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SUMMARY:DNA SPECIAL INTEREST GROUP (SIG) Q&A WORKSHOP
DESCRIPTION:DNA SPECIAL INTEREST GROUP (SIG)\nQ&A WORKSHOP \nFeaturing our JGS Toronto members\,\nGil Bardige and Arthur Sissman \n  \nSunday\, 9 June 2024 at 10:30 am. ET \nVIRTUAL MEETING: Join from Home\nVirtual doors open at 10:20 a.m. ET \nAll are invited to participate in the second segment of our 4-part DNA Q&A Special Interest Group (SIG) meeting! Our DNA experts will commence the session with a brief educational presentation covering the basics of DNA or strategies for interpreting test results. \nHere’s your chance to send in your DNA-related inquiries to our experts\, who are here to aid your research. When you submit your questions\, there might be a request for consent to potentially share your screen\, DNA match names\, and family tree members. This sharing enables others to learn from the techniques used by our experts. Please be sure to include comprehensive details with your question\, highlighting your previous research. You’ll find the questionnaire form available on the registration page – please send your submissions before 14 January. This deadline ensures that our mavens can contact you for any extra information\, if required. \n\nGil Bardige\, originally from Chicago\, has been a genealogist for over 40 years and a genetic genealogist since 2007.  He has tested at the 4 major testing companies and is the Co-Administrator of 3 projects at FTDNA including Jewish R1B and R-A11711 Subclade Projects.  He is Chair of the Columbus Ohio JGS\, a volunteer at IAJGS Conferences (including the Program Committee)\, and Director of the Mentoring Program.  Gil is a firm believer that you can use DNA results as a tool in your genealogy research.  Over the last five years\, he has regularly helped people navigate their DNA matches by speaking at dozens of Jewish genealogical societies. After his presentations\, people say: “Thank you\, Gil\, I am no longer confused!”\nArthur Sissman\,from Naples FL\, has been engaged in family history genealogy since 1999 and genetic genealogy (DNA) since 2015. Arthur has built over 60 family history trees for his various family surname lines. In addition\, he has tested his autosomal DNA at all the major DNA testing companies\, and his Y-DNA and MtDNA at FamilyTreeDNA.  Using his 3 Legged Stool Protocol – focusing on Surname\, Place and DNA\, Arthur has found relatives previously unknown to him and has built a current tree out to 1500 people\, from Galicia/Romania\, with over 50+ DNA matches across all branches. For information on Arthur’s Jewish Genealogy SIG monthly meetings and scheduled workshops\, email genresearch13@yahoo.com.\n\nTo register for the DNA SIG event \, please go to jgstoronto.ca/register. The questionnaire form can be found below the registration link. \nYou will then receive an immediate acknowledgement plus the link to access the event. \n\n\n\nFAQ for this program\n\n\nWho may register for this program?\nPublic\n\n\nIs it being recorded?\nYes\n\n\nIs the recording available to members\nYes\n\n\nIs the recording available to non-members\nNo\n\n\n\n 
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SUMMARY:Board Meeting
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URL:https://jgstoronto.ca/event/board-meeting-13/
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SUMMARY:Brick Walls  and Breakthroughs
DESCRIPTION:  \nBRICK WALLS AND BREAKTHROUGHS  \nZOOM Meeting \nWednesday\, 19 June 2024\, at 7:30 p.m. \nSteven Brock has traced his roots in Russia and Poland to the late 1700s. He has been a member of Montreal and Hamilton JGS and now\, Toronto. Steven has also been involved in various projects and is an avid researcher and genealogist. \nDiscovering My Elusive Family — from Poland to France to Canada In 2012\, by sheer luck\, Steven was contacted by a long-lost cousin. He was then able to re-establish common roots and to add dozens of family members to the family tree. \nSharon Fingold was born and raised in California\, where she still resides. She became interested in genealogy when she was introduced to relatives during her college years in the East. She met more of them in Toronto and joined JGS Toronto. Sharon has been researching her roots for the past 40 years.  \nFeingolds\, Fingolds\, Morrises\, and Taratutas: Who came first? What was the common connection? How did we end up in Toronto in the 1920s and 1930s? The presentation will show how interviews\, records\, and Ancestry data helped the family to answer these questions. \nJerry Scherer is a Vice President of our Society.  A retired teacher\, he is an active and knowledgeable genealogist.  Jerry will demonstrate how AI solved two challenging photo genealogy puzzles and uncovered the names of three relatives who fought for the Soviet Army in Operation Barbarossa. \nHenry Wellisch is the honourary president of JGS Toronto. He was born in Vienna\, escaped from there and ended up as a prisoner in Mauritius. After liberation\, Henry moved to Israel and eventually to Canada. \nRecently\, through a friend and his brother\, Henry was reunited with a former co-prisoner from Mauritius. Their story is the focus of Henry’s presentation.
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SUMMARY:Writers’ Workshop
DESCRIPTION:Lil Blume will be conducting a writing workshop for members who wish to hone their skills in telling their family story.  Lil has held a number of workshops for our members over the years and greatly helped those that wished to contribute to our award winning book “Tracing our Roots; Telling Our Stories”. \nThe Jewish Genealogy Society of Toronto is celebrating its 40th Anniversary and we are encouraging members who wish to share a particularly interesting story about a family member or event in their history that may be published in the 2nd edition of Tracing Our Roots. \nEmail Les Kelman\, lkelman@jgstoronto.ca  if you plan to attend.  All members are welcome. \n  \nPlace: Sharrei Shomayim Congregation \nDate: June 23rd \nTime: 10:00 am
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LOCATION:Shaarei Shomayim Congregation\, 470 Glencairn Ave.\, Toronto\, Ontario\, M5N 1V8\, Canada
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