mazowiecka. My Family's Story - the Y. Halbrecht International Competition of Family Trees for schoolchildren has continued in 2007 for its eleventh consecutive year of activity. Full details about the Center's activities are available at the Museum's website: [www.bh.org.il/Genealogy/index.aspx The International Institute for Jewish Genealogy and Paul Jacobi Center Mission: To strive to develop Jewish genealogy into a recognized academic discipline, within the realm of Jewish Studies and in association with a broad range of other sciences on an inter-disciplinary basis; - To endeavor to do this by conducting scholarly research into all aspects of Jewish genealogy, both independently and collaboratively with other institutions and individuals, as well as by promoting the teaching of Jewish genealogy at university level; - To enrich and advance the work of family historians and, in the process, to make a contribution to the future of the Jewish People by nurturing and strengthening its roots. Founded: Jan 2006 Membership/subscriber count (as of 12/31/2007 unless otherwise indicated): N/A Mailing Address: c/o Jewish National and University Library, Edmond Safra Campus, POB 39105, Givat Ram, Jerusalem, Israel, 91390 Telephone: 972 (2) 658-6967, FAX: 972 (2) 533-4692 Email: [email protected], Website: www.iijg.org Newsletter/Journal/Discussion List or other periodic publication/communication: None, as yet, Frequency: N/A, Distribution: N/A Library: Full access to the Jewish National and University Library, Jerusalem (for details of the JNUL collections, catalogues, etc. see its Homepage at jnul.huji.ac.il/eng/map.html). The Paul Jacobi Genealogical Library (several 1,000 works on Jewish and general genealogy). The Paul Jacobi work-books (about 400 work-books containing the genealogies of leading families, mainly rabbinic, from Germany and the Ashkenazi world in general); the Shmuel Gurr archives, etc. Leaders: Dr. Sallyann Amdur Sack, Chair, IIJG; Dr. Chanan Rapaport, Chair, Management Committee, IIJG; Dr. Neville Y. Lamdan, Director, IIJG



2007/2008 activities summary: Pursuing the Institute's first collaborative research projects (an investigation of Sephardic DNA, a genealogical reconstruction of communities destroyed in the Holocaust and the indexing of the Jacobi papers); launching two major reseach projects (a study of "The Ties That Bind: Jewish Kinship Networks and Modernization in Darbenaiand its Diaspora" by Prof. Eric Goldstein of Emory University; and the development of "Strategies for the Intergration of Genealogical Datasets" (using the small town of Zdunska Wola as a test-case), with an international team headed by Prof. Daniel Wagner of the Weizmann Institute); and the establishment of a professional committee looking into the teaching of Jewish genealogy at the university level, chaired by Prof. Aaron Demsky of Bar Ilan University. The Miriam Weiner Routes to Roots Foundation, Inc. Mission: Purpose of the Foundation: (1) Survey, study, research, inventory and document Jewish material, archives and Judaica in Eastern European archives; (2) Foster and promote the study and preservation of Jewish genealogical material; (3) Assemble, catalogue, publish and disseminate information from research and study of Jewish materials; (4) Compile, maintain and update library and/or archive of collections of Jewish historical, cultural and genealogical information; and (5) Sponsor educational lectures and seminars. Founded: 1994 Membership/subscriber count (as of 12/31/2007 unless otherwise indicated): N/A Mailing Address: 136 Sandpiper Key, Secaucus, NJ 07094 USA Telephone: 1 (201) 866-4075, FAX: 1 (201) 864-9222 Email: [email protected], Website: www.rtrfoundation.org Newsletter/Journal/Discussion List or other periodic publication/communication: None, Frequency: N/A, Distribution: N/A Library: N/A Leaders: Miriam Weiner, President 2007/2008 activities summary: Published a two volume series, "Jewish Roots in Poland: Pages from the Past and Archival Inventories" and "Jewish Roots in Ukraine and Moldova: Pages from the Past and Archival Inventories" (the Ukraine/Moldova volume is out of print). The website continues to grow, now consisting of more than 500 pages, including maps, articles by archivists and historians, document examples in addition to a searchable database of archive documents for towns in Belarus, Lithuania, Poland, Moldova and Ukraine (this database is continually updated and expanded). Documents covering these countries from additional repositories in Israel and the U.S. are being added. Miriam Weiner is an author, lecturer and journalist. She also coordinates individual and family tours to the “old country” and offers archive research services in Ukraine, Moldova, Poland and Belarus. She maintains offices in New Jersey, Ukraine and Poland. See www.routestoroots.com for further information.



