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A Photo Sleuth for the Ages
by Maura Lerner Fisher As a child, Ava Cohn was obsessed with old photos. When other kids were playing outside in the summertime, she...
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Apr 142 min read
The Holocaust Reunion Project
– by Maura Lerner Fisher – Jennifer Mendelsohn remembers dancing with joy when she saw the DNA test results. As a professional...
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Mar 81 min read
Not Every Sam was a Schloime
– by Susan Weinberg – In Jewish genealogy, the fluidity of given names is often a brick wall. You can't find the record if you don't know...
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Aug 9, 20231 min read
An Accidental Collection
– by Susan Weinberg – As a genealogist, I am a keeper of stuff. I would hazard a guess that most genealogists are pack rats, as they know...
Susan Weinberg
May 29, 20233 min read
Mining the Forverts
In February, MNJGS was pleased to host Michael Morgenstern, an educator at the LA Holocaust Museum who has taken on the project of...
Daniel Kazez
Dec 6, 20223 min read
CRARG - A Growing Journey
by Daniel Kazez, President, CRARG (Częstochowa-Radomsko Area Research Group) When I was growing up, I knew very few of our relatives. One...
Susan Weinberg
Sep 6, 20221 min read
Recognizing Family
I often think of my life as a bit of a Rube Goldberg creation. I set something in motion, as if I were sending a marble spinning on its...
Susan Weinberg
May 10, 20222 min read
A Puzzle in Ten Steps
When my father died, I was the first one to tackle his office. My father loved information. If something interested him, it ended up in a...
Susan Weinberg
Apr 22, 20221 min read
A Place of Perilous Danger and Hope
Over recent weeks, I’ve watched the unfolding events in Ukraine with horror. I traveled there in 2011 to the town that my maternal...
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Mar 17, 20222 min read
Honoring the Stories
As genealogists we uncover our family stories. An important part of this process is to retell and commemorate that history. A recent...
Susan Weinberg
Feb 7, 20221 min read
The DNA Rabbit Hole
One of the areas of genealogy that attracts many people is DNA. While I am deep down the rabbit hole of genealogy research, I hesitated...
Susan Weinberg
Oct 5, 20213 min read
Galveston Gateway
Galveston Port 1912 This article was previously published in edited form in JHSUM Fall 2021 newsletter Between 1899 and 1914, 1.7 million...
Susan Weinberg
Jul 11, 20211 min read
The Fluidity of Names
On the changing nature of given names in an immigrant population I love solving puzzles. I often have a “spidey sense” about the answer...
Susan Weinberg
Mar 3, 20214 min read
Tracing Their Journey
In our prior article we introduced you to the Industrial Removal Office that aided Jewish immigrants in traveling to the interior of the...
Susan Weinberg
Mar 3, 20213 min read
Finding Their Way to Minnesota
I write you per your request to let you know how I am doing. . . I like the city very much. It reminds me very much of my old home in...
Susan Weinberg
Sep 18, 20201 min read
Finding the Tendrils of History
I was first drawn into genealogy when the immigration records went on-line. There was something about imagining that journey that...
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Apr 5, 20201 min read
Five Things To Do While Stuck at Home
From the JewishGen newsletter: Most of us will be spending more time at home during the COVID-19 pandemic. We encourage you to use some...
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Nov 1, 20192 min read
Exploring DNA Matches
Dan Kastrul’s recent presentation focused on concrete steps people could take to help make more sense of their DNA matches. He...
Susan Weinberg
May 28, 20192 min read
We Were Them
by Susan Weinberg I’ve been doing talks around the country on immigration history, weaving in video clips from my interviews with Jewish...
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May 15, 20191 min read
The Whispering Past
by Susan Weinberg One of the things that intrigues me about genealogy are the little glimpses of history. There are so many things we...
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