Jewish Genealogy Society of Maryland meeting
1:30 pm - 3:30 pm
Hadassah meeting room
3723 Old Court Rd (Dumbarton Offices entrance)
Pikesville, MD 21208
Speaker: Avraham Groll Title: “Getting Started with JewishGen and Jewish Genealogy” Date and Time: Sunday, February 28, 2016, 1:30 p.m. Location: Hadassah meeting room, 3723 Old Court Rd (Dumbarton Offices entrance), Pikesville, MD Please join us on Sunday, February 28, 2016, for our next program, "Getting Started with JewishGen and Jewish Genealogy," presented by Avraham Groll. JewishGen’s free, easy-to-use web site (www.JewishGen.org) features thousands of databases, research tools, and other resources to help those with Jewish ancestry research and find family members. It offers both archival and networking components. In this presentation, Avraham Groll will discuss common challenges that people encounter when researching their family history, and how JewishGen can help. Avraham Groll is the Senior Director of Business Operations for JewishGen. After studying in Israel at Yeshivat Ohr Yerushalayim, he received a BS from Ramapo College, and an MBA from Montclair State University. He is currently pursuing an MA in Judaic Studies at Touro College. The program is free for paid members and $5 for non-members (applied to membership fee when a visitor joins JGSMD) after their first meeting. Refreshments will be available. Please check our web site at www.jgsmd.org for late updates and for the time, location, and program of future meetings.