Jun 19 2006 Mtg

BREAKING THROUGH GENEALOGICAL BRICK WALLS

(This meeting is co-sponsored by the Jewish Community Library of Los Angeles. There is no charge but reservations are required.)

Monday, June 19th, 7:00 PM at the Jewish Federation Building Board Room
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PROGRAM: BREAKING THROUGH GENEALOGICAL BRICK WALLS

SPEAKER: HAL BOOKBINDER

In this highly interactive session, creative solutions will be discussed for problems that we run into in our genealogical research. For example, how do we find the married name for a female relative? The obvious answer would be to check the bride's registry in the city where the couple married. But what if you do not know which city or state? How do you handle the situation where relatives will not open up and share what they know? What happens when you encounter missing information in on-line databases because of transcription or other errors? During the talk, creative ways to overcome these and other obstacles will be shared by the speaker as well as through audience participation. Please come prepared to share your best methods for overcoming brick walls.

Hal Bookbinder has been researching his family for over 20 years, tracing two lines into the mid-18th century and identifying over 3,000 relatives. He has published numerous articles on Jewish genealogy and contributed to several comprehensive volumes on the subject. Hal has served as president of JGSLA and the International Association of Jewish Genealogical Societies, and served on the JGSLA Board of Directors for nearly 20 years. In the world beyond genealogy, Hal directs computing for UCLA Healthcare and teaches Information Technology at the university level.

Free of charge, but reservations are required due to space limitations and security at the Jewish Federation Building. Please phone 323.761.8648 or email: resource@jclla.org.

Visitor parking is available immediately west of the building.

The Jewish Community Library of Los Angeles is a department of the Bureau of Jewish Education, a beneficiary agency of the Jewish Federation of Greater Los Angeles.