“Finding Your Family on the Web”

Jewish Genealogical Society of Greater Orlando Program

ORLANDO, FL, October 2, 2013 — Join the Jewish Genealogical Society of Greater Orlando (JGSGO) in celebration of International Jewish Genealogy Month, for a program featuring our own digital genealogy expert, Tom Hirsch, “Finding Your Family on the Web”.

The Internet is probably the best tool ever for genealogy.  It allows you to access billions of webpages all over the globe by using your home computer.  The Internet can help you find lots of material that you could not find otherwise.  Tom Hirsch, will use his 20 years of genealogy experience, and his journalistic skills to show you how you can find relatives that you did not know existed and how to use the enormous connectivity of the worldwide web to share your family tree and link you to other people researching the same ancestors.

Tom will show you a variety of websites, demonstrate some genealogy databases, capture official records, search for information, use translation tools, and find educational materials to help you be a better genealogist, and to work more effectively and efficiently. In addition to demonstrating numerous websites for you to use in your family history work, Tom will provide important information on how to protect your computer and the critical information that you have spent so much time and effort to find.

At the meeting, you will receive a list of some of the most useful websites for your research.  After seeing Tom's presentation, you can immediately use these tools to advance your work. Tour the Internet with Tom as he shares his knowledge of the worldwide web and computers to help you capture and share your family history. 

                                         

                             

Tom Hirsch is a veteran in the broadcast industry and News Assignment Editor at WESH, Channel 2. Tom is also VP Membership of the JGSGO and an avid genealogist with 20 years of research experience. Tom quickly learned that his investigative news gathering abilities and skill in doing great stories for radio and TV found another important use in compiling his family history. Tom has collected much of his genealogy by using the vast resources on the Internet. Tom is the author of “Tom’s List” – a compilation of more than 300 links to useful websites to aid in Jewish genealogy research. For more information on how to obtain “Tom’s List”, contact jgsgo.membership@gmail.com .

DATE: Tuesday, October 8, 2013

TIME: 7:00pm - 9:00pm

ADMISSION: Open to the public. $5.00 for non-members. Free for members.

LOCATION: Jewish Community Center of Greater Orlando – Roth JCC – Maitland Campus, Senior Lounge, 851 N. Maitland Ave., Maitland, FL 32751.

About the Jewish Genealogical Society of Greater Orlando

The Jewish Genealogical Society of Greater Orlando (JGSGO) is a not for profit organization dedicated to sharing genealogical information, techniques and research tools with anyone interested in Jewish genealogy and family history. Anyone may join JGSGO. Annual dues are $25 for an individual and $30 for a family. For more information visit our blog at www.jgsgo.blogspot.com , “like” us at www.facebook.com/jgsgreaterorlando  or call us at 407-494-4230.

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Contact Information: 

Marlis Humphrey 

JGSGO VP Programs & Publicity 

jgsgo.programs@gmail.com

“Who Do You Think You Are, Bubala?”

"Who Do You Think You Are, Bubala?"
An Introduction to Jewish Genealogy Webinar

ORLANDO, FL, September 20, 2013 — Join the Jewish Genealogical Society of Greater Orlando (JGSGO) in celebration of International Jewish Genealogy Month, for a free webinar that is certain to kick-start your family tree research.

Have you heard,

"They never talked about it"

"What kind of a name is Tauntie Saucie (i.e. Aunt Sosia)?", or

"All the records were destroyed"?

With some know how and persistence, you can find your Jewish ancestors! Join us for an “Introduction to Jewish Genealogy” webinar.  We will cover:

• 4 steps to getting started
• Records you might find & where to find them
• Available resources, tools, and help

We will show you key documents to help put that family tree together and go further into the past: census; birth, death, and marriage certificates; city directories, cemetery records and obituaries, social security records, draft and military records, naturalization papers, ships passenger lists, tax records, pages of testimony, liberation records and more. 

Nothing is more exciting than discovering a new cousin, an unknown ancestor, or the real name of the shtetl where they once lived. Learn how to begin that journey of discovery with Jewish Genealogical Society of Greater Orlando experts.

