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Date: Mon, Oct 22, 2012 at 6:11 PM
Subject: [JGSGB-Notices] Sun NOV 4 ***CORRECT DATE*** Program: Records from Eastern Europe at Beth El-Atereth, Newton Centre
To: Joanne Saltman <
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Acquiring Records from Eastern Europe
Kahlile Mehr will review the best sources for Jewish genealogical
research in Eastern Europe and options for acquiring documents from
those sources
. Learn how to identify and use archival collections,
understand the arrangement of records in an archive, and use the
Internet to do research.
Kahlile B. Mehr is Manager of Slavic Collection
Management and Cataloging at the LDS Family History Library in Salt
Lake City. Mehr has over thirty years experience at the FHL, where he
has developed the FHL collections for eastern Europe, Spain, Portugal,
and the Pacific and has visited archives in most of the countries of Eastern Europe. He has published many articles on family history
topics and is a regular contributor to Avotaynu, reporting on
the FHL's acquisitions of Jewish records from Eastern Europe.
Interested in a talk to your organization?
Experienced JGSGB genealogists are available for introductory programs at synagogues and community groups.
Do you know of a group to contact? Send a note to
em...@jgsgb.org
The JGSGB is dedicated to helping people discover and research their
Jewish family history. We offer monthly education programs and a
comprehensive beginners’ course, maintain an extensive collection of
research materials, and publish the award-winning journal Mass-Pocha.
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