HYBRID Fall Seminar

          SDGS Fall Seminar          

Join us for an all-day Hybrid event with 4 special presentations held by Janice Sellers

Hybrid meeting: Virtual on Zoom and In-person at San Diego Oasis, 5500 Grossmont Center Dr, La Mesa, CA

This class provides an overview of the unique aspects of Jewish culture and history that affect family history research. Topics include history, geography, naming patterns, languages and alphabets, rabbinical genealogies, kehillah records, yizkor books, cemeteries, and other resources.

You may have rumors in your family that an aunt was a lesbian or an uncle was bisexual. Perhaps you identify as LGBT and want to know whether any of the relatives who came before you were also. This is valid family history research, but ethical concerns about the past and the present must be considered, and understanding gay history is critical to finding and understanding information.

Researching Black American ancestry is in many respects like researching any other family history, but the unique aspects of the Black American experience affect that research.  Topics include methods, record types (particularly related to the institution of slavery), history, DNA, and genealogy sites.

The 19th century was a boom era for San Francisco. People came from all over the world; many of those who came lost their lives there. The Great Earthquake of 1906, and the fires that followed, destroyed almost all city vital records created up to that date, but some hapless souls — murder victims, suicides, suspicious or unexpected deaths — passed through the city’s Coroner’s Office. An unusual resource can help you find those whose lives ended in the City by the Bay.