For registration links for upcoming programs, please see https://jgsws.org/ on the JGSWS website or request to be added to the email invitations list by contacting Programs@jgsws.org.

January 24, 2022 – JGSWS Members-Only Happy/Social Hour, 5-7 p.m. PT – presentation of “Routes on the Road,” by Jessica Moskowitz.  Come preview the Jewish Genealogical Society’s traveling road show!

February 14, 2022 – Emily Garber – her topic “Alien, Enemy, Declarant – Grief: Learning from Missteps in the Naturalization Process”

Sunday, March 6, 2022, 10 a.m. Pacific Standard Time – Special Meeting sponsored by the JGSBC: Megan Lewis of the US Holocaust Memorial & Museum speaking on its resources for genealogical research.

March 14, 2022 – Janette Silverman – her topic will be a recap of her 27-day trip to eastern Europe to find documents and explore how towns looked in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

April 11, 2022 – Steve Morse – his topic will be on the 1950 census.

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Please do not reply to this email but instead email Programs@jgsws.org if you have questions not answered below. —————————— The Jewish Genealogical Society of Washington State invites you to a free Zoom presentation Monday evening, 12/13/2021, at 5 p.m. Pacific Standard Time:   “GEDmatch.com – Should I Upload or Not?        Or, I Uploaded to GEDmatch –              Now What the Heck Do I Do with the Free Tools”   Presented by Arthur Sissman, advanced family history researcher and process expert   DATE:  Monday evening, December 13, 2021,              from 5:00 to 7:00 p.m. Pacific Standard Time—              Please note earlier than usual start time, via Zoom      This free online meeting will open at 4:30 p.m. Pacific Standard Time to allow time for attendees to chat/network with each other. The presentation will start at 5:00 p.m. Pacific Standard Time. You can use this time zone converter https://www.thetimezoneconverter.com/ to find out the hour in your local time zone.   Registration is required:   1)  TO REGISTER FOR THIS MEETING, CLICK ON or COPY THIS LINK INTO YOUR WEB BROWSER: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZMsd-mhrTgpG9DMRRUkX4hbJLzuxZm-1Jz2 2)  You will be prompted to enter your name and email address and, when you hit enter, you will automatically be sent an email with the Zoom meeting link.     If you have any problems registering (or logging into the meeting on 11/8/2021), please contact Treasurer@jgsws.org.  We realize that sometimes one might have a problem with one’s usual browser.  If that happens when you try to register, please try a different browser. All questions regarding this presentation topic will be answered in the speaker’s Q&A session at the end of the meeting.

About our Program

Come learn about GEDmatch and have all your questions answered! •    What is GEDmatch? •    Why should I upload my raw data to GEDmatch? •    What questions can GEDmatch answer for me? •    Is GEDmatch hard to manipulate? •    How much does GEDmatch cost? •    What are the best tools to use at GEDmatch? If you want to be ready for Arthur’s action-packed performance, watch the videos below, even if you don’t plan to upload your raw data to GEDmatch — yet. Or do nothing and still attend this presentation! This will be a free-wheeling, fast-moving demo of the power of GEDmatch and why you should use the GEDmatch Free Tools — OR Not! If you’re not already a user of the free tools on GEDmatch, pick two matches (one can be you) using another device and try to play along with Arthur — OR Not! Arthur will speak for 1.25 hours and then take questions. ABOUT OUR SPEAKER Arthur Sissman is an advanced family history researcher and process expert, and the leader of the Jewish Genealogy SIG, out of Naples, Florida. In his presentations and workshops, Arthur provides mountains of information, links to educational videos, and more on genealogical research topics, including DNA, family history research, and how you can best obtain results from your own genealogical research. His talks on such topics as “How to Share Your Family Tree on Ancestry or My Heritage and Keep your Privacy,” and workshops on 23andMe/FTDNA/Ancestry DNA Matches/GEDmatch Free Tools/GEDmatch Tier 1 Tools workshops, etc., fill up fast. Arthur is willing to create workshops on the topics of your choice and his goal is to provide another way to look at genealogy research and analysis using process, process, process. Links to videos provided by Arthur – to watch whether you’ve uploaded your raw DNA data to GEDmatch – OR Not!:            Videos to watch, whether you’ve uploaded your raw DNA data to GEDmatch – or NOT!:                What is GEDmatch? How Does it Help Genetic Genealogists?  Andy Lee, Feb 19, 2019                Getting Started with GEDmatch  Andy Lee, FHF, Sept 3 2019                GEDmatch for Beginners: The Best Order to Use the Following Four Tools  Andy Lee, Jan 20, 2021:                     Four Tools presented:                     1.    Are your parents related?  Jun 11, 2019                     2.    One-to-Many Tool – Limited Version  Apr 9, 2019  8:42 min start                     3.    People Who Match Both Tool 1, of 2 kits = Shared Matches  Sept 22, 2021 Improved version.                     4.    One-to-One Autosomal Comparison on GEDmatch                     5.    User Lookup  Apr 16, 2019 – not included in the four above, but important Please note that the main presentation and Q&A session will be recorded. —————————————————————————————————————————————————————-   UPCOMING JGSWS PROGRAMS: Upcoming Monthly Meetings (usually 7 p.m. Pacific Time the 2nd Monday evening of each month): January 10, 2022 – To be announced February 14, 2022 – To be announced  February 21, 2022 JGSWS Members-Only Happy/Social Hour, 5-7 p.m. PT – presentation of “Routes on the Road,” by Jessica Moskowitz.  Come preview the Jewish Genealogical Society’s traveling road show! March 14, 2022 – To be announced   —————————————————————————————————————————————————————-

