Schedule of Upcoming Events

 

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Sunday, May 5, 2024 at 2:30 PM 

                     (2:00 PM for Schmoozing and Mentoring)

Hybrid Meeting – In Person Venue: Shir Ami, 101 Richboro Newtown Rd, Newtown (Bucks County), PA

 

Speakers: Linda Ewall, JGASGP Board Member and Jeffrey Freedman, Emeritus Associate Professor of Physiology, State University of New York, Upstate Medical University

Jeffrey Freedman is Emeritus Associate Professor of Physiology in the Department of Neuroscience and Physiology at State University of New York, Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, New York. His Ph.D. in Biology is from Penn, and he is retired from a 45-year academic career that included biomedical research and graduate and medical school teaching. He hails from Philadelphia and has been working on Genealogy for over 30 years. His third cousin, Linda Ewall’s M.A. in Computer Science Education is from Beaver College, now Arcadia University. Her career in computer networks, technical training and documentation, hardware, and software installations and troubleshooting in the pharmaceutical and medical fields complement her 47-yearlong interest in genealogy. She has been the recording secretary of the JGASGP for the past six years.

Topic: Goldman family DNA research group and how we discovered hundreds of relatives and ancestors

This talk will describe how the G3 “Goldman Genealogy Group”, a group of newfound 3C to 4C DNA cousins found each other and together built a six-generation tree that was subsequently extended using DNA methods. We will explain how DNA matches can be tracked on a tree to gain evidence pertaining to hypothetical connections, how a chromosome map of shared DNA segments is constructed, and how triangulating shared DNA segments with those also shared by an individual with known lineage leads to the discovery of common ancestors. Examples from the extended Goldman tree will be presented. Looking at shared matches on ancestry.com and other sites is like looking through a low powered microscope; looking at shared DNA segments on the GEDmatch and DNA Painter sites is like looking through a high-powered microscope. Your DNA directs, controls, and regulates all the biochemical processes in your body but is also your ancestral memory; the use of DNA methods in genealogy can thus enhance understanding of your individual ancestry and your genetic connections with others.

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Sunday, June 9, 2024 at 11:00 am for Bagel Brunch and program

In Person Only, Location: Main Line Reform 410 Montgomery Ave, Wynnewood, PA 19096

Guest Speaker: Rich Blumberg, JGASGP Member and Volunteer with Federation of Jewish Cemeteries

Topic: Honoring the Volunteers of the Har Yehuda Project and the Future of Philadelphia Area Cemetery Projects

Bagel Brunch honoring the volunteers of the Har Jehuda Project: It’s a Mitzvah. We will be discussing the Har Jehuda Project and the future of cemetery cleanup projects in the Philadelphia area. ALL are welcome to attend our in-person event.

We have completed our digitization project of the approximate 26,000 burial cards. I am so grateful to all our wonderful volunteers. We couldn’t have done this without you! Some of us are continuing to work on the “Burial Books”. A genealogist’s work is never done!