Monthly Archives: November 2017

Save the Date: Gesher Galicia/ AGAD Symposium 2018

 

 

 

 

Gesher Galicia have announced their joint symposium with AGAD for 2018 will be held on Tuesday, August 7, 2018 at AGAD in Warsaw, Poland and will be focused on Archives and Jewish Galicia. This symposium is on during the IAJGS conference period.

Subjects covered will include AGAD records, Jewish Galician records in other Polish and Ukrainian archives, Holocaust records, maps and cadastral surveys and non traditional record sources. There will also be panel discussion with archivists and local researchers from Poland and Ukraine.

A buffet reception in the evening will follow the main program. Transportation between AGAD and the main hotel staging the IAJGS conference will be arranged.

Pre-registration for the symposium will open on Sunday, January 28, 2018, through the Gesher Galicia website, where a special webpage is being set up. People who have paid their Gesher Galicia membership dues for 2018 will receive priority booking for two weeks, prior to booking being opened to all.

Go to their website to join Gesher Galicia and/or to follow them on Facebook and Twitter

IAJGS 2018 Conference – Call for Papers

The organisers of the 38th IAJGS Conference in Warsaw, Poland in 2018 have announced their call for papers.

Organisers are particularly interested in lectures and presentations that help delegates…

  1. View their Jewish family history within a historical context. Lecturers are encouraged to include clips of film and/or PowerPoint presentations to provide a multi-media presentation grounded in history.
  2. Actively explore and Interact with the experts and databases available throughout European and online arenas. Presenters covering websites should be prepared to do live demonstrations or offer computer workshops at our conference. New topics and presentations will be preferred over those offered at prior conferences; however, relevance to our visit to Europe will be considered.
  3. Develop experience preserving and sharing genealogy with their family and landsleit (neighbors from the same town). We encourage proposing sessions on interviewing, accumulating data, and sharing with family through creative means.

Presentations and panel discussions will generally be scheduled for 60 minutes, which includes 15 minutes of questions.

Hands-on Computer Workshops will be two hours in length and limited to 25 participants each owing to room constraints.

Prospective presenters can submit any number of proposals however the organisers have stated they will generally choose up to three proposals per person to allow for a diversity of voices to be heard in the limited time available.

For more information and to submit your proposal, click here to access the website. Deadline for proposals is December 31, 2017.