New York, New York
Phone: 212-444-1570
Tel Aviv, Israel
Email: schelly@tracingthetribe.com
URL: http://tracingthetribe.blogspot.com

Awards:

Ranked 10th in ProGenealogists.com 2010 25 most popular genealogy blogs. Top 40 genealogy blogs 2010, Family Tree Magazine/ Ranked as one of three 2009 "Best for Jewish Researchers" resources by FamilyTreeMagazine.com Writing awards: NGS: 2010 Award for Excellence: Genealogical Methods and Sources (for "Ties That Bind: Jewish Research Strategies," Family Tree Magazine, September 2009). ISFHWE: several awards for Jerusalem Post stories.

Speaking Conditions:

Contact me by email for information.

Previous Engagements:

Hong Kong Jewish Community Center (February-March 2010) 2nd Australian National Jewish Genealogy Conference (March 2010) Southern California Genealogical Society (2008-2009-2010) IAJGS International Conference on Jewish Genealogy (2009-2010-others) JFRA Israel (many)

Specialties:

-- Jewish genealogy -- DNA genetic genealogy -- Genealogy journalism -- Genealogy Blogging -- Ashkenazi, Sephardic, Mizrahi -- Teach online Jewish genealogy

Lectures:

-- "The IberianAshkenaz DNA Project: So you think you're Ashkenazi?" -- "Creating a DNA Project: IberianAshkenaz DNA Project" -- "IberianAshkenaz DNA Project: From the Administrator's Viewpoint" -- "The Wonderful World of Genealogy Blogging" -- "Blogging Basics 101" -- "Sephardic Genealogical Resources and Trends" -- "Genealogy 101: Hand's-on Workshop" Others

Bio:

Schelly Talalay Dardashti, a native New Yorker based in Tel Aviv, focuses on Jewish genealogy as researcher, journalist, top-ranked Jewish genealogy blogger, online instructor and international speaker. For 20 years, she's been tracing the DARDASHTI and TALALAY families across Europe, Asia, The Middle East and the Americas. Her TALALAY family has Sephardic roots and has inspired a lifelong interest in Sephardic genealogy and resources. Co-administrator of the IberianAshkenaz DNA Project at FamilyTreeDNA.com, she writes the top-ranked Tracing the Tribe: The Jewish Genealogy Blog (since 2006); was the Jerusalem Post genealogy columnist (It's All Relative, 1999-2005) and continues to write for the paper; taught online Jewish genealogy (MyFamily.com, GenClass.com) and has presented internationally (Spain, UK, Hong Kong, Australia, Israel, US) on Jewish genealogy, DNA projects and blogging. She received the 2010 National Genealogical Society (NGS) Award for Excellence: Genealogical Methods and Sources for her article, "Ties That Bind: Jewish Research Strategies," which appeared in the September 2009 issue of Family Tree Magazine. She has received several ISFHWE awards for past articles in the Jerusalem Post and other publications. Credits: Jerusalem Post, JTA, The Forward, World Jewish Digest, Family Tree Magazine, Reform Judaism, Outlook, NGS News, Avotaynu, Stammbaum, etc. Member: various professional organizations.