Webinar presenter, Marlis Glaser Humphrey, is Vice President of Programs and Publicity for the Jewish Genealogical Society of Greater Orlando (JGSGO), Publications and Technology Outreach Committee Chairs for the Florida State Genealogical Society (FSGS), President of the International Association of Jewish Genealogical Societies (IAJGS), Co-Chair for the IAJGS Boston 2013 Conference, and a member of the IAJGS Membership Development Committee responsible for the Southeastern U.S. Region. She has successfully discovered all her ancestral shtetls. Marlis holds a B.A. in Russian and an M.S. in Management of Technology. You can reach Marlis at jgsgo.programs@gmail.com.

DATE: Tuesday, October 22, 2013

TIME: 7:00pm - 8:30pm

COST: There is no cost to attend. You must pre-register. Space is limited. Reserve your Webinar Seat Now:   https://www3.gotomeeting.com/register/966295286

RSVP:      We highly suggest you pre-register by October 7th. After this date we will open up attendance to a wider audience. Space is limited, so be sure to RSVP by pre-registering as soon as possible. 

About the Jewish Genealogical Society of Greater Orlando

The Jewish Genealogical Society of Greater Orlando (JGSGO) is a not for profit organization dedicated to sharing genealogical information, techniques and research tools with anyone interested in Jewish genealogy and family history. Anyone may join JGSGO. Annual dues are $25 for an individual and $30 for a family. For more information visit our blog at www.jgsgo.blogspot.com , “like” us at www.facebook.com/jgsgreaterorlando  or call us at 407-494-4230.

“Smarter Searching on Ancestry.com”

Jewish Genealogical Society of Greater Orlando Program

ORLANDO, FL, June 13, 2013 — Join the Jewish Genealogical Society of Greater Orlando (JGSGO) for a program featuring Ancestry.com’s expert, Crista Cowan, “Smarter Searching on Ancestry.com”.

Shaky leaf hints. Global searches. Database specific. Fuzzy. Exact. These are just a few of the ways to locate records on Ancestry.com. You can search by person or location.  You can use the Card Catalog to discover what is online before you begin your search.  You can change your collection priority to focus on records specific to your Jewish ancestry and utilize the Daitch-Mokotoff Soundex. Join Crista Cowan as she shares her best search tips and tricks to help you find all of the information available on Ancestry.com about your ancestors. Crista will be speaking over the Internet from Ancestry.com’s headquarters in Salt Lake City, Utah.

Crista Cowan has been employed at Ancestry.com, the company that sponsors the popular TV series, “Who Do You Think You Are?” and is the leader in the market for online family history research with more than 2.5 million subscribers, since 2004. Her interest in family history, however, reaches all the way back to childhood.  She is a popular genealogy teacher.  You can watch her live internet show – The Barefoot Genealogist – every Tuesday and Thursday at 1:00 pm (Eastern) on http://livestream.com/ancestry.

Ancestry.com has partnered with JewishGen®, the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee (JDC), the American Jewish Historical Society and The Miriam Weiner Routes to Roots Foundation, Inc. to create the world’s largest online collection of Jewish historical records.

Crista’s lectures are always amongst the most popular lectures at the International Association of Jewish Genealogical Societies (IAJGS). Crista will be a guest lecturer at this year’s IAJGS conference in Boston, August 4-9, 2013. To learn more about the 250+ lectures and workshops on Jewish genealogy at IAJGS Boston 2013, visit www.iajgs2013.org.

DATE: Sunday, June 23, 2013

TIME: 1:00 P.M. – 3:00 P.M.

LOCATION: Southwest Orlando Jewish Congregation, Social Hall, 11200 South Apopka Vineland Road, Orlando, FL 32836.

ADMISSION: Open to the public. $5.00 for non-members. Free for members.

About the Jewish Genealogical Society of Greater Orlando

The Jewish Genealogical Society of Greater Orlando (JGSGO) is a not for profit organization dedicated to sharing genealogical information, techniques and research tools with anyone interested in Jewish genealogy and family history. Anyone may join JGSGO. Annual dues are $25 for an individual and $30 for a family. For more information visit our blog at www.jgsgo.blogspot.com and “like” us at www.facebook.com/jgsgreaterorlando .