The resource room at the 27th IAJGS International Conference on Jewish Genealogy will feature a great map display. And you can take home prints of the ones you need!
Generation Maps, an event vendor, will make it easy to do this.
Everyone wants maps of their ancestral towns and countries. Bring your digital camera, take a picture of the map in the resource room and Generation Maps will reproduce it in small, medium or large scale, for a fee.
The Resource Room will feature a great collection of maps on loan from the Family History Library. Among them: German Grossblatt series, Austrian Pre-WWI Military Map Series, and the Polish Series Mapa Polski from between the wars. Normally these are only available in microfilm, but the resource room will have the actual maps, which provide significantly detailed Eastern European coverage.
The room's computers will offer various map sites to search as well, and you can download them to a USB drive -- so don't forget to bring yours. You can also take your USB drive to Generation Maps' booth and they may be able to print from that as well.
For more information about Generation Maps, click here. For conference information, click here.
07 June 2007
UK: Genealogy courses increasing
From The Guardian newspaper (UK), comes a story about the growing number of genealogy courses - some for credit, some not.
The current national obsession with genealogy has been fuelled by websites devoted to family history and the popularity of television programmes such as Who Do You Think You Are? Colleges have responded, and genealogy and family history courses are booming.
Mandy Bennett, community learning coordinator with Dudley borough council, has seen an explosion in the number of family history courses. The council offers non-accredited courses for parents and children, designed to lead adults on to accredited courses at college.
"We take people off to the archives and archivists work with them, showing them how to look up information," says Bennett. "It's an excellent way to get disengaged learners using IT."
Tel Aviv: Yiddish Summer School
The second annual Yiddish Summer School at Tel Aviv University is the largest such program in the world - with more than 100 students enrolled. Program directors are Professors Hana Wirth-Nesher and Avraham Novershtern.
Many of the students are non-Jewish, and attendees come from as far away as Hong Kong, Japan, Australia, Netherlands, Poland and Germany.
The sessions include classes as well as Yiddish lectures, tours, theater, concerts, museums, films and cultural events.
The Jewish Museum in Warsaw is sponsoring three non-Jewish Polish university students who will interview Polish Holocaust survivors in Israel.
According to the Tel Aviv University site:
For more, click here and here.
Many of the students are non-Jewish, and attendees come from as far away as Hong Kong, Japan, Australia, Netherlands, Poland and Germany.
The sessions include classes as well as Yiddish lectures, tours, theater, concerts, museums, films and cultural events.
The Jewish Museum in Warsaw is sponsoring three non-Jewish Polish university students who will interview Polish Holocaust survivors in Israel.
According to the Tel Aviv University site:
For someone like Gosha Koziel, a non-Jewish student from the University of Lodz, the study of Yiddish is bound to an interest in the Jewish people. "It's important for many Polish people to understand the culture of the Jews in Poland before the war," says Koziel, who attended the program last year. Meanwhile Alyse Nagele, a non-Jewish student from Lichtenstein, has an appreciation for the language itself. "I always felt very attracted to the Yiddish language," explains Nagele. "It's combination of High German, Polish, Russian and Hebrew is part of what makes Yiddish such a vibrant language.
For more, click here and here.
Ancient DNA in modern art
Many genetic genealogists are familiar with Oxford Professor Bryan Sykes' theory of the Seven Daughters of Eve, which says that, based on DNA studies, the majority of Europeans can trace their genetic lineage back to seven "clan mothers."
Ulla Plougmand-Turner, a Danish artist, has created portraits of the clan mothers using paint containing reconstructed ancient DNA.
Sykes met the artist when he was taking DNA samples from villagers, and he commissioned the exhibit, which is on display at Wolfson College, Oxford, through June 22.
Said Sykes in an interview in the Oxford Mail:
"I am not sure what the public will think as nothing like this has been done before. People will be able to buy prints of paintings and will get a free print if they want to get their DNA tested at the exhibition."
Prints of the paintings will be available at an art gallery whose owner is a former molecular biologist.
For articles about this art/science collaboration, click here, here or here.
Ulla Plougmand-Turner, a Danish artist, has created portraits of the clan mothers using paint containing reconstructed ancient DNA.
Sykes met the artist when he was taking DNA samples from villagers, and he commissioned the exhibit, which is on display at Wolfson College, Oxford, through June 22.
