Finding the Tendrils of History
I was first drawn into genealogy when the immigration records went on-line. There was something about imagining that journey that...
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Nov 1, 20192 min read
Exploring DNA Matches
Dan Kastrul’s recent presentation focused on concrete steps people could take to help make more sense of their DNA matches. He...
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May 28, 20192 min read
We Were Them
by Susan Weinberg I’ve been doing talks around the country on immigration history, weaving in video clips from my interviews with Jewish...
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Apr 5, 20191 min read
Turning Folklore to Fact
by Susan Weinberg “I often get thrown out of archives and museums at closing time,” I remarked. I was at the local Family History Library...
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May 9, 20182 min read
Asking the Elders
This post is reproduced from the newsletter of the Jewish Historical Society of the Upper Midwest, written by Susan Weinberg - The...
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Jan 9, 20181 min read
Genealogy Software Update
Many of us are affected by Ancestry.com discontinuing support of Family Tree Maker software. Read about Software MacKiev and RootsMagic,...
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Apr 20, 20165 min read
Breaking Down Walls
By Susan Weinberg - We recently met for our first Breaking Down Walls discussion. The purpose of this gathering was to look at some of...
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Mar 4, 20163 min read
Exploring the Jewish Archives
By Kate Dietrick, Assistant Archivist - Nathan and Theresa Berman Upper Midwest Jewish Archives In late February I happily welcomed the...
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Dec 20, 20151 min read
Helpful Tools: Viewmate
By Walter Elias - You discover an old postcard in the attic possibly written before WWII and sent from Europe. But it’s in Yiddish or...
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Dec 13, 20155 min read
A Better Search: stevemorse.org
By Susan Weinberg - One of the sites that often helps to crack open a genealogical puzzle is stevemorse.org. Steve Morse has a number of...
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