Organizations which are no longer apparently active Organizations that have ceased to be active and no longer submit reports Galilee Genealogical Society - has amalgamated with the Israeli Genealogy Society Jacksonville Jewish Genealogical SocietyJGS Jewish Genealogical Society of Bergen County, New Jersey, Inc. Jewish Genealogical Society of Greater Cincinnati Jewish Genealogical Society of Southern Alberta Organizations that no longer submit reports and whose website is nonfunctional Israeli “Family Roots” Forum Jewish Genealogical Society of Maryland - website last updated mid-2007 Jewish Genealogical Society of Rochester Jewish Genealogical Society of the former Soviet Union, (Russia, Ukraine, Belarus, Lithuania) Jewish Historical Society of Southern Arizona, Genealogy Group Sociedade Genealogica Judaica do Brasil The Israeli Institute for Genealogical Research and Study (TIIGRS)



Organization Name

AGJA .............................................. 13 AGJUVE......................................... 57 AJGS............................................... 14 AJGS (Victoria) .............................. 14 Asociación de Genealogía Judía de

Argentina..................................... 13 Asociación de Genealogía Judía de

Venezuela.................................... 57 Australian JGS (Victoria), Inc. ....... 14 Australian JGS, Inc. ........................ 14 Avotaynu......................................... 83 Beth Hatefutsoth ............................. 87 Center for Jewish History ............... 83 Cercle de Généalogie Juive............. 21 Cercle de Généalogie Juive de

Belgique ...................................... 16 CGJ ................................................. 21 CJH ................................................. 83 CJHS ............................................... 48 Czestochowa-Radomsko Area RG . 59 Dallas JHS, Jewish Genealogy

Interest Group ............................. 54 DJHS............................................... 54 ETSI Sephardi Genealogical and

Historical Society........................ 60 Galilee Genealogical Society.......... 90 GenAmi, Association de Généalogie

Juive Internationale..................... 84 Genealogical Institute of the Jewish

Heritage Centre of Western Canada Inc. .............................................. 16

GerSIG ............................................ 67 Gesher Galicia................................. 60 Greater Houston JGS ...................... 55 Greater Phoenix JGS, Inc................ 28 Grodno Genealogy Group, Inc........ 61 Hamburger Gesellschaft für Jüdische

Genealogie e.V............................ 22 H-SIG.............................................. 68 IAJGS................................................ 4 IGS .................................................. 24 IJGS................................................. 40 Illiana JGS....................................... 40 International Association of Jewish

Genealogical Societies .................. 4

Israel Genealogical Society............. 24 Israeli............................................... 90 Jacksonville JGS ............................. 90 Jamaica JGS.................................... 25 JCR-UK........................................... 62 Jewish Communities and Records -

United Kingdom (JCR-UK)........ 62 Jewish Family History Foundation . 85 Jewish Family Research Association

Israel............................................ 25 Jewish Genealogical Group,

Columbus JHS ............................ 48 Jewish Genealogical Institute of

British Columbia......................... 17 Jewish Historical & Genealogical

Society of Western Australia Inc.15 Jewish Records Indexing-Poland.... 62 Jewish SIG of the St. Louis

Genealogical Society .................. 44 JewishGen Austria-Czech SIG ....... 63 JewishGen Belarus SIG .................. 63 JewishGen BIALYGen SIG............ 64 JewishGen Borislav, Drogobych,

Dobromil, Sambor and Vicinity RG..................................................... 64

JewishGen Ciechanow RG ............. 65 JewishGen Courland SIG................ 59 JewishGen Danzig/Gdansk SIG...... 65 JewishGen Early American SIG ..... 66 JewishGen French SIG ................... 66 JewishGen Genealogy by Genetics

Project with Family Tree DNA... 67 JewishGen German-Jewish SIG ..... 67 JewishGen Hungarian SIG.............. 68 JewishGen Latin American RG ...... 69 JewishGen Latvia SIG .................... 69 JewishGen Lodz Area RG .............. 70 JewishGen Rabbinic Genealogy SIG

..................................................... 71 JewishGen Romania SIG ................ 71 JewishGen Scandinavia SIG........... 72 JewishGen Sephardic SIG............... 73 JewishGen ShtetLinks Project ........ 80 JewishGen Southern Africa SIG..... 73 JewishGen Ukraine SIG.................. 74



