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News: 31st IAJGS Conference Report by Bill Israel

The 2011 IAJGS Conference is now history, and a great conference it was - certainly one of the
best I have ever attended, and I have been to about 8 or 10 of them since my first one in 1996. It
was well planned and well run, and it just had a good feel to it. The Greater Washington JGS did an
excellent job as the host organization for this conference. With 1,200 genealogists attending from
more than 20 countries, this was the largest attendance in the 31 year history of IAJGS conferences.
And with approximately 230 scheduled activities, events, presentations, workshops, tours,
SIG meetings, breakfasts and lunches "with the experts", and movies from morning until night
spread over six days, the major challenge was simply to determine which ones to attend. There
was no way an individual could make a serious dent in doing all that was available. Sally and I split
up for most of the sessions, so we could double the number that we attended. Fortunately, about
120 of the sessions were recorded, and those recordings, along with the conference syllabus, will
be in the JGSTB library for those who would like to experience a replay of what you missed.

The following is a list of the sessions and the sessions with an 'X' in the columns titled 'MP3' are
available in the JGSTB library for JGSTB members. Members, please visit our library and make use of this
information. For those of you who are not members, please join for the 2012 year so you too can enjoy these resources.

CATEGORY
Session #
MP3
TOPIC TITLE
BEGINNERS
M-4WPC
X
Getting Started with Family Tree Maker PC
BEGINNERS
S-201
X
Introduction To Genealogy
BEGINNERS
S-206
OnLine Research Techniques
BEGINNERS
S-207
Getting Started with Ancestry.com
BEGINNERS
S-301
X
Navigating the World of Jewish Genealogy
BEGINNERS
S-304
X
Jewish Genealogical Research Strategies Part 1
BEGINNERS
S-4WMAC
X
Getting Started with Family Tree Maker Mac
BEGINNERS
S-4WPC
X
Introduction to JewishGen: Computer Workshop
BEGINNERS
S-501
Understanding the Jewish in Jewish Genealogy
BEGINNERS
T-104
X
Jewish Genealogical Research Strategies Part 2
BEGINNERS
T-2WPC
X
Newspapers Online
BEGINNERS
Th-306
X
JewishGen’s Holocaust Resources and JOWBR Project
BEGINNERS
Th-401
X
Online Databases of the Polish State Archives
BEGINNERS
Th-406
X
Research in Galicia: Working with Vital Records
BEGINNERS
Th-4WPC
X
JewishGen Databases - Computer Workshop
CEMETERIES & BURIAL
M-503
X
Funeral and mourning ceremonies of our ancestors
CEMETERIES & BURIAL
T-304
What cemetery?
CEMETERIES & BURIAL
W-102
X
Cemeteries & Tombstones; Just Dying to Tell Secrets
GENETICS
F-203
Haplogroups of the Jewish people (Women)
GENETICS
M-404
Haplogroups of the Jewish people (Men)
GENETICS
S-303
X
DNA for Dummies
GENETICS
T-501
X
DNA for Genealogy
GENETICS
T-BWE-2
The Role of Genetics in Genealogy
GENETICS
Th-205
DNA Projects BOF Meeting
GENETICS
Th-303
X
DNA Connection -Ancient Hebrews and Modern Jews
GENETICS
Th-409
Genzyme Panel: Our Heritage and Our Health
HOLOCAUST
F-302
X
Prewar records at U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum
HOLOCAUST
M-103
X
Research at the USHMM
HOLOCAUST
M-203
X
Research at the USHMM
HOLOCAUST
M-303
X
Research at the USHMM
HOLOCAUST
T-401
X
Bad Arolsen Research - Past Experiences and Now
HOLOCAUST
T-502
X
Yad Vashem Shoah Victims' Names Recovery Project
HOLOCAUST
Th-207
The ITS and Genealogy - How it Came to be and What Happens Next
HOLOCAUST
Th-FS2
The Green Dumpster Mystery (50 min.)
