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NEXT SOCIETY MEETING
Monday, May 14 , 2012 at 7:30 p.m. at Keneseth Israel , located at 8300 Old York Road in Elkins Park, PA 19027. The speaker will be Mark Halpern speaking on Jewish Records Indexing-Poland He will cover Jewish records and research from the various parts of Poland – Congress Poland, Russian Pale of Settlement (Bialystok area), Austrian Galicia, and Prussian Poland records. The presentation will demonstrate what kind of information can be found in each sort of record and how to find out what records are available for one's town. Sample searches will show ways to utilize the JRI-Poland database (http://www.jewishgen.org/jri-pl/) in order to get the most out of your research. For links to key Polish genealogical websites, click here.


NEWS The National Archives (USA), with its partner Archives.com, launched its new website www.1940census.archives.gov in preparation for its first-ever online U.S. census release, which will take place on April 2, 2012, at 9 a.m. (EST). The public is encouraged to bookmark the website now in order to more quickly access the 1940 census data when it goes live. No other website will host the 1940 census data on its April 2 release date. The National Archives has teamed up with the U.S. Census Bureau to celebrate "40 Days to the '40 Census." which will be using social media outlets to get researchers ready. Also follow the National Archives blogs: NARAtions (http://blogs.archives.gov/online-public-access/) and Prologue: Pieces of History (http://blogs.archives.gov/prologue/). To find out how to get ready for the 1940 census and learn about a short video on behind the scenes read: http://www.archives.gov/press/press-releases/2012/nr12-70.html Jan Meisels Allen IAJGS Vice President Chairperson, IAJGS Public Records Access Monitoring Committee

*FUTURE SOCIETY EVENTS*		*SOCIETY NEWS*
Save these dates for upcoming meetings: Sunday, June 10, 2012 from 1 to 5 p.m. Jewish Genealogy Fair comes to South Jersey Free Admission Temple Beth Sholom 1901 Kressen Road Cherry Hill, NJ 08003 Beginners to Experts (see above)		We now have a Speakers Bureau To volunteer as a speaker or request a speaker for your event, please contact Stan or Shelda Sandler stanshel(at)msn.com JGSGP Beginner and Intermediate Genealogy Workshops Steve Schecter is leading six-session programs at the Katz JCC in Cherry Hill. Interested in attending or sponsoring a workshop for your Congregation or Organization, contact Steve stevehs46(at)gmail.com Brick Walls Q&A A new feature! JGSGP members can ask for help from fellow members with their research challenges. Have an issue? Send a message to Evan Fishman ebf2001(at)comcast.net. Questions will be published in the monthly Society update. Answers will be sent only by email
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