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JGSLI Meeting History JGSLI Meeting History Location Key BJC = Bethpage Jewish Center POB = Plainview-Old Bethpage Library DC = Dowling College SAL = Sunrise Assisted Living, Plainview DHJC = Dix Hills Jewish Center SHJC – South Huntington Jewish Center GJGC = Gurwin Jewish Geriatric Center SJY = Sid Jacobson JCC GNH = Great Neck House SPL = Sachem Public Library MIY = Mid-Island Y-JCC TBD = Temple Beth David, Commack MPL – Manhasset Public Library TBS = Temple Beth Sholom, Roslyn PML = Patchogue-Medford Library 2013-2014 2013 Sep 22 Finding Granddad’s War MIY Jeffrey A. Badger 2013 Oct 20 The City of Spires Inspires: Jewish Prague MIY Barbara Krasner 2013 Nov 24 There's Nothing New Under the Sun MIY Chuck Weinstein (Except at the Ukraine SIG) 2013 Dec 15 Lodz, Poland: Its Jewish History MIY Roni Seibel Liebowitz and Genealogical Resources" 2014 Jan. 26 Organizit: Reducing Your Paper MIY Rhoda Miller and Digital Clutter 2014 Feb 3 Tracking David Stone, MIY Karen S. Franklin the Jewish Bank Robber of Frost, Texas" 2014 Mar 23 From Tangier to Argentina and Back: MIY Sarina Roffe An International Journey 2014 Apr 27 They Fought Back: MIY Allan Mallenbaum Jewish Heroines of Auschwitz 2014 May 18 Finding Living People on the Internet MIY Ron Arons 2014 Jun 22 Passenger Manifests MIY Phyllis Kramer and the Immigrant Voyage 2012-2013 2012 Sep 23 We Are Here: MIY Ellen Cassedy Memories of the Lithuanian Holocaust 2012 Oct 28 Chutes and Ladders: MIY Pamela Weisberger Innovative Approaches to Genealogy 2012 Nov 18 The JDC Names Database” MPL Naomi Barth 2012 Dec 16 The Awards for Israel’s 1948 War Casualties MIY Arnon Hershkovitz Finally Come Home 2013 Jan 20 Sixteen million searchable records? MIY John Martino How did he do it? 2013 Feb 17 Wills and Estates” MIY Allan Jordan 2013 Mar 17 Holocaust Research and Records MIY Peter Lande, Bill Farran Plus: Lost Synagogues 2013 Apr 28 Family History Mystery Day! MIY 2013 May 19 From DNA to Genetic Genealogy: Everything Steve Morse PML You Wanted to Know But Were Afraid to Ask / The Ketubah: The Jewish Marriage Contract and What It Really Says 2013 Jun 23 Lithuania, Galicia, Ukraine: MIY Rhoda Miller, Renee Steinig, Research Sites and Sources Chuck Weinstein 2011-2012 2011 Sep 25 Reports from the DC Conference SJY 2011 Oct 30 Who Do You Think You Are, Roger Tilles? POB Nolan Altman, Rhoda Miller, Judy Simon, Renee Steinig 2011 Nov 27 Mapping Madness MIY Ron Arons 2011 Dec 18 Genealogical Implications of Chasidic Ancestry MIY Raphael G. Guber 2012 Jan 22 Breaking Down Brick Walls MIY Panel 2012 Feb 26 The Legacy of Primo Levy MIY Stan Pugliese 2012 Mar 25 Social Media for Genealogists PML Terryn Barrill Tower and Family Historians 2012 Apr 22 Holocaust Research MIY Gary Mokotoff 2012 May 20 Searching the 1940 Census SPL Steve Morse 2012 Jun 24 Intermediate and Advanced GNH Phyllis Kramer Online Research Techniques 2010-2011 2010 Sept 26 Reports from the L.A. Conference SJY Judy Simon, Renee Steinig, Jackie Wasserstein, others 2010 Oct 24 25th Anniversary Brunch TBD Leona Schwartz 2010 Nov 21 What to Do With All That Data MIY Debbie Wang Etzion 2010 Dec 19 Breaking Down Brick Walls SPL Panel 2011 Jan 