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Venturing Into Our Past Newsletter of the Jewish Genealogical Society of the Conejo Valley and Ventura County (Jgscv) VENTURING INTO OUR PAST NEWSLETTER OF THE JEWISH GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY OF THE CONEJO VALLEY AND VENTURA COUNTY (JGSCV) Volume 6, Issue 4 January, 2011 President’s Letter: DNA has become a “hot” topic within the genealogical community and a number of JGSCV members requested a program that would help them in understanding the DNA results they received upon taking a DNA genealogy test. JGSCV’s December program was the answer to that request— on Genetic Genealogy Demystified with Elise Friedman who is a consultant to both FamilyTree DNA and JewishGen on DNA. There were many questions, and some members took DNA tests. The presentation was an erudite glimpse in the complicated world of genetic DNA. The program coincided with FamilyTree DNA’s Chanukah special pricing. Elise’s handout, FamilyTree DNA’s order form and JewishGen’s Jewish Genealogy by Genetics are on the JGSCV website www.jgscv.org under “Meetings: Prior” and December 6 date. And, read “A DNA Success Story” by Ann Rabinowitz on page 3. Elise Friedman Twelve of our “2011” members received Chanukah gifts as part of our annual Chanukah Party and membership renewal drive. Our grand prize of a Worldwide Deluxe Subscription to Ancestry.com was donated by Ancestry.com along with a FamilyTree Maker 2011 software package. Other fantastic prizes included two subscriptions to Footnote.com, Legacy Family Tree Deluxe 7.0, genealogy software RootsMagic Software, and FamilyTree Magazine donated a copy of Google Earth for Genealogy DVD. Thanks to all our corporate donors. Other prizes included donated genealogically relevant books. JGSCV thanks all of its corporate and member donors for making the Chanukah party and membership renewal drive so successful! Photos of many winners: Page 4. If you haven’t renewed or joined JGSCV yet, a membership/renewal application form is on page 9 of this newsletter and on our website under membership. Remember we are a 501-C3 corporation. Therefore, your membership dues are eligible for tax deductibility—best to check with your tax advisor. A few words about our outgoing board members: Fred Land and Werner Frank. Both are founding JGSCV members. Fred joined JGSCV’s board three years ago and took over the treasurer’s position—not one he had anticipated holding when he ran for the board. He has been a most valued member of the board and treasurer-a very responsible position to make certain that all our governmental filings are accurate and timely as well as paying the bills and watching our treasury. Werner served on the original organizing board as well as five years on the JGSCV board. Werner was the creator of and original editor of Venturing Into Our Past and has been a wonderful source of guidance on the board. What the board has experienced, and JGSCV has benefited from, is the diligence, knowledge and humor both Fred and Werner have displayed—we are fortunate that both will continue to be active members of the society. The JGSCV traveling library has grown to 200 books and as a result, it is necessary to recategorize into four categories. The books have been recategorized into categories A, B, C & D. See page 10 for more information on the JGSCV libraries. The JGSCV website has the revised books listed by categories. The new system starts with the January 9th meeting. Categories A and C will be at the January 9 meeting. Our January 9th meeting is a special meeting Authors! Authors! Authors! featuring five of JGSCV’s members –all published authors. Come and hear and learn from: Warren Blatt, Werner Frank, Erica Miller, Ph.D, Helene Rosen and Mark Abbott Stern. On behalf of the JGSCV Board of Directors, have a happy, healthy, and safe New Year! Looking forward to seeing you at JGSCV meetings. 1 FUTURE MEETINGS NOTICES PAGES 6, 8 Jan Meisels Allen ABOUT JGSCV…….. HELP NARA WITH THE 2010 CENSUS NARA asks for the help of all genealogists in The Jewish Genealogical Society of the Conejo Valley considering the following question: and Ventura County meets once a month, usually on a “Have you ever wondered what it will be like to Sunday. Meetings are oriented to the needs of the research the 2010 census records in the future:” novice as well as the more experienced genealogist. Go to NARA’s blog http://blogs.archives.gov/online- Members share materials, research methods and ideas, public-access/?p=3762 and read how you can offer your as well as research success or failures. Members have comments. access to the JGSCV library located on special shelves at the Agoura Hills Public Library. Members also receive NEW DATABASE FOR LODZ CEMETERY our monthly newsletter which is circulated by email. It is now possible to search the Lodz Jewish Cemetery 2011 dues are $25.00 for a single membership