Preeva Tramiel is an amateur genealogist and author who has been researching the Adler family of Mukacheve since 2008. She sits on the board of the San Francisco Bay Area Jewish Genealogical Society as a member at large.

Visit her website at http://preeva.net/

“Samuel Adler” (Thurs-118), 4:30 – 5:45 P.M.

How could a man born in 1911 in the countryside of a region that had five governments in 100 years find lodging for a child stuck in Montreal in the 1970s? By being a Wandering Jew buffeted by the forces of the Holocaust and a strong Zionist of the Betar movement.

Using the personal story of her own father, Preeva Adler Tramiel will illustrate how the forces of history created a worldwide social network for one man and his family–before Facebook and LinkedIn.

Category: Beginning genealogists

Topics: Holocaust research, Immigration and migration over the ages