Past Meetings
Click on any column header to re-sort table by that column| Date | Topic | Presenter | Handout(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-05-07 | Auschwitz: Not long ago. Not far away | Michael Berenbaum | |
| 2023-04-02 | Become An Expert: Create a Resource Guide | Emily Garber | Become An Expert handout | >
| 2023-03-05 | Gone Girl: DNA and Document Strategies for Finding a VERY Long Lost Female Cousin | Rhoda Miller | Gone Girl handout | >
| 2023-02-05 | The YIVO Institute for Jewish Research | Jonathan Brent | |
| 2023-01-08 | The Knowles Collection of Jewish Genealogy: What is it and How Do I Use It? | Todd Knowles | |
| 2022-12-11 | Reclaim the Records | Brooke Shreier Ganz | |
| 2022-11-06 | Did My Family Lie or Are the Records Wrong? | Daniel Horowitz | |
| 2022-10-09 | Why did our Jewish Ancestors leave a Great Place like the Pale? | Hal Bookbinder | Pale Handout - 2022 |
| 2022-09-11 | Virtual Tour of the New York City Tenement Museum Focusing on a Jewish Family from Early 1900s | Tenement Museum staff | |
| 2022-07-10 | Genealogy in The Round | JGSCV members & guests | |
| 2022-06-05 | Lives Remembered: Photographs of a Small Town in Poland 1895-1939 | Mike Marvins | |
| 2022-05-01 | The Ravine: A Family, A Photograph, A Holocaust Massacre Revealed | Wendy Lower | Maps of Jewish settlement in Ukraine in 1648 |
| 2022-04-03 | The Lost Family: How DNA Testing Is Upending Who We Are | Libby Copeland | |
| 2022-03-13 | The Three Great Myths of Jewish Genealogy | Chuck Weinstein | Internet Resources for Jewish Genealogy |
| 2022-02-06 | Getting Ready for the 1950 Census: Searching With and Without a Name Index | Steve Morse | Searching the 1950 Census with and without a Name Index |
| 2022-01-09 | Ich Bin Ein Berliner: (Re)uniting Five Half-siblings from Four Different Mothers | Michael Tobias | |
| 2021-12-12 | The Arolsen Archives: A Treasure Trove of Records | Giora Zwilling | Arolsen Archives presentation slides |
| 2021-11-07 | Finding Information to Support Family Stories of Holocaust Survivors and Victims | Janette Silverman | Finding Information to Support Family Stories of Holocaust Survivors and Victims |
| 2021-10-03 | Scandals, Shandehs and Lies: The Stories Families Don't Tell | Renee Steinig | Shandehs and Lies handout |
| 2021-09-01 | No Meeting Due to Jewish High Holidays | ||
| 2021-08-15 | Genealogy in The Round: Successes, Failures, Artifacts | Carol Flesher Bernie Behrens Pat Fuller David Oseas Philip Spain Jan Meisels Allen |
Crimes Against Genealogy Adas Israel Photo Project My Search for Chaike Schechter Goldreich Jacob Meyer |
| 2021-07-11 | The JDC Archives as an Online Resource for Jewish Genealogy | Jeff Edelstein | JDC Archives handout |
| 2021-06-06 | Want to Research Family in Israel? -- Helpful Resources | Garri Regev | The Basics of Research in Israel |
| 2021-05-02 | The Next JRI-Poland | Stanley Diamond | |
| 2021-04-11 | Yad Vashem Central Database of Shoah Victims Names and Pages of Testimony | Alexander Avram | Yad Vashem "Personal File" handout |
| 2021-03-07 | Our Eastern European Roots: We Are What Our Ancestors Ate | Amy Wachs | |
| 2021-02-14 | Researching USCIS Records | Marian Smith | Researching USCIS records |
| 2021-01-03 | Iberia to Amsterdam: A Genealogical Look at the Portuguese Jewish Community of Amsterdam Forensic Genetic Genealogy: A Baby Doe Case Review |
Jarrett Ross | Iberia to Amsterdam handout |
| 2020-12-06 | Following in the Footsteps and Remnants of the Crypto Jews | Genie Milgrom | |
| 2020-11-01 | A Master Catalog for Jewish Genealogy: The DoJR Project - What You Need to Know | Marlis Glaser Humphrey | DoJR Project handout Avotaynu article 'Documentation of Jewish Records Worldwide: An IAJGS Strategic Initiative' Avotaynu article 'Work Underway on the DoJR Project' |
