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When you purchase a LIVE! package you will receive a link where you can login to view the sessions — as they happen.
These sessions will stream to your Internet connected computer, tablet or smartphone. The sessions are being held at the 37th IAJGS International Conference on Jewish Genealogy in Orlando, FL, USA on July 23-27, 2017.
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Note that LIVE! Full will feature a multi-session DNA Track. View the comprehensive set of Jewish family history topics offered in the program schedule.
*More than 60 sessions are currently scheduled. Actual number of programs will be determined at time of broadcast. Value based on 60 sessions or 10 per day typical is $2.48 per session for the LIVE! Full subscription and $8.90 per session for LIVE! Daily package.
See the program schedule for further details. Schedule and speakers are subject to change.
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IAJGS LIVE! Schedule
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Sunday 23 July 2017—IAJGS LIVE! Schedule
IAJGS LIVE! schedule. All times US Eastern Daylight Time. Schedule and speakers subject to change.
To ask a question of the speaker(s), tweet your question and include the hashtag #iajgslive and either #swan1 or #swan3 in your tweet. The swan hashtags identify the streaming room you are watching and is noted on the LIVE! schedule.
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| Session Code / Handout Link | Session Title | Speaker(s) | Room Number / Question Hashtag | Type of Session |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9:00 AM–10:15 AM | ||||
| 2012 | LIVE! The Immigrant Voyage | Phyllis Kramer | #Swan1 | Presentation |
| 2270 | LIVE! JRI-Poland 101: Discovering Hidden Treasure in the JRI-Poland Database | Robinn Magid | #Swan3 | Presentation |
| 10:30 AM–11:45 AM | ||||
| 2007 | LIVE! Ships of our Ancestors | Hal Bookbinder | #Swan1 | Presentation |
| 2205 | LIVE! Jewish Records Indexing - Poland; Where Do We Go From Here? | Stanley Diamond, Jewish Records Indexing—Poland | #Swan3 | Presentation |
| 1:30 PM–2:45 PM | ||||
| 2254 | LIVE! DNA 101: Solving Research Problems with DNA Testing (YDNA, atDNA, mtDNA) | Rachel Unkefer | #Swan3 | Presentation |
| 2320 | LIVE! The Inquisition: The Jews Who Left | Schelly Talalay Dardashti | #Swan1 | Presentation |
| 3:00 PM–4:15 PM | ||||
| 2059 | LIVE! Real-World Examples of the Frustrations of Endogamy (Autosomal) | Lara Diamond | #Swan3 | Presentation |
| 2319 | LIVE! The Inquisition: The Jews Who Stayed | Genie Milgrom | #Swan1 | Presentation |
| 4:30 PM–5:45 PM | ||||
| 2110 | LIVE! Jewish Genealogy: How Is This Research Different from All Other Research? | Janice M. Sellers, Ancestral Discoveries | #Swan1 | Presentation |
| 2257 | LIVE! DNA 201: Before Surnames: Y DNA Lineage Research (Next Steps/Mentoring) | Gil Bardige; Rachel Unkefer | #Swan3 | Panel Discussion |
| 7:30 PM–9:00 PM | ||||
| 2332 | LIVE! Keynote: Alexander Hamilton, the Jews and the American Revolution | Robert Watson, Lynn University | #Swan 3 | Keynote Address |
Monday 24 July 2017—IAJGS LIVE! Schedule
IAJGS LIVE! schedule. All times US Eastern Daylight Time. Schedule and speakers subject to change.
To ask a question of the speaker(s), tweet your question and include the hashtag #iajgslive and either #swan1 or #swan3 in your tweet. The swan hashtags identify the streaming room you are watching and is noted on the LIVE! schedule.