Said Sykes in an interview in the Oxford Mail:
"I am not sure what the public will think as nothing like this has been done before. People will be able to buy prints of paintings and will get a free print if they want to get their DNA tested at the exhibition."
Prints of the paintings will be available at an art gallery whose owner is a former molecular biologist.
For articles about this art/science collaboration, click here, here or here.
Napoleon and the Grand Sanhedrin
GenAmi, a French Jewish genealogical society, offers an interesting article listing the participants in the Grand Sanhedrin, held in 1807. The page is in French and in English.
This Grand Sanhedrin was a Jewish high court convened by Napoleon I to answer questions submitted by the government. Its members included both rabbis and lay leaders.
For more information on the families of Sanhedrin members, researchers may wish to contact GenAmi, whose members have done considerable research about some of the individuals. The GenAmi page about the Sanhedrin includes detailed notes about the attendees (including geographical locations, wife's family, children and more.)
The Grand Sanhedrin was supposed to answer the issues raised by Napoleon and relate them to the future status of the Jews.
Among the conclusions listed in the group's report were:
-Polygamy is forbidden to Israelites;
-Divorce by Jewish law is valid only after previous decision of civil authorities;
-The religious act of marriage must be preceded by a civil contract;
-Marriages between Israelites and Christians are binding, although they can not be celebrated with religious forms;
-Every Israelite is religiously bound to consider non-Jewish fellow citizens as brothers, and to aid, protect, and love them as though they were co-religionists;
-The Israelite is required to consider the land of his birth or adoption as his fatherland, and shall love and defend it when called upon;
-Judaism does not forbid any kind of handicraft or occupation;
-It is commendable for Israelites to engage in agriculture, manual labor, and the arts, as their ancestors in Palestine were wont to do;
-Israelites are forbidden to exact usury from Jew or Christian.
The Grand Sanhedrin members listed by GenAmi were:
Joseph David SINZHEIM, Josue Sauveur, Benoit SEGRE, Abraham Vita de COLOGNA, Ventura FOA, Isaac Raphael FINZI, Elias SPIRE, Jacob MEYER, Moise SELIGMANN, Moise KANSTAD, Jacob OURY-LEVY, Wolf EGER, Isaac SAMUEL, Salomon DELVECCHIO, David Moise GUNZBURG(ER), Bonaventura MODENA, Seligmann LEVY, Jacob CRACOVIA, Michel SELIGMANN, Lazare Nephtali HIRSCH, Abraham ANDRADE, Moise ARON, Samuel Wolff LEVI, Judas BLOCH, Prosper Moise ARIANI, Aron WORMS, Baruch GOUGENHEIM, Jacquia TODROS, Jacob CALMANN, Nathan SALOMON, Lazare WOLF, Mardochee COHEN, Joseph/Jasse ROCCA MARTINO or ROQUEMARTINE, Samson LIEBERMANN, Moise MILLAUD, Mardochee ROCCA MARTINO, Bondi ZAMORANI, Abraham Isaac SAMUEL, Gracciadio NEPPI, Samuel LION, Emmanuel DEUTZ, Abraham MUSCAT, Elis Aro LULLIS, Jacob Israel CARMI, Jacob BRUNSCHWIG, Samuel Marx LEVI, Abraham MONTEL, Saul CREMIEUX, Aron LATIS, Benoit FANNO, Berr ISAAC-BERR, Abraham COHEN, Israel COHEN
Sabaton COSTANTINI, David LEVI, Aron SCHMOLL, Moise FORMIGGINI, A. FRIEDBERG, Lyon MARX, Marq FOY, Mayer NATHAN, Abraham FURTADO, Olry-Hayem WORMS, Seligmann WITTERSHEIM, Lipmann CERF-BERR, Baruch CERF-BERR, Jacob RODRIGUES, Theodore CERF-BERR, Cerf-Jacob GOUDCHAUX, Isaac RODGRIGUES, C.L. LORICH, Isaac Samuel AVIDGOR.
Substitute rabbis included Mendel PRAGUE, Moise Hertz MOSBACH, Betsallel MILHAU.
Lay substitutes were J. Emmanuel OTTOLENGHI, Samuel GHEDILIA, Emilio VITA, J. DREYFOSS, Jeremie HIRSCH, Felix LEVI.
Scribes were Michel BERR, BLOTZ, Jonas VALLABREGUE.
Late arrivals included Carel ASSER, J. LITTWAK, H de H. LEMON, Salomon TREVES, HILDESHEIMER, Jacob LAZARD.
