Past Presentations and Workshops

This presentation by way of Zoom was held on Sunday January 31st.  This was presented by Nancy Trimble of Ontario Ancestors (formerly the Ontario Genealogical Society).  Click here to see the presentation.  Click here to see Nancy’s handout.

Steve Brock delivered a lecture on how to make use of the information on gravestones (matzevahs) in your genealogical studies.  Here is the link to the presentation https://drive.google.com/file/d/1YyrrnAienl9kV80uk40u52ORACd6YGkJ/view?usp=sharing. Here is the link to Steve Brock’s handout.

Here is the link to the Poland SIG Meeting held on Dec. 6, 2020 https://drive.google.com/file/d/1TLMYA34VN2_xVSv6q8QUvzVSCFh7reYS/view?usp=sharing

Stanley Diamond, a view of JRI Poland.  This was a presentation made on Dec. 3rd 2020.  https://drive.google.com/file/d/1bgLsCCYb3L_EIn70Ewhg46O-AqwXeGLC/view?usp=drivesdk  

To see the replay of the Ukraine Special Interest Group meeting led by Marla Waltman click here.  Marla’s slides on new sources of Ukrainian research can be accessed through this link https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Ty2aMBxTm8PITZ_9OQ0wszh5Hon6AtL9/view?usp=sharing

Click here to view this presentation held on Nov. 26, 2020 presented by Harry Bolner who reviews his Roots trip to Northern Romania and Moldova.

Stanley Diamond delivered a presentation on What’s New in JRI Poland on Wednesday Nov. 4, 2020.

This is a review by Ellin Bessner, the author of the book Double Threat.  This book is the history of Canadian Jews, The Military, and World War 2. https://drive.google.com/file/d/1PdGyyIROiopncheJuAtgfpBHFEJmO763/view?usp=sharing

This is an audio file of the general meeting on Jan. 26, 2020.  Panelists were: Ruth Chernia (Reunion), Bob Herman (Brother’s Keeper), Rolf Lederer (MyHeritage), Janet-Lee Napa’s (Geni) and Sharon Singer (Family Tree Maker). https://drive.google.com/file/d/1mqwiUvPLOKrOKQoNiUGzY2LIXJOwA6Ho/view?usp=drivesdk