HOLOCAUST
W-705
X
Honoring Women's Resistance in Voice & Music
HOLOCAUST
W-BWE1
Yad Vashem: Portal to Connections and Discoveries
HOLOCAUST
W-LI
X
French SIG Luncheon: French Resources for Research at the USHMM
IAJGS MANAGEMENT
F-103
IAJGS Board Meeting
IAJGS MANAGEMENT
M-502
X
Why Records Access Is Critical to Your Genealogy
IAJGS MANAGEMENT
S-101
IAJGS Board Meeting (Private meeting)
IAJGS MANAGEMENT
S-402
Attracting the Younger Generation
IAJGS MANAGEMENT
S-601
IAJGS Presidents Reception (Private meeting)
IAJGS MANAGEMENT
T-402
X
Implementing the IAJGS Newsletter Initiative
IAJGS MANAGEMENT
Th-104
X
IAJGS: Excite the Beginner with Success
IAJGS MANAGEMENT
W-101
X
IAJGS: Dynamics of Innovative Programming
IAJGS MANAGEMENT
W-410
IAJGS Presidents Meeting (Private meeting)
INTERNET & SOFTWARE
M-2WMAC
X
Reunion® for Beginners
INTERNET & SOFTWARE
M-2WPC
Planting a Family Tree online with MyHeritage.com
INTERNET & SOFTWARE
M-306
X
Launch of the JDC Names Database
INTERNET & SOFTWARE
M-BWPC
The Yad Vashem Shoah Victims' Database
INTERNET & SOFTWARE
S-2WMAC
Getting The Most Out Of Reunion
INTERNET & SOFTWARE
S-2WPC
Little-Known Free Online Resources
INTERNET & SOFTWARE
S-404
One-Step Webpages: Hodgepodge of Lesser-Known Gems
INTERNET & SOFTWARE
T-203
Finding Your Jewish Ancestors on Ancestry.com
INTERNET & SOFTWARE
T-2WMAC
Getting More Out Of Reunion
INTERNET & SOFTWARE
T-306
X
JDC's Archives: A Treasure for Jewish Genealogists
INTERNET & SOFTWARE
T-404
X
Creating Webpage Dedicated To Your Ancestral Town
INTERNET & SOFTWARE
T-411
Simplifying Online Research with Ancestry.com
INTERNET & SOFTWARE
Th-2WMAC
Using Family Tree Maker to create great printed output
INTERNET & SOFTWARE
Th-305
Getting the Most from Ancestry.com
INTERNET & SOFTWARE
Th-309
Introducing the JTA Jewish News Archive
INTERNET & SOFTWARE
Th-405
Creating One-Step Search Tools
INTERNET & SOFTWARE
Th-4WMAC
X
Start Blogging for Genealogy!
INTERNET & SOFTWARE
Th-503
Family Tree Builder 5.0 What’s new in the next gen?
INTERNET & SOFTWARE
W-203
X
Online Ancestral Communities
INTERNET & SOFTWARE
W-2WPC
X
Using Family Tree Maker with Ancestry.com
INTERNET & SOFTWARE
W-304
Mobile Applications for Family Data Sharing
INTERNET & SOFTWARE
W-402
Family History With the Genealogically Challenged
INTERNET & SOFTWARE
W-4WMAC
X
Social Media on the Mac for the Jewish Genealogist
INTERNET & SOFTWARE
W-701
X
GenealogyIndexer.org: Searching Directories & More
JEWISHGEN
S-407
JewishGen Board of Governors (Private Meeting)
JEWISHGEN
T-509
JewishGen Shtetlinks Meeting
JEWISHGEN
T-701
X
JewishGen 2011
JEWISHGEN
T-801
X
Generation X, Y, Net and JewishGen
MAPS
F-301
X
Cartography for Genealogists: Mapping Across Time
MAPS
T-205
Mapping Madness
MAPS
Th-105
X
Putting Your Genealogy into Place in Google Earth
OTHER
M-406
Are you ready to become a Certified Genealogist?
OTHER
M-408
The Changing Borders of Eastern Europe
OTHER
M-601
Mac BOF Meeting
OTHER
T-207
Next Generation Genealogists BOF Meeting
OTHER
T-508
Webmaster’s Roundtable
OTHER
W-301
X
History of the Jews and Chocolate
OTHER
W-FS4
Wherever the Migrant (23 min.) & "He Who Saves a Single Life" (25 min.)
PUBLISHING
M-504
X
Start to Finish: Publishing Your Family History
PUBLISHING
Th-402
X
Create a NextGen Family History Book
PUBLISHING
W-405
X
Latest Trends in Publishing for Genealogists
PUBLISHING
W-504
X
Liven Up Your Family History with Images
RESEARCH
F-102
X
Tools To Uncovering American Court Records
RESEARCH
F-202
Best Search Strategies on Ancestry.com
RESEARCH
F-204
X
Sex, Murder, and Genealogy?