| 2020-10-04 | Think Like a Reporter to Avoid Genealogy Mistakes | Jennifer Mendelsohn | Think Like a Reporter handout |
| 2020-09-13 | Rescue and Resettlement: Researching Refugees from Nazi Europe | Karen Franklin | |
| 2020-08-01 | No Meeting Due to IAJGS Virtual Conference, August 10-13 | ||
| 2020-07-19 | The 1950 U.S. Census for Genealogists | Joel Weintraub | The U.S. Census of 1950_handout |
| 2020-06-14 | My Family: I Could Write a Book | Joan Adler | My Family - I Could Write a Book |
| 2020-03-01 | Comparing Jewish Resources on Ancestry, FamilySearch, Findmypast, MyHeritage & JewishGen | Ellen Kowitt | Comparing Jewish Resources on Ancestry, FamilySearch, Findmypast, MyHeritage & JewishGen |
| 2020-02-09 | Assisted Research Afternoon at the L.A. FamilySearch Library (LAFSL) | Doing Research at the Los Angeles FamilySearch Library 2020 | |
| 2020-01-05 | American Shtetl: Recreating Jewish Communities of the West | Andrea Massion | |
| 2019-12-08 | FamilySearch Historical Collections - Tips and Tricks | David E. Rencher | FamilySearch Collections - Tips and Tricks |
| 2019-11-04 | When Gravestones Lie | Janette Silverman | When Gravestones Lie bibliography |
| 2019-09-15 | How The Paper Brigade Worked to Save Jewish Treasures from the Nazis | Alix Wall | |
| 2019-08-25 | Highlights from IAJGS 39th International Conference on Jewish Genealogy also: Ask the Experts panel |
JGSCV members Hal Bookbinder and Marion Werle |
FamilySearch Unindexed for Latvia |
| 2019-07-14 | Genealogy in the Round | Dianne Wainwood David Oseas Suzanne Scarberry Tammy Williams-Anderson Carol Flesher Pat Fuller |
The Lost Ten Eyck House/Cap Frio passenger ship FAN club (William Kronowith) Pollitzer History Loosening the Mortar of the Fuchs Brick Wall Finding Hillel The Stripper & the Rabbi |
| 2019-06-02 | MyHeritage New Features and New Records | Daniel Horowitz | |
| 2019-05-05 | The Forgotten Ones: The Story of Yugoslav Jewry | ||
| 2019-04-08 | Branching Out from Sepharad -- Solving a Converso Mystery | Sarina Roffe | |
| 2019-03-03 | Success In - And In Spite of Endogamy | Lara Diamond | |
| 2019-02-10 | Assisted Research Afternoon at the L.A. FamilySearch Library (LAFSL) | Doing Research at the Los Angeles FamilySearch Library 2019 | |
| 2019-01-06 | You Can't Find the Records - Now What? What to do When the Records You Need Don't Exist | Marion Werle | You Can't Find the Records handout |
| 2018-12-09 | What's New at Ancestry | Crista Cowan, "The Barefoot Genealogist" | |
| 2018-11-05 | Privacy and Genealogy: What Are the Rules? | E. Randol Schoenberg and Jan Meisels Allen | Privacy and Genealogy handout
Randy's presentation on Avotaynu: "Privacy Issues with Online Trees" |
| 2018-10-07 | Everyday Jewish Family Life in Tsarist Russia | ChaeRan Freeze | Glimpses of Jewish Everyday Life in Tsarist Russia |
| 2018-09-01 | No Meeting Due to High Holidays | ||
| 2018-08-26 | Stories from Eastern Europe: IAJGS Warsaw Conference Attendees Tell Their Stories of Visits to Their Ancestral Towns and More | JGSCV members and friends | |
| 2018-07-15 | Genealogy in the Round: Successes, Failures, Artifacts and Brick Walls; also genealogical hint: Finding Images on FamilySearch |
JGSCV members and guests David Oseas |
Finding Images on FamilySearch |
| 2018-06-03 | The Other Side of Jewish Genealogy: Sephardic Research | Schelly Talalay Dardashti | Sephardic Research handout |
| 2018-05-06 | Ferreting Out Family Stories: Fact, Fiction or Somewhere in Between | Marion Werle | Family Stories handout |
| 2018-04-08 | The Youngest of Schindler's Jews | Celina Biniaz | |
