Jewish Genealogical Society of Montreal Meeting and Workshop Schedule

Monthly Presentations

Our monthly meetings feature presentations by experts in a wide range of subjects related to Jewish genealogy. Unless otherwise noted, all Society meetings are held at 7:30 pm at:

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2023 Jan. 08 Sunday poster

In Conversation with Menachem Kaiser - Menachem Kaiser (award-winning author of Plunder: A Memoir of Family Property and Nazi Treasure.) Please note early time for this member-only event: 1:30 PM Menachem Kaiser's debut memoir, Plunder, won the 2022 Sami Rohr Prize for Jewish Literature and was named a New York Times' Critics Best Book of the Year. It describes the author's quest to reclaim his family's apartment building in Poland and the astonishing entanglement with Nazi treasure hunters that followed. A joint presentation of the Jewish Genealogical Societies of Philadelphia and Montreal. A special members-only event, via Zoom (details to follow via email to members).

2023 Dec. 13 Wednesday poster

Tackle Your Photos Today! - Maureen Taylor (Maureen Taylor is a frequent keynote speaker on photo identification and preservation as well as on family history at genealogical and historical societies, museums, conferences, libraries, and other organizations across the United States, England, and Canada. She is the author of several books and hundreds of articles, has appeared on television shows, and was featured in many publications. Recently, Maureen was a spokesperson for MyHeritage.com. She has written guidebooks, scholarly articles, and online columns for the Smithonian.com. Maureen is also a contributing editor to Family Tree Magazine.) A gift of a box or more of photographs can be seen as such an overwhelming task that it is easier to leave them for the next generation. The problem is that the next generation does not always know what to do with them either, so the images get thrown out. This presentation gives you tips to solving the problem. Maureen Taylor is on a mission to give you the skills to tackle those images. Before you can say "prevent picture puzzles," you will be on your way to identifying, preserving, and organizing your photos. Photo preservation used to be complicated and expensive, but that is no longer the case. A joint presentation of the Jewish Genealogical Societies of Toronto and Montreal. A special members-only event. A link will be sent to all members of both Societies prior to the meeting. No pre-registration required.

Sunday Morning Family Tree Workshops

Our free monthly workshops allow members and non-members to get one-on-one answers and expert help in an informal setting. We do live searches of a variety of databases (e.g., see our workshop handout of commonly used resources, and many of the resources used have been incorporated into the JGS-Montreal Genealogy Dashboard). Workshops are usually held on the first Sunday of each month except July and August (but check the dates below).

So, bring your data and questions and let's see how we can help each other in doing our family research. We often benefit from hearing how others have discovered and used various resources. You may hear just the bit of information you need to find a missing piece of data.

Location:	Jewish Public Library (Map, Metro - Cote-Ste-Catherine station)  Greenberg Conference Room (downstairs) 5151 Côte Ste. Catherine Rd., Montreal
Time:	10:00 am - 12 noon

Online Workshops

Since the spring of 2020, these interactive workshops have been held online on Zoom (limited to 25 people) and live-streamed to YouTube where an unlimited number can watch and pick up research tips that may apply to their own work. For access to the Zoom portion, researchers must have subscribed to a dedicated mailing list by contacting: workshop@jgs-montreal.org. Recordings of these online workshops are posted on our YouTube channel.

Stanley Diamond, President of JGS-Montreal, leads a workshop in May, 2016

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