UJGS - Meetings
Our entire web site is undergoing some updating, so the rest of this page is a bit out of date at the moment. Our 2012 meetings will be held at the Family History Library on March 13, May 8, September 11, and November 13.
Meetings are the second Tuesday of the month from 7:00-9:00pm.
Arrive as early as 6:30 for Schmooze Time; come socialize with your fellow society members and talk about genealogy.
Our meetings are scheduled to take place at the Jewish Community Center located at 2 North Medical Drive, Salt Lake City, Utah 84113 (Google Map) unless otherwise noted.
The meeting schedule for 2011 is as follows:
- December 13
Tentative Speaker: Banai Lynn Feldstein
Topic: Mobile Genealogy
Past Meetings:- February 8
Speaker: Daniel Horowitz
Topic: Research Genealogical Resources in Israel from your Couch
Description: Overcome the barrier of the language with a basic lesson of Hebrew keywords and the translation tools available to help everybody deal with the vast list of places where you can find information about people that were born, lived, or died in Israel. - April 12
Speaker: Banai Lynn Feldstein
Topic: A Hebrew Crash Course: Reading Gravestones - June 14
Speaker: Everyone!
Topic: Genealogy in the Round
Description: Come and share your research, stories, interesting finds, heirlooms, or brick walls with the group.
- September 13
Topic: IAJGS Annual Conference Review
Description: Attendees of the IAJGS Conference in DC will share things about what they learned, saw, and did in August. - October 11
Speaker: Kahlile Mehr
Topic: Russian Empire Genealogical Primer
2010 featured the following speakers and presentations:
Social Networking: Facebook and Twitter and Their Genealogy Uses presented by Banai Lynn Feldstein
Genealogy in the Round: Everybody shares their research, stories, and brick walls
MyHeritage SmartMatching Technology presented by Daniel Horowitz
Poland Online Databases presented by Kahlile Mehr
The Paternal Genealogy of Bernie Madoff presented by Gary Mokotoff
Find Your Jewish Ancestors presented by Todd Knowles