March 2020
Introduction to Jewish Genealogy
This presentation will cover some of the common methods of doing genealogy from a Jewish perspective. Content will include ship records, Ellis Island, name changes, naturalization, reading gravestones, finding towns in Europe, Holocaust records, Jewish DNA, and more. This presentation is provided as a partnership between Middlesex Genealogical Society of Darien, CT, and the Jewish Historical Society of Fairfield County, Stamford, CT. The presenter, Linda Carlson, is a member of the Connecticut Professional Genealogists Council and on the Board of…
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Untangling the Fishing-line Mess of Your Family Tree or a “Do-Over” Process
Topic will cover multiple ways to look at your tree for accuracy, duplicates located, and separating people of the same name. The focus will be on the use of sources and time and place. 1:00 pm: Pre-meeting social - Come and get help with your genealogical research! 2:00 pm: “Untangling the Fishing-line Mess of Your Family Tree or a “Do-Over” Process.” Presented by Sara Zagrodzky Sara works as genealogy researcher and is currently President of Middlesex Genealogical Society, a Board…
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