Past Presentations and Workshops

November 26, 2020

My Trip to Northern Romania and Moldova

Click here to view this presentation held on Nov. 26, 2020 presented by Harry Bolner who reviews his Roots trip to Northern Romania and Moldova.
November 8, 2020

JRI Poland – Stanley Diamond

Stanley Diamond delivered a presentation on What’s New in JRI Poland on Wednesday Nov. 4, 2020.
October 9, 2020

Ellin Bessner

This is a review by Ellin Bessner, the author of the book Double Threat.  This book is the history of Canadian Jews, The Military, and World War 2. https://drive.google.com/file/d/1PdGyyIROiopncheJuAtgfpBHFEJmO763/view?usp=sharing
June 24, 2020

Breaking Brickwalls – June 17, 2020

https://jgstoronto-my.sharepoint.com/:v:/g/personal/docs_jgstoronto_onmicrosoft_com/Eatg7n57K_5GgDlD6s7AfJwBr4vowM_w9bY1YXbM91nrZQ?e=LVXXAV
June 22, 2020

Brickwalls and Breakthroughs, Wed. June 17, 2020

https://drive.google.com/file/d/11s7w04YNpoe_rmUbNJ6dY8LoYT3V3n9M/view?usp=drivesdk
May 26, 2020

Finding and Using Naturalization Documents

View the presentation at The presentation is 1.5 hours.
August 29, 2019

Plan Your Trip to Europe Effectively (1:15 hr.):

Daniel Horowitz provides tips and tricks on how to plan a roots trip across Europe from the very beginning to the smallest details about hotels, transportation, archives and more. https://youtu.be/kOOK0RCBjtw
August 29, 2019

Prepare for a Cemetery Trip (57 min.)

Cemeteries are a great source of genealogical information.  Be prepared to make the most of your visit, no matter if it’s for your personal research or if your group is planning an indexing project. https://youtu.be/Hx5G-m7Zvqc  
June 19, 2019

Brick Walls and Breakthroughs: Wednesday June 19, 2019

Jerry Scherer: Born in Siberia and the son of Holocaust survivors, Jerry always wondered about his parents’ experience during the War and upon their arrival to Canada.  He was able to get permission to view the video testimony of forced labour survivors’.  He also researched JIAS records such as the […]
June 19, 2019

Brick Walls and Breakthroughs: Wed. June 19, 2019

Hank Lobbenberg:  Shortly after Hank’s parents, refugees from Germany, were married in England in 1940 they were interned as “enemy aliens”.  Knowing very little about his mother’s Grunhut family, he chose an unusual research route and contacted Jewish Bloggers who could possibly assist him. Hank Lobbenberg – (Audio only 15 […]