INVITATION TO JOIN OR RENEW YOUR ANNUAL MEMBERSHIP   The JGSWS depends upon memberships and donations to bring in high quality, local, national, and international speakers, covering diverse topics. $30 for single membership              $40 for dual  membership Membership Fees:                                     The JGSWS is a 501(c)(3) tax-exempt non-profit organization. Memberships are tax deductible (as are donations).   FREE DRAWINGS FOR BOOKS when you renew your membership or join! The JGSWS will be holding three random drawings for books on Jewish genealogical topics. Three people who have renewed or joined will be picked at each of our November 8*, December 13, and January 10 program meetings. The earlier you renew or join, the more chances you have to win!                       *Six people were actually picked at the November 8th drawing: Sue Israel, Linda Kelley, Billy Kreuter,                        Natalie/Bob Malin, Bea Kriloff, and Bob Smiley. Three more will be picked on both 12/13/21 and 1/10/22.   Please visit our Membership webpage via the link below for information and payment by PayPal or USPS mail or use one of the buttons below: https://www.jgsws.org/membership.php                                                                If you are not a member and are joining us for our free monthly presentations, please consider making a $5 donation for each presentation you attend. Better yet, please join as a member to support the JGSWS, so we can continue to bring you free programs! If you join or renew now, you will be supporting the JGSWS through the end of 2022! We bring you 10 presentations each year and, at an annual membership cost of $30, each year’s membership will bring you a savings of $20 over donating for each monthly presentation!   To those of you who continue your membership with the JGSWS and/or make donations, thank you very much for your support!   ——————————————————————————————————————————————————————   JGSWS INFORMATION Ways you can support the JGSWS: Join the Board Attend a Board meeting Work on a project sponsored by the JGSWs, Accept a chair position. Become a JGSWS annual member. Donate financially to the JGSWS. The JGSWS is currently looking for someone who has experience in fundraising to chair a Fundraising Committee and present ideas to the JGSWS Board. If you are interested in any of the above, please contact Karen Campbell, JGSWS President, at President@jgsws.org Our next Board meeting is via Zoom, on Monday evening, November 1, 2021, from 6:30 – 8 p.m. Pacific Daylight Time.   ——————————————————————————————————————   JGSWS Member Benefits: Members-Only “Happy Curbside pickup and return of books from the JGSWS specialized library!  We will be starting this program when our library inventory is updated – more information coming soon.  Our library holdings can be accessed online through our TinyCat inventory at:  https://www.librarycat.org/lib/JGSWS Members-Only Happy Hour/Social Meetings!”   Hosted by JGSWS’s Board Members, Linda Deneroff, Jessica Moskowitz, and Brian Westerman. Memorialize your ancestors!  If you have photographs of your ancestors from the pre-1920s time period and would like to see them used on our website or in our publicity materials, please send them to our Webmaster, Phyllis Grossman, at webmaster@jgsws.org        Please include information you might have – approximate date of photograph, names,      location, and a brief description of the event taking place.

