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SUMMARY:JGS Board Meeting
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URL:https://practice.jgstoronto.ca/event/jgs-board-meeting-9/
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SUMMARY:JGS Board Meeting
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SUMMARY:JGS Board Meeting
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SUMMARY:JGS Board Meeting
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URL:https://practice.jgstoronto.ca/event/jgs-board-meeting-6/
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SUMMARY:JGS Event - Preserving the Past\, Protecting the Future:  Who Will Inherit My Family History Research?
DESCRIPTION:This is a JGS Toronto virtual event.  5 panelists will outline their strategies for passing down while ensuring the  preservation of their family research.  Go to this link to see the detailed description of this timely event.  https://docs.google.com/document/d/1scnFvIibkZzCllZO2GrLKv7e_HB8fc3x/edit?usp=sharing&ouid=115643481973909166856&rtpof=true&sd=true. The event starts at 10:30 am on Sunday Jan. 30th\, 2022.  Virtual doors open at 10:20 am.  Go to the front page of the JGS website to Register for Programs.
URL:https://practice.jgstoronto.ca/event/jgs-event-preserving-the-past-protecting-the-future-who-will-inherit-my-family-history-research/
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SUMMARY:JGS Board Meeting
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URL:https://practice.jgstoronto.ca/event/jgs-board-meeting-5/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20220110T193000
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SUMMARY:JGS Board Meeting
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URL:https://practice.jgstoronto.ca/event/jgs-board-meeting-4/
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SUMMARY:JGS Event - How Do You Want to be Remembered?
DESCRIPTION:How Do You Want to Be Remembered? \n  \nLesley Simpson PhD \n  \nWednesday\, 15 December 2021\, at 7.30 p.m. \n  \nVIRTUAL MEETING: Join from Home \n  \n  \n“Remember the days of old\, consider the years of many generations.” This text from Deuteronomy is on the home page of JGSToronto. The quotation is from Deuteronomy chapter 32 verse 7. What does it mean to “remember the days of old”? And what does it mean to “consider the years of many generations”? Within Jewish civilizations\, we have a tool for such familial remembrance called an ethical will. Lesley Simpson’s research explores these ethical wills as modes of non-material familial legacy and Jewish memory. She will be providing an introduction to these extraordinary letters\, what they are\, and why people write them. In addition she can answer questions for any JGS members who may want to write their own ethical wills for their children or grandchildren. \n  \n  \nLesley Simpson is a former Canadian journalist who worked as a staff reporter for Canadian daily newspapers and CBC radio. She recently defended her PhD thesis on Jewish ethical wills. While doing her research\, she created customized writing workshops for people who wanted to write their own ethical wills. She is working on a non-academic book tentatively titled My Grandfather’s Scissors. In her other writing life\, Simpson writes Jewish children’s books (lesleysimpson.ca). \n  \n  \nTo register\, please go to jgstoronto.ca/register \n  \nYou will then receive an immediate acknowledgement plus the link to access the event on 15 December. \n  \n  \ninfo@jgstoronto.ca      www.jgstoronto.ca \nTel 647-247-6414        twitter: jgsoftoronto \nfacebook: Jewish Genealogical Society of Toronto \n  \n  \n 
URL:https://practice.jgstoronto.ca/event/jgs-event-how-do-you-wish-to-be-remembered/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20211213T193000
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SUMMARY:JGS Board Meeting
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URL:https://practice.jgstoronto.ca/event/jgs-board-meeting-3/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20211128T103000
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SUMMARY:LITHUANIA-LATVIA-BELARUS SPECIAL INTEREST GROUP (SIG) EVENT
DESCRIPTION:GET THE MOST OUT OF RESEARCHING OUR FAMILIES IN LITHUANIA  \nWITH GARRI REGEV\, DIRECT FROM ISRAEL \nDiscover new databases\, sources and methods for Lithuanian research. \nGarri Regev has lived in Israel since 1978 and has been doing genealogical research for over 25 years.  She has taught seminars\, webinars and courses in genealogy to a variety of adult and teen groups. In addition\, she has spoken at twelve IAJGS Conferences and was involved in programming and running the 2015 IAJGS Conference in Jerusalem. Garri is a founding member and President of IGRA (Israel Genealogy Research Association). Garri currently volunteers at the Genealogy Center at the National Library of Israel and the Central Zionist Archives and serves as a Vice-President of LitvakSIG. \nRegister at www.jgstoronto.ca/register
URL:https://practice.jgstoronto.ca/event/lithuania-latvia-belarus-special-interest-group-sig-event/
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SUMMARY:JGS Virtual Event - "How Best to Use the Databases of the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum"
