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1. The Holocaust in Lithuania 1941-1945: A Book of Remembrance
    by Rose Lerer Cohen
    Recorded 8/1/2003 at 23rd Annual International Association of Jewish Genealogy Societies (IAJGS) Conference on Jewish Genealogy
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This presentation will address the culmination of over four years of research into the names of those killed in Lithuania during the Holocaust. Following several visits to Lithuania and pilot studies at Yad Vashem, USHMM and other institutions such as the Vilna Gaon Jewish State Museum, no substanti

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2. A Genetic Profile of Contemporary Jewish Populations
    by Harry Ostrer
    Recorded 8/1/2003 at 23rd Annual International Association of Jewish Genealogy Societies (IAJGS) Conference on Jewish Genealogy
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The Jews are an ancient people with a history spanning several millennia. Genetic studies over the past 50 years have shed light on Jewish origins, the relatedness of Jewish communities and the genetic basis of Mendelian disorders among Jewish peoples. In turn, these observations have been used to d

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3. An Introduction to JewishGen Databases
    by Michael Tobias
    Recorded 8/1/2003 at 23rd Annual International Association of Jewish Genealogy Societies (IAJGS) Conference on Jewish Genealogy
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A beginner's introduction to using JewishGen's most popular databases: the JewishGen Family Finder (JGFF), JewishGen ShtetlSeeker; the Family Tree of the Jewish People (FTJP), and JewishGen Discussion Group message archives. This session will take you step-by-step through the process of using Jewis

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4. Austro-Hungarian Empire: Conventional and Unconventional Resources
    by Henry Wellisch
    Recorded 8/1/2003 at 23rd Annual International Association of Jewish Genealogy Societies (IAJGS) Conference on Jewish Genealogy
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The main focus of this presentation will be on those parts of the Austro-Hungarian Empire with important Jewish populations. In the Austrian part were the provinces of Galicia, Bukovina, Bohemia, and Moravia; and in Austria itself, the city of Vienna. In the Hungarian section the areas of Slovakia,

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5. B’nai Anusim: Reclaiming a Hidden Heritage
    by Jonina Duker
    Recorded 8/1/2003 at 23rd Annual International Association of Jewish Genealogy Societies (IAJGS) Conference on Jewish Genealogy
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B’nai Anusim believe themselves to be descended from Jews forced to convert on the Iberian peninsula over 500 years ago. People who are trying to understand why their ancestors became crypto-Jews, Jews who hid their Jewishness to save their lives, Jews who struggled to keep passing on their cherishe

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6. Basics of Hebrew Language for the Jewish Genealogist
    by Rose Lerer Cohen
    Recorded 8/1/2003 at 23rd Annual International Association of Jewish Genealogy Societies (IAJGS) Conference on Jewish Genealogy
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Participants of this uplan will be introduced to the Hebrew alphabet, learning to recognize letters. Participants will be introduced to words useful to the Jewish Genealogist ? Days of the week ? Months of the year ? Relatives ? Occupations ? Documents ? Acronyms ? Greetings

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7. Center for Jewish History: Planning Ahead to Maximize Your Results
    by Robert Friedman
    Recorded 8/1/2003 at 23rd Annual International Association of Jewish Genealogy Societies (IAJGS) Conference on Jewish Genealogy
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The Center for Jewish History's five partners--American Jewish Historical Society, American Sephardi Federation, Leo Baeck Institute, Yeshiva University Museum, and YIVO Institute for Jewish Research--collectively house 100 million archival documents and half a million books. This presentation will

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8. College Admissions: The New Assessment Issues
    by John Boshoven
    Recorded 3/1/2004 at 44th Annual Michigan School Testing Conference
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SAT and SCT are adding writing assessments. Colleges are adding essays. What’s a counselor to do? Presenters: John Boshoven Counselor for Continuing Education, Ann Arbor Community High School Director of College Counseling, Jewish Academy of Metropolitan Detroit Sally Linsley Associate Dir

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9. Come and Meet Your Israeli Cousins: Preview of the IAJGS Conference in Jerusalem 2004
    by Jean-Pierre Stroweis
    Recorded 8/1/2003 at 23rd Annual International Association of Jewish Genealogy Societies (IAJGS) Conference on Jewish Genealogy
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The Israel Genealogical Society is delighted to invite you to the 24th IAJGS International Conference on Jewish Genealogy, to be held on July 11 16, 2004, in Jerusalem, Israel. This talk will describe the planning for next year’s conference, and discuss archival resources available in Israel.

