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The following meetings took place in 2008.

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January

Wednesday, January 30, 2008
Jane McNamara
What's in the Archives of Ontario and How to Find It

February

Wednesday, February 27, 2008
David Malamed
Privacy, Confidentiality and Ethics in Genealogy
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March
Sunday, March 30, 2008
Alan Greenberg from Montreal JGS
Naturalization Database Project
April

Sunday, April 6, 2008
Book Launch - Bill Gladstone
100 Years in Canada
Lipa Green Building
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Wednesday, April 30, 2008
Herbert Huebscher
Report on the WIRTH DNA-based Jewish Genealogy Project
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May

Wednesday, May 7, 2008
Tour - North York Public Library
Gladys Allison, Canadiana Room
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Wednesday, May 28, 2008
Jill Culiner
Finding Home: In the Footsteps of the Jewish Fusgeyers
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June

Thursday, June 5, 2008
Ron Arons
The Internet Beyond JewishGen and Steve Morse's Website.
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Wednesday, June 25, 2008
Annual General Meeting and Member Breakthroughs

David Price
How I came to be an 8th generation descendant of Szlama GORLICKI of Chmielnik, Poland
         
Dr. Martin Dobkin
How we put together an 8 generation family tree after ordering and receiving vital records from the Polish State Archives via JRI-Poland
       
Harvey Glasner
A major breakthrough for research on my wife's paternal grandfather's family
             
Judi Wagman
Finding Lost Relatives
             
Lindy Goodman
Remarkable success in tracing my father's paternal family's roots in Poland

Ruth Chernia
Linking up with distant cousins using Geni.com

Henry Wellisch
Three Wellisch Families
September

Wednesday, September 24, 2008
Speaker: Bill Gladstone
Former President Jewish Genealogical Society of Canada (Toronto)
Topic: Publishing Your Research:
How to Stay Organised and Sane
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bill-gladstone-signs.jpg Bill Gladstone signing a book for Judy Ghert
October
Sunday, October 26, 2008
Presenter: Neil Richler
Using the Internet to do Research (Intermediate Level)
November
 
Sunday, November 2, 2008
Location: Congregation Darchei Noam
This program is jointly sponsored with the Canadian Friends of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Presenters: Myrna Levy, Betty Sherwood
"It Happened Long Ago...Sharing Your Family Story"
An intimate opportunity for grandparents and grandchildren to explore their family history

Wednesday, November 5, 2008
Holocaust Education Week
This program is jointly sponsored with the Beth Lida Congregation

Beth Lida Synagogue
Speaker: Jerrold Landau
Topic: Holocaust Testimonies and Eastern European History. What can you learn from Yiskor books?

More information is available at the Holocaust Centre of Toronto.

holacaustweek2007.jpgShelley Stillman, U.S, Consul General Peter Nay, committee member Eliane Labendz and Peter Lande, keynote speaker Holocaust Education Week 2007
November

Wednesday, November 26, 2008

Speaker: Henry Wellisch
Former President Jewish Genealogical Society of Canada (Toronto)
Topic: Vienna, Budapest and Prague: 3 Great Jewish Communities.

 December

Wednesday, December, 17, 2008

General Meeting (Elections)

Speaker: Peter Jassem
Topic: Unusual Resources for Genealogical Research for Western Galicia, Poland.