and $30.00 by name. Previously, the 80,971 names in the database for a household unit. To join, please send appropriate were searchable only by cemetery section. You can amount in check made out to JGSCV and addressed to enter through http://stevemorse.org (with additional Helene Rosen at 28912 Fountainwood St., Agoura Hills, help from soundex) or directly at CA 91301. Obtain the new/renewal membership form http://tinyurl.com/364a5gf. on our website at www.jgscv.org by selecting the SYNAGOGUE’S OF EGYPT FOR VIEWING membership button. Photos of synagogue’s in Cairo and Alexandria, Egypt CALL FOR BOYLE HEIGHTS NATIVES can be viewed as part of the Museum of Family History’s synagogue exhibits. Eliyahu HaNavi The Western States Jewish History Journal will publish Synagogue in Alexandria as well as Cappoussi a special summer/winter 2011 issue, “The Boyle Synagogue, Ben Ezra Synagogue and Sha’ar Heights Jewish Community 1920-1960”. People who Hashamayim Synagogue in Cairo can be seen at grew up in Boyle Heights, lived there or had friends, http://tinyurl.com/3965hg3 The Museum’s Synagogue relatives or neighbors in that Los Angeles neighborhood collection also includes past and present pictures from are invited to share their memories in this special issue. synagogue’s throughout Europe, Asia and Africa. You Family photographs or other pictures of the may include your own photos of synagogue’s outside of neighborhood circa 1920-1960 are of interest. For more North America by sending them to: information email Abe Hoffman, Special Projects Editor [email protected] [email protected] He may also be contacted by postal mail to his attention CENTROPA: AN EASTERN EUROPEAN ORAL at: HISTORY PROJECT Boyle Heights Special Issue of WSJH 22151 Lenark Street Centropa is an interactive database of oral history. Canoga Park, CA 91304 There are 1300 interviews of elderly Jews in Central and Eastern Europe, the former Soviet Union and the UK MARRIAGE RECORDS 1837-2005 Sephardic communities of Greece, Turkey and the You may need to work a bit but FindMyPast’s Balkans. The database includes 25,000 digitized MarriageMatch system will attempt to match spouses images. The website http://centropa.org includes links during that period. The county, registration district, to biographical films based upon interviews and family volume and page number are provided as well as the pictures. You may also add your own family pictures. Government Record Office where a certified copy may The site is very easy to navigate and includes a trove of information. be obtained. Go to http://tinyurl.com/39e78ty SIGN UP AT RALPHS and HELP JGSCV JEWISH CEMETERY IN RIGA DESECRATED The European Jewish Press reported an attack on a Remember to sign up for the Ralphs Community Contribution Program. Ralphs requires annual Jewish cemetery in Riga. It was reported that about 100 registration on their website www.ralphs.com. Sign in tombstones were spattered with swastikas according to and scroll down to community contribution. JGSCV is the state police. “Such things cannot and will not be number 84732 that you insert under charity of choice. tolerated”, said Latvia President Valdis Zatlers. Read the story at http://tinyurl.com/2vg4ujl Even as an occasional Ralphs’ shopper, it helps JGSCV with no cost to you! FAMILYSEARCH BETA SITE MOVED WHO DO YOU THINK YOU ARE? NBC FamilySearch.org announced that its Beta Family ANNOUNCES 2ND SEASON CELEBRITIES Search site has now replaced the familysearch.org site. By going to: https://www.familysearch.org/ it takes See NBC’s web site at http://bit.ly/e15IyT for the details, including the list of celebrities staring on new you to the new site, which had been the beta site.. season beginning February 4th 8 PM. FamilySearch also has a blog--subscription is free:2 https://blog.familysearch.org/ A DNA Success Story Posted By Ann Rabinowitz (Reprinted with permission of the author) love success stories, so asked for Max’s story which he provided from an interview he gave to Blaine Bettinger, the author of “The Genetic Genealogist”, a blog founded in 2007. I certainly did test, in 2000, and while the results did not surprise me, it helped find and confirm distant relationships, and also The other day, I received a message from gave me very close matches with people FamilyTreeDNA that I had a new mtDNA or that I was not aware of. maternal match. The person matched in the basic HVR1 test for maternal ancestry So here’s my DNA break through: in 1983, that I had taken. I thought there might be when I was still in Brazil, our family a chance of a connection and contacted the received a letter from a Blankfield living in person, who turned out to be Max Blankfeld, Australia, where he gave us some of his Vice-President of FamilyTreeDNA, which is a genealogy and asked if we could possibly be partner with JewishGen in genetic research.
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