The Clallam Genealogical Society will host author and genealogist Karen Treiger who will present “Researching Family History – One Author’s Journey into Her Family and Herself.”

 

Karen was born in Seattle and attended Barnard College and NYU Law School, where she served as Editor-in-Chief of the Law Review. After retiring from her law practice in 2015, Karen dedicated herself to researching and writing her family histories.   After three years of work, Karen published her first book, My Soul is Filled with Joy: A Holocaust Story. In it, Treiger chronicles both Sam and Esther's journey, including Sam’s escape from the death camp Treblink, and their survival in Polish forest where they hid until their liberation.  As Treiger became inspired by the people she encountered, Sam and Esther’s story became her story too.  The book won the PNWA Nancy Pearl Book Award for Best Memoir and the Bronze Medal in World History from the Independent Publisher's Association.

 

Her second book, Standing on the Crack: Legacy of Five Jewish Families from Seattle’s Vibrant Gilded Age was recently published.  It is the story of Karen’s search for her ancestors who settled in Seattle.  Researching their story, she learned of their difficulties and tragedies as well as business and personal successes. 

 

Karen provides an outstanding example of how genealogical research can be transformed into the “Story”, and the story is what makes family history captivating. 

 

She will present the program via Zoom.  To get the zoom codes, contact the Genealogical Society by email: askus@clallamcogs.org or by phone: 360-417-5000, or watch the presentation at the CCGS Research Center located in Port Angeles at 403 E. 8th Street.