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  • JGST Virtual Event: “Is it Genealogy or Bobeh Meises” (tales of your grandmother or “Old Wives Tales”)

    Speaker: Michael Goldstein Michael specializes in North American, Eastern European, Israeli, and Holocaust research. He is a past-president of the IAJGS and of the Israel Genealogical Society. Michael chaired the 2015 IAJGS International Conference on Jewish Genealogy held in Jerusalem. He has made presentations at numerous JGS societies and IAJGS […]

  • JGST Virtual Event: Using Artifacts to Make Connections with Families

    Tentative Date: April 24, 2022 Speaker: David Matlow https://www.thestar.com/life/2021/05/26/toronto-collector-of-theodor-herzl-artifacts-aims-to-reunite-families-with-their-documents-and-heirlooms.html Register: front page, https://jgstoronto.ca

  • Collecting the Dream “Including Tales of Using Memorabilia to Enhance Your Research”

    Hybrid MEETING: Participate in person at Sha’arei Shomayim or OR View from home Sunday, 24 April 2022, 10:30 AM David Matlow owns the world’s largest private collection of Theodor Herzl memorabilia. Through his website and weekly Canadian Jewish News online column, David uses his collection to inform people about the […]

  • JGS Toronto – Special Interest Group – DNA

    Gil Bardige and Arthur Sissman (both recognized as experts in Jewish DNA) are two new members of JGS Toronto who will host this Q & A.  Open this link for the details.  This is a virtual event that will be open to members as well as non-members.   Participants will be […]

  • JGST Virtual Event – Comparing the Genealogy Giants

    Comparing the Genealogy Giants  Ancestry.com, FamilySearch.org,  Findmypast.com, and MyHeritage.com  Speaker: Sunny Morton  Wednesday, 1 June 2022, 7:00 pm  Go to https://jgstoronto.ca to Register Participate from Home on Zoom Open this link to see the full description of this event

  • JGST Virtual Event – Brick Walls and Breakthroughs

    Every year in June JGS Toronto invites 4 members to share their breakthroughs. BRICK WALLS AND BREAKTHROUGHS Wednesday, June 22, 2022 at 7:30 pm Kenneth Golish, a lawyer, Bathurst Manor raised, lives with his family in Windsor.  He has been working on his family tree for over twenty years. Kenneth […]

  • JGS Toronto – Annual General Meeting – Virtual Only

    We encourage our Members to be sure to attend our Annual General Meeting as a new Board will be elected.  This is a very important event as our executive and volunteers plan our programming, prepare our workshops and seminars, assist our newbies in getting started.  As members of JGS Toronto […]