The following events took place in 2009:
January |
Wednesday, January 28, 2009
North York Central Library
5120 Yonge Street - Auditorium
Speaker: Professor Paul Robert Magocsi
Topic: The History of Ukraine 1740-1940, the Changing Borders and the Jewish Communities of Ukraine during this Time Period.
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February
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TUESDAY, February 24, 2009
Speaker: Professor Piotr Wrobel
Topic: "The Rise and Fall of Jewish Communism in Poland, 1897 - 1943".
This is a joint program with The Polish-Jewish Heritage Foundation of Canada (Toronto Chapter)
Professor Wrobel holds the Konstanty Reynart Chair in Polish studies at
the University of Toronto, he served as a Research Fellow at the Jewish
Historical Institute in Warsaw, and is an advisor on several Boards
including the Journal "Polin" and the PJHF.
JGS At Beth Tzedec
Tracing Our Jewish Roots: Selections from the Jewish Genealogical
Society of Canada (Toronto) Library Collection was on display in the
main foyer of the Beth Tzedec Synagogue, 1700 Bathurst St.
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March |
Wednesday, March 25, 2009
Speaker: Henry Blumberg, JGS Toronto member
Topic: Genealogy Websites, Past and Present and the Impact of Social Interaction Networks. |
April
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Wednesday, April 29, 2009
Speaker: Dr. Margaret AnnWilkinson, Professor, University of Western Ontario
Topic: Who Controls the Information in Your Family Tree?
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May |
Wednesday, May 27, 2009 2 - 4 p.m.
Tour of the Genealogy Department of the Toronto Reference Library - 789 Yonge Street |
June |
Wednesday, June 24, 2009
Annual General Meeting
1) Adoption of Financial Statements December 31, 2008
2) Arthur Ryman: Finding Information on our Website
3) Member Breakthroughs and Success Stories:
Neil Richler: "Finding Long-Lost Family in Argentina"
Tami Martino: "Photojournalistic Genealogy: photographs, stories, and book printing to document 6 generations of family history"
Henry Wellisch: Census Records/Tax Records - Tracing the Wellisch Family
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August |
August 2-7, 2009
IAJGS Conference in Philadelphia, PA
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September |
Wednesday, September 30, 2009
Speakers: Rob Leverty, Executive Director of the Ontario Historical Society and
Marjorie Stuart, Editor 'Cemetery News' for Ontario Historical Society and Ontario Genealogical Society member
Topic: Bill 149, The Inactive Cemeteries Protection Act
Speakers: Dorothy Pullan, JGS Toronto member and Eli Pullan
Topic: Ancestral Trip: Lagow, Poland - In the Footsteps of My Grandfather (more info)
Speaker: Dr. Rolf Lederer, Past President JGS Toronto
Topic: A report from the IAJGS conference in Philadelphia
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October |
Sunday, October 18, 2009
Workshop 1:00-5:00 p.m.
Topic: Writing Jewish Family Stories and Memoirs (more info)
Workshop Leader: Lil Blume |
November |
Wednesday, November 4, 2009
Holocaust Education Week Program
Speaker: Michael Goldstein
Topic: Documenting the Fate of the Victims: Researching the Records of the International Tracing Service, Bad Arolsen, Germany (more info)
Sunday, November 8, 2009
Intergeneration Workshop – “Sharing Your Family Story”
Facilitators: Myrna Levy and Lucy Sadowski, JGS of Canada (Toronto) members
Postponed
Wednesday, November 25, 2009
Presentation by photographer and author, Rafael Goldchain, of his book,
I Am My Family (more info) |
December |
Wednesday, December 16, 2009
General Meeting: Election - Board of Directors for 2010
Speaker: Lorne Miller
Topic: Our Commitment to Future Generations of Genealogists (more info ) |
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