Anyone unfamiliar with JewishGen.org has an opportunity to learn about this important tool for Jewish family history researchers.
Nolan Altman will present “Understanding JewishGen.org” at 2 p.m. Sunday, June 24, at the Central Resource Library, Carmack Room, 9875 W. 87th St., Overland Park. The program is sponsored by the Jewish Genealogical Society of Greater Kansas City, Inc.
Altman was bitten by the “genealogy bug” when he was inspired to write his family history in 1996 in memory of his mother.
As coordinator for JewishGen’s Holocaust Database and the JOWBR (JewishGen Online Worldwide Burial Registry) projects, he works with volunteers from around the world helping to grow both databases for the benefit of family members and researchers.
He has made presentations and conducted computer workshops at the IAJGS (International Association of Jewish Genealogical Societies) annual conferences in the District of Columbia, New York City and Chicago. He continues to present his “How to Document and Research Your Family History” seminar to adult and continuing education classes as well as university Holocaust and European history classes.
Altman has had articles published in Avotaynu, Dorot, Sammbaum, Shemot and the FEEFHS Journal. He is a board member and treasurer of the JGS of Long Island, where he coordinates its Yearbook Project and is also a member of the JGS of New York.
For more information, contact Richard Rosenstock, 913-302-1246 or .