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| Session Code / Handout Link | Session Title | Speaker(s) | Room Number / Question Hashtag | Type of Session |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8:15 AM–9:30 AM | ||||
| 2207 | LIVE! Finding Your Kaplans: How to Research Common Names | Mindie Kaplan | #Swan1 | Presentation |
| 2154 | LIVE! Get the Kids Involved: How to Teach Genealogy to Students | E Randol Schoenberg | #Swan3 | Presentation |
| 9:45 AM–11:00 AM | ||||
| 2157 | LIVE! Galicia Basics: What Every Galitzianer Needs to Know | Shelley K. Pollero; Renee Steinig | #Swan3 | Presentation |
| 2295 | LIVE! Yad Vashem's Central Database of Shoah Victim's Names and other Yad Vashem Resources for Beginners | Serafima Velkovich, Yad Vashem | #Swan1 | Presentation |
| 11:15 AM–12:30 PM | ||||
| 2135 | LIVE! Reading Between the Lines: Discovering What is Not Said in Archival Documents | Michael J. Simonson | #Swan1 | Presentation |
| 2133 | LIVE! Finding, Assembling, and Digitizing the History of Jewish Settlement in the Republic of Panama | Robert Jacobvitz, Jewish Genealogical Society of Greater Miami; Lyanne Wassermann | #Swan3 | Presentation |
| 2:00 PM–3:15 PM | ||||
| 2221 | LIVE! Jewish Portugal: Past and Present | Genie Milgrom | #Swan3 | Presentation |
| 2124 | LIVE! A Young Man On the Quest for His Own Hungarian Past | Dejan Süc | #Swan1 | Presentation |
| 3:30 PM–4:45 PM | ||||
| 2255 | LIVE! DNA 301: What Y-DNA Lineages Can Tell Us About Jewish History and Migration (BigY) | Michael Waas; Adam Brown; Janet Akaha; Rachel Unkefer | #Swan3 | Presentation |
| 2139 | LIVE! Who's Your Daddy? Finding My Mother's Father | Debra Kay-Blatt | #Swan1 | Presentation |
| 5:00 PM–6:15 PM | ||||
| 2289 | LIVE! The DNA of the Jewish People | Bennett Greenspan, FamilyTreeDNA | #Swan3 | Presentation |
| 2123 | LIVE! The Twilight Zone: Research Areas that Formerly Belonged to the Kingdom of Hungary | Dejan Süc | #Swan1 | Presentation |
| 8:00 PM–9:30 PM | ||||
| 2327 | LIVE! Keynote: Setting the Record Straight: The DNA and Yiddish Origins of Ashkenazi Jewry | Harry Ostrer, Albert Einstein College of Medicine; Alexandre Beider | #Swan3 | Keynote Address |
Tuesday 25 July 2017—IAJGS LIVE! Schedule
IAJGS LIVE! schedule. All times US Eastern Daylight Time. Schedule and speakers subject to change.
To ask a question of the speaker(s), tweet your question and include the hashtag #iajgslive and either #swan1 or #swan3 in your tweet. The swan hashtags identify the streaming room you are watching and is noted on the LIVE! schedule.
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| Session Code / Handout Link | Session Title | Speaker(s) | Room Number / Question Hashtag | Type of Session |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8:15 AM–9:30 AM | ||||
| 2230 | LIVE! 5 Keys to Involving Next Generation Genealogists | Jeffrey Schrager | #Swan3 | Presentation |
| 2206 | LIVE! Organize and Share your Genealogy: Methods from the Library of Congress | Mindie Kaplan | #Swan1 | Presentation |
| 9:45 AM–11:00 AM | ||||
| 2232 | LIVE! A Journey into the Life of the Jews of France in the 20th Century | Patrick Atlas | #Swan1 | Presentation |
| 2251 | LIVE! How to Trace Surviving Family Members in the Czech Vital Records | Julius Müller | #Swan3 | Presentation |
| 11:15 AM–12:30 PM | ||||
| 2109 | LIVE! Using Online Historical Jewish Newspapers for Genealogical Research | Janice M. Sellers, Ancestral Discoveries | #Swan1 | Presentation |
| 2152 | LIVE! What's New in Austrian and Czech Jewish Genealogy? | E Randol Schoenberg | #Swan3 | Presentation |
| 2:00 PM–3:15 PM | ||||
| 2223 | LIVE! 517 Years of Jewish Presence in Brazil: Practical Tips & Tools for Genealogical Research | Israel Blajberg, Jewish Memorial | #Swan1 | Presentation |
| 2222 | LIVE! Records Access and Privacy: At a Crossroads | Dick Eastman; Jan Meisels Allen | #Swan3 | Presentation |
| 3:30 PM–4:45 PM | ||||
| 2293 | LIVE! How Can the Next Generation Use Documentation to Reconstruct Personal Stories of Holocaust Survivors? | Serafima Velkovich, Yad Vashem | #Swan1 | Presentation |
| 2288 | LIVE! Using the Gesher Galicia Website and All Galicia Database to Research Towns and Families | Brooke Ganz, Reclaim the Records | #Swan3 | Presentation |
| 5:00 PM–6:15 PM | ||||
| 2202 | LIVE! A Headstone, a Plate, a Strange Pedigree: Researching German Jewish Families in the 1700s | Gerhard Buck; Karen S. Franklin | #Swan1 | Presentation |
| 2113 | LIVE! Genealogical Research of Caribbean Conversos via Inquisitorial Documents of the Archivo Historico Nacional in Madrid | Eugenio Alonso | #Swan3 | Presentation |
| 8:00 PM–10:00 PM | ||||
| 2051 | LIVE! The Pamela Weisberger Memorial Lecture: 1917: A Turning Point in American Jewish History (Sponsored by JGSLA) | Hasia Diner, New York University | #Swan3 | Keynote Address |
Wednesday 26 July 2017—IAJGS LIVE! Schedule
IAJGS LIVE! schedule. All times US Eastern Daylight Time. Schedule and speakers subject to change.
