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Meredith Hoffman |
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Plymouth, MA 02360
USA
Business Phone: 888.666.1960
Fax: 888.843.8953
Email: mhoffman@generationsweb.com
URL: www.consultant.generationsweb.com
Contact between 8:00 am to 7:30 pm US Eastern |
Specialties:
Jewish genealogy
Immigration and naturalization
Using social media for genealogical research
Solving Jewish name puzzles
Using JewishGen.org
Immigrant Genealogy for Beginners
Courthouse research in Massachusetts and Rhode Island
Compiling, editing, and publishing your genealogy research
One-on-one and small-group sessions in learning to use your genealogy program
One-on-one and small-group sessions in using JewishGen.org and Ancestry.com
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Lectures:
Getting the Most Out of JewishGen.org
Getting the Most Out of JewishGen.org: A Hands-on Workshop (2 hours)
How to Find Your Jewish Great-Grandparents, Even Though You Know It's Impossible
Who the Heck Is Ida Gerskill: Some Challenges of Researching Jewish Names
My Grandfather Came From Poison: Resources and Strategies for Researching Jewish Personal, Family, Town Names
Social Media for the Jewish Genealogist
Social Media for the Jewish Genealogist: A Hands-on Workshop (2 hours)
Immigration Networks from Vilna Gubernia to Providence, Rhode Island: a Case Study
Jewish Research with Some Odd Bedfellows: Finding Old Country Jewish Records Using JewishGen and the Mormon Family History Library
Between the Censuses: Build Family History and See Your Immigrant Family Come To Life Using US City Directories
When You Can't Find Them at Ellis Island, Why Not? and What Do You Do Then?
Mining the Genealogical Information in the 1900 through 1940 Censuses to Find Your Immigrant Ancestors
Search Strategies for Using Online Databases, Including SteveMorse.org One-Step Searches
Finding David Adler: A Case Study in Using Newspapers to Solve a Slippery Identity
Feet on the Ground in Massachusetts: Step-by-step Instructions for Expanding Your 20th Century Research from Online to On Site
A Case Study in Using US Court Records to Break Down a Turn-of-the-Century Immigrant Brick Wall
Why You Can't Find Your Bubbe's Naturalization Records, and What to Do About It: Researching Immigrant Women
How They Got to the Boat in Hamburg: Eastern European Migration Routes and Journeys
The Genealogical Value of the Holocaust Pages of Testimony at Yad Vashem
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Speaking Conditions:
PowerPoint presentations
Will supply computer and projector
Require screen and extension cords
Will supply master for handouts
Videotaping not permitted; audio taping only with prior arrangement
Willing to travel
No home housing, please
New lectures and workshops developed upon request
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Previous Engagements:
IAJGS International Conference on Jewish Genealogy 2011 (Washington, DC), 2012 (Paris, France), 2013 (Boston, MA-upcoming)
New England Regional Genealogical Conference 2011 (Springfield, MA), 2013 (Manchester, NH)
National Genealogical Society Conference 2013 (Las Vegas-upcoming)
Massachusetts Genealogical Counsel Annual Seminar (Waltham, MA) 2012
NARA-Northeast (Waltham, MA) 2012, 2013 (upcoming)
New England Historic and Genealogical Society 2011
Rhode Island Historical Society (Providence, RI) 2012, 2013 (upcoming)
Jewish Genealogical Society of Connecticut (Windsor, CT) 2012
Jewish Genealogical Society of Greater Boston (Boston, MA) 2013
Jewish Genealogical Society of Washington State (Seattle, WA) 2013 (upcoming)
Bureau of Jewish Education of Rhode Island (Providence, RI) 2009, 2010, 2011
Sharon Public Library (Sharon, MA) 2010, 2012, 2013 (upcoming)
Hadassah Lunch-and-Learn (Needham, MA) 2012
Congregation Sha'aray Shalom (Hingham, MA) 2011
Congregation Tifereth Israel (New Bedford, MA) 2011, 2012
Temple Israel (Boston, MA) 2012
Temple Beth Abraham (Canton, MA) 2013
Instructor for JGSGB Genealogy Course at Hebrew College (Newton Centre, MA) (2011, 2012)
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Bio:
Meredith Hoffman is a professional genealogist and popular lecturer who specializes in researching Jewish immigrant ancestors and particularly enjoys solving difficult Jewish name problems. She holds degrees in Linguistics from UC-Berkeley and is a graduate of the Boston University Genealogical Research Program and IGHR. She is Syllabus Chair for the New England Regional Genealogical Conference (2011, 2013, 2015), Publicity Chair of the Jewish Genealogical Society of Greater Boston, the founding editor of the Success! Stories webzine on JewishGen.org, and Town Leader & KehilaLinks coordinator for Berezno, Ukraine, at JewishGen.org. She regularly lectures and gives workshops at regional and national conferences and many local venues. In her first career, she studied and then taught Linguistics at the University of California-Berkeley and San Francisco State University. She retired from her long second career as a technical writer, editor, and publishing consultant to devote most of her time to genealogy research. | |
