Upcoming Events
May 18-19, 2008
Field Trip to the Reynolds Genealogical Collection at the Allen County Public Library.
Location: Allen County Public Library, Fort Wayne, Indiana
June 2, 2008
Find Your Immigrant Ancestor the Easy Way
Speaker: Steve Morse
Location: Congregation B’nai Moshe, West Bloomfield
June 1, 2008 RESCHEDULED, DATE TBD
Abstract City Directory—Unique Uses
Speaker: Diane Freilich, JGSMI Vice President of Membership
Location: Holocaust Memorial Center, Zekelman Family Campus
June 22, 2008
Annual Luncheon and Election of Officers
Speaker: Gary Frohlich of Genzyme. Topic: Jewish Genetic Diseases.
Location: Congragation Dovid Ben Nuchim, Oak Park
August 17-22, 2008
28th IAJGS International
Conference on Jewish Genealogy
Chicago Marriott Downtown Magnificent Mile
Chicago, IL
Past Events
April 6, 2008
Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society (HIAS): HIAS - History in the Making
Speaker: Valery Bazarov, Director, HIAS Location and Family History Service
Location: West Bloomfield Public Library
March 9, 2008
The Jewish Experience in Michigan. Speaker: Irwin Cohen.
Location: Holocaust Memorial Center, Zekelman Family Campus
February 17, 2008
Writing Your Family History Now. Speaker: Mike Karsen.
Location: Holocaust Memorial Center, Zekelman Family Campus
January 13, 2008
Rescheduled screening of the documentary Unlikely Heroes, narrated by Sir Ben
Kingsley.
Location: Holocaust Memorial Center, Zekelman Family Campus
December 16, 2007 - RESCHEDULED for January 13, 2007
Screening of the documentary Unlikely Heroes, narrated by Sir Ben
Kingsley.
Location: Holocaust Memorial Center, Zekelman Family Campus
November 16, 2007
JGSMI co-sponsors Jon Entine, author of Abraham’s Children, at
the
56th Annual Jewish Book Fair
Location: Jewish Community Center, West Bloomfield
November 4, 2007
JGSMI Library holdings with librarian Gayle Saini
Location: Holocaust Memorial Center, Zekelman Family Campus
October 7, 2007
Scrapbooking Your Family History with Dick and Caryn Jaeger
Location: Holocaust Memorial Center, Zekelman Family Campus
September 9, 2007
Highlights of the 27th IAJGS conference in Salt Lake City
by JGSMI members in attendance
Location: Holocaust Memorial Center, Zekelman Family Campus
August 19, 2007
The Ellis Island Database: An Easier Search
Led by very special guest Steve Morse
Location: Holocaust Memorial Center, Zekelman Family Campus
July 15-20, 2007
The 27th IAJGS International Conference on Jewish Genealogy, Salt Lake City.
Location: Salt Lake City Hilton City Center
July 12-14, 2007
Federation of East European Family History Societies (FEEFHS)
International Conference/Workshop
Location: Salt Lake City, Utah
June 24, 2007
Annual Meeting and Election of Officers
Keynote Speaker: Ron Arons
Topic: Putting Flesh on the Bones—The Story of his Grandfather’s
Hidden Past
Location: Congregation Dovid Ben Nuchim, Oak Park
April 29, 2007
The Nine Most Important Words You Need To Know Before Making An Ancestral Visit
To Eastern Europe
Speaker: Sol Sylvan
Location: Zekelman Family Holocaust Memorial Center
May 1, 2007
Using LDS Records: Preparation for the IAJGS meeting in Salt
Lake City.
Location: Bloomfield Hills Family History Center
March 26, 2007
Heritage Quest & Ancestry.com Library Edition training.
Location: TBA
March 11, 2007
Encore: Visiting Jewish Poland, led by Ciel Jensen
Location: West Bloomfield Library
February 25, 2007
Visiting Jewish Poland, led by Ciel Jensen.
Location: West Bloomfield Library
January 23, 2007, 7pm
Online Computer Jewish Genealogy
Class
Led by our own expert, past president Marc Manson.
November 19, 2006, 1pm
"Dad's Journey"
Esther Ingber, long time member and Daughter of a
Holocaust survivor shares her Father's first visit
to Poland since 1945.
October 29, 2006
The Story of Theresienstadt:
Hitler's Model Concentration Camp for Jews
Presented by Henry Wellisch
Holocaust Memorial Center
Orchard Lake Rd. just North of 12 Mile Rd.
Farmington Hills, MI
Recurring Events
Field Trips to the Burton
Historical Collection of the Detroit Public Library
will take place on Wednesdays. Anyone who is interested should
call Jim Grey by noon of the day of the trip. His number is: (248)
540-9070.
Each trip will depart at 6:00 P.M. from Jim's office building
on Telegraph and 12 1/2 Mile Rd.
Field Trips to the Abrams Genealogical Collection at the Library of Michigan
in Lansing, Michigan
Once a month on Sunday, Marc Manson leads a field trip to the Library
of Michigan in Lansing. The Abrams Collection provides a variety
of resources for researchers to explore their family history. The
Abrams Collection has complete microfilm holdings for the federal
census records for the United States (1790 to 1930) and Canada.
ANCESTRY PLUS, the online database from Ancestry.com, is available
on the library's computers, free of charge.
If you are interested in joining us, please contact JGSMI's Field
Trips division.
JGSMI conducts monthly
field trips to the LDS Family History Center for our members wishing
to do family research at that facility. |