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You are invited to attend our upcoming free genealogy event, on
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Thank you,

Karen Campbell, JGSWS President

president@jgsws.org

View this email in your browser   The Jewish Genealogical Society of Washington State proudly presents a free presentation:   “Bubbie, Who Are You? Finding the Maiden Names in Your Family Tree” presented by Janice M. Sellers, Professional Genealogist   DATE:  Monday evening, September 14, 2020, at 7 p.m.              VIA ZOOM Welcome and upcoming meeting information at 7 p.m. Presentation starts promptly at 7:15 p.m. Free Admission Zoom Meeting Link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83182288568      (click on link to join meeting or copy into your browser) Meeting ID: 831 8228 8568 Join Zoom Meeting via phone at:       One tap mobile       +12532158782,,83182288568# US (Tacoma)       +13462487799,,83182288568# US (Houston)       Dial by your location       +1 253 215 8782 US (Tacoma)       +1 346 248 7799 US (Houston)       +1 669 900 6833 US (San Jose)       +1 312 626 6799 US (Chicago)       +1 929 205 6099 US (New York)       +1 301 715 8592 US (Germantown)       Find your local number:            https://us02web.zoom.us/u/kkCQt0bW0      Meeting ID: 831 8228 8568   ABOUT OUR 9/14/20 PROGRAM Female relatives can be difficult to trace, but they can be found.  This presentation introduces resources for tracing the women in your family, many of which are available online, including oral histories, federal and state census records, immigration records, vital records, church records, journals, newspapers, legal and court records, library archives, and manuscript collections.  When you are researching the women in your ancestry, also consider looking at family items, including cards, letters, cookbook notes, and records. This presentation will help you with name and surname research, as well as genealogical methods and research tips on finding the women in your ancestry.        ABOUT OUR SPEAKER Janice M. Sellers a professional genealogist specializing in Black, Jewish, dual citizenship, forensic, and newspaper research. She is the editor of ZichronNote, the quarterly journal of the San Francisco Bay Area Jewish Genealogical Society (SFBAJGS) and has previously edited four other genealogy publications. She is the publicity director, programming director, and a board member of SFBAJGS and a member of the Association of Professional Genealogists, Council for the Advancement of Forensic Genealogy, Genealogical Speakers Guild, and Genealogical Forum of Oregon. Janice is also currently the acting president of the Jewish Genealogical Society of Oregon. She has volunteered at Family History Centers since 2000 and gives dynamic presentations on many genealogical topics at the local, regional, state, and national/international levels, most recently this August at the International Association of Jewish Genealogical Societies’ annual conference. She has researched her own family history for more than 40 years. Before becoming a professional genealogist, Janice worked in publishing for many years as an editor, indexer, translator, and compositor. Her translation services primarily include French, Spanish, and Russian.  ————————————————————————————————————————————  SAVE THE DATES FOR OUR UPCOMING MEETINGS!   Monday evening, October 12, 2020, 7 p.m.      “What were the odds? Four stories of survival”           Presented by Arik Cohen, speaker from                Seattle’s Holocaust Center of Humanity       Description: All four of Arik Cohen’s grandparents survived the Holocaust.  When told by Holocaust experts that this was quite rare, he was motivated to research and discover their survival stories.  For the last five years, as a legacy member of the Holocaust For Humanity’s Speakers Bureau, Arik has shared how his grandparents survived mass murders,  ghetto liquidations, death camp internment, death marches and winter wilderness survival with students and community members across the Pacific Northwest.  Arik will share four incredible stories along with the research and primary sources that have enabled him to find and share his family’s history.   ————————————————————————————————————————————    Monday evening, October 19, 2020, at 5 p.m.      JGSWS’s first “Happy Hour/Social Meeting!”            Hosted by JGSWS’s Board Members,            Linda Deneroff and Jessica Moskowitz The JGSWS invites our members to attend our first “Happy Hour/Social Meeting” on Monday, October 19, from 5 p.m-8 p.m. on Zoom. Get to know your fellow members and discuss our favorite topic: genealogy. We’ll have some breakout rooms available so if enough people are interested in a particular topic, you can get your fill!   ————————————————————————————————————————————    Monday evening, November 9, 2020, 7 p.m.      “Finding My Roots: Using the Entire Genealogy Toolbox”           Presented by Coral Grant, Genealogical Lecturer     Description: The secrets that Coral Grant’s grandparents thought were safe eventually became unraveled through the magic of DNA, archival research, and tenacity. The truth revealed an unknown ancestor and a truly rich Latvian heritage. Working back in time, this adventure begins in the Garment District of Toronto, Canada in the early 1930’s and ends deep in the Latvian countryside of the 18th century. The journey includes a life altering deportation from the Latvian countryside during World War I, a survivor’s struggle to return home, a deception to avoid military service, and a most reluctant immigration. Along the way, Coral encountered many genealogical roadblocks: name changes, protective descendants, and multiple individuals with the same name. Using her research to share her family story and Latvian Jewish history, Coral’s presentation highlights the use of all the tools available to the genealogist. Ultimately, the goal of our genealogical research is to honor our ancestors and to make sure we do not forget their stories. Coral’s presentation will leave you with the tools to break through your genealogical roadblocks and find your ancestors, for you to tell their stories.     ————————————————————————————————————————————  Monday evening, December 14, 2020, 7 p.m.      Meeting Topic and Presenter information coming soon   ————————————————————————————————————————————      Upcoming Conferences, Meetings Around and About    RootsTech Connect 2021 virtual conference, February 25-27, 2020 – Family Search has announced that RootsTech 2021 conference previously planned for February 3-6, 2021 in Salt Lake City, Utah will now be held as a free, virtual event online. Register and more information is available through this link:      https://www.rootstech.org/?lang=eng   September 10, 2020 – Eastside Genealogical Society Meeting: “Organizing & Safely Storing Genealogy Media,” presented by Desa Omli      https://wasgs.org/blog/tag/wsgs-blog/     September 12, 2020 – Virtual We Are History Keepers Workshop, sponsored by the Ethnic Heritage Council, University of Washington Libraries Special Collections, and Black Heritage Society of Washington State   Register at the following link for the Saturday, September 12th, from 10 am to noon, virtual We Are History Keepers Workshop! https://wearehistorykeepers.wordpress.com/   The workshop is sponsored by the Ethnic Heritage Council, University of Washington Libraries Special Collections, and Black Heritage Society of Washington State. Interactive sessions will be led by UW archivists and librarians on archiving and research. – Organizing and preserving paper archives – Researching family and local history – Scanning or digitizing materials – Conducting Oral Histories and oral history projects   The event is FREE and open to all! Registration is required!  A Zoom link will be provided to each registrant two days before the workshop.     For information on genealogical meetings, SIGs, and conferences in the State of Washington,             Check out the Washington State Genealogical Society’s Blog!                     https://wasgs.org/blog/tag/wsgs-blog/             Checkout the Seattle Genealogical Society’s Website!                     https://seagensoc.org/             Checkout the Eastside Genealogical Society’s Website!                     https://eastsidegenealogicalsociety.org/   ————————————————————————————————————————————      Information and Links to Help You in Your Genealogical and Family History Research    The Wiener Holocaust Library is one of the world’s leading and most extensive archives on the Holocaust and Nazi era. Formed in 1933, the Library’s unique collection of over one million items includes published and unpublished works, press cuttings, photographs and eyewitness testimony. The Museum is located in London, England, United Kingdom,   The Wiener Holocaust Library’s current exhibition (6 August -30 November 2020) is Jewish Resistance to the Holocaust.      https://www.wienerlibrary.co.uk/   Washington State Genealogical Society’s Blog – check this out for genealogical tips and other information      https://wasgs.org/blog/tag/wsgs-blog/   ————————————————————————————————————————————        If you have questions, please email us at Programs@jgsws.org or visit our website at www.jgsws.org

Our upcoming free genealogical event that had been set for Monday evening, March 9, 2020, in Factoria/Bellevue, has been canceled due to the concerns raised by the Corona virus locally. 

In concert with best practices, we realized we should err on the side of caution and health of all our members and attendees.

Our speaker, Ron Arons, and his topic, “Sex, Lies, and Genealogical Tape” will be rescheduled to another date. 

Thank you very much,

Karen Campbell

JGSWS President/Publicity/Programs

president@jgsws.org