JRI-Poland at the Seattle Conference
From: SMSDIAMOND (SMSDIAMONDaol.com)
Date: Wed, 6 Jul 2016 19:57:09 -0700 (PDT)
Following are the JRI-Poland-sponsored  sessions  at the upcoming 
conference.
There are many other sessions that  also deal  with Polish Jewish research. 
To find out about them, check  the  Conference's Program Schedule at    
http://s4.goeshow.com/iajgs/annual/2016/program_schedule.cfm


Sunday,     August 7th:  
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10:30 a.m.-11:45 a.m. in  the  Grand Ballroom. 
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What's New in   JRI-Poland with Stanley Diamond

Since its 1995 founding, there have   been two phases of activity for 
Jewish 
Records Indexing - Poland,   starting with creating indices of records 
microfilmed by the LDS and  then  indexing of later years of records in
Polish Archives not filmed  by the   LDS.  Phase 3 - introduced one year 
ago was made  possible by the   following changes in Polish archival 
policies
and  privacy laws.    

1)  availability of digital record  images records -  facilitating full
extraction of vital records, and the  linking of search  results to digital
images; 2) Polish privacy law  allowing access to  marriage and death  
records up to 1935 in  Civil Records Offices  (USCs).  The session will  
reveal the  results of the first year of  Phase 3, and will introduce   
forthcoming major additions to JRI-Poland  and show how the 
"Your  Town"  pages will be modified  to include a  much broader range  
of record sources.



11:45 a.m.-1:15 p.m. in   Willow   AB
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JRI-Poland  Luncheon:  Jewish Family in Poland in 19th Century. Debunking 
Myths  with Tomas  Jankowski.

What  made a Jewish family Jewish? Was  it  multigenerational and 
patriarchal?
Could studying Torah help  in  arranging a good marriage? How "typical" was 
your  own  family?

This talk will help you to place your own family's   history  in a broader
context of social and economic changes in  Poland  over the last two 
hundred 
years. Special attention will be  paid  to distinguishing the common 
characteristics of the Jewish family  in  the  past.

(This luncheon will be 100 percent kosher, and  will cost  $44, as a  result
of an anonymous donation to help  underwrite the cost  of the kosher 
luncheon.  If you are  registered for the Conference  and have not already 
registered for the  luncheon, the deadline to  do so is  July 10.)


1:30-5   p.m
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Share  Fair

Come to the JRI-Poland table at the  Share Fair with your  questions about  
Polish-Jewish research.  JRI-Poland volunteers will  help answer your
questions and let you know  how JRI-Poland can help you  find your family.



3:15-4:45  p.m.  in  Cedar    A
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JRI-Poland Beginner's Computer Workshop   with Roni Seibel Leibowitz and
Hadassah Lipsius

This hands-on   beginner's workshop will explore the JRI-Poland website and
allow the   participant to  practice initiating basic searches in the    
database.

The goal of the session will be to familiarize the   researcher with the 
JRI-Poland search screens and help understand the   search results. The
workshop will explore narrowing techniques for   managing large results and
provide hints for effectively using the two  stage  results screen.  

Experience using the Internet is  recommended, but  no experience with the
JRI-Poland database is  necessary. 

Note: All  participants must have a Jewishgen ID and  know  their password. 
To  obtain an account please go to  Jewishgen.org and   register.



Monday, August  8
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1:30-3   p.m.  in Cedar   A

JRI-Poland Intermediate Computer  Workshop:  Advanced Search  and  Image 
Links with Roni Seibel  Leibowitz and   Hadassah  Lipsius

This hands-on computer  workshop presented by  the Jewish Records Indexing -
Poland (JRI-Poland)  team will focus on  how to make the most of your
JRI-Poland database  search. It is geared  for intermediate researchers and 
will provide  hints, tips and a  strategy to help find that elusive family 
member  hidden on the  JRI-Poland database. With actual images of millions 
of  Polish Jewish  records now available online from multiple sources and  
linked from the  JRI-Poland search results, the workshop will also focus  on
how a search  of the JRI-Poland online database can connect a researcher  
with  digital images of the record.   Note: All participants must  have  a 
Jewishgen ID and know their password. 
To obtain an account   please go to Jewishgen.org and register.



4:30-5:45 p.m. in  Grand  Ballroom   D
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Researching  Your  Galitzianer Family:  Working with Vital Records  with
Mark  Halpern

A great many Galician researchers have  acquired family  records from
repositories in Poland and Ukraine. Images  of many of these  records can 
now be found  online. Over the last  fifteen years, the work  of Jewish 
Records Indexing - Poland and Gesher  Galicia has made these  records 
more readily available to all Galician  researchers. This  session, 
sponsored by JRI-Poland, offers an in-depth  examination of  vital records 
along with a strategic framework to help  researchers in  acquiring
Galician records to further their  research.  

We will  provide a historical perspective covering  the regulations that
governed  Jewish record keeping and how regulations  covering civil   
marriages impacted the legitimacy and surnames of  children. Close   
examination of sample birth, marriage, and death  records will  reveal
the information contained in the records, identify  the records  having 
the most genealogical value, and discover surprises  found in  many of 
these  records.


Tuesday, August   9
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3:15-4:45  p.m.  in  Cedar   A

JRI-Poland Intermediate Computer Workshop: Advanced Search    and  
Image Links with Roni Seibel Leibowitz and Hadassah Lipsius.   (This is  
a repeat of the Monday afternoon   session.)


6-10   p.m.  in the Madrona Room -   JRI-Poland Board Meeting
(for members of  the JRI-Poland Board of   Directors)


Looking forward to seeing you  in   Seattle,

Stanley Diamond, 
for the Board of JRI-Polnd   


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