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10. Discovering Jewish Roots in Poland
    by Peter Jassem
    Recorded 8/1/2003 at 23rd Annual International Association of Jewish Genealogy Societies (IAJGS) Conference on Jewish Genealogy
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Every week people around the world suddenly discover their Jewish roots. This is particularly the case among Poles. My lecture will reveal the reasons for the involuntary loss of Jewish identity after the war and provide examples of reconnecting to Jewish roots, and the psychological and practical c

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11. Documents of the Hungarian Jewish Archives
    by Kinga Frojimovics
    Recorded 8/1/2003 at 23rd Annual International Association of Jewish Genealogy Societies (IAJGS) Conference on Jewish Genealogy
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This presentation will survey the main groups of archival sources in the Hungarian Jewish Archives that can help Jewish genealogical research in Hungary. The archival sources can be divided into three groups according to their origins: a) documents that were generated by the operation of Jewish o

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12. Dutch - Jewish Genealogy
    by Judith Mostyn White
    Recorded 8/1/2003 at 23rd Annual International Association of Jewish Genealogy Societies (IAJGS) Conference on Jewish Genealogy
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Learn what resources are available for Dutch – Jewish genealogical research. Birth, marriage and death records began in 1811 with Napoleon's decrees, but this talk will cover other ancient and modern documents as well, such as Bevolkings registers, naming certificates, huwelijks bijlagen, persoonska

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13. Ethical Wills & Beyond: Creating Fiction & Nonfiction from Your Family History
    by Anna Olswanger
    Recorded 8/1/2003 at 23rd Annual International Association of Jewish Genealogy Societies (IAJGS) Conference on Jewish Genealogy
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This presentation will guide participants in the creation of an ethical will, a document long used in Jewish history to bequeath a spiritual legacy or heritage of values. The presenters expand on the concept of an ethical will by showing how genealogists can sum up what they have learned about thems

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14. Genealogical Gems at the American Jewish Archives
    by Nancy Brant
    Recorded 8/1/2003 at 23rd Annual International Association of Jewish Genealogy Societies (IAJGS) Conference on Jewish Genealogy
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This presentation will provide information on the history, facilities, and collections of the American Jewish Archives, highlighting unusual genealogical resources, such as the American Jewish Archives Journal, Jewish nursing home records, synagogue minutes, institutional records, theses, city histo

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15. Genealogy of the Torah
    by Garry Stein
    Recorded 8/1/2003 at 23rd Annual International Association of Jewish Genealogy Societies (IAJGS) Conference on Jewish Genealogy
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The Torah - the holy book of the Jewish people and the basis of Jewish law, culture, beliefs and history - takes the form of historically based genealogy. This seminar will outline the historical context of Torah and the family tree of mankind and the Jewish people from Adam and Eve through the desc

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16. GEOFF: A Gazetteer of the Holocaust in Lithuania
    by Pavel Llyin
    Recorded 8/1/2003 at 23rd Annual International Association of Jewish Genealogy Societies (IAJGS) Conference on Jewish Genealogy
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In 2001, the Registry of Holocaust Survivors of the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum (USHMM) initiated a research project to examine the historical geography of Lithuanian Jewish communities. Collected information covers the years between 1914 - the eve of World War I - to 1991 when the count

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17. Hamburg Passenger Lists
    by Daniel Schlyter
    Recorded 8/7/2002 at California - A Goldmine of Diversity
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Discusses the prime genealogical resources & access to these, both Christian & Jewish, for Russia, Austria, & German Empire.

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18. Hitler's Jewish Soldiers: The Untold Story of Nazi Racial Laws and Men of Jewish Descent in the German Military
    by Bryan Mark Rigg
    Recorded 8/1/2003 at 23rd Annual International Association of Jewish Genealogy Societies (IAJGS) Conference on Jewish Genealogy
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On the murderous road to "racial purity" Hitler encountered unexpected detours, largely due to his own crazed views and inconsistent policies regarding Jewish identity. After centuries of Jewish assimilation and intermarriage in German society, he discovered that eliminating Jews from the rest of th

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19. Jewish Genealogy on the Internet
    by Gary Mokotoff
    Recorded 5/15/2002 at 2002 NGS Conference in the States
    Abstract

A valuable research tool for Jewish genealogy is JewishGen the principal Jewish genealogy presence on the Internet. This lecture will give an overview of JewishGen resources, update on the latest features and talk of future plans.

