The first time Jane Rollins saw her great-grandfather’s name on a microfilm of the 1900 census, she cried. Since then, she has done research in Chicago, Los Angeles, New York, Salt Lake City, Washington DC, and Jerusalem.
Jane hung out her shingle as a professional genealogist (Sherlock Combs Genealogy) in 2013. She speaks frequently at the International Association of Jewish Genealogical Society’s annual conference and to local genealogy societies throughout Southern California.
Jane is a member of the Association of Professional Genealogists, National Genealogical Society, Genealogical Speakers Guild, Southern California Genealogical Society, and JGSLA.
“If Your Ancestor Wandered from the Russian Empire: Learn Just Enough Russian for Genealogy” (Sun-112), 3:00-4:15 P.M.
This session will start with the Russian alphabet, and graduate to stringing Cyrillic letters together to form genealogically relevant words and names. The differences between handwritten 19th century Cyrillic and printed Cyrillic used today will also be covered. I will show examples of typical 19th century documents written in Cyrillic and 20th century typeset documents, as well.
With this training, attendees will be able to identify family names on the index pages of vital records registers or in a printed business directories.
Topics: Jewish history and culture, Specific countries or geographic areas, Russian Language
Sleepless in Seattle, Open Mic Event: a “Two Genealogists Sat in A Bar” Production (Weds-164), 10:30-11:30 P.M.
Who appreciates a genealogy story? Only another genealogist! Here’s the return of the delightful Salt Lake City event that provides an opportunity to tell your favorite genealogy adventure in three (yes, three) minutes at an Open Mic Event hosted by two Jewish genealogy buffs who want to hear that story that makes your relatives’ eyes glaze over.
Bring your funniest or weirdest or most fulfilling genealogy research story and we’ll keep the timer running. Topics can run the gamut from mistakes to discoveries to best advice to family tales to . . . So be prepared and be concise. At 3 minutes, you get the hook, and we bring on the next victim, uh, we mean the next great Jewish genealogy storyteller. Awards will be given.
Brought to you by Andrea Massion & Jane Rollins.