23 Jewish Geography and DNA – A Player's Guide SJY Judy Simon 2011 Feb 27 Home Bittersweet Home: SPL Rhoda Miller Litvak Research and Travel 2011 Mar 27 For the Sake of the Children SJY Joan Adler 2011 Apr 24 How to Share and Preserve Memories MIY Daniel Horowitz in a Digital Age 2011 May 22 DC2011 Conference Preview SPL Sue Isman 2011 Jun 19 “Sherlock” Cohn, Photo Genealogist POB Ava Cohn 2009-2010 2009 Sep 13 Reports from Philly2009 MIY Panel Plus return of ring found via Yearbook Project 2009 Oct 25 Jewish Genealogical Sources in Prussian MIY Roger Lustig Poland 2009 Nov 22 General Meeting MIY 2009 Dec 13 Jewish Genealogy as a Spiritual Pilgrimage POB Arthur Kurzweil 2010 Jan 24 Exploring the 1940 Census MIY Dorothy Dougherty 2010 Feb 21 One Woman’s Journey” MIY Roma Baran 2010 Mar 21 Sephardic Research MIY Dr. Jeffrey Malka 2010 Apr 25 L.A. Conference (and Film) Preview MIY Pamela Weisberger 2010 May 23 Digital Heritage Mapping MIY Jay Sage 2010 June 27 Getting the Most Out of JewishGen MIY Phyllis Kramer 2008-2009 2008 Sept 28 Reports from the Chicago Conference MIY Herb Huebscher, Pauline Kuyler, Steve Lasky, . Judy Simon, Renée Steinig, Chuck Weinstein 2008 Oct 26 The Otto Frank File: MIY Estelle Guzik Historical and Genealogical Significance 2008 Nov 23 When Leopold Met Lena: MIY Pamela Weisberger Marriage, Divorce and Deception in 1892 NY 2008 Dec 14 Hiding in Zion: Locating Israeli Family and Their MIY Michael Goldstein Descendants 2009 Jan 25 The International Tracing Service MIY Gary Mokotoff Record Collection 2009 Feb 22 Polish Records - What They Contain, MIY Hadassah Lipsius Where They Are and How to Get Them 2009 Mar 22 The Hungarian Vital Records Project MIY Sam Schleiman 2009 Apr 26 The Philadelphia Conference MIY Steve Schecter, David Mink 2009 May 31 You Don’t Have to Be Italian... to Use MIY John Martino the Italian Genealogical Group’s Databases 2009 June 28 Spying on Ancestors: Practical Use MIY Jordan Auslander of Reconnaissance and Cartographic Resources 2007-2008 2007 Sep 16 Our Take on Salt Lake: MIY Steve Lasky, Walter Rosenthal, Reports from the SLC Conference Nina Sitron, Renée Steinig. 2007 Oct 28 Jewish Calendar Demystified / Searching the MIY Steve Morse New York Census with Fewer Tears 2007 Nov 18 Travels to Vienna and Western Ukraine MIY Kathy Wallach 2007 Dec 23 Write Your Family History NOW! MIY Mike Karsen Chicago Conference Preview 2008 Jan 27 JewishGen’s Holocaust-Related Databases MIY Nolan Altman and Resources 2008 Feb 24 Baron deHirsch Scholarships to the State MIY Rhoda Miller Agricultural School at Farmingdale 2008 Mar 23 Four Lives of Gregory Meisler: POB Valery Bazerov a Jew, a Warrior and a Polish Patriot 2008 Apr 13 DNA and Classic Genealogy Join to Solve MIY Herb Huebscher a Genealogical Puzzle 2008 May 25 Researching Jewish Criminals, MIY Ron Arons Especially in New York 2008 Jun 8 How To Find 19th-Century Polish-Language MIY Judith Frazin Records and Unlock Their Secrets 2006-2007 2006 Sep 17 [email protected] MIY Fern Gutman, Paul Horman, Rita and Walter Rosenthal, Phyllis M. Simon, Marty Vogel 2006 Oct 29 Jews in the News MIY Pamela Weisberger 2006 Nov 19 Introduction to Probate Research MIY Debra Braverman 2006 Dec 17 The Project