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Thursday, October 27, 2011

JEWISH GENEALOGY

The National Archives holds over ten BILLION original documents, created by over five hundred federal agencies.  These documents are just waiting there to be an important part of your historical project, lesson plan, or family history research project. Thousands of documents are related directly to Jewish history.  The National Archives is working DAILY to make all records more available by placing document descriptions AND digital images online.  Come learn how to find them.
guest speaker: Carol Buswell, Education Specialist with NARA in Seattle

Date:  Tuesday, November 15, 2011Time:  7:00 pm PLEASE NOTE that this program will start at 7. Please come earlier to schmooze.
Place:  Ahavath Achim, 3225 SW Barbur Blvd., Portland, OR    
Cost: Free to members, $5 for non-members. New members are invited to join at sign-in.
For more information contact Barbara Hershey, President/Program Chair at jgsoregon@gmail.com or 503-249-1976. The JGSO website has information about the organization and genealogy tools
http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~orjgs/.