This is the final class in the online Finding Your Family genealogy course. It is a series of six remote classes that we, Daughters of Jacob Genealogy, are teaching to help you begin or expand your efforts to discover your family history. The classes are sponsored by the East Valley JCC (EVJCC) in Chandler, Arizona. Anyone anywhere is invited to participate. The focus will be on searching out one’s Jewish ancestry. We hold open office hours one hour prior to each session to provide one-on-one help to participants.

Registration Information: Registration is through the EVJCC at https://eastvalleyjcc.regfox.com/finding-your-family. Registration is for the entire six-class course and costs $60, payable to the EVJCC.

Session #6: During Session #6 we will help you finish pulling together the information that you have found into a format that you can preserve and share. We will also help you make sure your research log is up to date and help you plan your next steps you can take in your research. Finally—the really fun part—we will take time to enjoy listening to each other share what we have discovered, both in terms of family information and our growth as a genealogists.

Overall Course Objectives: This series is for beginning and intermediate genealogists who want to make hands-on progress on a family history project of their own choice. The objectives of the overall six-class course are that by the end of series:

• You will have your family tree documented in a format that you can preserve and share

• You will have explored sources suitable to your project

• You will be comfortable with keeping a record of your searches so you can maximize your research time

• You will have (hopefully) found rich new information to attach to your family tree.

Overall Session Formats: Each session will provide information on a selected topic, followed by question and answer, and supported individual work time. Chat will be available throughout each session so that instructors and participants can all make comments and ask questions as we go, in addition to the formal question/answer time. Furthermore, if your technology permits, we encourage you to apply the tools that we present to your own project during each presentation. If you are already familiar with a portion of what we present, we encourage you to go ahead and work on your own project at your own speed during that time while you listen, or help someone else out using the chat feature.

COVID caveat: These classes are held entirely online as long as COVID-19 restrictions are in place.

This is the fifth class in the online Finding Your Family genealogy course. It is a series of six remote classes that we, Daughters of Jacob Genealogy, are teaching to help you begin or expand your efforts to discover your family history. The classes are sponsored by the East Valley JCC (EVJCC) in Chandler, Arizona. Anyone anywhere is invited to participate. The focus will be on searching out one’s Jewish ancestry. We hold open office hours one hour prior to each session to provide one-on-one help to participants.

Registration Information: Registration is through the EVJCC at https://eastvalleyjcc.regfox.com/finding-your-family. Registration is for the entire six-class course and costs $60, payable to the EVJCC.

Session #5: During Session #5 we will pull together the information and documents that you have found into a format that you can preserve and share. We really enjoy this stage in the research process and we trust that you will, too.

Overall Course Objectives: This series is for beginning and intermediate genealogists who want to make hands-on progress on a family history project of their own choice. The objectives of the overall six-class course are that by the end of series:

• You will have your family tree documented in a format that you can preserve and share

• You will have explored sources suitable to your project

• You will be comfortable with keeping a record of your searches so you can maximize your research time

• You will have (hopefully) found rich new information to attach to your family tree.

Overall Session Formats: Each session will provide information on a selected topic, followed by question and answer, and supported individual work time. Chat will be available throughout each session so that instructors and participants can all make comments and ask questions as we go, in addition to the formal question/answer time. Furthermore, if your technology permits, we encourage you to apply the tools that we present to your own project during each presentation. If you are already familiar with a portion of what we present, we encourage you to go ahead and work on your own project at your own speed during that time while you listen, or help someone else out using the chat feature.

COVID caveat: These classes are held entirely online as long as COVID-19 restrictions are in place.

This is the fourth class in the online Finding Your Family genealogy course. It is a series of six remote classes that we, Daughters of Jacob Genealogy, are teaching to help you begin or expand your efforts to discover your family history. The classes are sponsored by the East Valley JCC (EVJCC) in Chandler, Arizona. Anyone anywhere is invited to participate. The focus will be on searching out one’s Jewish ancestry. We hold open office hours one hour prior to each session to provide one-on-one help to participants.

Registration Information: Registration is through the EVJCC at https://eastvalleyjcc.regfox.com/finding-your-family. Registration is for the entire six-class course and costs $60, payable to the EVJCC.

Session #4: Session #4 will explore additional databases relevant to your project. This often leads to discovering new documents, which you can attach to your tree. We will also follow up on our discussion about conversations with family.

