Date/Time
Date(s) - April 26, 2026
2:00 pm - 4:00 pm

Speaker
Marion Werle

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Sunday, April 26, 2026
2:30 p.m.

Live at the LA FamilySearch Center (address below) & Zoom (link to come)

DOORS OPEN at 2:00 p.m. PROGRAM starts at 2:30

O Canada! Researching Your Canadian Jewish Ancestors

Program Description: This presentation concentrates on internet-based Canadian family research that can be done from virtually anywhere. The focus is on the major years of Jewish immigration to Canada after 1880 and ranges from Jewish farming settlements in the Canadian West to immigration to larger cities. The presentation covers the major sources of Canadian genealogical records – government, general genealogy websites, educational and other institutions – and includes ship manifests, naturalization records, Canadian census and census substitutes, city directories, voter lists, 1940 residence records, Jewish communal institutions, vital records, cemetery data, military records and local histories. It will also discuss examples using FamilySearch Full Text Search to enhance your Canadian (and other) research.

Speaker: Marion Werle began family history research over 30 years ago. She has researched family from Lithuania, Latvia and Belarus, and has done in-depth research in the U.S. and Canada. She has been on the boards of JGSLA and JGSCV (Conejo Valley/Ventura County). She is a past president and founding member of the Latvia SIG (Special Interest Group) and was a co-director of the JewishGen Latvia Research Division from 2020 -2025. A retired IT professional with master’s degrees in both European History and Library Science from UCLA, she has written three unpublished family histories. She has successfully completed the Boston University Genealogical Research Certificate and the ProGen study group, as well as several genealogy institute classes. Marion has spoken both in person and virtually at IAJGS conferences and for multiple genealogical societies. She teaches a family history writing class for JewishGen. She has been a JGSLA member for decades.

Location:
LA FamilySearch Center
(Entrance off of Manning Ave. at Santa Monica Blvd.)
1591 E.Temple Way
West Los Angeles, CA 90024

JGSLA MEMBERS FREE – $5 FOR GUESTS, ALL ARE WELCOME (you can join at the door)