DESCRIPTION:  \nHow Best to Use the Databases of the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum (USHMM) \n  \nPresented by Megan Lewis\, Reference Librarian\, USHMM \n  \nSunday\, 21 November\, 2021 at 10:30 a.m. \n  \nVIRTUAL MEETING: Join from Home \n  \nMegan Lewis will speak about the multiple resources available online in Holocaust Survivors and Victims Database of the USHMM website. Genealogists can learn about a variety of collections made available by the divisions of the Museum’s Library and Archives to assist members with their family history research. \n  \nSince 1998\, Megan Lewis has served in different roles at the USHMM. Her expertise and familiarity with the Museum’s resources has been much in demand. She has spoken at many genealogy conferences\, meetings and programmes.  Lewis has earned a BA in History and a Master’s of Library Science from the University of Maryland.  In addition\, she holds a post graduate certificate in Curation and Management of Digital Assets. \nMegan Lewis  \nReference Librarian \nNational Institute for Holocaust Documentation \nUnited States Holocaust Memorial Museum \n  \n  \nPlease register at www.jgstoronto.ca/register. \n  \ninfo@jgstoronto.ca            www.jgstoronto.ca \nTel 647-247-6414  twitter: jgsoftoronto \n                                         facebook: Jewish Genealogical Society of Toronto
URL:https://practice.jgstoronto.ca/event/jgs-event-how-best-to-use-the-databases-of-the-united-states-holocaust-memorial-museum/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20211108T193000
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SUMMARY:JGS Board Meeting
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URL:https://practice.jgstoronto.ca/event/jgs-board-meeting-2/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20211027T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20211027T210000
DTSTAMP:20260606T092532
CREATED:20210915T185742Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210915T190509Z
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SUMMARY:JGS Virtual Event: Jacob and the Mandolin Adventure - Jewish Orphans from Poland to Ontario
DESCRIPTION:https://docs.google.com/document/d/1QZN2qTcfeqFVn8QEUXA8FadZUNThMQDl/edit?usp=sharing&ouid=115643481973909166856&rtpof=true&sd=true \nJGS member\, Anne Dublin discusses Jewish orphans from Poland to Ontario. This is a JGS event that is open to all viewers.  Please register by following the tab on the JGS website homepage.
URL:https://practice.jgstoronto.ca/event/jgs-virtual-event-jacob-and-the-mandolin-adventure-jewish-orphans-from-poland-to-ontario/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20211025T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20211025T220000
DTSTAMP:20260606T092532
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SUMMARY:UKRAINE SIG VIRTUAL EVENT Jewish Life in Ukraine: A selected history from 800 to 1914
DESCRIPTION:Speaker: Marla Waltman\nMonday\, 25 October at 7:30 p.m. \nThe JGS Toronto Ukraine Special Interest Group (SIG) provides an opportunity for members and registered guests to focus on subjects of interest for those with ancestors from Ukraine. \nThis presentation\, “Jewish Life in Ukraine: A selected history from 800 to 1914”\, will provide an introduction to the history of Ukraine as it pertains to Jewish settlement\, from early recorded records\, through the years of the Polish Lithuanian Commonwealth and the Russian Empire\, to 1914 and the start of the First World War. Given the length of the period covered\, the presentation will examine the major political events and economic realities that had an impact on Jews and their neighbours. Its emphasis will be on the lands now part of modern Ukraine that were annexed by Catherine II (known as Catherine the Great by Russians) for the Russian Empire in 1772\, and known as the Pale of Settlement. \nMarla Waltman\, a former President of JGS Toronto and current Board member\, was born in Toronto. Her paternal grandparents emigrated to Canada from Ukraine in the 1920s following other family members who arrived as early as 1905. Marla received a B.A. in History and Anthropology from York University and an M.A. in History from Queen’s University. Over a 32 year career\, she worked in Ottawa as an archivist at Library and Archives Canada\, policy advisor on heritage institutions and the Canadian music industry at Canadian Heritage\, policy chief at the Canadian Literacy Secretariat\, and Chief of the Culture Statistics Program at Statistics Canada. Her passion is genealogical research and sharing what she has learned with others. \nTo register\, please go to jgstoronto.ca/register \nThe SIG meeting is open to members and\, as a special gesture\, to the public.\nThis presentation will be recorded. It will be available only to JGS Toronto members in the “Members” section of the Society website\, a few days after the event. \nAs the Ukraine SIG is always looking for topics of interest to genealogists with Ukrainian roots\, members are encouraged to propose topics\, and/or give a presentation on a topic of interest to those with an interest in Ukraine. Please contact Marla Waltman with proposed topics for future meetings: mwaltman@jgstoronto.ca.