to Reconstitute MIY Sallyann Amdur Sack the Destroyed Jewish Communities of Europe 2007 Jan 28 Developing Identities for Cemeteries' Inhabitants MIY Karen Hofer Buxton 2007 Feb 25 I Am My Father’s Son: MIY Steve Lasky The Museum of Family History Website 2007 Mar 25 Building a Multi-Media Family History MIY David Kleiman 2007 Apr 22 City Directories Online MIY Logan Kleinwaks 2007 May 20 Daily Life in Galicia: Implications for Genealogy MIY Suzan Wynne 2007 Jun 10 Genes for Genealogists: MIY Nina Sitron Genetics, Inheritance, and DNA Made Simple 2005-2006 2005 Sep 25 Summer Roundup: News from Las Vegas MIY Arthur Golnick, Mort Laby, and Other Genealogy Adventures Renee Steinig, Cheryl Sofer, Zel Zook, and others 2005 Oct. 23 Genograms for Genealogists MIY Pastor Thomas Taylor 2005 Nov. 20 Bugsy Siegel and Meyer Lansky: MIY Ron Arons The Men Behind the Famous Flamingo Hotel 2005 Dec. 18 Finding Schmul and Rebeka in Holocaust MIY Peter Lande Records -- Possibilities and Pitfalls 2006 Jan. 22 Research in New York City MIY Gloria Freund, Linda Cantor 2006 Feb. 26 Scrapbooking Your Family History MIY Gail Amorde 2006 Mar 26 Researching the Life of Arthur Szyk / DC Rhoda Miller / Hands-on Computer Workshops Nolan Altman, Woody Greenberg, Chuck Weinstein 2006 Apr 23 Organizit: Reducing Your Research Clutter MIY Rhoda Miller 2006 May 21 How to Read Cemetery Monuments MIY Ronald M. Miller If You Can't Read Hebrew 2006 Jun 11 One-Step Web Pages: A Potpourri MIY Steve Morse of Genealogical Search Tools 2004-2005 2004 Sep 26 Jerusalem Reports: MIY Judi Caplan, Renee Steinig News from the Jewish Genealogy Conference 2004 Oct. 24 Genealogical Records of the Vilna District MIY Joel Ratner 2004 Nov. 21 Digital Imaging and Genealogy: MIY Bruce Kahn Principles, Possibilities and Pitfalls 2004 Dec. 26 Recording Their Words, MIY John Paul Lowens Preserving Their Documents 2005 Feb. 27 JewishGen MIY Susan King 2005 Mar 27 NYC Naturalization MIY John Martino and Vital Records Indexing Projects 2005 Apr 17 Romanian Research MIY Bob Friedman at the Center for Jewish History 2005 May 22 Bridging the Chasm of the Holocaust TBS Joyce Field (yizkor books) 2005 Jun 12 JGSLI’s Collection at the Plainview Library POB Marilyn Stolove 2003-2004 2003 Sep 21 Washington Reports: MIY Nolan Altman, Woody Greenberg, News from the Jewish Genealogy Conference Rosie Grummer, Burt Masnick, Sandy Masnick, Jackie Wasserstein 2003 Oct 15 Using the Internet to Find Anything and Anyone MIY Ron Arons 2003 Nov 23 Ellis Island and 1930 Census MIY Stephen P. Morse “One-Step” Websites 2003 Dec 14 Litvak SIG MIY Ada Greenblatt, Joel Ratner 2004 Jan 25 Straus Family Historical Society MIY Joan Adler 2004 Feb 22 Finding Relatives MIY Marc Masurovsky in the U.S. Holocaust Museum Archives 2004 Mar 28 American Jewry and the Civil War MIY Bud Livingston 2004 Apr 25 Sephardic Genealogy MIY Dr. Jeffrey Malka 2004 May 23 Raising Atlantis: MIY Yale Reisner Restoring Jewish Memory in Poland” 2004 Jun 13 Instant Family: MIY Arthur Rossoff The Joys and Frustrations of Genetic Genealogy 2002-2003 2002 Sep 24 Summer Roundup: News from Toronto SAL Burt Masnick, Rhoda Miller, Nina Sitron, and Other
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