This Grand Sanhedrin was a Jewish high court convened by Napoleon I to answer questions submitted by the government. Its members included both rabbis and lay leaders.
For more information on the families of Sanhedrin members, researchers may wish to contact GenAmi, whose members have done considerable research about some of the individuals. The GenAmi page about the Sanhedrin includes detailed notes about the attendees (including geographical locations, wife's family, children and more.)
The Grand Sanhedrin was supposed to answer the issues raised by Napoleon and relate them to the future status of the Jews.
Among the conclusions listed in the group's report were:
-Polygamy is forbidden to Israelites;
-Divorce by Jewish law is valid only after previous decision of civil authorities;
-The religious act of marriage must be preceded by a civil contract;
-Marriages between Israelites and Christians are binding, although they can not be celebrated with religious forms;
-Every Israelite is religiously bound to consider non-Jewish fellow citizens as brothers, and to aid, protect, and love them as though they were co-religionists;
-The Israelite is required to consider the land of his birth or adoption as his fatherland, and shall love and defend it when called upon;
-Judaism does not forbid any kind of handicraft or occupation;
-It is commendable for Israelites to engage in agriculture, manual labor, and the arts, as their ancestors in Palestine were wont to do;
-Israelites are forbidden to exact usury from Jew or Christian.
The Grand Sanhedrin members listed by GenAmi were:
Joseph David SINZHEIM, Josue Sauveur, Benoit SEGRE, Abraham Vita de COLOGNA, Ventura FOA, Isaac Raphael FINZI, Elias SPIRE, Jacob MEYER, Moise SELIGMANN, Moise KANSTAD, Jacob OURY-LEVY, Wolf EGER, Isaac SAMUEL, Salomon DELVECCHIO, David Moise GUNZBURG(ER), Bonaventura MODENA, Seligmann LEVY, Jacob CRACOVIA, Michel SELIGMANN, Lazare Nephtali HIRSCH, Abraham ANDRADE, Moise ARON, Samuel Wolff LEVI, Judas BLOCH, Prosper Moise ARIANI, Aron WORMS, Baruch GOUGENHEIM, Jacquia TODROS, Jacob CALMANN, Nathan SALOMON, Lazare WOLF, Mardochee COHEN, Joseph/Jasse ROCCA MARTINO or ROQUEMARTINE, Samson LIEBERMANN, Moise MILLAUD, Mardochee ROCCA MARTINO, Bondi ZAMORANI, Abraham Isaac SAMUEL, Gracciadio NEPPI, Samuel LION, Emmanuel DEUTZ, Abraham MUSCAT, Elis Aro LULLIS, Jacob Israel CARMI, Jacob BRUNSCHWIG, Samuel Marx LEVI, Abraham MONTEL, Saul CREMIEUX, Aron LATIS, Benoit FANNO, Berr ISAAC-BERR, Abraham COHEN, Israel COHEN
Sabaton COSTANTINI, David LEVI, Aron SCHMOLL, Moise FORMIGGINI, A. FRIEDBERG, Lyon MARX, Marq FOY, Mayer NATHAN, Abraham FURTADO, Olry-Hayem WORMS, Seligmann WITTERSHEIM, Lipmann CERF-BERR, Baruch CERF-BERR, Jacob RODRIGUES, Theodore CERF-BERR, Cerf-Jacob GOUDCHAUX, Isaac RODGRIGUES, C.L. LORICH, Isaac Samuel AVIDGOR.
Substitute rabbis included Mendel PRAGUE, Moise Hertz MOSBACH, Betsallel MILHAU.
Lay substitutes were J. Emmanuel OTTOLENGHI, Samuel GHEDILIA, Emilio VITA, J. DREYFOSS, Jeremie HIRSCH, Felix LEVI.
Scribes were Michel BERR, BLOTZ, Jonas VALLABREGUE.
Late arrivals included Carel ASSER, J. LITTWAK, H de H. LEMON, Salomon TREVES, HILDESHEIMER, Jacob LAZARD.
Genealogists on screen?
Gen blogger Randy Seaver's newest posting asks about genealogist characters in film.
One reader noted a recent Simpsons' episode that had Lisa doing a family tree homework assignment.
Seaver lists:
-James Bond (George Lazenby) in On Her Majesties Secret Service (1969) played a stuffy genealogist who was overwhelmed by the ladies in the villain's Swiss chalet.