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20. Jewish Genealogy—Reclaiming Our Heritage and Preserving Our Past
    by Norman Weinberg
    Recorded 8/1/2003 at 23rd Annual International Association of Jewish Genealogy Societies (IAJGS) Conference on Jewish Genealogy
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Thousands of Jewish genealogists worldwide are actively engaged in discovering and documenting their roots through birth, marriage, death and other records, increasingly available on the Internet from JewishGen and from various other sources and archives. Shortly into their research, genealogists ar

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21. Jewish Presence in Shanghai
    by Marcia R.Ristaino
    Recorded 8/1/2003 at 23rd Annual International Association of Jewish Genealogy Societies (IAJGS) Conference on Jewish Genealogy
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Ristaino, Marcia R. My presentation will discuss the various Jewish communities residing in Shanghai from mid-19th century until 1952. These will include the Sephardi Jews who arrived first, following mainly the British trade patterns in the Far East. Many of the Sephardim became very successful

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22. Jewish Records in the FHL
    by Gary Mokotoff
    Recorded 8/1/2003 at 23rd Annual International Association of Jewish Genealogy Societies (IAJGS) Conference on Jewish Genealogy
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A few years ago, a Mormon volunteer at the LDS (Mormon) Family History Library extracted from the FHL catalog all Jewish records in the Library. This index was made available to the public on CD-ROM through the International Association of Jewish Genealogical Societies. This lecture will provide exa

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23. Jewish Records in the Kaunas Archives: Tracing Human Lives in Official Records
    by Vitalija Gircyte
    Recorded 8/1/2003 at 23rd Annual International Association of Jewish Genealogy Societies (IAJGS) Conference on Jewish Genealogy
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In the holdings of the KRA there are no birth, marriage, nor death registers, nor records of the Jewish communities, rabbinates, Jewish schools or any public organizations. But the knowledge of the legislation, pertaining to the Jewish population, the functions of the agencies of state and local adm

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24. Jewish Records Indexing
    by Stanly Diamond
    Recorded 8/1/2003 at 23rd Annual International Association of Jewish Genealogy Societies (IAJGS) Conference on Jewish Genealogy
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Jewish Records Indexing - Poland (JRI-Poland) is continuing to expand its searchable database to the indices of available Jewish records from current and former territories of Poland. With nearly two million indices, this database has helped in countless genealogical searches, enabling researchers t

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25. LitvakSIG and Lithuanian Research 2003
    by Davida Noyek Handler
    Recorded 8/1/2003 at 23rd Annual International Association of Jewish Genealogy Societies (IAJGS) Conference on Jewish Genealogy
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LitvakSIG and Lithuanian Research 2003 LitvakSIG was founded in 1997 to preserve and computerize Jewish Lithuanian records. Our Internet website includes searchable databases, guidelines for establishing Research Groups, and a moderated internet Digest for the exchange of information on Jewish Lith

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26. Moses Mendelssohn and the Jewish Historical Clock
    by Micheal Honey
    Recorded 8/1/2003 at 23rd Annual International Association of Jewish Genealogy Societies (IAJGS) Conference on Jewish Genealogy
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The genealogy of the philosopher Moses Mendelssohn will be shown in diagrammatic format using the method I call The Jewish Historical Clock. The format includes sorting all individuals into their time by means of Generation Columns. The relationships of Moses Mendelssohn going back in time to Rabbi

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27. Only in New York
    by Linda Cantor
    Recorded 8/1/2003 at 23rd Annual International Association of Jewish Genealogy Societies (IAJGS) Conference on Jewish Genealogy
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A significant percentage of American Jewish families have roots in New York City. They may have spent their lifetime or only a few years there but their paper trail starts in New York. There is a certain amount of genealogical research that can be done at home, on the internet, at the local librar

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28. Polish Origins -Following your ancestors from Pole to Pole
    by Daniel Schlyter
    Recorded 5/15/2002 at 2002 NGS Conference in the States
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Discusses the prime genealogical sources ( both Christian and Jewish) for a country formerly di-vided among the Russian, Austrian, and German Empires.

