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JGSGB EE SIG - Nov 29th 2020 2pm – with Dr. Janette Silverman – “An Epic Journey: Eastern Europe in 22 Days”

Our next meeting in the JGSGB Virtual Meeting Programme is an extra meeting from the JGSGB Eastern European Special Interest Group (EE SIG) by Zoom.

This is the third of three speakers on Eastern European ancestral tourism in November, making it Ancestral Tourism month!

There is also another Polish Ancestral Tourism meeting coming soon in December … More details about this and subsequent meetings will follow in the coming weeks.

Here is the information for the next meeting:

Date: Sunday Nov 29th 2020
Time: 14:00 London (note, 09:00 New York, 06:00 San Francisco, 07:00 Arizona)
Title: “An Epic Journey: Eastern Europe in 22 Days” 

Speaker: Dr. Janette Silverman

Description: In 2018, Janette Silverman and five members of her research team headed off to visit places where Jews once lived and do onsite research in Poland, Lithuania, Ukraine, Moldova, Romania and Hungary. As you can imagine, the trip was filled with challenges but also resulted in some amazing finds. Janette will take you on a recap of some of the high points and the major challenges. Just as a hint, one of the challenges was how to find vegetarian food in cultures which are very heavy on meat offerings.

After the talk, there will be an opportunity for Q&A and discussion on the talk.

About Dr. Janette Silverman

Janette Silverman is a professional genealogist, working for AncestryProGenealogists, the division of Ancestry.com that does private client research. She heads up a team of 9 genealogists specializing in Eastern European and Jewish research.

Janette began her genealogical journey more than 35 years ago as a hobby with her father. What started as a hobby quickly became more as she immersed herself in Jewish history, both as a student and a teacher. Janette served as a Board member of the IAJGS, was president of a Jewish Genealogy Society; lead co-chair of the 2016 IAJGS conference and for over 6 years was the Coordinator of the JewishGen Ukraine SIG. She has worked with private clients since 2004.

Janette holds master's and doctorate degrees in Jewish studies from Spertus Institute in Chicago. Her doctoral dissertation, “In Living Memory,” explored the experiences of four Jewish families in Europe and the United States, contextualizing the micro-history of those families within the more global historical world. Her areas of research expertise include Eastern European Jews, the Holocaust, the United States and immigration. She has traveled widely in Eastern Europe doing onsite archival research and accompanying clients on ancestral home visits.

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The invitation to register is below, but please keep it to yourself!

If you have problems joining, please email chairman@jgsgb.org.uk, preferably in the 15 minutes before the meeting proper starts. In particular, if you get stuck in a registration loop, you may want to upgrade the version of Zoom on your PC, but please email me and I can help you through this…

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Leigh Dworkin is inviting you to register for a scheduled Zoom meeting.

JGSGB EE SIG: "An Epic Journey: Eastern Europe in 22 Days" by Dr. Janette Silverman

When: Nov 29, 2020 02:00 PM London

Register in advance for this meeting:

https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZcvc-iurjIsG9wUYSL2xwaI7vxSi5XlKP0Z

After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.

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Leigh Dworkin Chairman, JGSGB
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