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 or borrow 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. Many are available for borrowing by JGSI members for a limited time. 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 are on the Programs page.

Memories of Jewish life in the Soviet Ukrainian shtetl will be focus of April 23 JGSI hybrid meeting

University of Michigan Professor Jeffrey Veidlinger will speak on “In the Shadow of the Shtetl: Small-Town Jewish Life in Soviet Ukraine” for JGSI's Sunday, April 23, 2023, hybrid meeting. In his talk, he will explore how elderly Yiddish speakers relate their memories of Jewish life in the Soviet Ukrainian shtetl, their stories of survival during the Holocaust, and their experiences living as Jews under Communism..

More details and registrations are on the Programs page.