URL:https://practice.jgstoronto.ca/event/ukraine-sig-virtual-event-jewish-life-in-ukraine-a-selected-history-from-800-to-1914/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20211019T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20211019T220000
DTSTAMP:20260606T092532
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SUMMARY:DNA Sig   The Avotaynu DNA  Project: The Genetic Origins and Migrations of the Jewish People
DESCRIPTION:The Avotaynu DNA  Project: The Genetic Origins and Migrations of the Jewish People \nSpeaker:  Adam Brown\nTuesday\, 19 October at 7:30 pm ET \nUnder the auspices of the Technion (Israel’s MIT)\, the Avotaynu DNA Project is a landmark scientific study that has tested over a thousand men in far-flung Jewish communities from China to Surinam. Project Administrator Adam Brown will describe what the Project has learned thus far about Jewish origins\, as well as the latest discoveries about our migrations during the last 3\,000 years of Jewish history.\nAdam Brown\, Director of the AvotaynuDNA Project\, is the Managing Editor of  AvotaynuOnline.com. He was the co-chair of the 2017 IAJGS international summer conference on Jewish genealogy.  He speaks frequently on topics pertaining to DNA\, Jewish history\, and the application of technology to genealogical pursuits.\nThe Avotaynu DNA Project is a collaboration of experienced Jewish DNA project administrators\, historians and geneticists worldwide to develop an online knowledge base that will enable genealogists to discovery the history of their own families and at the same time allow historians and demographers to illuminate the history of the Jewish People. \nIf you have tested at FTDNA\, join the project by logging in at www.JewishDNA.org and identify yourself as a member of JGS Toronto so Adam can be prepared to answer any particular questions you may have during Q & A.\nThe project currently has DNA from thousands of participants from around the globe in its database. Their aim has been to describe the origins and migrations of the world’s Jewish populations since the founding of the Jewish People approximately 3\,000 years ago. \nJoin us on to hear Adam describe and present his findings on the history of our heritage using the tools of the Avotaynu project. \nRegister at jgstoronto.ca/register \nThe SIG meeting is open to members and\, as a special gesture\, to the public.\nThis presentation will be recorded. It will be available only to JGS Toronto members in the “Members” section of the Society website\, a few days after the event.
URL:https://practice.jgstoronto.ca/event/dna-sig-2/
LOCATION:Online\, Canada
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20211011T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20211011T210000
DTSTAMP:20260606T092532
CREATED:20211005T190515Z
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SUMMARY:JGS Board Meeting
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URL:https://practice.jgstoronto.ca/event/jgs-board-meeting/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20210919T103000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20210919T120000
DTSTAMP:20260606T092532
CREATED:20210716T153237Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210728T130310Z
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SUMMARY:JGS Event - David Price
DESCRIPTION:Click on this link for the details of David Price’s presentation
URL:https://practice.jgstoronto.ca/event/jgs-event-david-price/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20210714T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20210714T210000
DTSTAMP:20260606T092532
CREATED:20210627T232634Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210703T171111Z
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SUMMARY:JGS Event - Prague\, Budapest\, and Vienna
DESCRIPTION:Prague\, Budapest\, and Vienna: History and Jewish Research.  This is a Zoom Virtual Event.  Our speaker will be Henry Wellisch who was born in Vienna and survived the War.  