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29. Preserving Ethiopian Jewish History and Culture: The Role of Genealogy
    by Shlomo Akale
    Recorded 8/1/2003 at 23rd Annual International Association of Jewish Genealogy Societies (IAJGS) Conference on Jewish Genealogy
    Abstract

Although much of Ethiopian Jewish (Beta Israel) community life has been thoroughly documented, a deeply rooted tradition — the role of genealogical records — has been ignored. Marriages are prohibited between those closer than seven generations in kinship, in addition to other restrictions. Genealog

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30. Recent Developments in Jewish Genealogy
    by Gary Mokotoff
    Recorded 5/22/2004 at Conference in the States 2004
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This lecture will provide the audience with an up-to-date report on the most recent developments in database creation, records access, Internet sites and other factors that affect Jewish genealogical research.

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31. Researching Greek Jewish Genealogy in the 21st Century
    by Yitzchak Kerem
    Recorded 8/1/2003 at 23rd Annual International Association of Jewish Genealogy Societies (IAJGS) Conference on Jewish Genealogy
    Abstract

In recent years new sources have opened up for Greek Jewish family research due to the release of new sources on Balkan Jewry with the fall of the Soviet Bloc. Internet and electronic mail have also enabled those interested in Sephardic genealogy to post and/or consult lists, homepages, and databas

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32. Researching Your South African Jewish Roots on the Internet
    by Ann Rabinowitz
    Recorded 8/1/2003 at 23rd Annual International Association of Jewish Genealogy Societies (IAJGS) Conference on Jewish Genealogy
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As the Research Coordinator of the South Africa SIG, I am asked, many times, how to locate primary or secondary resources for South African Jewish research outside South As the Research Coordinator of the South Africa SIG, I am asked, many times, how to Africa. This is due, in part, to an increasin

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33. Resources for Genealogical Research in Safed, Israel
    by Hiam Sidor
    Recorded 8/1/2003 at 23rd Annual International Association of Jewish Genealogy Societies (IAJGS) Conference on Jewish Genealogy
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The ancient city of Safed was a major center for Jewish scholarship and Kabbala in the 16th century, and has been home to an extremely diverse Jewish community to this day. Historic population and other records, including a demographic mapping of the ancient cemetery, provide a fascinating insight i

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34. Restoring the Vanished Past – Building A Shtetl in Israel
    by Yaffa Eliach
    Recorded 8/1/2003 at 23rd Annual International Association of Jewish Genealogy Societies (IAJGS) Conference on Jewish Genealogy
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To "choose life" has always been central in Judaism. But that does not mean turning our backs on those who have perished. In fact, to ensure that the golden chain of Jewish life that stretches from Biblical times to the present remains unbroken, we must do all we can to remember and celebrate the li

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35. The Historical and Demographic Background of Jewish Family History Research in Romania
    by Ladislau Gyemant
    Recorded 8/1/2003 at 23rd Annual International Association of Jewish Genealogy Societies (IAJGS) Conference on Jewish Genealogy
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Fruitful Jewish genealogical research in Romania is impossible without an adequate knowledge of the historical and demographical background of Jewish life in this multicultural, multiethnic and multiconfessional area. The beginnings of the Jewish presence, the evolution of the Jewish society, the ju

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36. The Jews of Austria-Hungary, 1867-1918
    by Marsha L. Rozenblit
    Recorded 8/1/2003 at 23rd Annual International Association of Jewish Genealogy Societies (IAJGS) Conference on Jewish Genealogy
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This presentation will explore the identities of Jews in all parts of the Habsburg Monarchy in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. It will pay particular attention both to the range of national identities and Jewish identities adopted by this diverse and interesting group of Jews. The

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37. The Jews of Siberia, an Introduction to Information Resources
    by Harold M. Leich
    Recorded 8/1/2003 at 23rd Annual International Association of Jewish Genealogy Societies (IAJGS) Conference on Jewish Genealogy
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This presentation, on the Jews of Siberia and how to find information about them, will consist of five parts. The first part will provide an overview of the history of Siberia and of its Jewish population. Part two will discuss specific print reference sources and other publications related to Siber

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38. The Keshet Project: Complete Documentation of all Existing Czech and Moravian Jewish Cemeteries
    by Jaroslav Achab Haidler
    Recorded 8/1/2003 at 23rd Annual International Association of Jewish Genealogy Societies (IAJGS) Conference on Jewish Genealogy
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The Keshet {“Arc”) Project has undertaken the complete documentation of all existing Czech and Moravian Jewish cemeteries, the restoration of those cemeteries, and the development of a comprehensive database available on the Internet for researchers and the general public. About 330 Jewish cemeterie

