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Feb 26 Free Event: Children of Holocaust Survivors Share their Stories
A live event airing online on Thursday, February 26, at 7:00 pm Eastern Time (US) will feature the memories of children of Holocaust survivors.
The Museum of Jewish Heritage will be live streaming a special program, Stories of Regeneration from the Second Generation. “This storytelling event, produced to commemorate the 70th Anniversary of the Liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau, features notable 2Gs (children of survivors) and their extraordinary stories about growing up in the shadow of the Holocaust,” says a press release. “Through the live stream, the Museum of Jewish Heritage is delighted to enable limitless community participation in this incredibly moving, one-of-a-kind event.”
Can’t watch it live? The program will be archived on the Museum of Jewish Heritage’s YouTube channel.
This announcement came to us by way of JewishGen, an affiliate of the Museum of Jewish Heritage. Click here to visit JewishGen and learn more about searching for your Jewish family history.
Genealogy Blogging, the Future of Genealogy and More
As much as we genealogists love to look to the past, we have to swivel our necks frequently to keep an eye toward the future. That’s why I like the new Genealogy Gems Premium Podcast Episode 119!
In this episode, Lisa talks to us about why capturing the past in genealogy blogging is actually an investment in the future. Fire up your enthusiasm for beginning or continuing a genealogy blog with her 5 Reasons You Should Have a Genealogy Blog. Then check out her quick and practical how-to advice–and a link to a fantastic FREE in-depth resource for genealogy blogging.
Then a special guest joins Lisa to talk about the future of genealogy. I always enjoy chatting with Maureen Taylor, best known as “The Photo Detective.” Of course, Maureen has a lot to say about technologies for archiving pictures. Check out the links she recommends in this episode!
You’ll also hear about our next featured title for the Genealogy Gems Book Club: international bestseller Orphan Train by Christina Baker Kline. You won’t want to miss this riveting read. It actually fits the podcast theme, too: the narrative goes back and forth between the life of a young orphan train raider in the early 1900s and the unfolding life of a teenager in foster care today.
This podcast episode is only available to Genealogy Gems Premium subscribers. Click here to learn more about the benefits of subscribing, including a full year’s access to the entire Premium podcast archive (now online!) as well as full-length videos on topics like Evernote for genealogy, Google searching and Google Earth, hard drive organization and more.
Find Your Family History in New York: September 2015 Conference
New York can be a fascinating but frustrating place to research your roots. Learn new skills to find your family history in New York at the second New York State Family History Conference in Syracuse, NY, September 17–19, 2015.
From an FGS press release:
“The Central New York Genealogical Society and the New York Genealogical and Biographical Society are cosponsoring the 2015 New York Family History Conference. This year’s event will also be a Federation of Genealogical Societies Regional Conference.
The three-day conference will be held September 17–19 at the Holiday Inn & Conference Center Liverpool, just outside Syracuse, New York. It will attract hundreds of researchers—both amateur and professional—and top experts in the field.
Nationally known speakers, Judy Russell, JD, CG, CGL, The Legal Genealogist; Thomas W. Jones, Ph.D., CG, FASG; David E. Rencher, AG, CG, FIGRS, FUGA, FamilySearch.org; Curt B. Witcher, Allen County Public Library; D. Joshua Taylor, Findmypast.com and President, Federation of Genealogical Societies; Dick Eastman, author and publisher; James D. Folts, Ph.D., New York State Archives; Henry B. Hoff, FGBS, editor of the New England Historical and Genealogical Register; Blaine Bettinger, Ph.D., The Genetic Genealogist; Ed Donakey, FamilySearch.org, VP of FGS; Eric G. Grundset, Library Director, DAR Library; Jim Ison, CG, FamilySearch.org; Matt Knutzen, New York Public Library; Jen Baldwin, Findmypast.com; and, New York-specialist, professional genealogists Laura Murphy DeGrazia, CG, FGBS; Karen Mauer Jones, CG, FGBS; Terry Koch-Bostic and Jane E. Wilcox will give lectures.
Attendees will have an opportunity to advance their skills in researching New York families, to build general skills and through 30 lectures in three parallel tracks and learn ways to build their local genealogical and historical societies through the FGS Focus on Societies day. In addition there will be three luncheons and a dinner, all with riveting speakers; and open-to-the-public Society Showcase; and exhibits by vendors and societies.
Registration is now open online. The registration fee for the three-day conference (excluding meals and printed syllabus) is $140 for the first 75 registrants (available through March 31 or until sold out); members of the CNYGS or the NYG&B receive a $25 discount. The conference program and exhibitor information may be found on the conference website, www.NYSFHC.org.”