Hernry\, is President Emeritus of JGS Toronto and is a well known speaker on Central European Jewish History. \n  \nVIRTUAL MEETING: Join from Home \n  \nWednesday\, 14 July 2021\, at 7:30 p.m. \n  \nThese three cities were\, before World War I\, part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. During the 19th century\, thousands of Jews moved to these cities from the provinces to look for a better life. Once there\, they became an important part of their new homes; some became leaders of society and distinguished themselves in the fields of science\, literature\, medicine\, theatre\, politics\, etc. \n  \nThe presentation will cover a period of several hundred years until World War I. For those who had relatives who may have resided there\, Henry has prepared a register of research materials. These will be found on the website of the JGS Toronto and will consist of searchable birth\, marriage\, death records; and cemetery records\, city directories and others. Also provided is an extensive list of books on the history of these communities. \n  \nHenry Wellisch was born in Vienna and escaped from there in 1940. He spent the war years in a British Internment camp on the island of Mauritius and in 1944 volunteered for the Jewish Brigade. In 1948 he joined the Israeli army and participated in the War of Independence. \n  \nOver 25 years ago\, he began to investigate his family background\, concentrating his research on the Austro-Hungarian Empire\, and was able to trace his family back into the middle of the 18th century. He has published numerous articles on Jewish family research\, has lectured on various genealogical subjects\, and was president of the Jewish Genealogical Society of Toronto from 1993 to 1998. \n  \nTo register\, please go to ……… \n  \nYou will then receive an immediate acknowledgement plus the link to access the event on 14 July. \n  \nThe presentation will be recorded. It will be available to JGS Toronto members in the “Members Only” section of the Society website\, a few days after the event. It will also be available to non-member registrants for one week after the event \n  \n  \ninfo@jgstoronto.ca      www.jgstoronto.ca    Tel: 647-247-6414 \ntwitter: jgsoftoronto                                     facebook: Jewish Genealogical Society of Toronto \n 
URL:https://practice.jgstoronto.ca/event/jgs-event-prague-budapest-and-vienna/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20210616T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20210616T210000
DTSTAMP:20260606T092532
CREATED:20210125T194010Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210614T185627Z
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SUMMARY:JGS Toronto Event - Break Throughs and Brick Walls
DESCRIPTION:Kenneth Golish raises the question: “Why Did My Grandfather Return to Poland After Settling in America”?  Before his father’s death\, Kenneth heard the story of his grandfather’s return to the Kielce area of Poland.  Never knowing the real reason behind the return\, he spent several years researching this question until the truth was finally revealed. \nKenneth is the son of Holocaust survivors\, Chaim and Miriam\, who emigrated to the Bathurst Manor neighbourhood in Toronto.  He has been working on his family tree for over twenty years.  Kenneth is a lawyer who lives in Windsor with his family. \nHoward Goldstein presents “From Silver to Slapak”\, a very recent discovery that was forty years in the making. One document finally pulled all of the pieces together\, providing evidence of the original surname\, the town of origin and connections to family in Montreal and Massachusetts. \nHoward is a third generation Montrealer who began his research in 2013 in the areas of Ukraine\, Belarus and Romania.  He serves both as Secretary of the JGS Hamilton and Co-ordinator of the JGS Toronto Cemetery Project. \nMarla Waltman shares “A Twenty Year Question Mark Resolved”\, a major breakthrough on her maternal line\, the Organik-Organkiewicz-Organ family from small towns in the Kielce-Radom region of Poland.  Marla recently discovered a DNA link that could not be connected with the necessary paper trail. After working on her family tree for decades she has now found proof that led her to discover a large maternal branch in the USA. \nMarla is an active researcher and writer who has served on the Executive Committee and the Board of JGS Toronto.  She has also served as President of our Society. \nHenry Blumberg tells the story\, “The “Elusive” Crazy Uncle”\, a deep dive into a rabbit hole\, taking five years to emerge and discover the true relationship. \nHenry is a barrister in Toronto and has been an avid genealogist searching and connecting with family all over Europe\, America\, the UK and South Africa.  He has presented at a dozen conference and JGS meetings.  Henry is a Board member of JGS Toronto and has served as convener of the international Latvia SIG for three terms. \nTo register\, please go to jgstoronto.ca/register \nPlease keep the acknowledgement email when you receive it as it contains your personalized link to join the Zoom meeting.
