Past Presentations and Workshops

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

https://jgstoronto-my.sharepoint.com/:v:/g/personal/docs_jgstoronto_onmicrosoft_com/Eatg7n57K_5GgDlD6s7AfJwBr4vowM_w9bY1YXbM91nrZQ?e=LVXXAV

https://drive.google.com/file/d/11s7w04YNpoe_rmUbNJ6dY8LoYT3V3n9M/view?usp=drivesdk

Daniel Horowitz provides tips and tricks on how to plan a roots trip across Europe from the very beginning to the smallest details about hotels, transportation, archives and more. https://youtu.be/kOOK0RCBjtw

Cemeteries are a great source of genealogical information.  Be prepared to make the most of your visit, no matter if it’s for your personal research or if your group is planning an indexing project. https://youtu.be/Hx5G-m7Zvqc  

Jerry Scherer: Born in Siberia and the son of Holocaust survivors, Jerry always wondered about his parents’ experience during the War and upon their arrival to Canada.  He was able to get permission to view the video testimony of forced labour survivors’.  He also researched JIAS records such as the […]