JGSI hybrid meetings feature easy access to useful research library and genealogy help desk

The JGSI meeting facilities at Temple Beth-El in Northbrook, Illinois, will open at 12:45 p.m.  for each monthly hybrid meeting to accommodate those who want to use genealogy library materials, get help with genealogy websites or ask genealogical questions before the main program begins at 2 p.m.

At each in-person JGSI monthly meeting, our “help desk” will operate from 12:45 to 1:50 p.m.  Member volunteers will access online databases and answer genealogical questions one-on-one for members and visitors as time allows. The JGSI research library has more than 800 volumes of interest to Jewish family historians.  The library also includes a good selection of historical and new maps. All the books and maps are available for perusing from 12:45 to 1:50 p.m. at each regular monthly meeting.

More details and registrations for JGSI events are on the Programs page.

Adam Brown to speak on Jewish genetics and migrations for the Oct. 22, 2023, JGSI hybrid meeting

“The Genetic Origins and Migrations of the Jewish People” will be genealogist Adam Brown's topic  for the Sunday, Oct. 22, 2023, Jewish Genealogical Society of Illinois hybrid meeting. In his online talk, Adam will describe what the Avotaynu DNA 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.

More details and registrations are on the Programs page.