URL:https://practice.jgstoronto.ca/event/jgs-toronto-event-break-throughs-and-brick-walls-2/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20210602T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20210602T213000
DTSTAMP:20260606T092532
CREATED:20210529T001032Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210529T001032Z
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SUMMARY:Annual General Meeting
DESCRIPTION:Virtual Event
URL:https://practice.jgstoronto.ca/event/annual-general-meeting-2/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20210526T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20210526T210000
DTSTAMP:20260606T092532
CREATED:20210125T193643Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210508T143855Z
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SUMMARY:JGS Toronto Event - Sharing Data on Genealogical Websites: Uses and Abuses; Risks and Rewards
DESCRIPTION:This is a virtual Zoom event presented by JGS Toronto.  Henry Blumberg who sits on the Board of Directors is the featured speaker. \nSharing Data on Genealogical Websites \n Uses and Abuses \nSpeaker: Henry Blumberg \nVIRTUAL MEETING: Join from Home \nWednesday\, 26 May 2021\, at 7:30 p.m. \n  \nIn an age of burgeoning technology\, genealogists have concerns that relate to genealogy websites\, their uses and possible abuses. These include issues of privacy\, user agreements\, facial recognition\, data mining\, ownership of data\, sharing DNA information with testing companies\, surveillance capitalism\, and genealogical manipulation and fraud. \n  \nHenry Blumberg is a barrister in Toronto. He is on the Board of JGS Toronto\, has served three terms as convener of the Latvia SIG\, and two terms on the Board of Governors of JewishGen. He has presented at twelve IAJGS conferences and was a speaker in Riga at the “Names and Fates Project” in June 2008\, as well as at International Conferences on “Jews in a Changing World” in 2011 and in 2014. \nTo attend this event go to the Register for Programs button on our home page.
URL:https://practice.jgstoronto.ca/event/jgs-toronto-event-sharing-data-on-genealogical-websites-uses-and-abuses-risks-and-rewards/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20210520T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20210520T210000
DTSTAMP:20260606T092532
CREATED:20210503T130122Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210503T130122Z
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SUMMARY:JGS Event - Poland Special Interest Group
DESCRIPTION:POLAND SPECIAL INTEREST GROUP (SIG) MEETING \nWITH DAVID PRICE \nTHURSDAY\, 20 MAY AT 7:30 p.m. \nDavid Price writes: \nSuppose from age 15 you survived five years in a half dozen concentration camps and you came out thinking all your family was murdered. You have trouble even remembering what your parents looked like.  If only you had a photo… \nChaim Prajs died a few years ago at age 90\, never having found a living relative or even a photo. Two years after he died\, his son\, Chaim\, e-mailed Judy Golan\, who he found on JewishGen to be another PRAJS of Kielce\, Poland. Judy said there were two unrelated PRAJS families from Kielce. She did not recognize Chaim’s family. By chance\, Judy was a JRI-Poland volunteer working on a Kielce project with the other PRAJS of Kielce\, namely me\, David Price. She passed along Chaim’s e-mail to me. I recognized every name and I had photos! \nNote: the JGS SIGs are restricted to members only.  This meeting will be conducted through Zoom.  An email with a link will be available in the coming days.
URL:https://practice.jgstoronto.ca/event/jgs-event-poland-special-interest-group/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20210513T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20210513T210000
DTSTAMP:20260606T092532
CREATED:20210430T134914Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210430T134914Z
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SUMMARY:JGS Event - DNA Special Interest Group
DESCRIPTION:This is a JGS event for members only.  Jerry Scherer will be presenting “DNA a Refresher” by way of Zoom. \n  \nBegins at 7:30 pm
URL:https://practice.jgstoronto.ca/event/jgs-event-dna-special-interest-group/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20210428T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20210428T210000
DTSTAMP:20260606T092532
CREATED:20210125T193249Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210413T122606Z
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SUMMARY:JGS Event - Exploring City Directories
DESCRIPTION:This is a JGS virtual Zoom event. \nEXPLORING CITY DIRECTORIES \nA Family Tree Magazine Webinar \nFollowed by Questions and Answers \nwith Sunny Jane Morton \n\nVIRTUAL MEETING: View from home \n\nWednesday\, 28 April 2021\, 7:30 p.m. \nEXPLORING CITY DIRECTORIES \nA Family Tree Magazine Webinar \n  \nFollowed by Questions and Answers \nwith Sunny Jane Morton \nVIRTUAL MEETING: View from home \nWednesday\, 28 April 2021\, 7:30 p.m. \n  \nSunny Jane Morton is a contributing editor at Family Tree Magazine\, contributing editor at YourDNAGuide.com\, editor of Ohio Genealogy News and a blogger for FamilySearch.org. \n  \nCity directories are indispensable locating tools for genealogists\, but they go far beyond connecting an ancestor to a certain place in time. They lead to a multitude of sources\, contain information of genealogical value beyond the individual listings\, and present a fuller picture of our ancestors’ lives. \n  \nAlthough the webinar is focused on U.S. city directories\, many of the same principles apply in Canada. A PDF with links to major online Canadian city directories will be made available to all attendees. \n  \n  \nTo register\, please go to the link on the Home Page \n  \n  \nPlease keep the acknowledgement email when you receive it as it contains your personalized link to join the Zoom meeting.
