“Tracing Our Roots, Telling Our Stories”, published 2011, Jewish Genealogical Society of Canada (Toronto)
“Tracing Our Roots, Telling More Stories”, published 2025, Jewish Genealogical Society of Toronto
For over forty years – since March 1985 – the members of the Jewish Genealogical Society of Toronto have been gathering to share stories and to assist one another in discovering their own family histories. Along the way, they have shared research techniques, discovered sources of information, and have documented their Jewish family histories that contribute to the worldwide collection of Jewish genealogical data.
In 2011, on the occasion of our Society’s 25th anniversary, forty-four of our members shared stories of family, migration, found cousins, loss and discovery, and life in the old country and in our new country, Canada. While the book is now out of print, a copy is available in our Library collection at the Toronto Reference Library and copies are also available for loan at the Toronto Public Library. Read a blog post by Shelly Sanders reviewing the book.
In 2025, we celebrated our fortieth anniversary and we were pleased to share more accounts from our members of the results of their family history research: Tracing Our Roots, Telling More Stories. Thirty-six authors have shared personal stories that will hopefully inspire each of us to trace our own roots and tell our own stories.
Copies of Tracing Our Roots, Telling More Stories are available for purchase for $40 each. The books can be picked up at a future JGS Toronto in-person event or can be shipped to you (additional charges apply).
