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We also invite visitors to help us celebrate the newly renovated Ackman & Ziff Genealogy Institute, which provides limitless access to cutting-edge research tools and a comfortable environment for collaboration, study and learning. There will be a full tour of the space on Wednesday, June 11, at 7 p.m.<\/p>\n Full schedule of events:<\/strong><\/p>\n Sunday, June 8:<\/strong><\/p>\n 2:00 p.m. The website Geni.com<\/u><\/a> lets people delving into family histories collaborate and share their challenges and discoveries. Researcher Adam Brown, who has overseen many Geni.com<\/u><\/a> Jewish-themed projects, will demonstrate the huge potential of the site to advance research with examples from Jewish projects currently on Geni.com<\/u><\/a>, such as \u201cJewish Communities of Krakow, Poland.\u201d He\u2019ll also provide step-by-step instructions in creating and editing Geni projects.<\/p>\n RSVPs recommended. Click here to RSVP via email. Tuesday, June 10:<\/strong><\/p>\n 7:00 p.m. The 16th Street Book Club<\/a> is a lively group that meets to discuss modern Jewish literature. All are welcome to join us for a special genealogy-themed selection, the memoir My Father’s Paradise: A Son’s Search for His Family’s Past<\/em><\/a>, in which author Ariel Sabar wrestles with his family\u2019s origins in an obscure enclave of Kurdish Jews. RSVP not required but helpful (Mhaier@cjh.org<\/a>).<\/p>\n This book-club meeting will include an exploration of the Diarna online exhibit that marks the first time that the places and memories of Iraqi-Kurdistan\u2019s Jews are being put on the map. Ezyara: A Journey to Jewish Iraqi-Kurdistan<\/strong> is an homage to the elaborate pilgrimage that Kurdistan\u2019s Jews once made to the al-Qosh shrine of the Prophet Nachum. <\/p>\n In addition to photographs, the exhibit presents an array of virtual documentation\u2014summaries, video tours and interviews, immersive 360-degree panoramas, Google Earth tours\u2014to provide an exclusive window onto a life that is now forever lost. Over 60 years since the last pilgrimage we invite you to experience something of the happiness of Ezyara\u2014made possible with the generous support of the Cahnman Foundation. Learn more at www.JewishKurdistan.org<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n Wednesday, June 11<\/strong>:<\/strong><\/p>\n 10 a.m-5 p.m As part of Family History Today, the Center for Jewish History will partner with the renowned national oral-history project StoryCorps <\/a>to record and preserve visitors\u2019 own family histories.<\/p>\n On June 11 and 12, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., StoryCorps staff will record participants\u2019 personal family memories. These 40-minute recordings will be preserved both at the Center and at the American Folklife Center at the Library of Congress. Each interviewee will receive a free CD recording of the conversation. (StoryCorps interviews are typically conversations between two people who know each other. You can bring a friend or family member to participate.)<\/p>\n While space in the StoryCorps sessions is limited to six per day, visitors who are not able to enroll will have the opportunity for a one-on-on consultation with an expert genealogist, free of charge. The Center\u2019s newly opened Ackman & Ziff Family Genealogy Institute makes conducting family-history research more accessible than ever.<\/p>\n To submit a request to be a participant in the StoryCorps sessions, please email gievents@cjh.org<\/a> with your name, contact information, and availability during both June 11 and June 12.<\/p>\n 6 p.m. <\/strong> Diane Samuels <\/a>will discuss both of her installations housed permanently at the Center: the celebrated piece that graces the Center\u2019s Great Hall, Luminous Manuscript<\/em><\/a>\u00b8 and the new artwork The Written World<\/em>.<\/p>\n The Ackman & Ziff Genealogy Institute is home to the spectacular new installation by Diane Samuels, The Written World<\/em>. Created for the Genealogy Institute, the piece is a wall-sized paper mosaic that forms a global map. Each \u201ctile\u201d of the mosaic is inscribed with a handwritten letter or character from one of dozens of languages collected from users of the Center and represented in its holdings.<\/p>\n 7 p.m. Thursday, June 12<\/strong>:<\/p>\n 10 a.m-5 p.m Please see listing under June 11 for full description. For registered participants.\u00a0Genealogy experts also available all day for one-on-one consultations with visitors interested in researching their family history.<\/p>\n 3:00 p.m. Discussion led by Moriah Amit, Reference Services Librarian, Genealogy Specialist.<\/p>\n Learn about the enormous wealth of genealogical resources that the Center and its five partners have to offer. These resources are a treasure trove of information about individuals, families and towns. They include family histories, memoirs, newspapers, Jewish community records, records of immigrant aid societies and much more.