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Family Tree Maker
Sunday, June 29
Family Tree Maker  (Society Meetings)
1:30 pm
Lillian and Albert Small Capital Jewish Museum, 575 3rd Street NW, Washington, DC 20001
Mark Olsen will discuss Family Tree Maker and its current features with many tips and tricks to make your use of the program more effective. He will also demonstrate the recently announced FTM 2024 with some amazing new features. This presentation is for all levels of genealogists whether you are just getting started or very experienced.
 
 
Speaker:  Mark Olsen is the Family Tree Maker Ambassador to historical and genealogical societies around the world working to support their members as they use Family Tree Maker. Mark is a graduate of Brigham Young University and holds a bachelor’s degree in Family History with a Spanish records emphasis. He has been working in the genealogy industry since 2007 and has been the Family Tree Maker Ambassador since 2016.


Ukraine Genealogy Research in 2025: New Sources and Tips
Sunday, July 20
Ukraine Genealogy Research in 2025: New Sources and Tips  (Society Meetings)
1:30 pm
Zoom meeting, free for members of JGSGW. Nonmembers may register to attend for a fee of $5.
Opportunities for finding ancestral information in Ukraine records are increasing, even as war continues in Ukraine. The Ukraine Research Division of JewishGen expects to double its transcription rate and the resulting output for researchers, beginning in the second half of 2025. Phyllis Berenson, Director of the Ukraine Research Division will discuss the newly available records, how to access them, and research tips.
 
This one-hour program, conducted over Zoom at 1:30 PM Eastern Time, is free for members. This is one of the many activities that is a benefit of JGSGW membership. Instructions for joining the online meeting will be placed under Meeting Info & Links in the Members Only Files. (These files become visible on this website after members sign in.) Nonmembers may register to attend for a fee of $5.  
 
Speaker: Phyllis Berenson serves as Director of the JewishGen Ukraine Research Division, which has added 4 million records to the JewishGen database in the last 2.5 years. She founded the Mogilev Podolskiy and Shargorod town research groups and is Town Leader for both. Her employment history includes social worker, bookstore owner, carpenter's assistant, professional harpist, trust, estates and tax lawyer, as well as symphony orchestra manager. She is thrilled to finally have the opportunity to use her Russian language background in her Ukraine work at JewishGen.
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