Overall Course Objectives: This series is for beginning and intermediate genealogists who want to make hands-on progress on a family history project of their own choice. The objectives of the overall six-class course are that by the end of series:

• You will have your family tree documented in a format that you can preserve and share

• You will have explored sources suitable to your project

• You will be comfortable with keeping a record of your searches so you can maximize your research time

• You will have (hopefully) found rich new information to attach to your family tree.

Overall Session Formats: Each session will provide information on a selected topic, followed by question and answer, and supported individual work time. Chat will be available throughout each session so that instructors and participants can all make comments and ask questions as we go, in addition to the formal question/answer time. Furthermore, if your technology permits, we encourage you to apply the tools that we present to your own project during each presentation. If you are already familiar with a portion of what we present, we encourage you to go ahead and work on your own project at your own speed during that time while you listen, or help someone else out using the chat feature.

We will hold online office hours for individual help in addition to the regular class sessions. Details TBA.

COVID caveat: These classes are held entirely online as long as COVID-19 restrictions are in place.

This is the third class in the online Finding Your Family genealogy course. It is a series of six remote classes that we, Daughters of Jacob Genealogy, are teaching to help you begin or expand your efforts to discover your family history. The classes are sponsored by the East Valley JCC (EVJCC) in Chandler, Arizona. Anyone anywhere is invited to participate. The focus will be on searching out one’s Jewish ancestry. We hold open office hours one hour prior to each session to provide one-on-one help to participants.

Registration Information: Registration is through the EVJCC at https://eastvalleyjcc.regfox.com/finding-your-family. Registration is for the entire six-class course and costs $60, payable to the EVJCC.

Session #3: In Session #3, of course we will continue finding and attaching supporting documentation to your tree(s). However, the *highlight of this session will be sharing experiences and ideas for approaching other family members to share what you have found and learn what they may know about your family. A simple conversation with a family member can be the key to breaking through your brick walls.

Overall Course Objectives: This series is for beginning and intermediate genealogists who want to make hands-on progress on a family history project of their own choice. The objectives of the overall six-class course are that by the end of series:

• You will have your family tree documented in a format that you can preserve and share

• You will have explored sources suitable to your project

• You will be comfortable with keeping a record of your searches so you can maximize your research time

• You will have (hopefully) found rich new information to attach to your family tree.

Overall Session Formats: Each session will provide information on a selected topic, followed by question and answer, and supported individual work time. Chat will be available throughout each session so that instructors and participants can all make comments and ask questions as we go, in addition to the formal question/answer time. Furthermore, if your technology permits, we encourage you to apply the tools that we present to your own project during each presentation. If you are already familiar with a portion of what we present, we encourage you to go ahead and work on your own project at your own speed during that time while you listen, or help someone else out using the chat feature.

We will hold online office hours for individual help in addition to the regular class sessions. Details TBA.

COVID caveat: These classes are held entirely online as long as COVID-19 restrictions are in place.

This is the second class in the online Finding Your Family genealogy course. It is a series of six remote classes that we, Daughters of Jacob Genealogy, are teaching to help you begin or expand your efforts to discover your family history. The classes are sponsored by the East Valley JCC (EVJCC) in Chandler, Arizona. Anyone anywhere is invited to participate. The focus will be on searching out one’s Jewish ancestry.

Registration Information: Registration is through the EVJCC at https://eastvalleyjcc.regfox.com/finding-your-family. Registration is for the entire six-class course and costs $60, payable to the EVJCC.

If you missed the first class and have a little bit of experience with working on your online family tree, you are still welcome to register. We would love to have you join us! We hold open office hours one hour prior to each session to provide one-on-one help to participants.

Session #2: Session #2 will focus on finding and attaching supporting documentation to the information you entered into your family tree during Session #1. Of course, this process often leads to finding new information, for every day new records are made available online. You will also begin a research log to keep track of what you have searched. If you have entered family trees onto multiple platforms, this session will be a time to explore the different resources and records that are unique to each platform.

Overall Course Objectives: This series is for beginning and intermediate genealogists who want to make hands-on progress on a family history project of their own choice. The objectives of the overall six-class course are that by the end of series:

• You will have your family tree documented in a format that you can preserve and share

• You will have explored sources suitable to your project

• You will be comfortable with keeping a record of your searches so you can maximize your research time

• You will have (hopefully) found rich new information to attach to your family tree.