| 2018-03-05 | video: "Jewish Soldiers in Blue and Gray" | ||
| 2018-02-11 | Annual Assisted Research Day at the L.A. FamilySearch Library (LAFSL) | Researching at the FamilySearch Library | |
| 2018-01-07 | Push and Pull Genealogy: A Methodology for Finding Deeper Roots | Werner Frank | |
| 2017-12-03 | 1917: A Turning Point in American Jewish History and JGSCV's Annual Chanukah Celebration |
Hasia Diner | |
| 2017-11-13 | All About JewishGen | Warren Blatt | |
| 2017-10-01 | Three Guides, Four Countries - A Daughter of Holocaust Survivors Travels to Their Ancestral Villages | Deborah Long | Three Guides, Four Countries handout |
| 2017-09-10 | U.S. Immigration and Naturalization | Hal Bookbinder | US Immigration and Naturalization handout - 2017 |
| 2017-08-06 | Genealogy in the Round: Successes, Failures, Artifacts and Brick Walls | JGSCV Members & Guests | |
| 2017-07-01 | No meeting due to IAJGS International Conference | ||
| 2017-06-04 | How to Begin Your Genealogy | Jan Meisels Allen | How to Begin Your Genealogy handout |
| 2017-05-07 | A Sephardic Journey | Marcia Fine | |
| 2017-04-02 | Persona Non Grata - Story of Chiune Sugihara, the Japanese Diplomat Who Saved 6,000 Jews during WWII | ||
| 2017-03-06 | Google and Its Tools for Genealogists also 5 minute genealogical hint: How to Use Google Alerts |
Mary Kathryn Kozy Jan Meisels Allen |
Google and Its Genealogy Tools
How to Use Google Alerts |
| 2017-02-12 | Annual Assisted Research Day at the LA FamilySearch Library | Barbara Algaze handout | |
| 2017-01-08 | Polish-Jewish Genealogical Research | Warren Blatt | Polish-Jewish Genealogical Research handout;
Online Slide Presentation (JewishGen) |
| 2016-12-04 | The Stedman Story: Mystery, Intrigue, Adoption and DNA: Jewish Genealogy Strategies Unravel a
Family Mystery and JGSCV's Annual Chanukah Celebration |
Karen Franklin | Dorot Article;
Resources for Adoptees |
| 2016-11-07 | Read All about It!: Using Online Newspapers for Genealogical Research | Janice Sellers | |
| 2016-10-16 | Through the Golden Door - Immigration After the Civil War | Judy G. Russell, The Legal Genealogist | |
| 2016-09-11 | Manifest Destiny - Names at Ellis Island | Joel Weintraub | Manifest Destiny - Names at Ellis Island |
| 2016-07-10 | Genealogy in the Round: Successes, Failures, Artifacts and Brick Walls | JGSCV Members & Guests | |
| 2016-06-05 | Exploring Legacy Family Tree Software | Geoff Rasmussen | Using the Latest Legacy Family Tree Software |
| 2016-05-01 | Creating New Witnesses to the Holocaust: Teaching the Holocaust Locally, Globally and Virtually | Holli Levitsky, Ph.D. | Summer Haven order form |
| 2016-04-04 | When It Takes A Village: Applying Cluster Research Techniques | Emily Garber | When It Takes A Village |
| 2016-03-06 | Sephardic Records at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum; also 5 minute genealogical hint: Passport Applications |
Megan Lewis, USHMM Jan Meisels Allen |
Using USHMM digital resources;
Sephardic Resources at USHMM; 5-Min Hint: Passport Applications |
| 2016-02-14 | Assisted Research Afternoon at the LA Family History Library (LAFHL) | Barbara Algaze handout | |
| 2016-01-03 | Never Give Up - Strategies for Taking Your Genealogy Research to the Next Level and Finding the Previously Unfindable | Marion Werle | |
| 2015-12-13 | Jews, Liquor, and Life in Eastern Europe | Glenn Dynner, Ph.D. | |
| 2015-11-02 | Jewish Surnames | Warren Blatt | Surnames - 2015-1 |
| 2015-10-11 | DNA Testing for Genealogy | Jay Sage | Presentation slides of "DNA for Genealogy" (PDF) |
| 2015-08-02 | Genealogy in the Round: Successes, Failures, Artifacts and Brick Walls | JGSCV Members & Guests | |
| 2015-06-07 | DNA from a User's Perspective; also 5 minute genealogical hint: Yizkor Books as a Genealogical Tool |
