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Monday, March 21, 2011

JEWISH GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY OF OREGON

Jewish Genealogical Society of Oregon
Researching Our Ancestors:
The Austro-Hungarian Empire, Poland and Ukraine
3 Mini Sessions, Repeated
Wednesday, April 13, 2011 7:00 pm
Where: Congregation Ahavath Achim, 3225 SW Barbur Blvd., Portland, OR 
Description: Learn about resources for researching ancestors from the Austro-Hungarian Empire, Poland and Ukraine with our own in-house experts. Plan to attend one or two of these sessions: Session 1 from 7:00 pm to 7:45 pm; Session 2 from 7:45 to 8:00pm.
About our Presenters:
Toby Forim Blake received her MA in Jewish History from Baltimore Hebrew University.   Toby has been researching family since the late 1980's. 
Ron Doctor is the Co-Coordinator, Kremenets Shtetl CO-OP/Jewish Records Indexing-Poland, an activity of the Kremenets District Research Group http://www.shtetlinks.jewishgen.org/Kremenets.
Debbi Korman has been researching the Austro–Hungarian Empire for 20 years with specialties covering Budapest and Slovakia.
Admission is free to members of JGSO, $5 donation requested from non-members (can be applied to cost of membership if you join at the time).
For more information contact Barbara Hershey, President/Program Chair at jgsoregon@gmail.com.