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Tracing the Tribe · 8M ago

Springfield, Illinois: Tracing the Tribe at FGS 2011

Tracing the Tribe is now in Springfield at the Federation of Genealogical Societies annual conference. Many geneabloggers are attending and it is always good to see one's colleagues. We'll soon be sharing notes on some excellent expert presentations. Two of my favorites focused on societies: build

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Tracing the Tribe · 8M ago

RootsTech 2012: Looking forward to Salt Lake City!

Read below for a great registration price for RootsTech 2012, if readers register by midnight tonight (Friday, September 10).While the summer season of conferences is winding down, we are already gearing up for the winter season which includes RootsTech 2012 (Salt Lake City, Utah, 2-4 February) and

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Tracing the Tribe · 10M ago

Boston: Jewish genealogy nights at NEHGS

The Jewish Genealogical Society of Greater Boston will be holding free Jewish genealogy nights at the New England Historic Genealogical Society (NEHGS) in September. No registration is required for the free sessions. The first is set for 6-8pm on September 21, at the NEHGS, 99-101 Newbury Street, B

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Tracing the Tribe · 10M ago

Cleveland: 'Rocks, readings, rubbings' - August 3

Planning to visit your family cemeteries? What do you need to know to prepare? What do you need to know when you get there? The next meeting of the Jewish Genealogy Society of Cleveland -at 7.30pm, Wednesday, August 3 - will focus on just that. Cynthia Turk will speak at Menorah Park in the Miller

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Tracing the Tribe · 10M ago

Geneabloggers: New blogs

We've missed a few weeks of the new geneablogs discovered by Thomas MacEntee over at Geneabloggers.com. While many spotlighted new blogs focus on individual family history, there are quite a few in other categories and even some unique ones. Here are a few that we found most interesting, along wit

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Tracing the Tribe · 10M ago

Calling all bloggers: Required reading!

What kind of blogger are you? Tracing the Tribe doesn't mean the category (e.g., geneabloggers), but personality type. According to Stephen Guise of Deep Existence, who guest-posted on Problogger.net, there are at least 23 types, including the Machine, Ninja, Social Engineer, Name-Dropper, Comedia

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Tracing the Tribe · 10M ago

Television: Friday night at the Goodmans

It's not quite "Who Do You Think You Are" but "Friday Night Dinner" may strike some familiar chords with Tracing the Tribe's readers. The new UK series will premiere on BBC America tonight (Saturday, July 30). Read an interview on Collider.com with actor Simon Bird and creator/producer Robert Pop

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Tracing the Tribe · 10M ago

Yiddish Center: Audio books in Yiddish

The Yiddish Book Center and the Jewish Public Library of Montreal produced the audiobook Kinder-yorn (Childhood Years) as part of Y.Y. Trunk's seven-volume Poylen (Poland: Memories and Images). The work is considered one of the most important memoirs of Jewish Polish life. The author began the work

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Tracing the Tribe · 10M ago

Newark NJ: Jewish Chronicle searchable online

Tracing the Tribe's TALALAY family became variously TOLLIN, TALLIN, TOLL, TAYLOR and FEINSTEIN. The TOLLIN and TALLIN families settled in Newark, New Jersey (two brothers). Another TOLLIN branch was in Springfield, Massachusetts in 1899, and in Boston a few years later. TAYLOR went to Cleveland, an

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Tracing the Tribe · 10M ago

Wexler Oral History Project goes to camp!

Some of Tracing the Tribe's best summers were at camp. The memories last a lifetime. Even those who only spent long weekends or a week here or there at various youth organization activities went home imbued with a sense of camaraderie, new knowledge and singing essential songs together. The Nation

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