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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.

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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
 
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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!
 
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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.
 

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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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AROUND AND ABOUT WASHINGTON STATE
UPCOMING LOCAL CLASSES/WEBINARS/MEETINGS/CONFERENCES

 

The German Interest Group of The Eastside Genealogical Society will meet virtually
on Friday, December 3rd from 12:30 to 2:30 pm Pacific Time. 
 
Topic: “Holidays and Happy Days”
Put on your favorite festive gear and meet in Zoom for some holiday fun and genealogy sharing. Melinda McRae will present a short feature on the Origins and Development of German Christmas Decorations. Afterwards, anyone can share about Holiday Traditions in any area of the old German Empire and maybe share some recipes, too. If you want to share pictures/files, please let us know before the meeting. If time permits, the topic may change to genealogy goals and plans for the upcoming year.

Let’s share and support each other during our adventures! 
 
Presenter: Melinda McRae is the grand-daughter of 3 German immigrants (and one American- born Scot) and has been delving into her family history for decades. Currently, she is double-checking all her Stolz family research with the on-line church books on Archion – finding some errors and a lot of new people as well. She has an MA in European history with a focus on Germany. 
(Let’s also share about traditions in Switzerland, Poland and other countries where German speaking people lived.)   
 
Save the date!
The Friday, January 7, 2022 meeting, from 12:30 to 2:30 pm Pacific Time, will feature:
 
     Topic: “Why German Church Records? Why Archion?”  This presentation will focus on using
                 German church records for genealogy research, with emphasis on the Archion website. 
     Presenter: Maggie Hein   Maggie's primary genealogical research focus is Germans who
                 immigrated to Russia in 1766.  When she isn’t doing genealogical research, Maggie is a
                 tax accountant and co-owner of a CPA firm in the Chicago suburbs. 
 
 
For more information, kindly visit our website at https://egsgermangroup.wordpress.com/.
Visitors are always welcome at our meetings and can request an invitation by
using the Contact tab on our website, no later than 2 days prior to our meeting. 

The German Interest Group of The Eastside Genealogical Society will meet virtually
on the first Friday of each month, from 12:30 to 2:30 p.m. Pacific Daylight Time,
with the meetings opening at 12:10 p.m. for networking.
Visitors are always welcome.
 

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The Eastside Genealogical Society presents via Zoom meetings
on the second Thursday of each month at 7:00 p.m. PT.
Please explore our website at:
https://eastsidegenealogicalsociety.org/

Join the Eastside Genealogical Society via Zoom Cloud Meetings at 7:00 pm PT for our monthly meetings.

Future Speakers and Topics

     Date:            Topic                                                                             Speaker

                     1/13/22        Topic and Speaker to be announced soon.                                   

Note:  The Zoom link for these meetings will be available on this site during the week of the meeting.
Members of EGS will also receive an email containing the link.


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More information on the Holocaust Center for Humanity of Seattle's free upcoming Tuesday virtual Lunch & Learn series and Continuing Generations Presentations can be found at:
https://www.holocaustcenterseattle.org/programs-events/virtual-lunch-and-learn-series
 

WINTER SERIES

1st & 3rd Tuesdays of every month, December 2021-February 2022

All programs are virtual on Zoom:
https://www.holocaustcenterseattle.org/programs-events/virtual-lunch-and-learn-series

Searching for Survivors: The Fate of the St. Louis Passengers
Tuesday, December 7, 2021 | 12pm-1pm (PT) 
With Scott Miller

Remembering Felicia: The Son of an Auschwitz Survivor Shares her Story
Tuesday, December 21, 2021 | 12pm-1pm (PT) 
With Matthew Erlich

Tuesday, January 4, 2022 | To Be Announced!
12pm-1pm (PT)

The Dressmakers of Auschwitz: The True Story of the Women Who Sewed to Survive 
Tuesday, January 18, 2022 | 12pm-1pm (PT)
With Lucy Adlington


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About the Jewish Historical Society of Washington State:  https://www.wsjhs.org/about/

Online Exhibitions of the JHS:  https://www.wsjhs.org/museum/home.html

Upcoming Events of the JHS:  https://www.wsjhs.org/about/events.html


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Washington State Jewish Archives

In the UW Special Collections Division of the
University of Washington Libraries


https://content.lib.washington.edu/jhpweb/index.html


DIGITAL COLLECTION:
Photographs
Oral Histories
Jewish History in WA

ABOUT THE ARCHIVES:
Archives
History
Funding
Donating Items

LINKS:
UW Libraries Research Guide
WA State Jewish Historical Society
WA Jewish Museum
 

The collections of the Jewish Archives are physically housed in the Special Collections Division of the University of Washington Libraries. The Jewish Archives are a collaborative project between Special Collections and the Washington State Jewish Historical Society (WSJHS).

The Washington State Jewish Archives (WSJA) grew out of the Seattle Jewish History Project, a collaborative effort begun in 1968, between the Women's Division of the Jewish Federation of Greater Seattle and the Manuscripts and University Archives Division (now Special Collections) of the UW Libraries to collect and preserve primary source materials on local Jewish history.