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39. The Pinkas of the Chevra Kadisha of Slutsk: What We Can Learn About Our Ancestors’ Lives in Tsarist Russia from Jewish Cemetery Records
    by Harry Boonin
    Recorded 8/1/2003 at 23rd Annual International Association of Jewish Genealogy Societies (IAJGS) Conference on Jewish Genealogy
    Abstract

Slutsk, a small farming shtetl located 100 km south of Minsk, had, as far as we know, one Jewish cemetery. Although the cemetery was destroyed by the Nazis and the Communists, the Pinkas (record book) survived. The Pinkas contains over 20,000 entries of burials occurring over a period of almost 250

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40. The Sephardic Legacy in New Mexico: A History of the Crypto-Jews
    by Stanley M. Hordes
    Recorded 8/1/2003 at 23rd Annual International Association of Jewish Genealogy Societies (IAJGS) Conference on Jewish Genealogy
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This presentation will address the origins of the crypto-Jews of New Mexico from the Jewish communities of Spain and Portugal, through the forced conversions of the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries, to their migration to the New World in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. The talk will descr

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41. The Sephardim of Izmir and the Isle of Rhodes
    by Leon Taranto
    Recorded 8/1/2003 at 23rd Annual International Association of Jewish Genealogy Societies (IAJGS) Conference on Jewish Genealogy
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From the early 1600’s a vibrant Sephardi community thrived in Smyrna (Izmir) under the rule of the Ottoman Sultans, and on the nearby isle of Rhodes since the Turkish conquest of 1522. Jewish settlements in southwest Turkey date back over 2,000 years - to Roman times. The closely tied communities o

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42. Traditions and Resources for Jewish Genealogy
    by Nancy Levin Arbeiter
    Recorded 5/28/2003 at National Genealogical Society Conference in the States Pittsburgh Moving a Nation Westward
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This talk will cover Jewish traditions and their effects on genealogical research; gazetteers that can help you locate your family's "shtetl"; special interest groups; JewishGen; and other resources for Jewish genealogy.

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43. Understanding the “Jewish” in Jewish Genealogy: The Influence of Jewish Religion and Culture
    by Jonina Duker
    Recorded 8/1/2003 at 23rd Annual International Association of Jewish Genealogy Societies (IAJGS) Conference on Jewish Genealogy
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This lecture is intended for beginners with little or no Jewish background -- those new to Judaism and new to genealogy. Judaism before a few generations ago was an entire way of life for our ancestors. Judaism was an all-encompassing civilization that defined our ancestors’ notion of culture and n

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44. What Academic and Research Libraries Offer for Jewish Genealogists
    by Peggy Pearlstern
    Recorded 8/1/2003 at 23rd Annual International Association of Jewish Genealogy Societies (IAJGS) Conference on Jewish Genealogy
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David Hirsch, Jewish and Middle East Bibliographer at the Charles E. Young Research Library at the University of Southern California Library in Los Angeles, and Anne-Marie Belinfante, Specialist and Hebrew cataloger in the Dorot Jewish Division of the New York Public Library in New York City, discus

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45. What Academic and Research Libraries Offer for Jewish Genealogists
    by Peggy Pearlstein
    Recorded 8/1/2003 at 23rd Annual International Association of Jewish Genealogy Societies (IAJGS) Conference on Jewish Genealogy
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46. What is Different About Jewish Genealogy
    by GARY MOKOTOFF
    Recorded 5/16/2001 at 2001 NGS Conference in the States
    Abstract

If you are researching Jewish ancestors, the IGI or Ancestral File won't help you much. This lecture will cover those aspects of Jewish-American genealogical research that make it different from American genealogy.

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47. What Is Different about Jewish Genealogy?
    by Gary Mokotoff
    Recorded 5/15/2002 at 2002 NGS Conference in the States
    Abstract

If you are researching Jewish ancestors, the IGI of Ancestral File won't help you much. This lecture will cover those aspects of Jewish-American genealogical research that make it different.

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48. Yizkor Books: From Memorials to Invaluable Documentation of the History of the Destroyed Jewish Communities of Eastern Europe
    by Michlean J. Amir
    Recorded 8/1/2003 at 23rd Annual International Association of Jewish Genealogy Societies (IAJGS) Conference on Jewish Genealogy
    Abstract

The purpose of this presentation is to define and evaluate Yizkor Books as sources of information for the study of Jewish history and genealogy. The presentation will cover what materials are included in these books; in what languages they were written; when, where, by who were they published and in

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