Ruth Yael
How and why should we care for our family trees? That’s the question author Buzzy Jackson answers in her new book, “Shaking the Family Tree.” Tracing the Tribe is waiting to receive our copy, but this review in Boulder, Colorado’s...
Lisa Kudrow, researchers and producers of NBC’s “Who Do You Think You Are?” will speak at the Jewish Genealogical Society of Los Angeles’ meeting on Tuesday, September 28. The program begins at 7.30pm, at the Magnin Auditorium,...
Tracing the Tribe readers may remember several posts concerning a cluster of “Ashkenazi” breast cancer among Hispanic women in Colorado’s San Luis Valley a few years ago. Later genealogical research showed the women were descendants...
Another aspect of family history is to learn about our ancestors’ food traditions. As our families moved from country to country, they brought along their favorite recipes along with their possessions. Sometimes the recipes needed adaptation as...
The daughter of Holocaust survivors – who has been researching her family history and looking for surviving relatives for more than 50 years – traveled to ancestral villages in Poland, Hungary, Slovakia and Germany. Deborah Long will speak...
What a great story about a Boston-area Jewish genealogist who’s been researching for 24 years and has created three databases linked to the Jewish Genealogical Society of Greater Boston’s website. The databases include state-wide synagogues,...
The Jewish Genealogical Society of Colorado offers a mentoring workshop on Sunday, August 29. The program runs from 9-11am, at Congregation Har HaShem, Boulder. Family history researchers of all skill levels are encouraged to participate in the informal...
Jewish Genealogical Society of Illinois members will report on their family history research successes on Sunday, August 29. Researchers will also share how they discovered their “finds,” and the Ask the Experts panel will also chime in....
Ancestry.com issued a press release on its acquisition of ProGenealogists (see below for the text). Genea-Musing’s Randy Seaver asked some interesting questions about the new development and what it means in practicality to both organizations, while...
