We would very much like to invite you  to our upcoming free genealogy event on Monday evening, 6/11/18.  We would appreciate it if you could help us publicize it by printing out a copy of the attached flyer and have it posted on a bulletin board or calendar, and/or share it on your website for upcoming events.

Our speaker will be Emily H. Garber, Genealogical Lecturer, Blogger, and Author and her topic will be:  “When It Takes A Village: Applying Cluster Research Techniques.”

The information on our program and our speaker’s bio are:

ABOUT OUR PROGRAM

Sometimes tracking one’s immigrant ancestors tests all one’s research acumen. Identifying a subject ancestor, his/her origins, and parentage; tracking that subject through time; and constructing biographies to place that person in his/her social context is best approached by broadening one’s research to include other family members, associates and neighbors. This presentation by Emily Garber will outline a program for solving genealogical research problems via cluster and collateral research techniques. Topics will include: appropriate application, research planning, commonly used resources and documents, and case studies successfully tracking individuals from Europe to the United States, overcoming name and residential changes and using DNA evidence.

The main case study to be used in this evening’s program tracks a previously unknown woman who arrived at Ellis Island with Emily’s great grandfather.  Emily uses her research skills to identify this unknown woman’s kinship relationship to their family and to find out if there ever was a relationship.

ABOUT OUR SPEAKER

An archaeologist by training (B.A. and M.A.), Emily H. Garber has been researching her Jewish ancestry since 2007 and holds a certificate from Boston University’s Genealogical Research program. She specializes in Jewish genealogical research and has worked with records for both German-Jewish and Eastern European Jewish immigrants. Her client work has included research into narrowly defined genealogical problems as well as development and writing of broadly based family history narratives. In June 2013, she toured family shtetlach in Ukraine and explored archives in Lviv, Khmelnitsky and Zhitomyr. She is chair of the Phoenix (Arizona) Jewish Genealogical Group, board member of the Arizona Jewish Historical Society, owner of Extra Yad Genealogical Services, and she blogs at http://www.extrayad.blogspot.com. Emily has served for several years as one of the moderators of the JewishGen Discussion Group and is communications director of the Ukraine Special Interest Group.

Thank you very much and we look forward to seeing you, your friends and family!

Karen vanHaagen Campbell

Secretary & Publicity, Jewish Genealogical Society of Washington State

www.jgsws.org

Flyer: flyer for 6-11-18 Emily Garber – pdf