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From: "Gloria Berkenstat Freund" <>
Subject: [GEN-EVENTS] JGSNY meeting May 20th, 2007
Date: Mon, 7 May 2007 13:34:17 -0400


On Sunday, May 20, 2007, at 2:00 PM, the Jewish Genealogical Society will
present "When Leopold Met Lena: Marriage, Divorce and Deception in 1892 New
York." The guest speaker is Pamela Weisberger. The program will be held at
the Center for Jewish History, 15 West 16th Street, Manhattan (between Fifth
and Sixth Avenues). Subway: 4, 5, 6, L, N, R to Union Square; F, V, L to
14th Street & Sixth Avenue; 1, 2, 3 to 14th Street & Seventh Avenue. There
is a $5 admission charge for non-members.

First came love, then came marriage-but on the heels of the baby in the baby
carriage came accusations of adultery and two trials in New York City's
Court of Common Pleas. The unexpected discovery of a divorce decree in the
1890s New York Times "News of the Courts" leads to scandal-ridden court
transcripts held at the NYC Municipal Archives and revelations of a family
secret. Beginning in Czestochowa, Poland and Cracow, Austria and continuing
on to Manhattan's Lower East Side and Little Rock, Arkansas--the tumultuous,
romantic and litigious world of our immigrant ancestors is brought to life
in court records, graveyard inscriptions, newspaper articles, city
directories, census and vital records. Enjoy the ride as Besser v. Besser is
deconstructed and learn how present-day genealogical research can be used to
solve 19th-century mysteries.

Guest speaker Pamela Weisberger is the program chair for the Jewish
Genealogical Society of Los Angeles, Research Coordinator for Gesher
Galicia, and is active in the Hungarian and Sub-Carpathian JewishGen SIGs.

The Jewish Genealogical Society hosts monthly programs held at the Center
for Jewish History. Members of the public are invited to attend these events
and to join the organization, which was founded in 1977. For further
information call 212-294-8326 or visit www.jgsny.org.


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