In 1980 the scope was broadened with establishment of the Washington State Jewish Historical Society (WSJHS) as an independent non-profit statewide organization; its mission is to promote interest in and knowledge of the life, history, and culture of the Jewish people and communities of the State of Washington. WSJHS preserves and makes known this unique history through an array of programs that include special events and exhibits, publications including a prize-winning history, Family of Strangers, ongoing interviews with members of the Jewish community to obtain oral histories; tours of historic Jewish Seattle; development of a curriculum and a growing collection of artifacts. The Jewish Archives remain at the core of its activities. In 2016, the WSJHS launched a new digital museum: the Washington Jewish Museum.


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Sephardic Studies Program
Stroum Center for Jewish Studies

https://jewishstudies.washington.edu/scjs-events/




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The Ethnic Heritage Council of the Pacific Northwest presents "We Are History Keepers!"

Free Workshops on Preserving the Historical and Cultural Record of Our Ethnic Communities in Western Washington. 
 
Join us every month for a new, interactive, virtual workshop!
 
Saturday mornings
10:00 a.m. to Noon, Pacific Standard Time

Learn more about our free interactive workshops on preserving the historical and cultural record of our ethnic communities:  https://wearehistorykeepers.wordpress.com/
 
Our 2022 interactive programs are held online. Please register for each individual workshop using the links below. For questions about the mini-series or general inquiries about History Keepers programming, please contact Anne Jenner at ajenner@uw.edu or Crystal Rodgers at rodgercr@uw.edu  


https://www.ethnicheritagecouncil.org/



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For information on more genealogical meetings, SIGs, and conferences in Washington State:
 
Check out the Washington State Genealogical Society’s Blog!
http://wasgs.org/blog/tag/wsgs-blog/
 
Check out the Washington State Genealogical Society’s listing of upcoming presentations:
https://wasgs.org/eventListings.php?nm=76
 
Checkout the Seattle Genealogical Society’s Website!
https://seagensoc.org/ 
Or for a listing of events, seminars, SIG meetings:
https://seagensoc.org/eventListings.php?nm=67
 
Checkout the Eastside Genealogical Society’s Website!
Monthly meetings are held the second Thursday of the month (no meeting in July, August or December) at 7:00 p.m.
https://eastsidegenealogicalsociety.org/

The National Archives at Seattle (NARA)
All live events are currently canceled and the resource room is presently closed.
For more information on reopening and using the free online resources,
please see:  https://www.archives.gov/seattle


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UPCOMING CLASSES/WEBINARS/MEETINGS/CONFERENCES/RESOURCES
AROUND AND ABOUT


YouTube videos on various genealogically-related training programs:

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCmkKepHoafldMRZ4UNt0Akw
 

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https://conferencekeeper.org/ is the most complete online calendar of genealogy events,
with an average of well over 700 posted genealogy events of all kinds -
webinars, meetings, seminars, workshops, conferences and SO much more!

Click on this Quick Link for the Calendar of Programs:
https://conferencekeeper.org/calendar/


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Calendar of Events at YIVO:

https://yivo.org/Academic-Calendar?show=academic


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The 42nd 2022 IAJGS (International Association of Jewish Genealogical Societies)
annual international conference will take place
Sunday, August 21 - Thursday, August 25, 2022, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Please continue checking the website for more information:
https://s4.goeshow.com/iajgs/annual/2022/index.cfm

Over 1000 participants are expected to join each other in-person or online or in a hybrid fashion from across the US and around the world.  The conference will feature more than 100 speakers, with more than 250 virtual sessions covering almost every aspect of Jewish genealogy. 

The series of themed tracks to link various presentations throughout the Conference will include:
  • Life in the 19th and 20th Century: Looking at the everyday professional lives, interaction with non-Jewish neighbors, and the community religious life in cities, towns, and shtetls offers new insights into our history. Presentations from a wide range of regions everywhere in the world are encouraged
  • Jewish Pennsylvania: Sessions exploring the impact of the Pennsylvania Jewish Communities from colonial times to today. Information including various settlements in Pennsylvania and the neighboring states are also of interest.
  • Methodology Track: Employing tools such as innovative organizational techniques, facial recognition, or Google tools enhances the next steps of genealogical research by using advanced computer technology.
  • Beginners Track: For those who consider themselves new to Jewish genealogy, have never attended an IAJGS conference, or just feel a need to step up their skills in basic areas, these sessions offer guidance and a path to begin research.
  • DNA Insights for Genealogy Track: Becoming more knowledgeable of all that DNA understanding and analysis offers beyond paper records is a critical component for modern genealogical research.
  • Memories Using Stories, Photos and Video: Systems to preserve the stories, photos, and memories of your family to be treasured for generations to come through multiple media methods is an obligation for all genealogists. Sessions teaching these techniques involving both traditional and digital methods are encouraged.
 

Call For Proposals for presentations and workshops is now open.  For more information see:

https://s4.goeshow.com/iajgs/annual/2022/call_for_proposals.cfm





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Link to: Live - JewishGen Talks

A series of educational webinars with Jewish genealogical experts.



For more free educational resources from the JewishGen Learning Center go to:

https://www.jewishgen.org/education/edu-resources.html
 

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https://www.cjh.org/



Link for Center for Jewish Genealogy Facebook page:
  https://www.facebook.com/centerforjewishhistory/


Link to the Center for Jewish History's Programs and Research Information - Exploring Your Family History:

https://www.cjh.org/


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