URL:https://practice.jgstoronto.ca/event/jgs-event-exploring-city-directories/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20210321T103000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20210321T120000
DTSTAMP:20260606T092532
CREATED:20210125T192638Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210222T000652Z
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SUMMARY:JGS Event - Hungarian Jewry: History\, Holocaust and Genealogy
DESCRIPTION:“Genealogical Resources for Researching Hungarian Jews” \n  \nHungarian Jewry: History\, Holocaust\, and Genealogy\n\nSpeaker: Karesz Vandor  \n\nVIRTUAL MEETING: View from home  \n\nSunday\, 21 March 2021\nat 10:30 a.m. \nKaresz Vandor’s presentation will include: \n• A short history of Hungary Including maps\, border changes\, and the Holocaust timeline.\n• How to do genealogy research in Hungarian-related areas such ascurrent day Slovakia\, the Transylvanian part of Romania\, Northern Serbia\, Subcarpathian Ukraine\, Burgenland Austria\, and Hungary proper.\nKaresz Vandor is a professional Jewish Hungarian historian and genealogist. Karesz lives in Budapest where he has been researching and running Jewish Heritage tours for nearly 20 years. His work often includes threading clients’ genealogical research into their tours; guiding them through historical landmarks related to their families; and\, for some\,taking them to the site of their family’s roots including relevant towns and cemeteries. As a genealogist he has been commissioned to research family origins for the descendants of Hungarians whose ancestorsmigrated around the world.   \nTo register\, please go to  \n\n\nPlease keep the acknowledgement email when you receive it as it contains your personalized link to join the Zoom meeting.  
URL:https://practice.jgstoronto.ca/event/jgs-event-the-holocaust-in-hungary-75-years-later/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20210228T103000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20210228T120000
DTSTAMP:20260606T092532
CREATED:20210125T191516Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210131T122807Z
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SUMMARY:JGS Event -- Identify Unnamed Ancestors for Genealogical Research
DESCRIPTION:This is a Zoom event presented by JGS Toronto. \nUsing Facial Recognition Tools to Identify\nUnnamed Ancestors for Genealogical Research \nSpeaker: Scott Genzer \nVIRTUAL MEETING: Join from Home \nSunday\, 28 February 2021\, at 10:30 a.m. \nPhotographs have always been a genealogical challenge because\, unlike more conventional sources such as vital records\, they do not impart clear data. Most often we simply attach the pictures to our trees and then leave them there. However in early 2019 Genzer developed a new technique that shows how to implement facial recognition via artificial intelligence/machine–learning methods to identify unknown people in photographs using large libraries of passport-like images currently available online. Facial recognition enables genealogists to use never before available technology to generate new clues with statistical probabilities from old photos.  His presentation will be an elaboration and detailed demonstration of this technique previously published in the fall issue of Avotaynu [PDF copy of the article will be available). \nScott Genzer is an amateur genealogist who has spent two decades researching his family tree\, particularly his paternal branch from Mielec\, Poland. During the day\, he is a data scientist at RapidMiner\, a software company based in Boston. Scott lives in Norwich\, Vermont\, with his wife and two daughters. \nAttendees can register by clicking on News and Events on the menu bar on the front page of this site and drop down to Register for Programs \n \nPlease keep the acknowledgement email when you receive it as it contains your personalized link to join the Zoom meeting sign in information. \n  \n 
URL:https://practice.jgstoronto.ca/event/jgs-event-identify-unnamed-ancestors-for-genealogical-research/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20210218T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20210218T213000
DTSTAMP:20260606T092532
CREATED:20210129T041146Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210212T001416Z
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SUMMARY:Poland SIG - Jewish Cemeteries
