Southern Arizona Jewish Genealogical Society

Proudly Presents IN-PERSON:

February 1, 2PM at 

Congregation Bet Shalom

3881 East River Rd

PRESENTATION DESCRIPTION:

Researching New York City Resources Remotely

    As the cosmopolitan gateway to the United States, New York City continues to appeal to those who dream of a better life. Between 1820 and 1920 over 82 percent of immigrants to the United States came through the port of New York. Even if they migrated elsewhere, over 100,000,000 Americans have an ancestral paper trail that involves New York City (of them about 40 million have roots in Brooklyn). Learn how to trace your New York ancestors, whether they were passing through or called it home as well as resources to help you reconnect with family that remained elsewhere. While on-site research is the optimal approach to research, this is not always convenient or feasible. 

Much can be accomplished in advance or in lieu of physical travel.  Components of New York City family history can be identified without setting foot on Broadway using a broad array of free and subscription internet sites as well as some conventional sources.  These resources will be evaluated in the context of the questions and needs of lecture participants.

SPEAKER BIOGRAPHY:

Jordan Auslander is a New York City-based forensic genealogist, expert witness, lecturer, title and estate historian; he has researched cases across the US, Caribbean, Europe and Israel; published an index to Jewish records in Slovak Archives; Genealogical Gazetteer of Greater Hungary; articles on documentation of US participants in WW1 and how to access and use Social Security records. He is a former board member of Jewish Genealogical Society of NY. His acting pretensions applied as “Heir Jordan, Extreme Genealogist,” RootsTelevision.com Telly award winner; the ‘reliably inappropriate’ host of IAJGS Conferences’ Gameshow Nights and Genealogy Death Matches. http://www.thegenealogydetectives.com/ 

PUBLICATIONS (http://www.avotaynu.com/allbooks.htm)

Slovakian Jewish Research, Avotaynu, Winter 1993 vol IX, # 4 

Index To Vital Records In The Slovak State Archive System 1993, Avotaynu 

Avotaynu Guide to Jewish Genealogy, 2004, Avotaynu; Vital Records & Census chapters

Genealogical Gazetteer of the Kingdom of Hungary 2005, Avotaynu

Encyclopedia of The Jewish Dispora, Vol 3, 2009 ABC-Clio, Avrum Ehrlich, ed. Jews in Hungary 

Sharsheret Hadorot, Ask The Expert, v23 #2, Nov 2009; v24 #2, Jul 2010 & #3, Feb 2011

[NY Law Journal, Feb 6, 2012; Estate of Veronica Tesler, 4497C/04, NYLJ  1202541131562]

American Jews in WW1, 2014, Avotaynu; US Jews in The Great War, 2014, Shemot

Museum of Hungarian Speaking Jewry 2014 Dorot vol 35 No 4, (Avotaynu 2015)

Social Security Records & Research; Shemot (UK) 12/2023 v31 #3 & Dorot Summer 2023 v44 #4

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Couple      $50

Student     $18