Mike Markowitz Jan Meisels Allen |
DNA from a User's Perspective; Yizkor Books as a Genealogical Tool |
| 2015-05-03 | You Found the Records - Now What?; also 5 minute genealogical hint: Voter Registration Records |
Marion Werle Jan Meisels Allen |
You've Found the Records -- Now What?; Voter Registration Records |
| 2015-04-12 | Remembering the Holocaust Through Family History Using the Resources of the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum | Megan Lewis | Remembering the Holocaust through Family History using the resources of the USHMM |
| 2015-03-01 | Ancient Texts Lead to Genealogical Discoveries: The Lives Our Ancestors Led | Janette Silverman, Ph.D. | JTSA handout |
| 2015-02-15 | Annual Assisted Research Afternoon at the Los Angeles Family History Library (LAFHL) | Exploring the Family Search Website | |
| 2015-01-04 | The Changing Borders of Eastern Europe | Hal Bookbinder | Changing Borders handout - 2015; Polish border change video; video of Europe, 4000 BCE to present; History and borders of Lithuania, 1009-2009 |
| 2014-12-21 | Smarter Searching Tips and Genealogy Methodology on Ancestry.com and JGSCV's Annual Chanukah Celebration |
Crista Cowan, "The Barefoot Genealogist" | |
| 2014-11-03 | The Margarine Moonshiners from Minsk: Conducting Story-Driven Research | Tammy Hepps | |
| 2014-10-06 | From Family History to History: Bridging the Gap Using Genealogy | David Laskin | |
| 2014-09-07 | All About JewishGen | Warren Blatt | |
| 2014-08-10 | Genealogy in the Round: Successes, Failures, Artifacts and Brick Walls | JGSCV Members & Guests | World War I Draft Registration Cards |
| 2014-07-01 | No meeting due to IAJGS Conference in Salt Lake City, UT | ||
| 2014-06-01 | Roundtable Discussions | JGSCV Members & Guests | Galicia SIG handout; Polish Lecture; Tracing Your Canadian Jewish Roots; United States Resources |
| 2014-05-04 | Confronting the Holocaust: The United States Response - SS St.Louis | Clara Knopfler | |
| 2014-04-07 | Sephardic Jews in Los Angeles | Arthur Benveniste | |
| 2014-03-02 | A Hundred Germanies, A Hundred Jewish Histories | Roger Lustig | |
| 2014-02-09 | Assisted Research Afternoon at the L.A. Family History Library (LAFHL) | Welcome to the Family History Library by Barbara Algaze, February, 2014 | |
| 2014-01-05 | For the Sake of the Children: The Letters between Otto Frank and Nathan Straus Jr. | Joan Adler | |
| 2013-12-15 | Smarter Searching on Ancestry.com and JGSCV's Annual Chanukah Celebration |
Crista Cowan, "The Barefoot Genealogist" | |
| 2013-11-04 | One-Step Webpages: A Potpourri of Genealogical Search Tools (abbreviated) and Case Study using the One-Step Webpages (new lecture) | Steve Morse | presentation slides @ One-Step Webpages |
| 2013-10-20 | Second Computer Workshop | Barbara Algaze | Family Search Websites; Genealogy Workshop 101 |
| 2013-10-06 | Jewish Given Names | Warren Blatt | Given Names - 2013; presentation slides @ JewishGen |
| 2013-09-15 | Beyond the Family Tree - Bringing Your Family Stories to Life | Marion Werle | Beyond the Family Tree Bibliography |
| 2013-08-01 | No meeting due to IAJGS International Conference in Boston, MA | ||
| 2013-07-14 | Genealogy in the Round: Successes, Failures, Artifacts and Brick Walls | JGSCV Members & Guests | |
| 2013-06-02 | Lodz,The Manchester of Poland | Debra Kay Blatt | Lodz handout |
| 2013-05-05 | Obscure Records of Citizenship and Nationality | Marian Smith | Useful Tools to Access Obscure Records of Citizenship and Nationality |
| 2013-04-07 | Yom Hashoah Day - Holocaust Memorial Day Commemoration | JGSCV Members and friends | |
| 2013-03-03 | Researching Your Canadian Family | Marion Werle | Tracing Your Canadian Jewish Roots |