Overall Session Formats: Each session will provide information on a selected topic, followed by question and answer, and supported individual work time. Chat will be available throughout each session so that instructors and participants can all make comments and ask questions as we go, in addition to the formal question/answer time. Furthermore, if your technology permits, we encourage you to apply the tools that we present to your own project during each presentation. If you are already familiar with a portion of what we present, we encourage you to go ahead and work on your own project at your own speed during that time while you listen, or help someone else out using the chat feature.

We will hold online office hours for individual help in addition to the regular class sessions. Details TBA.

COVID caveat: These classes are held entirely online as long as COVID-19 restrictions are in place.

This is the first class in the online Finding Your Family genealogy course. It is a series of six remote classes that we, Daughters of Jacob Genealogy, are teaching to help you begin or expand your efforts to discover your family history. The classes are sponsored by the East Valley JCC (EVJCC) in Chandler, Arizona. Anyone anywhere is invited to participate. The focus will be on searching out one’s Jewish ancestry.

Registration Information: Registration is through the EVJCC at https://eastvalleyjcc.regfox.com/finding-your-family. Registration is for the entire six-class course and costs $60, payable to the EVJCC.

In order to make the best use of your time in class, and fine tune the sessions to your interests, we will be emailing registrants prior to the first class with information and a short questionnaire to help us as we make final preparations for the class. We look forward to working with you!

Course Objectives: This series is for beginning and intermediate genealogists who want to make hands-on progress on a family history project of their own choice. The objectives of the overall six-class course are that by the end of series:

• You will have your family tree documented in a format that you can preserve and share

• You will have explored sources suitable to your project

• You will be comfortable with keeping a record of your searches so you can maximize your research time

• You will have (hopefully) found rich new information to attach to your family tree.

Overall Session Formats: Each session will provide information on a selected topic, followed by question and answer, and supported individual work time. Chat will be available throughout each session so that instructors and participants can all make comments and ask questions as we go, in addition to the formal question/answer time. Furthermore, if your technology permits, we encourage you to apply the tools that we present to your own project during each presentation. If you are already familiar with a portion of what we present, we encourage you to go ahead and work on your own project at your own speed during that time while you listen, or help someone else out using the chat feature.

We will hold online office hours for individual help in addition to the regular class sessions. Details TBA.

Session #1: Session #1 will start with the very basics of entering information into paper and online family trees. We will also explore how to search public family trees to see if someone else is working on your lines. If technology permits, we will compare what various online family tree platforms have to offer. You should be leaving Session #1 with a basic family tree that contains information that you already know. If you already have a family tree filled out, you may choose to use this session to fill out a family tree on a different platform, as well, in order to maximize your access to the resources offered by the various platforms.

COVID caveat: These classes are held entirely online as long as COVID-19 restrictions are in place.

This is the final class in the online Finding Your Family genealogy course. It is a series of six remote classes that we, Daughters of Jacob Genealogy, are teaching to help you begin or expand your efforts to discover your family history. The classes are sponsored by the East Valley JCC (EVJCC) in Chandler, Arizona. Anyone anywhere is invited to participate. The focus will be on searching out one’s Jewish ancestry.

Registration Information: Registration is through the EVJCC at https://eastvalleyjcc.regfox.com/finding-your-family. Registration is for the entire six-class course and costs $60, payable to the EVJCC.

Session #6: During Session #6 we will help you finish pulling together the information that you have found into a format that you can preserve and share. We will also help you make sure your research log is up to date and help you plan your next steps you can take in your research. Finally—the really fun part—we will take time to enjoy listening to each other share what we have discovered, both in terms of family information and our growth as a genealogists.

Overall Course Objectives: This series is for beginning and intermediate genealogists who want to make hands-on progress on a family history project of their own choice. The objectives of the overall six-class course are that by the end of series:

• You will have your family tree documented in a format that you can preserve and share

• You will have explored sources suitable to your project

• You will be comfortable with keeping a record of your searches so you can maximize your research time

• You will have (hopefully) found rich new information to attach to your family tree.

Overall Session Formats: Each session will provide information on a selected topic, followed by question and answer, and supported individual work time. Chat will be available throughout each session so that instructors and participants can all make comments and ask questions as we go, in addition to the formal question/answer time. Furthermore, if your technology permits, we encourage you to apply the tools that we present to your own project during each presentation. If you are already familiar with a portion of what we present, we encourage you to go ahead and work on your own project at your own speed during that time while you listen, or help someone else out using the chat feature.

We will hold online office hours for individual help in addition to the regular class sessions. Details TBA.

