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From: Jim Garrity <>
Subject: Jewish Genealogy Conference in NYC
Date: Fri, 03 Mar 2006 01:04:01 -0500

Don't miss an exciting, innovative program of lectures, panel
discussions, and computer workshops at the 26th
IAJGS (International Association of Jewish Genealogical Societies)
International Conference on Jewish
Genealogy this August 13th to 18th at the New York Marriott Hotel in
Manhattan, hosted by the Jewish
Genealogical Society (New York).

Speakers will be coming from many countries, including Australia, the
Czech Republic, France, Germany, Great
Britain, Hungary, Israel, Italy, Lithuania, Poland, Ukraine, the US, and
Uzbekistan.

There will be a comprehensive set of hands-on computer labs teaching
everything from genealogical applications
of Excel and PowerPoint to accessing JewishGen databases.

We will be offering lectures on Ashkenazic and Sephardic genealogy; a
series of lectures focusing on Russian
genealogy to assist the large Russian émigré population in New York;
panel discussions on cemetery restoration
in our shtetlekh, genealogy education, genetics and genealogy, and
travel for the genealogist; and lectures
from librarians and archivists from New York City repositories as well
as repositories in the nations from
which our ancestors emigrated.

Dr. Neville Lamdan, the Director of the new International Institute for
Jewish Genealogy in Jerusalem will
speak.

An interesting article about the conference was published online today
at
http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3223248,00.html.

You'll find additional information about the program, registration, and
research in New York City on the
conference website at http://www.jgsny2006.org.

Joy Rich
Co-chair, Repositories Committee
International Conference on Jewish Genealogy



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