| 2013-02-10 | Assisted Research Afternoon at the L.A. Family History Library (LAFHL) | ||
| 2013-01-06 | Jewish Genetic Disorders Across the Diaspora | Catherine Quindipan and Gary Frohlich | |
| 2012-12-02 | Getting The Most Out of Ancestry.com | Crista Cowan | |
| 2012-11-05 | From the Spanish Inquisition to the Present: A Search for Jewish Roots | Genie Milgrom | |
| 2012-10-07 | Jewish Surnames | Warren Blatt | |
| 2012-09-09 | Ethics, Sensitivities, Sensibilities, & Property Rights, Part II | Panel Presentation | Get To Know Your Grandparents Celebrating Grandparents Day; IAJGS Ethics Statement; Association of Professional Genealogists Code of Ethics; Board for Certification of Genealogists Code of Ethics; National Genealogy Society Standards for Sound Genealogical Research |
| 2012-08-05 | Genealogy in the Round: Successes, Failures, Artifacts and Brick Walls | JGSCV Members | Cite Your Sources |
| 2012-06-03 | Ships of our Ancestors; also 5 minute genealogical hint: US Military records |
Hal Bookbinder Jan Meisels Allen |
Ships with 20 or more transatlantic crossings to NY Harbor between 1892 and 1924;
US Military records |
| 2012-05-06 | Visiting Your Ancestral Shtetl/Towns | JGSCV Members and friends | searching the 1940 Census/Yizkor Books on line |
| 2012-04-01 | The Holocaust and Sephardic Jews of the Balkans and North Africa | Arthur Benveniste | |
| 2012-03-04 | Here Comes the 1940 US Census: We Are Ready | Joel Weintraub | 1940 Census handout |
| 2012-02-12 | Assisted Research Afternoon at the L.A. Family History Library (LAFHL) | Researching at the Los Angeles Family History Library | |
| 2012-01-08 | Ethics, Sensitivities, Sensibilities and Property Rights | Panel Presentation | |
| 2011-12-11 | From DNA to Genetic Genealogy: Everything You Wanted to Know but Were Afraid to Ask | Stephen Morse | From DNA to Genetic Genealogy; Association of Professional Genealogists Quarterly article |
| 2011-11-07 | How To Begin Your Genealogy | Jan Meisels Allen | |
| 2011-10-10 | Finding Your Jewish Ancestors on Ancestry.com | Crista Cowan | |
| 2011-09-12 | U.S. Immigration and Naturalization | Hal Bookbinder | 2011-09_Genealogy Tip of the Month |
| 2011-07-17 | Genealogy in the Round: Successes, Failures, Artifacts and Brick Walls | JGSCV Members | |
| 2011-06-05 | Wrongful [Jewish] Wraskals of the West | Ron Arons | |
| 2011-05-01 | The First Massive Jewish Deportation: To Camp de Gurs in 1940 | Werner Frank | |
| 2011-04-03 | Jews of the Pacific Coast | Ava F. Kahn | Jews of the Pacific Coast; 31st IAJGS International Conference |
| 2011-03-06 | Assisted Research Afternoon at the L.A. Family History Library (LAFHL) | ||
| 2011-02-13 | Why Did Our Ancestors Leave a Nice Place Like The Pale? | Hal Bookbinder | JewishGen; Why Did our Ancestors Leave a Nice Place Like the Pale? |
| 2011-01-09 | Authors! Authors! Authors! | Warren Blatt, Werner Frank, Erica Miller, Ph.D., Helene Rosen, Mark Abbott Stern & Sara Applebaum | |
| 2010-12-06 | Genetic Genealogy Demystified - Understanding and Interpreting Your DNA Results | Elise Friedman | Genetic Genealogy Demystified: Understanding and Interpreting Your DNA Results; FTDNA Hanukah Promotion; online slides: Jewish Genealogy By Genetics (JewishGen) |
| 2010-11-08 | An Introduction to Polish-Jewish Genealogical Research also Preserving Heirlooms for Future Generations |
Warren Blatt Phoebe Frank |
Polish Lecture - 2007;
online slides: Polish-Jewish Genealogical Research (JewishGen) |
| 2010-10-04 | Ost Meets West: Immigrant Film Moguls, Emigre Directors, and the Rise of Film Noir | Vincent Brook | |
| 2010-09-01 | No Meeting Due to High Holidays | ||