-Strega in Amore (Italian, DVD in 2005). A romantic horror movie, in which a family hires a genealogist to help them assemble the late patriarch's papers. While there, the researcher falls in love with the daughter.
Seaver also points to an Ancestry article on movies and TV shows covering family history in some ways. Click here for some lists which, of course, include Yentl, Fiddler on the Roof and more general titles.
Of course, Tracing the Tribe could add Everything is Illuminated and others. Post your favorites for our own Jewish genealogy short list.
One reader noted a recent Simpsons' episode that had Lisa doing a family tree homework assignment.
Seaver lists:
-James Bond (George Lazenby) in On Her Majesties Secret Service (1969) played a stuffy genealogist who was overwhelmed by the ladies in the villain's Swiss chalet.
-Strega in Amore (Italian, DVD in 2005). A romantic horror movie, in which a family hires a genealogist to help them assemble the late patriarch's papers. While there, the researcher falls in love with the daughter.
Seaver also points to an Ancestry article on movies and TV shows covering family history in some ways. Click here for some lists which, of course, include Yentl, Fiddler on the Roof and more general titles.
Of course, Tracing the Tribe could add Everything is Illuminated and others. Post your favorites for our own Jewish genealogy short list.
Long Island: Risa Neuwith, June 9
The Italian Genealogical Group will host Risa Neuwith, founder of Life Story Productions, as she uses years of experience in film, television and video production, to show you how to preserve and record your family stories and history.
The meeting will be at 10.30 a.m. Saturday, June 9, at the Bethpage Public Library. For more information, go to www.italiangen.org.
The meeting will be at 10.30 a.m. Saturday, June 9, at the Bethpage Public Library. For more information, go to www.italiangen.org.
06 June 2007
On the road again!
I'm a bit jet-lagged after the trek from Tel Aviv to New York and then to Los Angeles, but that's to be expected. The beautiful weather in LA is helping to overcome the impact of traveling through many time zones.
I'll be at the Southern California Genealogical Society Jamboree this weekend, June 8-10 and will be the breakfast speaker on the special Writer's Day event on Sunday.
My talk, "Creating Hope," will center on how the work of so many individuals in regional and topical specialties helps to connect families separated by time and tragic historical events. While this part necessarily focuses on Jewish genealogy, the underlying subject is writing about genealogy for a general readership of non-genealogists to raise awareness of our passion to find out about our families' unique history. Such writing also informs a global audience as to how they can begin their quests down Discovery Road.
In Los Angeles, I'll be seeing friends and family. Next week, I'll be in the San Francisco area to see gen friends and attend the American Jewish Press Association conference. Then on to Seattle to see friends and family,. I'll be speaking in Vancouver BC on Sunday, July 8, at a joint event of the Jewish genealogical society and the Jewish Museum, and then back to Seattle for a talk to the Jewish Education Council on Monday, July 9.
Then it's off to Salt Lake City for the Federation of European Jewish Historical Societies conference, followed by the 27th IAJGS International Conference on Jewish Genealogy, where I hope to see many Tracing the Tribe readers.
I will be blogging from the Southern California event and the two Salt Lake City events, so stay tuned.
I'll be at the Southern California Genealogical Society Jamboree this weekend, June 8-10 and will be the breakfast speaker on the special Writer's Day event on Sunday.
My talk, "Creating Hope," will center on how the work of so many individuals in regional and topical specialties helps to connect families separated by time and tragic historical events. While this part necessarily focuses on Jewish genealogy, the underlying subject is writing about genealogy for a general readership of non-genealogists to raise awareness of our passion to find out about our families' unique history. Such writing also informs a global audience as to how they can begin their quests down Discovery Road.
In Los Angeles, I'll be seeing friends and family. Next week, I'll be in the San Francisco area to see gen friends and attend the American Jewish Press Association conference. Then on to Seattle to see friends and family,. I'll be speaking in Vancouver BC on Sunday, July 8, at a joint event of the Jewish genealogical society and the Jewish Museum, and then back to Seattle for a talk to the Jewish Education Council on Monday, July 9.
Then it's off to Salt Lake City for the Federation of European Jewish Historical Societies conference, followed by the 27th IAJGS International Conference on Jewish Genealogy, where I hope to see many Tracing the Tribe readers.
I will be blogging from the Southern California event and the two Salt Lake City events, so stay tuned.
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