DESCRIPTION:Jewish cemeteries in Poland and the pandemic – an update direct from Poland \nWitold Wrzosinski\, Director of the Jewish Cemetery in Warsaw\, Poland \n  \nJewish Genealogical Society of Toronto Poland SIG – Thursday evening\, February 18th\, 7:30pm ET \n  \nIn recent decades a huge increase of interest in the Jewish past has taken place in Poland and elsewhere in Eastern and Central Europe. It has taken many forms\, ranging from thousands of private genealogy projects\, to preservation and digitization efforts\, to museums\, TV shows and conferences\, to a notable growth in heritage tourism. \n  \nThe Jewish Genealogical Society of Toronto Poland SIG will present direct from Poland\, Witold Wrzosinski\, to discuss his efforts in preserving our Jewish history by preserving our Jewish cemeteries. As the co-founder and co-director of the Foundation for the Documentation of Jewish Cemeteries in Poland he has been indexing epitaph inscriptions from Polish Jewish cemeteries for the last 14 years and run an open access\, searchable online database with more than 110\,000 photographs and transcriptions from more than a 100 cemeteries. \n  \nJoin us as we explore his efforts during Covid-19 \, especially in these trying times when travel is hardly possible and people rarely leave their homes? How do we even start finding the right people? What is the future of local projects already undertaken by descendants in cooperation with residents in dozens of remote Polish towns? Are Jewish cemeteries bound to deteriorate now for good? How are the relevant institutions in Poland dealing with this challenge? Let’s try to get answers. https://drive.google.com/file/d/1kgiH8_3eNIzWL-4CGbHDl8IU0aD3K6Ej/view?usp=sharing \n  \nRegister today at: Clicking Here or https://zoom.us/meeting/register/tJYod-6tpz4vEtVLYIJz4MdO2Be1k0wmSwQP \n  \nTo our guests\, consider joining our membership for only $40.00 per year by Clicking Here or consider a donation by Clicking Here to assist us in continuing our mission providing a forum for the exchange of genealogical knowledge and information. ( Canadians receive a CRA tax receipt) \n  \nMel Fishman – President \n  \n  \n  \n—————————————————- \n  \n  \n 
URL:https://practice.jgstoronto.ca/event/poland-sig-2/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20210211T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20210211T213000
DTSTAMP:20260606T092532
CREATED:20210129T041050Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210204T175942Z
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SUMMARY:Lithuania-Latvia-Belarus SIG
DESCRIPTION:Patrick Munits will be presenting and the program will include: \n\nImmigration and Naturalization records in Latvia from the interwar period\nRecent developments with regards to accessibility of documents stored in Latvian archives for the years between WWI and WWII.\nOverview of period passports\, and other types of documents from Latvia and nearby countries that can be found in the archive and are now accessible on the web.\nPresentation of techniques to identify and confirm possible missing relatives.\n\nPatrick is a first-generation immigrant. He was born in Riga\, Latvia during the Soviet period and for a few decades was the only kid in town with such a name. Patrick researches his Ashkenazi and Latvian ancestors. Much of his family information was lost and obscured during the Holocaust and Stalin’s purges. Over the recent years Patrick was able to uncover many facts previously unknown to his family\, all thanks to newly-accessible archives on the Internet. Patrick finds joy whenever he is able to use his native Russian speaking ability together with his professional IT skills to link records from Eastern Europe to immigrant families in North America and elsewhere.
URL:https://practice.jgstoronto.ca/event/lithuania-latvia-belarus-sig-2/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20210203T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20210203T213000
DTSTAMP:20260606T092532
CREATED:20210129T040902Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210129T040902Z
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SUMMARY:Ukraine SIG Virtual Meeting
DESCRIPTION:A Practical Guide to Using Ukrainian Archive Documents to Trace Your Roots\nSpeaker: Howard Goldstein \nAlex Krakovsky is a Ukrainian from Kyiv who is working to reform the Ukrainian archives system and to get more archival records digitized and placed online. He has personally scanned thousands of pages of archival documents which have never before been scanned or microfilmed\, has facilitated the acquisition of scanners for use by the Ukrainian Archive branches to scan documents\, and has taken the Ukrainian archives to court (and won!) for their refusal to allow people to scan images there. Every single scanned page is made available online to the public … for free! \nUnfortunately for many\, all of the records are in Cyrillic and very few of the records have yet been indexed or translated\, which makes the task of searching them quite daunting. In this presentation\, Howard will review the documents which are available\, where to find them\, and how to use them. He’ll provide practical tools and tips for searching the scanned records and show how — with a little persistence — you\, too\, can find the records pertaining to your ancestors.\nA handout with resources and links will be provided after you register for the SIG meeting. \nTo register\, please go to https://practice.jgstoronto.ca/register
URL:https://practice.jgstoronto.ca/event/ukraine-sig-virtual-meeting/
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