JewishGen Warszawa RG............... 74 JewishGen Yiddish Theater and

Vaudeville RG ............................ 75 JewishGen Yizkor Book Translation

Project ......................................... 80 JewishGen, Inc................................ 86 JFRA Israel ..................................... 25 JGIBC ............................................. 17 JGS - Hamilton & Area................... 18 JGS of Argentina............................. 13 JGS of Belgium............................... 16 JGS of Bergen County, NJ.............. 90 JGS of Broward County, Inc........... 34 JGS of Buffalo ................................ 46 JGS of Canada (Toronto) ................ 18 JGS of Cleveland ............................ 50 JGS of Colorado.............................. 32 JGS of Connecticut, Inc .................. 33 JGS of Dayton................................. 49 JGS of Denmark.............................. 21 JGS of Georgia................................ 39 JGS of Great Britain........................ 22 JGS of Greater Boston, Inc. ............ 41 JGS of Greater Cincinnati............... 90 JGS of Greater Miami, Inc.............. 35 JGS of Greater Orlando .................. 36 JGS of Greater Philadelphia............ 53 JGS of Greater Washington ............ 33 JGS of Illinois ................................. 40 JGS of Long Island ......................... 48 JGS of Los Angeles ........................ 30 JGS of Maryland ............................. 90 JGS of Michigan ............................. 43 JGS of Montreal.............................. 19 JGS of New Orleans........................ 41 JGS of North Jersey ........................ 44 JGS of Oregon................................. 51 JGS of Ottawa ................................. 20 JGS of Palm Beach County, Inc. .... 36 JGS of Pittsburgh ............................ 54 JGS of Rochester............................. 90 JGS of Sacramento.......................... 29 JGS of San Antonio ........................ 55 JGS of South Africa ........................ 27 JGS of Southern Alberta ................. 90 JGS of Southern Nevada, Inc.......... 46

JGS of Southwest Florida ............... 37 JGS of Sweden................................ 27 JGS of Switzerland ......................... 28 JGS of Tallahassee.......................... 38 JGS of Tampa Bay.......................... 38 JGS of the Capital District (NY)..... 47 JGS of the Conejo Valley and Ventura

County......................................... 29 JGS of the former Soviet Union...... 90 JGS of Tulsa.................................... 51 JGS of Washington State ................ 56 JGS of Willamette Valley, Oregon . 52 JGS, Inc........................................... 47 JGSB ............................................... 46 JGSBC............................................. 34 JGSC ......................................... 18, 50 JGSCD ............................................ 47 JGSCO ............................................ 32 JGSCT............................................. 33 JGSCV ............................................ 29 JGS-Denmark.................................. 21 JGSG............................................... 39 JGSGB ...................................... 22, 41 JGSGM ........................................... 35 JGSGO ............................................ 36 JGSGP............................................. 53 JGSGW ........................................... 33 JGSH......................................... 18, 55 JGSI................................................. 40 JGSLA............................................. 30 JGSLI .............................................. 48 JGSM ........................................ 19, 43 JGSNJ ............................................. 44 JGSNO ............................................ 41 JGSO......................................... 20, 51 JGSP................................................ 54 JGSPBC .......................................... 36 JGSS.......................................... 27, 29 JGSSA....................................... 27, 55 JGSSN............................................. 46 JGSSWF.......................................... 37 JGST ............................................... 38 JGSTB............................................. 38 JGSWS............................................ 56 JGSWV ........................................... 52 JHS of Central Jersey...................... 45



JHS of Southern Arizona, Genealogy Group .......................................... 90

JHSCJ.............................................. 45 JRI-P ............................................... 62 Judiska Släktforskningsföreningen i

Sverige ........................................ 27 Kielce-Radom SIG.......................... 76 Kolbuszowa Region RG ................. 76 Kring voor Joodse Genealogie in

Belgie .......................................... 16 KRRG ............................................. 76 Kupiskis SIG................................... 77 LARG.............................................. 70 LitvakSIG........................................ 77 Nederlandse Kring voor Joodse

Genealogie` ................................. 26 Netherlands Society for Jewish

Genealogy ................................... 26 Paul Jacobi Center........................... 88 Poland Jewish Cemeteries Restoration

Project ......................................... 81 Rokiskis SIG ................................... 78 ROM SIG........................................ 71 Routes to Roots Foundation............ 89 San Diego JGS ................................ 31 San Francisco Bay Area JGS .......... 32 Schweizerische Vereinigung für

Jüdische Genealogie.................... 28 SDJGS............................................. 31 SephardicGen Resources ................ 86 SFBAJGS........................................ 32 SLGS............................................... 44 Sociedade Genealogica Judaica do

Brasil ........................................... 90 SRRG .............................................. 78 Stephen P. Morse Webpages........... 87 Suchostaw Region RG .................... 78 Suwalk - Lomza SIG....................... 79 The Douglas E. Goldman Jewish

