FSGS Speakers Bureau

Gladys Friedman Paulin

Gladys Friedman Paulin, CG
Winter Springs, FL
speaker@genealogybygladys.com
http://genealogybygladys.com

Areas of Expertise

• Jewish Genealogy
• 20th Century Research
• Immigration and Naturalization

Willing to travel up to 150 miles.

• Beyond the Names: Mining That City Directory
• Do Documents Lie? Records Created by and for Our Immigrant Ancestors
• Family Newsletters: Dos and Don'ts
• Genealogical Myths and Misconceptions
• Lost in the City? Researching Urban Ancestors
• The Ship's List: Genealogical Information on the Immigrant Manifest
• To Naturalize, or Not: Why and When Our Ancestors Became Citizens
• Those Indexes: What They Do and Don't Tell You...
• That Other Line: An Approach to Ethnic Research
• Your Country Store: Browsing for Ancestors at the National Archives
• Jewish Genealogy for the Non-Jewish Researcher
• Myths and Mitzvahs of Jewish Genealogy

Where she has spoken before

• Annual conferences:
• Florida State Genealogical Society (FSGS)
• Federation of Genealogical Societies (FGS)
• Federation of Eastern European Family History Societies (FEEFHS)
• International Association of Jewish Genealogical Societies (IAJGS)
• National Genealogical Society (NGS)
• Various local genealogical societies in Florida
• Several LDS Stake workshops

Willing to travel 150 miles or more

Meals and travel expenses must be compensated. (Further lecture charges are to be discussed between the speaker and the local society only.)

Biography

Gladys Friedman Paulin, CGSM specializes in post civil war research, immigration topics, and Jewish genealogy. She is editor of OnBoard, the Newsletter of the Board for Certification of Genealogists and is a trustee of the National Institute of Genealogical Research Alumni Association. She has served in many positions of responsibility including vice president of the Genealogical Speakers Guild, president of the Jewish Genealogical Society of Greater Orlando, and director of the International Association of Jewish Genealogical Societies (IAJGS). She speaks regularly at national, state and local conferences and presents half and full day workshops. She publishes a surname newsletter and has been published in Avotaynu, the International Journal of Jewish Genealogy and various newsletters. A graduate of Cornell University, she has attended both the National Institute of Genealogical Research in Washington, DC and the Institute for Genealogy and Historical Research at Samford, AL.