Using FamilySearch for Jewish Research and Cleveland Connections

Date & Time:  Wed, Sep 6, 2023 at 7:00 - 8:30 PM ET

Location:  Zoom

Register Now . . . registration ends at midnight on Tuesday, Sep 5th (the night before event).

Program:  For more than 125 years, FamilySearch and its predecessors have been gathering, preserving and sharing genealogical information worldwide. Through the website www.familysearch.org, researchers all over the world have free access to billions of records. This presentation will help the attendees find the records of their Jewish ancestors within the records of FamilySearch.

Speaker:   W. Todd Knowles is an Accredited Genealogist who currently serves as a Deputy Chief Genealogy Officer at FamilySearch, where he has been employed for over 25 years. His personal family history story began at the age of 11, when he first discovered his own Jewish heritage. That journey, which led to the Knowles Collection, still continues today. The Knowles Collection is comprised of 6 databases which contain the records of over 1.5 million Jews. The collection is available free of charge at www.familysearch.org. The collection also has a blog which provides updates on the records (knowlescollection.blogspot.com). Todd is a past President of the Utah Jewish Genealogical Society (UJGS) and currently serves as a Trustee of the International Society for British Genealogy and Family History (ISBGFH).

Registration:  Required and free.  A zoom link will be emailed to you the day before the program.

Register Now . . . registration ends at midnight on Tuesday, Sep 5th (the night before event).

Please note: JGS Cleveland programs are open to all, but recordings (if permitted by the speaker) are available only to members, in the Member section of our website.  For information on membership, click HERE.