Genealogy Center at Beth Hatefutsoth.................................. 87

The International Institute for Jewish Genealogy and Paul Jacobi Center..................................................... 88

The Irish JGS & Family History Centre.......................................... 23

The Israeli Institute for Genealogical Research and Study..................... 90

The Miriam Weiner Routes to Roots Foundation, Inc. .......................... 89

TIIGRS............................................ 90 UJGS............................................... 56 Utah JGS ......................................... 56 Western Massachusetts JGS ........... 42 Wisconsin JGS................................ 57 WJGS .............................................. 57 WMJGS........................................... 42



Publication Name Atsmi Uvsari (Utah JGS) ................ 56 Avotaynu (Avotaynu) ..................... 83 Bayou Branches (JGS of New

Orleans)....................................... 41 Branches (JGS of Greater Miami,

Inc.) ............................................. 35 Capital Collections (JGS of Greater

Washington)................................ 34 Chai from Colorado (JGS of

Colorado) .................................... 32 Chronicles (JGS of Greater

Philadelphia) ............................... 53 Dates & Updates (JGS of Los

Angeles) ...................................... 30 Discovery (San Diego JGS) ............ 31 Dor to Door (Greater Houston JGS)55 Dorot (JGS, Inc. )............................ 47 ETSI, Sephardi Genealogical and

Historical Review (ETSI Sephardi Genealogical and Historical Society) ....................................... 60

Etz Chaim (JGS of Greater Orlando)..................................................... 36

Family Finding (Wisconsin JGS).... 57 Family Gatherings (JGS of Broward

County, Inc.) ............................... 34 Family Legacies (JGS Southern

Nevada, Inc.)............................... 46 GenAmi (GenAmi, Association de

Généalogie Juive Internationale) 85 Generations (JGS of Michigan) ...... 43 Heritage (Greater Phoenix JGS, Inc.)

..................................................... 29 Illiana JGS Newsletter (Illiana JGS)40 Jewish Genealogy Downunder

(Australian JGS (Victoria), Inc.). 14 JGS of Montreal Forum (JGS of

Montreal ).................................... 19 JGSGB Newsletter (JGS of Great

Britain) ........................................ 23 JGSGNet (JGS of Georgia)............. 39 JGSLI ONLINE (JGS of Long

Island) ......................................... 48 JGS-NYT (JGS of Denmark).......... 21 JHSCJ Newsletter (JHS of Central

Jersey) ......................................... 45

Journal of the DJHS (Dallas JHS, Jewish Genealogy Interest Group)..................................................... 55

Kielce-Radom SIG Journal (Kielce-Radom SIG) ................................ 76

KRRG Newsletter (Kolbuszowa Region RG) ................................. 76

Landsmen (Suwalk - Lomza SIG) .. 79 Latvia SIG Newsletter (JewishGen

Latvia SIG).................................. 70 LIneage (JGS of Long Island)......... 48 Looking Back (JGS of Tampa Bay) 39 Maajan-Die Quelle (Hamburger

Gesellschaft für Jüdische Genealogie e.V.) ......................... 22

Maajan-Die Quelle (Schweizerische Vereinigung für Jüdische Genealogie) ................................. 28

Mass-Pocha (JGS of Greater Boston, Inc.) ............................................. 42

Mishpacha (JGS of Greater Washington)................................ 34

Mishpochology (JGS of Southwest Florida)........................................ 37

Mishpologen medlemsblad för Judiska

släktforskningsföreningen i Sverige (Judiska Släktforskningsföreningen i Sverige) ................................... 27

Newsletter of the JGS of Sweden (Judiska Släktforskningsföreningen i Sverige) ................................... 27

Misjpoge (Nederlandse Kring voor Joodse Genealogie`).................... 26

Morasha (JGS of Illinois)................ 40 News 'n Notes (Jewish SIG of the St.

Louis Genealogical Society) ....... 44 News to Note (JGS Southern Nevada,

Inc.) ............................................. 46 Newsletter of the JHC of Western

Canada Inc. (Genealogical Institute of the Jewish Heritage Centre of Western Canada Inc.).................. 16



Perth Jewish Roots (Jewish Historical & Genealogical Society of Western Australia Inc.) ............................. 15

PJCRP Newsletter (Poland Jewish Cemeteries Restoration Project) . 81

Quest (JGS of Connecticut, Inc) ..... 33 Reflections (Jewish Genealogical

Group, Columbus JHS)............... 49 Revue du Cercle de Généalogie Juive

(Cercle de Généalogie Juive) ...... 21 RootsKey (JGS of Los Angeles)..... 30 SA SIG Newsletter (JewishGen

