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The next Best of Elizabeth Shown Mills series webinar is on Friday (a members-only event). Learn more here. Become a member here.

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Ellen Kowitt

Places and Ethnicities Jewish Genealogy

Ellen is National Vice Chair of the Daughters of the American Revolution (NSDAR) Jewish Task Force and member of the Lineage Committee Specialty Research Team. She serves as Director of JewishGen’s US Research Division and is a former Director-at-Large of the International Association of Jewish Genealogical Societies. Ellen has completed ProGen, attends institutes, and indexes records in her free time.

Ellen's Webinars (4)

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Places and Ethnicities
Documenting Jewish Families in America: The Early Years 1654-1880
Ellen Kowitt
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Documenting Jewish Families in America: The Early Years 1654-1880
Strategies and resources to document the earliest Jews in America 1654-1880. Learn how to navigate early American secular records and Jewish institutional materials to create a successful research plan. Land, military, languages used, and historical collections will be featured. A timeline will help identify when to look for Jewish synagogue, burial, or other Jewish community documentation, and when only government-generated records will fill the gap.
Places and Ethnicities
Documenting Jewish Families in America: The Early Years 1654-1880
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Ellen Kowitt
57 views
Strategies and resources to document the earliest Jews in America 1654-1880. Learn how to navigate early American secular records and Jewish institutional materials to create a successful research plan. Land, military, languages used, and historical collections will be featured. A timeline will help identify when to look for Jewish synagogue, burial, or other Jewish community documentation, and when only government-generated records will fill the gap.
Fri, September 23 2022: 10:00 UTC
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49:31
Places and Ethnicities
What’s New in Jewish Genealogy 2022
Ellen Kowitt
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What’s New in Jewish Genealogy 2022
Join Ellen Kowitt as she provides an update about what’s new when researching Jewish ancestry on familiar websites including JewishGen, Steve Morse, and Miriam Weiner’s Routes to Roots Database. Hidden gems and lesser-known resources will also be provided in this information-packed webinar.
Places and Ethnicities
What’s New in Jewish Genealogy 2022
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Ellen Kowitt
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Join Ellen Kowitt as she provides an update about what’s new when researching Jewish ancestry on familiar websites including JewishGen, Steve Morse, and Miriam Weiner’s Routes to Roots Database. Hidden gems and lesser-known resources will also be provided in this information-packed webinar.
Thu, April 7 2022: 23:00 UTC
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1:08:12
Places and Ethnicities
Documenting Families or Communities Lost in the Holocaust by Bullets
Ellen Kowitt
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Documenting Families or Communities Lost in the Holocaust by Bullets
English speakers can now learn details about what happened to relatives or a community in the Holocaust by Bullets. Review documentation from this important era including access to Russian Extraordinary Commission files; German Einsatzgruppen Reports; Yahad-In Unum eyewitness video; USC Shoah Foundation and other recorded survivor testimonies; Yizkor Books; Yad…
Places and Ethnicities
Documenting Families or Communities Lost in the Holocaust by Bullets
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Ellen Kowitt
350 views
English speakers can now learn details about what happened to relatives or a community in the Holocaust by Bullets. Review documentation from this important era including access to Russian Extraordinary Commission files; German Einsatzgruppen Reports; Yahad-In Unum eyewitness video; USC Shoah Foundation and other recorded survivor testimonies; Yizkor Books; Yad…
Thu, December 9 2021: 1:00 UTC
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1:20:56
Places and Ethnicities
Jewish Resources on the Genealogy Giants
Ellen Kowitt
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Jewish Resources on the Genealogy Giants
Learn about Jewish record collections across Ancestry.com, FamilySearch, Findmypast and MyHeritage--and JewishGen! This comparative analysis tells you not only what records are where, but recommends best versions of similar record collections and additional tools on each site that are especially relevant to researching Jewish ancestors. Sunny Morton, expert on…
Places and Ethnicities
Jewish Resources on the Genealogy Giants
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Ellen Kowitt
2.2K views
Learn about Jewish record collections across Ancestry.com, FamilySearch, Findmypast and MyHeritage--and JewishGen! This comparative analysis tells you not only what records are where, but recommends best versions of similar record collections and additional tools on each site that are especially relevant to researching Jewish ancestors. Sunny Morton, expert on…
Wed, July 14 2021: 0:00 UTC
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