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JGSPBCI SPEAKER'S BUREAU

Chairperson Sylvia Furshman Nusinov

Is your organization, school, religious group, or social club planning to have a Speaker included in the program for a meeting, seminar or conference? Keep in mind - genealogy is the 2nd most popular hobby in the world!

Listed below are JGSPBCI members, all experienced local genealogy lecturers, the venues where they have lectured, and topics which they have presented at their four last engagements. All of those listed have also lectured innumerable times at JGSPBCI meetings and functions.

Please contact Speaker’s Bureau Chairperson: Sylvia Furshman Nusinov at sylvia@jgspalmbeachcounty.org for individual Speaker’s email addresses, information regarding additional topics, audio/visual needs, honorarium fees (made payable to JGSPBCI), and availability of handouts.

Speakers
Dr. Marvin and Mrs. Natalie Hamburg
Topics:
Getting Started in Genealogy
Finding Your Roots
Venues:
The Classic Residence, West Palm Beach
Boca Raton Computer Society
Temple Emeth, Delray Beach
Yiddish Culture Club, Indian Spring C.C., Boynton Beach

Speaker
Phyllis Kramer
Topics:
Introduction to Genealogy
Genealogy on the Internet
Death Records and How to Find Them
The Federal Census from 1790 through 1930
Venues:
Palm Beach Library
NYC Museum of Jewish Heritage
Norwalk Community College
International Association of Jewish Genealogical Societies Conferences

Speaker
Sylvia Furshman Nusinov
Topics:
The Genealogical Experience – Following the Paper trail to our ancestors
Resources to Search When Official Documents Can’t Be Found
How to Research Your Family History
Flavors of Yesterday – Jewish Taste Buds and Our Origins
Venues:
Palm Beach County Library System, Palm Beach
Brandeis University National Women’s Committee, Boca Raton
Golda Leah Hadassah of Valencia Falls, Delray Beach
Child Survivors/Hidden Children of the Holocaust, Boca Raton

Speaker
Dennis Rice
Topics:
Introduction to Jewish genealogy
From Rovno to America - Tools to Trace Our Ancestors Emigration to America
Venues:
Cascades Cancer Research, Boynton Beach
Brandeis University National Women's Committee, Boynton Beach
Cascades B'nai B'rith
Palm Beach Community College-Adult Education

Speaker
ALFRED M. SILBERFELD
Topics:
Genealogy 101
Climbing the Branches of Your Family Tree
How I Traced My Family 1066 Years
How to Write a Family History Via Computer
Venues:
Lecture series at Temple Emeth
Cultural Affairs Club of Huntington Pointe
Radio Station WDRB, 1420 AM
Education series at Temple Sinai
[all locations Delray Beach]

Speaker
ARNOLD R. TOLKIN
Topics:
Three Lecture Series
Genealogy - a Hobby with a Purpose
Sources of Genealogical Information
Hints and Tips on Preparing to Travel to Visit Genealogical Roots
Venues:
Temple Beth El Sisterhood - West Palm Beach
Hadassah lecture series
Senior Citizens Group, Boynton Beach
IAJGS Conferences

Speaker
SANDRA ZAHN-ORECK
Topics:
How to Trace Your Family History
My Family and How I Successfully Researched Their Origins
Venue
Special Interest Groups at Boca West Country Club