Southern Africa SIG) .................. 73 Scattered Seeds (JGS of Palm Beach

County, Inc.) ............................... 37 Shalshelet (JGS of Oregon) ............ 52 Sharsheret HaDorot (Israel

Genealogical Society) ................. 24 Shem Tov (JGS of Canada (Toronto))

..................................................... 19 Shemot (JGS of Great Britain)........ 23 SRRG Newsletter (Suchostaw Region

RG).............................................. 79 St. Louis Genealogical Society

Quarterly (Jewish SIG of the St. Louis Genealogical Society) ....... 44

The Acorn (JGS of the Capital District (NY))........................................... 47

The Evergreen Mishpacha (JGS of Washington State)....................... 57

The Galitzianer (Gesher Galicia) .... 60 The Kol (JGS of Cleveland) ........... 50 The Kosher Koala (Australian JGS,

Inc.) ............................................. 14 The Muse (JGS of Tulsa)................ 51 Toldot (Asociación de Genealogía

Judía de Argentina) ..................... 13 Venturing Into Our Past (JGS of the

Conejo Valley and Ventura County)..................................................... 30

Yichus (JGS of North Jersey) ......... 44 Yichus (JGS of South Africa) ......... 27 Z'chor (JGS of Pittsburgh) .............. 54 ZichronNote (San Francisco Bay Area

JGS)............................................. 32



Geographic Focus Argentina......................................... 13 Australia.................................... 14, 15 Austria............................................. 63 Belarus ...................................... 61, 63 Belgium........................................... 16 Bialystok ......................................... 64 Borislav ........................................... 64 Botswana......................................... 73 Canada..................... 16, 17, 18, 19, 20 Ciechanow....................................... 65 Courland.......................................... 59 Czechoslovakia ............................... 63 Czestochowa-Radomsko................. 59 Danzig/Gdansk................................ 65 Denmark.......................................... 21 Dobromil ......................................... 64 Drogobych....................................... 64 France.................................. 21, 66, 84 Galicia ............................................. 60 Germany.................................... 22, 67 Great Britain.............................. 22, 62 Grodno ............................................ 61 Hungary........................................... 68 Ireland ............................................. 23 Israel.............................. 24, 25, 87, 88 Jamaica............................................ 25 Kielce .............................................. 76 Kolbuszowa..................................... 76 Kupiskis .......................................... 77 Latin America ................................. 69 Latvia .................................. 59, 69, 77 Lesotho............................................ 73 Lithuania ................. 61, 77, 78, 79, 85 Lodz ................................................ 70 Lomza ............................................. 79 Moldova .................................... 71, 89 Netherlands ..................................... 26 Norway............................................ 72 Poland .. 59, 60, 62, 64, 65, 70, 74, 76,

81, 89 Radom............................................. 76 Rokiskis........................................... 78 Romania .......................................... 71 Scandinavia ..................................... 72 South Africa .............................. 27, 73

Suchostaw ....................................... 78 Suwalk............................................. 79 Sweden...................................... 27, 72 Switzerland ..................................... 28 Ukraine.................... 60, 71, 74, 78, 89 USA................................................. 66 USA, AZ ......................................... 28 USA, CA....................... 29, 30, 31, 32 USA, CO......................................... 32 USA, CT ......................................... 33 USA, DC......................................... 33 USA, FL.................. 34, 35, 36, 37, 38 USA, GA......................................... 39 USA, IL........................................... 40 USA, LA ......................................... 41 USA, MA .................................. 41, 42 USA, MI.......................................... 43 USA, MO ........................................ 44 USA, NJ .................................... 44, 45 USA, NV......................................... 46 USA, NY............................. 46, 47, 48 USA, OH............................. 48, 49, 50 USA, OK......................................... 51 USA, OR................................... 51, 52 USA, PA ................................... 53, 54 USA, TX ................................... 54, 55 USA, UT ......................................... 56 USA, WA........................................ 56 USA, WI ......................................... 57 Venezuela........................................ 57 Warzawa ......................................... 74

Topical Focus

Cemeteries....................................... 81 Genetics........................................... 67 IAJGS Achievement Awards............ 6 IAJGS Conferences........................... 9 IAJGS Salutes ................................... 8 IAJGS Stern Awards......................... 5 In Memoriam ...................... 10, 11, 12 Rabbinics......................................... 71 Search Tools.................................... 87 Sephardim ........................... 60, 73, 86 Shtetlach.......................................... 80 Yiddish Theater............................... 75 Yizkor Books .................................. 80

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