COVID caveat: At this time, we like much of the world, are transitioning our plans from a face-to-face course to an online course. Thus, the technological features of the course will continue to develop until we approach the actual dates. We appreciate your patience with this process.

This is the fourth class in the online Finding Your Family genealogy course. It is a series of six remote classes that we, Daughters of Jacob Genealogy, are teaching to help you begin or expand your efforts to discover your family history. The classes are sponsored by the East Valley JCC (EVJCC) in Chandler, Arizona. Anyone anywhere is invited to participate. The focus will be on searching out one’s Jewish ancestry.

Registration Information: Registration is through the EVJCC at https://eastvalleyjcc.regfox.com/finding-your-family. Registration is for the entire six-class course and costs $60, payable to the EVJCC.

Session #4: Session #4 will explore additional databases relevant to your project. This often leads to discovering new documents, which you can attach to your tree. We will also follow up on our discussion about conversations with family.

Note: NO CLASS NEXT WEEK. OUR NEXT CLASS WILL BE FEBRUARY 10.

Overall Course Objectives: This series is for beginning and intermediate genealogists who want to make hands-on progress on a family history project of their own choice. The objectives of the overall six-class course are that by the end of series:

• You will have your family tree documented in a format that you can preserve and share

• You will have explored sources suitable to your project

• You will be comfortable with keeping a record of your searches so you can maximize your research time

• You will have (hopefully) found rich new information to attach to your family tree.

Overall Session Formats: Each session will provide information on a selected topic, followed by question and answer, and supported individual work time. Chat will be available throughout each session so that instructors and participants can all make comments and ask questions as we go, in addition to the formal question/answer time. Furthermore, if your technology permits, we encourage you to apply the tools that we present to your own project during each presentation. If you are already familiar with a portion of what we present, we encourage you to go ahead and work on your own project at your own speed during that time while you listen, or help someone else out using the chat feature.

We will hold online office hours for individual help in addition to the regular class sessions. Details TBA.

COVID caveat: At this time, we like much of the world, are transitioning our plans from a face-to-face course to an online course. Thus, the technological features of the course will continue to develop until we approach the actual dates. We appreciate your patience with this process.

This is the third class in the online Finding Your Family genealogy course. It is a series of six remote classes that we, Daughters of Jacob Genealogy, are teaching to help you begin or expand your efforts to discover your family history. The classes are sponsored by the East Valley JCC (EVJCC) in Chandler, Arizona. Anyone anywhere is invited to participate. The focus will be on searching out one’s Jewish ancestry.

Registration Information: Registration is through the EVJCC at https://eastvalleyjcc.regfox.com/finding-your-family. Registration is for the entire six-class course and costs $60, payable to the EVJCC.

Session #3: In Session #3, of course we will continue finding and attaching supporting documentation to your tree(s). However, the *highlight of this session will be sharing experiences and ideas for approaching other family members to share what you have found and learn what they may know about your family. A simple conversation with a family member can be the key to breaking through your brick walls.

Overall Course Objectives: This series is for beginning and intermediate genealogists who want to make hands-on progress on a family history project of their own choice. The objectives of the overall six-class course are that by the end of series:

• You will have your family tree documented in a format that you can preserve and share

• You will have explored sources suitable to your project

• You will be comfortable with keeping a record of your searches so you can maximize your research time

• You will have (hopefully) found rich new information to attach to your family tree.

Overall Session Formats: Each session will provide information on a selected topic, followed by question and answer, and supported individual work time. Chat will be available throughout each session so that instructors and participants can all make comments and ask questions as we go, in addition to the formal question/answer time. Furthermore, if your technology permits, we encourage you to apply the tools that we present to your own project during each presentation. If you are already familiar with a portion of what we present, we encourage you to go ahead and work on your own project at your own speed during that time while you listen, or help someone else out using the chat feature.

We will hold online office hours for individual help in addition to the regular class sessions. Details TBA.

COVID caveat: At this time, we like much of the world, are transitioning our plans from a face-to-face course to an online course. Thus, the technological features of the course will continue to develop until we approach the actual dates. We appreciate your patience with this process.

This is the second class in the online Finding Your Family genealogy course. It is a series of six remote classes that we, Daughters of Jacob Genealogy, are teaching to help you begin or expand your efforts to discover your family history. The classes are sponsored by the East Valley JCC (EVJCC) in Chandler, Arizona. Anyone anywhere is invited to participate. The focus will be on searching out one’s Jewish ancestry.

