1:00-1:15 p.m.: Pamela Weisberger - Introduction
Have you wondered where your family members came from in "the old country" or what their lives were like when they immigrated to the United States? Would you love to see their passenger and census records, city directory listings, military, naturalization, birth, death, and marriage records, and more? Are you longing to reconstruct your family tree to pass on to your children, but think the process is too overwhelming or time-consuming to tackle on your own? Think again! This one-day seminar about searching online resources will give you the inspiration, motivation, and tools to begin your own research project.
1:15 - 2:30 p.m: Ron Arons - Online Odysseys: Exploring and Exploiting Internet Resources
FamilySearch.org, Ellis Island, ItalienGen, GermanGen, JewishGen, JRI-Poland and Steve Morse's websites provide genealogists with fantastic tools to help with research, but there is so much more. This presentation will discuss other "best bet" websites that allow one to find many other materials online, including historical documents, newspapers and articles, living people, incarcerated (black sheep) relatives, maps and photos, foreign language translators and aids to allow you to become a genealogy detective.
2:30 – 3:45 p.m.: Suzanne Russo Adams - Advanced Ancestry: Searching Like a Pro
A genealogist's paradise—more than 3 billion names, 10 million U.S. Federal Census images, and over 23,000 genealogical and historical databases make Ancestry.com one of the world’s most-used genealogy website. Appetizing menu items include: Census, Marriage & Death, Trees & Community, Immigration Records, Family Facts, Military, Directories & Member Lists, Family & Local Histories, and Newspapers & Periodicals. What used to take months…or years of research now takes seconds. Have you ever wanted to learn how to better use Ancestry’s search technology to find your ancestors? Perhaps you are totally new to the process. Now is your chance to learn from an Ancestry expert. You will learn valuable tips, tricks and techniques that will help you start getting the most out of Ancestry’s search capabilities and take your genealogical skills to the next level.
3:45- 4:45 p.m.: Beau Sharbrough - Footnote.com: Bringing History to Life
The new website, Footnote.com, has scored praise in the online world by bringing history to your fingertips by providing hands-on access to high-quality scans of previously inaccessible primary sources and National Archives records, which users can search, download, and annotate. This real-time demonstration will show you how to navigate the portals of historical documentation to bring your family research alive.
4:45 - 5:10 p.m.: Final Questions and Answers with our speakers
5:10 - 5:30 p.m.: Film: Past Lives: The Stanley Diamond Story (free admission to the film only)
The quest of Canadian genealogist Stan Diamond to reconstruct his family in order to solve a genetic medical mystery led to the creation of the largest index in the world of specifically Jewish vital records – Jewish Records Indexing Poland. This database has helped countless researchers discover their roots and has reunited families separated for decades because of the Holocaust. His dedication and perseverance, as portrayed in this documentary, has led to incredible benefits for all researchers.
This seminar is offered in association with the Learning for Life Program of the Skirball Cultural Center. Fee and advance registration available, but you may also register the day of the event.
Fee for this Workshop:
$20 Skirball and JGSLA Members
$16.50 Students
$26.50 General Admission
Registration Options:
1. You can register online for this class at: http://tinyurl.com/2ovk8u or go to http://www.skirball.org and click on "What's On" at the top, then click on Courses: Winter 2008. The first course to appear is the March 9 program.
Follow instructions to create an account and give L101 as the JGSLA membership code as indicated. The general price of $26.50 will be reduced to the member price of $20 at check out.
2. You can also download a registration form and mail or fax in your payment. Details are at: http://tinyurl.com/3dsuqv
3. Register the day of the event if space is available.
General Skirball information/directions : http://www.skirball.org
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SPEAKERS:
 RON ARONS:
Born and raised in New York, Ron Arons has traced his roots to England, Poland, Romania, Ukraine, Belarus, and Lithuania. He has given presentations at five of the last six IAJGS conferences, to local JGSs, and at other conferences across the country. He has also published articles in Avotaynu and his book, The Jews of Sing-Sing, will be published this spring. In January 2008, he appeared in the PBS documentary "The Jewish Americans." A veteran of the computer industry, Arons earned degrees from Princeton.
 BEAU SHARBROUGH:
Beau Sharbrough is a popular writer and lecturer on technology in genealogy. He is a former president of GENTECH, worked on tree products at Ancestry.com, and is presently employed at footnote.com.
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 SUZANNE RUSSO ADAMS
Suzanne Russo Adams, accredited genealogist, is a Brigham Young University graduate with degrees in sociology and family history/genealogy. Suzanne currently works as the Professional Services Desk Manager for Ancestry.com and previously worked in both electronic production and content acquisition for more than eight years at Ancestry.com. She currently serves on the Association of Professional Genealogists (APG) and Utah Genealogical Association (UGA) Boards.
 PAMELA WEISBERGER (moderator)
Pamela Weisberger is the program chair for the Jewish Genealogical Society of Los Angeles, research coordinator for Gesher Galicia, and film festival coordinator for the annual IAJGS Conferences on Jewish Genealogy. A special area of interest has been late 19th to early 20th century city directories, newspapers and court records.
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