Showing posts with label Kathleen Brandt. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Kathleen Brandt. Show all posts

Thursday, July 26, 2018

July Program: Researching German Family History



Researching German Family History
Iveta Blahútová is a Genealogy Research Analyst at the Midwest Genealogy Center (MGC) in Independence, Missouri.  She has been interested in genealogy for many years. Beginning in 2011 Iveta has been assisting patrons of MGC with their genealogy research, especially those with a connection to Central and Eastern Europe.

She is also a moderator of the German Genealogy Discussion Group established at MGC. Her newest class is Researching Your German Ancestor (German Research A – Z). Iveta fully embraced this new direction in her career. There is always something new to learn, either by tracing her own family tree, or by exploring the resources MGC has to offer.

Coming from former Czechoslovakia, she has lived in both Slovakia and the Czech Republic. She is a graduate of the Comenius University in Bratislava, Slovakia, Faculty of Law. Her focus since high school years has always been history, social studies, law, history of law, old manuscript, languages, and lately etymology.

She is an active member of the Czech and Slovak Club of Greater Kansas City. In addition, she is a member of the National Czech and Slovak Museum and Library in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Her hobbies are reading, mountain hiking, and cross-country skiing.

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Monday, March 12, 2018

Join Us 18 Mar 2018



Who is Gilad Japhet? 
Gilad Japhet, CEO of MyHeritage 
Tracing his own family tree led him to create 
the digital genealogy tools that are now helping others.

From Interim President, Dick Rosenstock

Dear Members and Friends, 
Please join us Sunday March 18, 2018 for our regular monthly meeting. We will present Gilad Japhet’s, presentation of the 7 Unique Technologies for Genealogy Discoveries from the 35th annual IAJGS 2015 conference in Jerusalem. 
Mr. Japhet is the founder and CEO of MyHeritage.com. This is a fascinating insight to this rapidly expanding resource for Jewish Family Historians.
Place:  Kansas City Public Library branch Waldo Branch, 201 East 75th Street from 2-3:30 PM. 
MARK YOUR CALENDAR

Wednesday May 2nd for Israel Pickholtz, internationally known expert on Jewish DNA will be at the Central Resource Library, Overland Park, from 5:30 until 7:30. Don’t miss this opportunity to learn what’s unique about Jewish DNA. 

Looking forward to seeing you there. 


Richard “Dick” Rosenstock

The Family History Sleuth
Researching the Kaufmann, Rosenstock, Sixta & Field Families
Jewish Genealogical Society of Greater Kansas City, Interim President, Webmaster
Submitted by Kathleen Brandt
a3Genealogy Interim Board Member of JGSGKC
12 Mar 2018




Sarina Roffe to Speak Tuesday April 2nd

On Tuesday, April 2, 2019 the JSGGKC will present Sarina Roff é who will speak on “Branching Out from Sepharad - Solving a Converso Mys...