Middlesex County - Monroe Twp - “Observing the 7th Commandment: Were Your Family Members Telling the Truth to the Government? And Other Inaccuracies."
Tuesday, May 14 and Wednesday, May 15 – Middlesex County
The American Jewish Experience Lecture Series, presented by the Jewish Historical Society of Central Jersey, continues for its 22nd consecutive year with a presentation by Mr. Steve Stein entitled “Observing the 7th Commandment: Were Your Family Members Telling the Truth to the Government? And Other Inaccuracies." Have you ever gotten conflicting information from different sources, even official government documents? Genealogical research often turns up discrepancies, faulty memories, typos, or outright lies. Learn how to recognize and assess these issues, use search strategies to overcome them, and determine which is correct (or live with it).
The lecture will be held on Tuesday, May 14th, at 10:00 a.m. at Jewish Family Services, 52 Concordia Shopping Center, Monroe Township.
Steve is a retired telecommunications software professional. He has been researching his own and his wife’s genealogies for more than 40 years, whose origins include Lithuania, Belarus, Poland, Slovakia, Hungary, Ukraine, and Romania. He is a member of the Executive Council of the Jewish Genealogical Society, Inc. (New York) where he is Webmaster and technology coordinator. He has volunteered for several JewishGen projects and is currently coordinating the KehilaLinks page and research projects for Nyasvizh, Belarus. Steve lives in Highland Park.
The lecture will be repeated on Wednesday, May 15th, at 10:30 a.m. at the Highland Park Conservative Temple, 201 South 3rd Avenue, Highland Park. Both lectures are open to the public. A donation of $2.00 is requested at the door. For more information call the JHSCJ office at 732-249-4894 or email at INFO.JHSCJ@gmail.com.
The Jewish Historical Society of Central Jersey promotes and preserves all facets of the American Jewish experience, with emphasis on the Jewish community of central New Jersey. The Society’s extensive archival holdings are available to researchers. The collections include documents from religious, social, educational, and community organizations, as well as individual family records.