Registration Information: Registration is through the EVJCC at https://eastvalleyjcc.regfox.com/finding-your-family. Registration is for the entire six-class course and costs $60, payable to the EVJCC.

If you missed the first class and have a little bit of experience with working on your online family tree, you are still welcome to register. We would love to have you join us!

Session #2: Session #2 will focus on finding and attaching supporting documentation to the information you entered into your family tree during Session #1. Of course, this process often leads to finding new information, for every day new records are made available online. You will also begin a research log to keep track of what you have searched. If you have entered family trees onto multiple platforms, this session will be a time to explore the different resources and records that are unique to each platform.

Overall Course Objectives: This series is for beginning and intermediate genealogists who want to make hands-on progress on a family history project of their own choice. The objectives of the overall six-class course are that by the end of series:

• You will have your family tree documented in a format that you can preserve and share

• You will have explored sources suitable to your project

• You will be comfortable with keeping a record of your searches so you can maximize your research time

• You will have (hopefully) found rich new information to attach to your family tree.

Overall Session Formats: Each session will provide information on a selected topic, followed by question and answer, and supported individual work time. Chat will be available throughout each session so that instructors and participants can all make comments and ask questions as we go, in addition to the formal question/answer time. Furthermore, if your technology permits, we encourage you to apply the tools that we present to your own project during each presentation. If you are already familiar with a portion of what we present, we encourage you to go ahead and work on your own project at your own speed during that time while you listen, or help someone else out using the chat feature.

We will hold online office hours for individual help in addition to the regular class sessions. Details TBA.

COVID caveat: At this time, we like much of the world, are transitioning our plans from a face-to-face course to an online course. Thus, the technological features of the course will continue to develop until we approach the actual dates. We appreciate your patience with this process.

This is the first class in the online Finding Your Family genealogy course. It is a series of six remote classes that we, Daughters of Jacob Genealogy, are teaching to help you begin or expand your efforts to discover your family history. The classes are sponsored by the East Valley JCC (EVJCC) in Chandler, Arizona. Anyone anywhere is invited to participate. The focus will be on searching out one’s Jewish ancestry.

Registration Information: Registration is through the EVJCC at https://eastvalleyjcc.regfox.com/finding-your-family. Registration is for the entire six-class course and costs $60, payable to the EVJCC.

In order to make the best use of your time in class, and fine tune the sessions to your interests, we will be emailing registrants prior to the first class with information and a short questionnaire to help us as we make final preparations for the class. We look forward to working with you!

Course Objectives: This series is for beginning and intermediate genealogists who want to make hands-on progress on a family history project of their own choice. The objectives of the overall six-class course are that by the end of series:

• You will have your family tree documented in a format that you can preserve and share

• You will have explored sources suitable to your project

• You will be comfortable with keeping a record of your searches so you can maximize your research time

• You will have (hopefully) found rich new information to attach to your family tree.

Overall Session Formats: Each session will provide information on a selected topic, followed by question and answer, and supported individual work time. Chat will be available throughout each session so that instructors and participants can all make comments and ask questions as we go, in addition to the formal question/answer time. Furthermore, if your technology permits, we encourage you to apply the tools that we present to your own project during each presentation. If you are already familiar with a portion of what we present, we encourage you to go ahead and work on your own project at your own speed during that time while you listen, or help someone else out using the chat feature.

We will hold online office hours for individual help in addition to the regular class sessions. Details TBA.

Session #1: Session #1 will start with the very basics of entering information into paper and online family trees. We will also explore how to search public family trees to see if someone else is working on your lines. If technology permits, we will compare what various online family tree platforms have to offer. You should be leaving Session #1 with a basic family tree that contains information that you already know. If you already have a family tree filled out, you may choose to use this session to fill out a family tree on a different platform, as well, in order to maximize your access to the resources offered by the various platforms.

COVID caveat: At this time, we like much of the world, are transitioning our plans from a face-to-face course to an online course. Thus, the technological features of the course will continue to develop until we approach the actual dates. We appreciate your patience with this process.

Join us at the joyful KlezmerFest at the East Valley JCC in Chandler, Arizona. We will be teaching a short class on gathering and sharing your family history. While you are there the whole family can enjoy Klezmer music and Eastern European Jewish food, language, and culture.

THE 2020 KLEZMERFEST WAS POSTPONED DUE TO THE NOVEL CORONAVIRUS AND WILL BE RESCHEDULED AT A FUTURE DATE