RESEARCH
M-304
X
Genealogical Implications of Chasidic Ancestry
RESEARCH
M-402
Phonetic Matching: Soundex with Fewer False Hits
RESEARCH
M-BWE-1
BWE: Researching Rascals and Deciphering Family Secrets
RESEARCH
S-406
X
Yizkor Books: Must-Reads for Jewish Genealogists
RESEARCH
S-504
X
Sanborn Insurance Maps, City Directories & Maps
RESEARCH
T-206
Yizkor Books BOF Meeting
RESEARCH
T-503
X
Charting The City Directory – Variety Of Uses
RESEARCH
Th-106
X
Digitizing History
RESEARCH
Th-404
X
IAJGS: Ethical Dilemmas in Genealogy
RESEARCH
Th-502
X
Those Family Secrets, and How to Chase Them Down
RESEARCH
W-208
Yizkor Books BOF Meeting
RESEARCH
W-209
Professional Genealogists BOF Meeting
RESEARCH
W-305
X
Genealogy Research: An Investigator’s Perspective
RESEARCH
W-403
X
What, Where, and How to Search for Displaced Person (DP) Camp Documentation
GEOGRAPHIC      Africa
T-106 
Southern Africa SIG Meeting
Africa
T-407 
X
Genealogical Research in South Africa
Africa
W-FS3 
The Forgotten Refugees (49 min.)
Argentina
S-403 
X
Buried Stories (Argentina)
Asia
W-702 
X
Who Are the Jews of India?
Australia
W-505 
X
Researching Jews in Australia
Austria-Czech
M-FS3
 "Auf Wiedersehen-Till We Meet Again"(76 min.)
Austria-Czech
W-407 
Austria-Czech SIG Meeting
Austria-Czech
W-503 
X
Understanding the Familiants Laws
Austria-Czech
W-L3 
X
Austria-Czech SIG Luncheon: Brandeis Family Comes to America
Belarus
M-506 
Lida BOF Meeting
Belarus
T-305 
Kobrin Uezd BOF Meeting
Belarus
T-403 
Polesie BOF Meeting
Belarus
Th-307 
Belarus SIG Meeting
Belarus
Th-L02 
Belarus SIG Luncheon: USHMM's Encyclopedia of Camps and Ghettos
Belgium
M-209 
X
Utilizing Belgian Archives for Jewish Research
Bukovina
T-105 
Bukovina (Reunion Group) Meeting
Bulgaria
T-FS2
"Empty Boxcars" (83 min).
Canada
M-105 
Canadian BOF Meeting
Cuba
M-FS5
 "Jubanos: The Jews of Cuba" (43 min.)
Cuba
S-506 
X
Exploring Cuba: its once and future Jews.
Denmark
S-FS3 
Me and the Jewish Thing (43 min.)
France
T-EE3 
Embassy Experience: France
France
W-207 
X
Archival And Non Archival Resources In France
France
W-409 
French SIG Meeting
Galicia
M-204 
X
The Galicia Jewish Museum:History & Virtual Tour
Galicia
M-307 
X
Gesher Galicia SIG Meeting
Galicia
M-407
X
Galician Cadastral Maps,Landowner & Voter Records
Galicia
M-L02 
X
Gesher Galicia SIG Luncheon: A Tour of Jewish Krakow: Past, Present & Future
Galicia
S-204 
Gesher Galicia Board Meeting (Private meeting)
Galicia
T-FS4
Three Stories of Galicia (86 min.)
Germany
M-208
GerSIG Board Meeting (Private meeting)
Germany
M-308
X
Old German Script; Especially of the 19th Century
Germany
M-FS4
In Heaven, Underground (90 min.)
Germany
M-L03
X
GerSIG Luncheon: A Conversation with Henry Morgenthau, III
Germany
S-503
X
Surname Adoption in Germany: Where and When
Germany
S-FS2
Kinderland ist abgebrannt (Kinderland Cinderland) (91 min.)
