Joel Spector

 

Joel L. Spector

 

 

Joel is a Past President of the Jewish Genealogical [and Archival] Society of Greater Philadelphia, where he has also been chairperson of its Russian Special Interest Group.

Joel is a former Secretary of the International Association of Jewish Genealogical Societies (IAJGS) and now serves as its Archivist.  Currently Joel is a member of the Ukraine Research Division and serves as its Director of Metric Record Projects.

Joel has been actively engaged in genealogy for over 30 years, and has been conducting research in several historic Russian language encyclopedias. He has produced a unique English language Index to the Russian language Evreiskaya Entsiklopedia. Joel has given presentations and workshops on the Russian language, both contemporary and pre-Revolutionary, and has provided translations of documents to individuals and groups.

Joel has been conducting Russian language research and has given presentations and workshops on the Russian language, both contemporary and pre-Revolutionary, and has provided translations of documents to individuals and groups.

 

Joel’s topics include:

1)  Tracing Our Roots: Getting Started in Jewish Genealogy

2) The Growth of the Russian Jewish Population from Early Historical Data through the 1897 Census

3)  The Krakovsky Documents: Acquisition of Data by the Ukraine Research Division and Its Preservation on JewishGen