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The Roster Project: Jewish Soldiers in the Civil War
Do you have family members who may have fought in the Civil War? Recently I heard from the Shapell Manuscript Foundation about their...
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- Sep 7, 2018
- 1 min
My Days of Awe discovery: I have a half-sister
by Sally Abrams We told her a bit about ourselves, then moved to the thing Jean most wanted to know. What was he like, the man who had...
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- May 9, 2018
- 2 min
Asking the Elders
This post is reproduced from the newsletter of the Jewish Historical Society of the Upper Midwest, written by Susan Weinberg - The...
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- Jan 9, 2018
- 1 min
Genealogy Software Update
Many of us are affected by Ancestry.com discontinuing support of Family Tree Maker software. Read about Software MacKiev and RootsMagic,...
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- May 23, 2017
- 1 min
Lightness to Dark: A Member Story
A recent story in the press explored a story of members Ruth and Walter Elias that arose out of a roots exploration. It presents a...
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- Mar 23, 2017
- 2 min
Finding David Blumenfeld: A Rediscovered Diary Reunites a Family with Its History
By Frederick Hertz - My great-grandfather David Blumenfeld arrived as a 20-year-old tailor with his mother and siblings in 1884,...
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- Aug 16, 2016
- 4 min
Using Our Whole Self
This post is reproduced from Layers of the Onion at sgweinberg.blogspot.com courtesy of Susan Weinberg - You know I’m intrigued by a...
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- Aug 14, 2016
- 3 min
Telling Our Stories
This post is reproduced from Layers of the Onion at sgweinberg.blogspot.com courtesy of Susan Weinberg - I just returned from the...
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- Apr 20, 2016
- 5 min
Breaking Down Walls
By Susan Weinberg - We recently met for our first Breaking Down Walls discussion. The purpose of this gathering was to look at some of...
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- Mar 4, 2016
- 3 min
Exploring the Jewish Archives
By Kate Dietrick, Assistant Archivist - Nathan and Theresa Berman Upper Midwest Jewish Archives In late February I happily welcomed the...
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- Dec 20, 2015
- 1 min
Helpful Tools: Viewmate
By Walter Elias - You discover an old postcard in the attic possibly written before WWII and sent from Europe. But it’s in Yiddish or...
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- Dec 13, 2015
- 5 min
A Better Search: stevemorse.org
By Susan Weinberg - One of the sites that often helps to crack open a genealogical puzzle is stevemorse.org. Steve Morse has a number of...
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- Oct 6, 2015
- 5 min
What Exactly is Jewish Genealogy?
By Susan Weinberg - What do we mean when we talk about Jewish genealogy? How is it different from plain old genealogy? The “plain...
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- Sep 25, 2015
- 2 min
Welcome to the MNJGS!
When I first began my search into my family history I was surprised to realize there was no Jewish Genealogical Society in the area. I...
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