Gesher Galicia announces its upcoming regional meetingsfor 2011 and 2012.
Gesher Galicia is going to Krakow! Pamela Weisberger will be giving a talk on Galician and Polish GenealogicalResearch on Thursday, November 3, at 7:00 PM at theJewish Community Centre of Krakow (Centrum Spolecznosci Zydowskiej w Krakowie) ul. Miodowa 24,31-055 Krakow. If you know anyone living in Krakow, please spread the word. If you want to learn more aboutthe JCC go to: http://www.jcckrakow.org/en
If you live in New England, we will be holding a Gesher Galicia Regional Meeting at 11:30 AM on Sunday, November 13, at Temple Emanuel, in Newton Centre, Massachusetts, sponsored by the Jewish GenealogicalSociety of Greater Boston and open to all.
Learn about the All Galicia Database, which features over 175,000 records including birth, death, marriage anddivorce records, city directories, school and landowner records. We'll also cover our Cadastral maps, landowner and voter records project, showing how these records area useful research adjunct to vital records. And get anupdate about on-going research in the Lviv, Ternopil and Krakow archives, including news on university records held in the Lviv Oblast Archives.
After lunch, Pamela will be giving another talk: "Chutes & Ladders: Creative Approaches to Genealogy," starting at 2:00 PM -- the JGSGB's regular monthly meeting.
Lunch will be available following the Gesher Galicia meeting for those who plan to stay for the JGSGB program. Please reserve this in advance by November 9 by writing to GGlunch@jgsgb.org. Lunch will be kosher and costs $15.
Details are at: http://www.jgsgb.org/upcoming.html?col11=%27true%27
And our New York City spring regional meeting will be held on Sunday, May 20, 2012, at 11:00 AM at the Center for Jewish History in Manhattan.
If you are interested in hosting a Gesher Galicia program in your city, please get in touch with Pamela Weisberger
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