To ask a question of the speaker(s), tweet your question and include the hashtag #iajgslive and either #swan1 or #swan3 in your tweet. The swan hashtags identify the streaming room you are watching and is noted on the LIVE! schedule.
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| Session Code / Handout Link | Session Title | Speaker(s) | Room Number / Question Hashtag | Type of Session |
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| 8:15 AM–9:30 AM | ||||
| 2290 | LIVE! Visiting Poland: everything you should know before coming to your ancestral town | Witold Wrzosinski | #Swan1 | Presentation |
| 2130 | LIVE! How to Find Ancestors in German Archives—and Why? | Bettina Joergens | #Swan3 | Presentation |
| 9:45 AM–11:00 AM | ||||
| 2298 | LIVE! The JDC Archives and What We Have to Offer Jewish Genealogists | Linda Levi, The American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee (JDC) Archives | #Swan3 | Presentation |
| 2249 | LIVE! The Gatermann and RSA Films: A Tragic Treasure | Roger Lustig | #Swan1 | Presentation |
| 11:15 AM–12:30 PM | ||||
| 2144 | LIVE! Learning Our Craft: Online Opportunities for Improving Our Research Skills | Emily Garber | #Swan1 | Presentation |
| 2294 | LIVE! The Central Database of Shoah Victims’ Names and Other Sources at Yad Vashem | Serafima Velkovich, Yad Vashem | #Swan3 | Presentation |
| 2:00 PM–3:15 PM | ||||
| 2219 | LIVE! From the Spanish Inquisition to the Present: A Search for Jewish Roots | Genie Milgrom | #Swan1 | Presentation |
| 2194 | LIVE! Polish Magnate Landowner Records: Bringing "The Lords' Jews" to Life | Alexander Dunai | #Swan3 | Presentation |
| 3:30 PM–4:45 PM | ||||
| 2328 | LIVE! Migration of Jews to the Caribbean | Ainsley Henriques | #Swan1 | Presentation |
| 2292 | LIVE! Polish Jewish refugees in the USSR during WWII. | Serafima Velkovich, Yad Vashem | #Swan3 | Presentation |
| 5:00 PM–6:15 PM | ||||
| 2220 | LIVE! How to Find your Jewish Roots through Catholic and Inquisition Records | Genie Milgrom | #Swan3 | Presentation |
| 2141 | LIVE! Using Pre-1826 Polish Parish Records in Jewish Research | Debra Kay-Blatt, Warren Blatt, JewishGen | #Swan1 | Presentation |
Thursday 27 July 2017—IAJGS LIVE! Schedule
IAJGS LIVE! schedule. All times US Eastern Daylight Time. Schedule and speakers subject to change.
To ask a question of the speaker(s), tweet your question and include the hashtag #iajgslive and either #swan1 or #swan3 in your tweet. The swan hashtags identify the streaming room you are watching and is noted on the LIVE! schedule.
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| Session Code / Handout Link | Session Title | Speaker(s) | Room Number / Question Hashtag | Type of Session |
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| 8:15 AM–9:30 AM | ||||
| 2203 | LIVE! A Missing Link: Did Your Earlier Relatives Settle in the Caribbean? | Molly Staub | #Swan3 | Presentation |
| 2277 | LIVE! Blogging Family History: Reading, Writing, and Sharing | Emily Garber | #Swan1 | Presentation |
| 9:45 AM–11:00 AM | ||||
| 2218 | LIVE! Converso Genealogy Project | Genie Milgrom | #Swan3 | Panel Discussion |
| 2227 | LIVE! In Search of Multiple Truths: Genealogy as a Significant Part of Heritage Tours to Poland | Aleksandra Sajdak, Emanuel Ringelblum Jewish Historical Institute/Taube Center for the Renewal of Jewish Life in Poland | #Swan1 | Panel Discussion |
| 11:15 AM–12:30 PM | ||||
| 2287 | LIVE! Reclaim The Records—How to Use State Freedom of Information Laws for Genealogy | Brooke Ganz, Reclaim the Records | #Swan3 | Presentation |
| 2217 | LIVE! Researching your Warszawa Family Roots | Hadassah Lipsius | #Swan1 | Presentation |
| 2:00 PM–3:15 PM | ||||
| 2286 | LIVE! Using the Knowles Collection | W. Todd Knowles, FamilySearch | #Swan1 | Presentation |
| 2310 | LIVE! Why Knowing Your Ancestry is Important for Your Family's Health | Karen Grinzaid, JScreen at Emory University | #Swan3 | Presentation |
| 3:30 PM–4:45 PM | ||||
| 2338 | LIVE! Jewish Genes as Time Machines | Nadine Epstein, Moment Magazine | #Swan1 | |
| 2161 | LIVE! 2018 Warsaw Jewish Genealogical Conference Preview | Michal Majewski; Aleksandra Sajdak, Emanuel Ringelblum Jewish Historical Institute/Taube Center for the Renewal of Jewish Life in Poland | #Swan3 | Presentation |
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