Germany
T-209
GerSIG Meeting
Germany
T-507
X
Accessing Jewish Records from the German Archives
Germany
Th-FS4 
In Heaven, Underground (90 min.) REPEAT
Germany
W-306
X
Reconstructing Historical Jewish Nassau Communities
Germany
W-501
X
New German-Jewish On-Line Resources
Germany
W-BWE2
BWE: Breakfast with the German Research Experts
Germany
W-EE6
Embassy Experience: Germany
Holland
M-FS6
Steal a Pencil for Me (94 min.)
Hungary
T-408
H-SIG Meeting
Hungary
T-BWE-1
From Bratislava to Budapest to Baia Mare: Tips on Travel and Research in Greater Hungary
Hungary
T-L02 
H-SIG Luncheon: "Resources for Hungarian Research at the USHMM"
Hungary
W-2WMAC
X
Hungarian Family Research on the Web
Israel/Palestine
M-EE1
Embassy Experience: Israel
Israel/Palestine
T-FS3
Liquid of Life (55 min)
Israel/Palestine
Th-407
X
Find Your Israeli Family
Israel/Palestine
Th-FS3
Clementine (48 min.)
Israel/Palestine
W-206
X
Cruising the Israel Genealogical Society Databases
Israel/Palestine
W-703
X
Israel Research Comes of Age
Latvia
Th-408
Latvia SIG Meeting
Latvia
Th-501
Latvia SIG: Genealogy Surprise Becomes a Movie: Rumbula's Echo
Latvia
Th-L01
Latvia SIG Luncheon: Making Rumbula’s Echo - What Happened in Latvia?
Lithuania
M-206
Research Your Litvak Roots: www.litvaksig.org
Lithuania
M-501
X
Memel (Klaipeda) Archive Records
Lithuania
T-208
Kupiskis-Rokiskis BOF Meeting
Lithuania
T-302
X
The Litvak Diaspora/Evolution in USA
Lithuania
Th-1WPC
X
Litvak Seek - Search the ALD Successfully
Lithuania
Th-301
X
The Litvak Diaspora/Evolution in South Africa
Lithuania
W-408
X
Lithuanian Research-Present And Future Status
Lithuania
W-506
LitvakSIG Meeting
Lithuania
W-EE7
X
The Importance of Jewish Heritage to the History of Lithuania
Lithuania
W-L2 
Litvak SIG Luncheon: Studying Yiddish Brings The Old World Alive
Moravia
T-506
X
Freud's Moravia
Poland
M-210
Lodz (LARG) Meeting
Poland
M-403
X
Discovering Polish Court Documents 19th and 20c
Poland
M-507
X
Jewish Records Indexing – Poland; What’s New?
Poland
M-602
JRI-Poland Board Meeting
Poland
M-FS1
Finding Leah Tickotsky (48 min.)
Poland
S-202
X
Lodz: Manchester of Poland-History and Research
Poland
S-205
JRI-Poland Volunteer Meeting
Poland
SA-401
Ostrow Mazowiecka Research Family (BOF) Meeting
Poland
T-102
X
The Resurgence of Jewish Life in Poland
Poland
T-409
JRI-Poland Meeting
Poland
T-410
Suwalk-Lomza SIG Meeting
Poland
T-EE2
Embassy Experience: Poland
Poland
T-L01
X
JRI-Poland SIG Luncheon: "Polish Notarial Records - a Hidden Genealogical Treasure"
Poland
Th-FS1
Settlement (55 min.)
Poland
W-105
Lublin & Zamosc RG Meeting
Poland
W-106
Bialy Gen BOF Meeting
Poland
W-201
Tracking Ancestors in 19th-Century Polish Records
Poland
W-406
Kolbuszowa Region RG (KRRG) Meeting
Poland
W-4WPC
X
Jewish Records Indexing-Poland Computer Workshop
Poland
W-704
X
Polish Records - Getting the Most from Your Research
Romania
M-309
ROM-Moldova SIG Meeting
Romania
M-L01
X
ROM-Moldova SIG Luncheon: Analysis and Typology of Romanian Jewish Surnames
Romania
T-206
Bessarabia Research Group (BRG)
Russia
T-103
Why Our Ancestors Left a Nice Place Like the Pale.
Russia
Th-202
X
The Rise of the Jewish Population In Russia
Russia
W-205
X
Village Jews in the Pale of Settlement
Sephardic
M-107
Ballads and diasporas in Sephardic and Bnei Anusim
Sephardic
M-205
X
Dona Gracia Nasi: An Exceptional Life
Sephardic
M-508
X
Spain's Archives: The Cervera example
Sephardic
S-FS1
The Last Marranos (64 min.)
