Venturing into our Past - 2019

Allan Linderman, Editor

Venturing into our Past is JGSCV's monthly newsletter distributed to all members. It is a great way to stay in touch with issues of importance to Jewish genealogy.

December 2019 (Volume 15, Issue 3):

Little Poland in Mexico, WWII
Music Genealogy: The Progenitor of a Violin Piece
Brush-up on Genetics and Genealogy
Jewish Medical Students of Galicia
JGSCV Updates
Forthcoming Elections
USCIS Genealogy Program Proposes to Raise Fees Substantially
Highlights from: "When Gravestones Lie"
Practicing Safe Computing #49: Data Management and Protection
Mexico Offered Refuge and Hospitality to Polish Jews
Genealogy Odds and Ends
JewishGen Updates Education Courses
Get Inspired What We Love About Genealogy
Family Heirlooms: Did You Inherit or Obtain?

October/November 2019 (Volume 15, Issue 1-2):

JGSCV Updates
Forthcoming Elections
Highlights from: "How the Paper Brigade Worked to Save Jewish Treasures from the Nazis"
Practicing Safe Computing #48: Making the Most of Your Password Manager
Kristallnacht: Night of Broken Glass 81st Anniversary November 9-10
Genealogy Odds and Ends
New Additions to the JGSCV Libraries
New Genealogy Request Forms at USCIS
New Resource Center at MyHeritage

September 2019 (Volume 14, Issue 12):

JGSCV Updates
Highlights from: "Reports from JGSCV Members about the 39th IAJGS International Conference on Jewish Genealogy in Cleveland, Ohio"
Free Webinar: "Civil Law Concepts and Genealogy"
Practicing Safe Computing #47: Windows updates
Still Another Update to Randy Majors' Genealogy Mapping Web Site
Gesher Galicia Expands Database to Include Gratz College
Genealogy Odds and Ends
Community Programs

August 2019 (Volume 14, Issue 11):

Converso Memoirs from 14th Century Mexico Re-found and Returned
New York Times Reporter Discovers Her Converso Past
"A Written Monument to the Lithuanian Jews"
A TV Show That Celebrated New Citizens
JGSCV Updates
Highlights from: "Genealogy in the Round"
Practicing Safe Computing #46: Apples Are Also Vulnerable
Genealogy Odds and Ends
Highlights from: The 39th IAJGS International Conference on Jewish Genealogy, Cleveland, Ohio
Millions of Books in the Public Domain for the First Time
Community Programs

July 2019 (Volume 14, Issue 10):

Sign the Declaration of Independence
Video Testimony Techniques Shared by Yadad-In Unum and Three Other Centers
Photos of Synagogues Throughout Poland
Fold 3: More Than Just Soldier Tributes
Film: Finding Babel (2016)
JGSCV Updates
Highlights from: "Newest Features and Records Released by MyHeritage"
Practicing Safe Computing #45: You Likely Need a VPN
New Security Changes at Temple Adat Elohim
Ventura County Fair
Genealogy Odds and Ends
Honoring the Veteran Dad
2019 IAJGS Conference in Cleveland, OH, July 28 - August 2
Community Programs

June 2019 (Volume 14, Issue 9):

Magazine for Women as Resource for Local Names
Your World War II Story is Waiting to be Told!
Jewish Immigration Study from 1914 at Project Guttenberg Online
DNA: What Can That Centimorgan Number Do For Me?
JGSCV Updates
Highlights from: "The Forgotten Ones: The Story of Yugoslav Jewry"
JGSCV To Commemorate WWII In Future 'Venturing Into Our Past'
Honoring Those Who Honored Us with Their Lives
Practicing Safe Computing #44: PC Magazine as a Source
Genealogy Odds and Ends
Ventura County Fair
2019 IAJGS Conference in Cleveland, OH, July 28 - August 2
IAJGS Records Access Alert
Community Programs
National Archives Civil War Research Guide

May 2019 (Volume 14, Issue 8):

JGSCV Updates
Highlights from: "Branching Out from Sepharad - Solving a Converso Mystery"
Practicing Safe Computing #43: Is Windows Defender ATP Sufficient?
Genealogy Odds and Ends
2019 IAJGS Conference in Cleveland, OH, July 28 - August 2
Community Programs
May is Jewish American Heritage Month
80th Anniversary of Kindertransport

April 2019 (Volume 14, Issue 7):

Family Matters: When a Queen Saved the Jews of Persia
Moses, Aaron & Miriam: Supportive Siblings
Market Researchers on DNA
JGSCV Updates
Highlights from: "Success In -- And In Spite of -- Endogamy"
Practicing Safe Computing #42: Synthetic Identity Theft
Genealogy Odds and Ends
2019 IAJGS Conference in Cleveland, OH, July 28 - August 2
Community Programs
How to Find Some of the More Obscure Collections of Genealogy Records

March 2019 (Volume 14, Issue 6):

Worth Repeating: Rabbinic Y-DNA Research
What's a Census Predictor?
Tips for Organizing Gen Data On YOUR Computer
JGSCV Updates
Highlights from: "All About JewishGen"
Practicing Safe Computing #41: Google Chrome Critical Error!
Genealogy Odds and Ends
New Additions to the JGSCV Libraries
2019 IAJGS Conference in Cleveland, OH, July 28 - August 2
Community Programs

February 2019 (Volume 14, Issue 5):

EU Giving Grant for Cemetery Preservation
Continuing On the Inquisition's Trail to South America
Another Story of Preservation
JGSCV Updates
Highlights from: "You Can't Find the Records -- Now What?"
Practicing Safe Computing #40: '5G', Fifth Generation Cellular
Preparing For the Exclusive Research Afternoon at the Los Angeles FamilySearch Library
Saving a Shul From the Woolsey Fire
Genealogy Odds and Ends
Community Programs
2019 IAJGS Conference in Cleveland, OH, July 28 - August 2

January 2019 (Volume 14, Issue 4):

Auction House Websites as Resource
Newspaper Resources Make It Real
Google Translate Updates Announced
Jewish Pirates Ahoy!
JGSCV Updates
Highlights from: "What's New at Ancestry"
Rosalie Bell, PhD Leaves the JGSCV Board
Practicing Safe Computing #39: Ten Tips
The Rights of the Living
Stumbling on a Huge Discovery
Genealogy Odds and Ends
JGSCV Chanukah Gift Winners
Community Programs
Warsaw Ghetto Museum