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Welcome to the schedule for the 26th IAJGS International Conference on Jewish Genealogy. We are proud to present such a high caliber of lectures, meetings, events and tours. For more information about them click on their titles.

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Session Day:
  

 Sunday, August 13
8:00 AM - 12:00 PM 
   IAJGS Board Meeting  
8:00 AM - 1:00 PM 
   Cemetery Visit - Beth David- Elmont (S)  
   Cemetery Visit - Mt Hebron- Flushing (S)  
   Cemetery Visit - Mt Zion- Maspeth (S)  
   *CANCELLED* Cemetery Visit - Old Montefiore- Saint Albans (S)  
   Cemetery Visit - Ridgewood/Glendale- Ridgewood (S)  
8:00 AM - 2:15 PM 
   *SOLD OUT* Jewish Ellis Island- Sunday  
9:00 AM - 3:00 PM 
   *SOLD OUT* Tenement Museum and Eldridge Street Synagogue- Sunday  
9:00 AM - 5:00 PM 
5005    Conference Registration  
9:30 AM - 10:45 AM 
1015    Meeting - JRI-Poland Volunteers  
10:00 AM - 12:00 PM 
200    Using JewishGen's Databases and Search Capabilities (computer lab) Altman 
10:00 AM - 4:00 PM 
5002    Hospitality Room  
12:00 PM - 1:15 PM 
3005    *SOLD OUT* Luncheon - JRI- Poland  
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM 
8001    Bernie (film)  
12:00 PM - 2:00 PM 
325    Genealogy on the Internet (computer lab) Friedman 
12:00 PM - 5:00 PM 
5003    Vendor Room  
12:30 PM - 3:30 PM 
156    Beginner's Workshop Miller 
1:00 PM - 4:00 PM 
5004    Repository Fair  
1:00 PM - 4:30 PM 
S    Jewish Lower East Side Walking Tour- Sunday teststeve 
1:00 PM - 5:00 PM 
5006    Computer/Resource Room  
5007    Internet Cafe  
1:15 PM - 2:30 PM 
1005    Meeting - Borislav-Drogobych Research Group  
106    Cataloging a Cemetery or Burial Society for the JewishGen Online Worldwide Burial Registry (JOWBR) Green 
420    American Sephardi Federation Collection Belinfante 
446    Exciting New Genealogy Technologies: Face Recognition and Super Search Japhet 
1:30 PM - 3:00 PM 
8002    The Last Days (film)  
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM 
252    Introduction to the Internet: How to Effectively Browse the Web (computer lab) Bakker 
2:00 PM - 4:30 PM 
287    IAJGS Management Sub-Seminar Kowitt 
Lee 
2:45 PM - 4:00 PM 
1002    Meeting - Belarus SIG  
1007    Meeting - Czestochowa-Radomsko Area Research Group  
278    First Palestinian Refugees, First Jewish Soldiers: The Egyptian Haven Fedida 
286    Family Web Sites for Research and Collaboration Underhill 
395    Using Geographic Information Systems to Map Jewish Roots: Tools and Opportunities to Enhance Genealogical Research Amstislavski 
3:00 PM - 4:00 PM 
8003    Dancing with my Father (film)  
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM 
8004    Genealogy Anyone? 25 Years in the Life of the JGSLA (film) Weisberger 
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM 
200    Using JewishGen's Databases and Search Capabilities (computer lab) Altman 
4:30 PM - 5:00 PM 
   IAJGS Board Meet and Greet  
5:00 PM - 6:30 PM 
8005    Hiding and Seeking: Faith & Tolerance After the Holocaust (film)  
7:00 PM - 8:30 PM 
406a    Opening Session  
8:30 PM - 10:30 PM 
406b    Opening Reception  
8:45 PM - 10:15 PM 
8006    The Attic: the Hiding of Anne Frank (film)  
 
 Monday, August 14
7:00 AM - 7:45 AM 
5001    Daily Minyan  
7:30 AM - 12:00 PM 
5005    Conference Registration  
8:00 AM - 9:15 AM 
1006    Meeting - Courland Research Group  
102    The Center for Jewish History: Resources for Genealogy Friedman 
1038    Meeting - Godfrey Scholars BOF  
147    One-Step Webpages: A Potpourri of Genealogical Search Tools Morse 
162    Conservation and Multimedia Presentation of Family Histories Bergman 
292    Jewish Records Indexing – Poland: What's New Diamond 
326    Welcome to American Bureaucracy: More from the HIAS and INS Archives Bazarov 
Smith 
376    Murderous Medicine: How to Trace Some Victims of the Holocaust Baumslag 
401    Change in Records Through the Use of Technology Hill 
451    Introduction to Ancestry.com (computer lab) Adams 
8:00 AM - 9:30 AM 
8012    Image Before My Eyes (film)  
8:00 AM - 1:00 PM 
   Cemetery Visit - Beth David- Elmont (M)  
8:00 AM - 2:15 PM 
   *SOLD OUT* Jewish Ellis Island- Monday  
9:00 AM - 10:30 AM 
   Spouse/Companion Get Together  
9:00 AM - 4:00 PM 
5002    Hospitality Room  
9:00 AM - 5:00 PM 
5003    Vendor Room  
9:00 AM - 5:30 PM 
   Ancestor's Roadshow  
9:00 AM - 6:00 PM 
5006    Computer/Resource Room  
5007    Internet Cafe  
9:30 AM - 10:45 AM 
1011    Meeting - GerSIG  
1030    Meeting - Southern Africa SIG  
1035    Meeting - Newsletter Editors, Journal Editors, and Webmasters BOF  
132    Looking for the Only Unaccompanied Children Rescued from the Holocaust by America: Who They Are and How We Found Them Posner 
147    One-Step Webpages: A Potpourri of Genealogical Search Tools Morse 
243    Making the Most of Your Polish Research - A Tour of the JRI-Poland Website Halpern 
Baston 
386    Genealogical Research at the New York Public Library Carr 
393    Whence Castle Garden Records? Smith 
396    Genealogical Resources at the National Archives Shader 
436    Lifelong Learning: Teaching Genealogy to Adults Miller 
Altman 
Dardashti 
452    What’s New at Ancestry.com? (computer lab) Adams 
9:30 AM - 11:00 AM 
8008    The Last Klezmer: Leopold Kozlowski, His Life and Music (film)