Date/Time
Date(s) - September 21, 2014
1:30 pm
Location
University Synagogue, a Jewish congregation
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LECTURES BY STEVE MORSE AND LEW HOLZMAN
STEVE MORSE
PROGRAMS Sunday September 21, 2014 in Los Angeles and in Torrance on Monday September 22, 2014
SUNDAY September 21, 2014 1:30 PM UNIVERSITY SYNAGOGUE 11960 Sunset Blvd. 90049
The JGSLA Traveling Library will be available starting 1:00 PM Members Free Guests $5.00 Refreshments
TWO LECTURES BY STEVE MORSE: One-Step Web pages: A Potpourri of Genealogical Search Tools. The One-Step website today includes about 200 web-based tools divided into 16 separate categories ranging from genealogical searches, locating passenger/naturalization and census records, to astronomical calculations and last-minute bidding on e-bay. This presentation will describe the range of tools and give the highlights of each one.
Case Study: Genealogy of Renee Kaufman. A case study using the One-Step Web pages and other websites on how to build an entire genealogy, even if starting with little information, and hints on obtaining records in spite of name misspellings, and how to avoid accepting wrong information.
LOU HOLTZMAN: MONDAY September 21, 2014 7:30 PM Toyota USA Automobile Museum 19600 Van Ness Torrance 90501
The JGSLA Traveling Library will be available starting 7:00 PM Members Free Guests $5.00 Refreshments
Hear first-hand from Solomon Star, the 1885 Mayor of Deadwood, how Jewish pioneers struggled to shape, and succeed in, the American West.
Learn about prominent Jewish figures through 1900 including Josie Earp (Wyatt Earp’s Jewish wife), Adah Menkin, Adolph Sutro, Charles Strauss, Harris Newmark, Solomon Carvalho and others. MORE INFO @www.jgsla.org