Documenting Jewish Families in America: The Early Years 1654-1880
Ellen Kowitt
Content
Introduction
9:39
Earliest Congregations
6:45
Jewish Records
9:10
FamilySearch
4:30
Ancestry
4:56
Jewish History Collaborative
7:44
Newspapers
6:19
JewishGen
6:24
Strategies
2:52
About this webinar
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.
About the speaker
Ellen is JewishGen USA Research Division Director and is a former Director-at-Large of the International Association of Jewish Genealogical Societies. She currently serves as Daughters of the American...
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