Nancy Adelson

Gain a step-by-step overview to the vast array of resources which will help you begin and/or continue your genealogical journey. In Part 1, obtain tips in choosing family tree software, organizing and gathering information for your family tree, creating simple research logs, acquiring helpful techniques for interviewing, learning basic Ashkenazi and Sephardic naming traditions, discovering Jewish names search sites, locating valuable information in old newspapers, and using the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) including their US Census, Naturalization Papers, City Directories, US Passenger Manifests and Indexes and their vast online collections. You will walk out of this session with the tools to start or continue your genealogical research! This presentation also offers you a jumping-point for you to select future IAJGS Conference programs you wish to take during this week based on the sampling of resources that will be presented in more detail by other IAJGS Conference presenters.