| 2010-08-01 | One Foot In America! The Jewish Emigrants of the Red Star Line and Eugeen Van Miegham | Erwin Joos | |
| 2010-07-01 | No Meeting Due to IAJGS International Conference on Jewish Genealogy | ||
| 2010-06-27 | Two presentations: Genealogical Resources in Latin America and MyHeritage Research - Genealogy Super Search Engine |
Daniel Horowitz | Jewish Genealogical Resources in Latin America |
| 2010-06-06 | Current Trends and Recent Discoveries in Sephardi and Converso/Bnai Anousim Research | Schelly Talalay Dardashti | Resources Online for Sephardic Genealogy |
| 2010-05-02 | Genealogy in the Round: Successes, Failures, Artifacts and Brick Walls | JGSCV Members | |
| 2010-04-11 | Hitler's Hidden Holocaust, A Documentary by National Geographic Channel. also Red Cross Holocaust Tracing Services |
Bob Rich, American Red Cross of Ventura County | |
| 2010-03-07 | Annie's Ghosts | Steve Luxenberg | Archival Records at the National Personnel Records Center; Recent Archival Accessions; Microfilm Unit Records Onsite Review |
| 2010-02-01 | Mapping Madness | Ron Arons | Mapping Madness Link List |
| 2010-01-10 | How to Begin Your Genealogy | Debra Kay Blatt and Jan Meisels Allen | |
| 2009-12-06 | Hodge Podge of Lesser Known Gems and Annual Chanukah Party |
Steve Morse | |
| 2009-11-08 | Searching for Jewish Treasures | Rabbi Shimon Paskow | |
| 2009-10-05 | Remembering the Victims: The Survivors of the Shoah Visual History Project | Daniel Patrick Brown | |
| 2009-09-01 | No Meeting Due to High Holidays | ||
| 2009-08-30 | Jewish Given Names also Klutzmer Band (Eastern European) music concert. |
Warren Blatt, Managing Director, JewishGen | Jewish Given Names;
presentation slides @ JewishGen |
| 2009-07-12 | Facebook: The Ins & Outs of the On-Line Social Networking Way to Find Relatives and Others | Michael Gallop | JGSCV Facebook presentation |
| 2009-06-07 | Genealogy in the Round: Successes, Failures, Artifacts and Brick Walls | JGSCV Members & Guests | |
| 2009-05-03 | Documentary Film: The World Was Ours, The Jewish Legacy of Vilna | ||
| 2009-04-05 | Assisted Research Afternoon at the Los Angeles Regional Family History Center (LARFHC) | ||
| 2009-03-01 | Town Wide Research - Recreating Our Ancestral Shtetl: Ariogala, Lithuania | Sonia and David Hoffman | Town-Wide Research: Bringing Your Shtetl to Life |
| 2009-02-08 | Secret Jews: History and Culture of Crypto-Jews and Their Research For Jewish Roots and Identity | Arthur Benveniste | |
| 2009-01-04 | The Musical 'Chicago' and all that Genealogical Jazz | Ron Arons | Websites for Jan2009 |
| 2008-12-08 | One-Step Webpages: A Potpourri of Genealogical Search Tools | Steve Morse | |
| 2008-11-10 | Abraham's Children: Race, Identity and the DNA of the Chosen People | Jon Entine | |
| 2008-10-05 | Roundtable Discussions | Practicing Safe Computing | |
| 2008-09-07 | Jewish Surnames also Klutzmer Band (Eastern European) music concert. |
Warren Blatt, Managing Director, JewishGen | |
| 2008-06-29 | Genealogical Records from the Holocaust -- The Breakthrough? | Peter Lande, volunteer at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum (USHMM) | Addresses2; Rabinowitz |
| 2008-06-01 | Genealogy in the Round: Successes, Failures, Artifacts and Brick Walls | JGSCV Members & Guests | Captured WWII Nazi Still and Aerial Photographs |
| 2008-05-04 | Commemorating Yom Hashoah Day (Holocaust Memorial Day) Holocaust documentary: Hiding and Seeking: Faith and Tolerance After the Holocaust | Pages of Testimony submission form | |
| 2008-04-06 | Exclusive Research Day at the Los Angeles Regional Family History Center (LARFHC) | Preparing for the Exclusive Research Afternoon at the LARFHC | |
