A native Chicagoan, Dennis Aron‘s 36 year career with a large bank included assignments from information systems to banking corporate business development. Now retired, he and his wife travel frequently to Boston and Seattle where their grandchildren live. Their vacation travel has frequently included Germany, as that’s where Dennis’ family is from.

He has researched his family for over 30 years, more intensely now in retirement. He has written articles for Morasha, the quarterly publication of Jewish Genealogical Society of Illinois. He is a member of JGSI and GerSIG and volunteers at the Skokie Public Library to help community members with genealogy questions.

Dennis’ blog is at http://dennisaron.blogspot.com/

“German Jewish Genealogy: A Case Study” (Thurs-104), 9:00 – 10:15 A.M.

In his presentation, Dennis Aron will provide an overview of his genealogy efforts, including his first conversations with family elders, results of the letter requesting information to the Baron of his grandmother’s home town, his visits to Germany for research, memorials and award ceremonies, the over 1,200 family members he has documented as murdered or lost in the Holocaust and his research into family members around the world.

He will share tips on networking with other researchers and the use of original vital records as well as some specific research recommendations.

He will describe how he has benefited from GerSIG, the German Special Interest Group of Jewishgen.org, his experience in placing stolpersteine for his mother’s family in their home town and will share stories on some interesting family members he discovered, both notable and notorious.

Category: Beginning genealogists

Topics: Holocaust research, Technology in support of genealogical research, Networking