<\/p>\n Sunday, June 15:<\/strong><\/p>\n 2:00 p.m.-3:30 p.m. Dr. Jeffrey S. Malka, author of the award-winning website <\/span>SephardicGen<\/a>, sheds light on the fascinating origins of many Jewish and Sephardic last names, which can be traced directly to the 12th century. These connections tell the story not just of names, but of Jewish history itself.<\/span><\/p>\n RSVPs recommended.\u00a0<\/span>Click here to RSVP via email. Monday, June 16:<\/strong><\/p>\n 11:00 a.m. Miriam Weiner, a renowned scholar of Jewish genealogy and Holocaust research, and noted genealogical researcher Avrum Geller will consult one-on-one with selected visitors. Email<\/a> to register\u00a0to be eligible for this professional family-history consultation.<\/p>\n 2:00 p.m.\u00a0 How do all those family histories get online? Filmmakers Adam Brown and E. Randol Schoenberg\u00a0explore the ways digital tools have completely transformed our access to genealogical treasures, and predict what\u2019s next for this exciting technology. They\u2019ll also recommend ways for beginning and advanced genealogists, content providers, and software and web developers to take advantage of these transformative tools.<\/p>\n Tuesday, June 17:<\/strong>\u00a0<\/p>\n 11:00 a.m. Miriam Weiner, a renowned scholar of Jewish genealogy and Holocaust research, and noted genealogical researcher Avrum Geller will consult one-on-one with selected visitors.\u00a0Email<\/a>\u00a0to register\u00a0to be eligible for this professional family-history consultation.<\/p>\n 3:00 p.m. How can you save and store irreplaceable artifacts from your own family history? Our highly specialized archivists will take participants through the essential steps of safely storing family photos, multimedia objects, and other precious artifacts\u2014tips they previewed in our series of Preservation Week blog posts<\/a>.<\/p>\n Wednesday, June 18:<\/strong> 6:30 p.m. Want to start diving into your own ancestry? Representatives from the Center\u2019s Ackman & Ziff Family Genealogy Institute join the Jewish Genealogical Society of New York, the German Genealogy Group, and the Italian Genealogical Group to provide behind-the-scenes insights into the processes that allow people of any ancestry to quickly and easily search thousands of records. These organizations will also give audience members a sneak peek into their upcoming projects\u2014and how you can take part in them. Moderated by Moriah Amit, Reference Services Librarian and Genealogy Specialist at the Center.<\/p>\n RSVPs recommended.\u00a0Click here to RSVP via email.<\/p>\n <\/a>Sunday, June 22nd<\/strong><\/p>\n 11:00 am RSVPs recommended.\u00a0Click here to RSVP via email.<\/a><\/p>\n –<\/p>\n
<\/em>From June 8 to June 18, the Center for Jewish History is hosting a myriad of workshops and events for everyone interested in tracing their roots and capturing family memories. All programs are free of charge and open to the public.<\/p>\n
<\/strong>Talk and How-To: Adam Brown on Geni.com Projects<\/strong><\/p>\n
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<\/strong>Book Conversation at the 16th Street Book Club<\/a>:\u00a0
<\/strong>My Father’s Paradise: A Son’s Search for His Family’s Past
<\/em><\/strong>Cosponsored by the American Sephardi Federation<\/em><\/p>\n
<\/strong>StoryCorps recording sessions<\/strong><\/p>\n
Meet the Artist: Diane Samuels<\/p>\n
Tour of the Genealogy Institute
<\/strong>Take a full tour of the Center\u2019s newly opened Ackman & Ziff Family Genealogy Institute, a comfortable and cutting-edge facility for family history research.<\/p>\n
<\/strong>StoryCorps recording sessions<\/strong><\/p>\n
<\/strong>Genealogy in the collections of the Center\u2019s partner organizations<\/strong><\/p>\n
<\/strong>Centuries of Surnames: What Names Can Tell Us
<\/strong>Cosponsored by the American Sephardi Federation<\/em><\/p>\n
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<\/strong>Our Experts, Your Roots: Consultations with Miriam Weiner and\u00a0Avrum Geller<\/strong><\/p>\n
<\/strong>Film screening and How-To: The New \u201cBig Bang" In Genealogical Research: Universal Matching of Databases and Family Trees<\/em>.<\/strong><\/p>\n
<\/strong>Our Experts, Your Roots: Consultations with Miriam Weiner and\u00a0Avrum Geller<\/strong><\/p>\n
<\/strong>Be Your Own Archivist: Preserving Family Treasures<\/strong><\/p>\n
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<\/strong>Panel: Ancestors from All Over the World<\/strong><\/p>\n
Places You May Not Have Looked: Researching Roots in NYC and Beyond<\/strong>
Renowned genealogists Miriam Weiner and Avrum Geller reveal important–but relatively unknown–resources for family-history research. Mr. Geller will focus on lesser-known research tools that focus on the New York area; he’ll also highlight some of his other favorites. Ms. Weiner will talk about a number of websites based in the “old country,” including\u00a0archival resources, Holocaust institutions and others.<\/p>\n