AdminMay 28, 20192 minWe 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 elders. The interview...
AdminApr 5, 20191 minTurning Folklore to Fact by Susan Weinberg “I often get thrown out of archives and museums at closing time,” I remarked. I was at the local Family History Library with a genealogy cl...
AdminMay 9, 20182 minAsking the EldersThis post is reproduced from the newsletter of the Jewish Historical Society of the Upper Midwest, written by Susan Weinberg - The starting point of any gene...
AdminJan 9, 20181 minGenealogy Software UpdateMany of us are affected by Ancestry.com discontinuing support of Family Tree Maker software. Read about Software MacKiev and RootsMagic, some alternatives th...
AdminApr 20, 20165 minBreaking Down WallsBy Susan Weinberg - We recently met for our first Breaking Down Walls discussion. The purpose of this gathering was to look at some of the sticking points th...
AdminMar 4, 20163 minExploring the Jewish ArchivesBy Kate Dietrick, Assistant Archivist - Nathan and Theresa Berman Upper Midwest Jewish Archives In late February I happily welcomed the Minnesota Jewish Gene...
AdminDec 20, 20151 min Helpful Tools: ViewmateBy Walter Elias - You discover an old postcard in the attic possibly written before WWII and sent from Europe. But it’s in Yiddish or maybe Hebrew and you’re...
AdminDec 13, 20155 minA Better Search: stevemorse.orgBy Susan Weinberg - One of the sites that often helps to crack open a genealogical puzzle is stevemorse.org. Steve Morse has a number of claims to fame. In ...