Sephardic
T-308
X
Brit Milah Records From Aleppo, Syria (1868-1938)
Sephardic
T-406
X
Strategies for Sephardic Research
Sephardic
T-504
The Captives Return: B’nai Anusim
Sephardic
T-702
Songs of Sephardim and Portuguese Crypto-Jews
Sephardic
T-FS1 
The Last Jews of Libya (50 min.)
Sephardic
W-601
Sephardic SIG Meeting
Sephardic
W-FS1
The Tree of Life (76 min.)
Southern U.S.
SA-301
Walking Tour of Jewish Washington
Southern U.S.
T-405
X
Jewish Washington: Scrapbook of an American Community
Southern U.S.
Th-201
X
French and German Jewish Immigrants along the Mississippi
Southern U.S.
Th-304
Beltway Bandits & Kosher Cops
Southern U.S.
Th-308
Walking Tour of Jewish Washington
Southern U.S.
W-303
X
Jewish Arlington National Cemetery
Southern U.S.
W-401
X
The Different Streams of Jewish Immigration in New Orleans
Ukraine
M-207
Krementz District Research Group Meeting
Ukraine
M-401 
Ukraine SIG Meeting
Ukraine
M-602 
Zvhil BOF
Ukraine
M-B1
Ukraine SIG Breakfast: Jewish Agricultural Colonies and Shtetls in Ukraine
Ukraine
M-FS2 
Prisoner of Her Past (58 min.)
Ukraine
S-302
X
Archive resources in Ukraine: Alternative Sources
Ukraine
T-202 
Ukraine SIG: Multimedia Presentation: Ukraine Then And Now
Ukraine
T-301 
Sub-Carpathia SIG Meeting
Ukraine
T-601 
Rohatyn Shtetl RG Meeting
Ukraine
T-602 
Ukraine SIG Board Meeting
Ukraine
W-202 
X
Odessa pogrom of 1905 - Communal Unrest?
Ukraine
W-507 
Suchostaw Region RG Meeting
Ukraine
W-602 
UKR Chernigov BOF
Ukraine
W-EE5 
Embassy Experience: Ukraine
United Kingdom
T-107 
UK SIG Q & A
United Kingdom
T-307 
UK SIG Meeting
United Kingdom
W-103 
X
UK Records 1870-1930: Residents and Transmigrants
United States
F-201
X
Panel on Records and Social Media
United States
M-101
LOC: Pursuing Your Family History in the National Library
United States
M-102 
NARA: Introduction to the National Archives
United States
M-201
LOC: Pursuing Your Family History in the National Library
United States
M-202
NARA: Introduction to the National Archives
United States
M-301
LOC: Pursuing Your Family History in the National Library
United States
M-302
NARA: Introduction to the National Archives
United States
M-505
INS Policy and Correspondence Files at the National Archives
United States
S-405
X
Voter Registration Records - Making Them Count
United States
S-FS4
Jewish Soldiers in Blue and Gray (86 min.)
United States
T-101
1940 Census: Content and Controversy
United States
T-201
Immigration and Naturalization Records for Beginners
United States
T-204
X
Resources for the Judaica Genealogist Across the Collections of the LOC
United States
T-303
Using NARA's New Online Public Access System
United States
T-505
Admit or Deport? The Board for Special Inquiry
United States
T-FS5
Jews and Baseball (91 min.)
United States
Th-102
Traveling to America in Steerage
United States
Th-203
Doing Jewish Genealogy With Maps At The LOC
United States
Th-204
NARA: State Dept. and Consular Records
United States
Th-206
X
Shame -What they Really Did to Our Grandmothers
United States
Th-302
NARA: Searching for Records of Cultural Property Looted
United States
Th-403
Naturalization Records
United States
Th-FS5
From Shtetl to Swing (52 min.)
United States
W-104
1940 Census: 72 Years Later: Why...and Now What
United States
W-302
X
NARA: Passport Applications, 1795-1925
United States
W-307
Paterson BOF Meeting
United States
W-502
Playing Hide and Seek in the US Census
United States
W-FS2
Yoo-Hoo, Mrs. Goldberg (92 min.)
United States
W-FS5
Candyman: The David Klein Story (75 min.)