| 2008-03-02 | 100 years of the Workmen's Circle/Arbeter Ring | Eric Gordon, President, Workmen's Circle, Los Angeles | |
| 2008-02-10 | Using Maps In Genealogical Research | Robert Sherins, M.D. | Using Maps in Genealogical Research |
| 2008-01-06 | Documenting Immigrants to America, 1882-1954 | Marian L. Smith, historian, U.S.Citizenship and Immigration Service (USCIS) | Immigration and Naturalization Records |
| 2007-12-09 | Using the Internet Beyond JewishGen & Steve Morse's Website
and Annual Chanukah Party |
Ron Arons | The Internet Beyond JewishGen & Steve Morse's Website |
| 2007-11-11 | How The Jews Won The West | Gladys Sturman | |
| 2007-10-14 | How To Begin Your Genealogy Research, Part IV: How to use Family History Centers and Microfilms in your Research | Debra Kay Blatt and Warren Blatt | How to Use a Family History Center |
| 2007-08-19 | Highlights of the 2007 IAJGS International Conference on Jewish Genealogy. | JGSCV Members | |
| 2007-07-01 | No meeting due to IAJGS International Conference on Jewish Genealogy | ||
| 2007-06-10 | Jewish Genealogy and DNA Testing | Bennett Greenspan, President and Founder, Family Tree DNA | Family Tree DNA Order Form |
| 2007-05-06 | Genealogy in the Round: Successes, Failures, Artifacts and Brick Walls. | JGSCV Members & Guests | |
| 2007-04-15 | There Once Was A Town: award winning PBS documentary on a visit to an ancestral shtetl narrated by Actor Ed Asner. | ||
| 2007-03-18 | Navigating the New York and Federal Censuses with Fewer Tears | Joel Weintraub, Steve Morse Associate and One-Step Database Manager | |
| 2007-02-11 | Lesser Known Resources at the National Archives and Records Administration | Randy Thompson, Archivist, NARA | |
| 2007-01-07 | How To Begin Your Genealogy Research, Part lll: Newspaper and Yizkor Books | Jan Meisels Allen and Werner Frank | Newspaper and Yizkor Book Sources |
| 2006-12-10 | Bugsy Siegel and Meyer Lansky - The Men Behind the Flamingo Hotel | Ron Arons | |
| 2006-11-15 | Genealogist as Detective: Solving Mysteries Using HIAS Case File | Valery Bazarov, Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society (HIAS) | HIAS Location and Family History Department; HIAS Search Form |
| 2006-10-01 | No Meeting Due to High Holidays | ||
| 2006-09-17 | Our Heritage and Our Health | Gary Frohlich | |
| 2006-08-01 | IAJGS Conference in New York City. No JGSCV meeting. | ||
| 2006-07-09 | Detecting Faults and Errors in Genealogical Sources | Werner Frank | |
| 2006-06-11 | The Wayfarers | Stuart Tower | Romanian Sources |
| 2006-05-07 | The Changing Borders of Eastern Europe | Hal Bookbinder | The Changing Borders of Eastern Europe |
| 2006-04-09 | How To Begin Your Genealogy Research, Part II: Using the Internet | Jan Meisels Allen, Debra Kay Blatt and Warren Blatt | Military Records Sites and City Directories on the Internet |
| 2006-03-05 | The Children of Terezin | After the showing of this film, its producer Stewart Bernstein will discuss the making of the documentary | |
| 2006-02-05 | Jewish Treasures in the Ventura County Museum | Charles Johnson, Librarian and Associate Director, Ventura County Museum | |
| 2006-01-08 | How To Begin Your Genealogy Research | Jan Meisels Allen, Debra Kay Blatt & Hal Bookbinder | How Do I Get Started; Suggested Questions to Ask During Interviews |
| 2005-12-04 | Putting Flesh On The Bones | Ron Arons | |
| 2005-11-13 | Jewish Life In China During the Past Thousand Years | Werner Frank | |
| 2005-10-23 | An Introduction to JewishGen Databases | Warren Blatt | |
| 2005-09-25 | Researching Your Relatives That Came Through Ellis Island | Hal Bookbinder, Debra Kay Blatt & Werner Frank | Entities Shown on Ship Manifests as Required by USA Government; presentation: Basic Information Sources |