Show & Tell

Show & Tell is IGRA’s new series of online meetings, some in English and others in Hebrew. These are short 40 minute sessions where we offer practical assistance on a variety of genealogically relevant topics.

Look at the Upcoming Events on the top left of most of our website pages to see what Show & Tell sessions are coming up soon, and to get the link to join those sessions in Zoom. Pre-registration is necessary for these sessions. Once registered you will receive the link letting you into the session.

The best of these session recordings will be posted to this page so they can continued to be viewed long after the live event occurred.

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  Genealogy of Eretz IsraelMarch 21, 2022
  This lecture was recorded as part of the Genealogical Seminar in Memory of Zvi Bernhardt z”l, organized by Yad Vashem, that took place virtually on October 5, 2021.
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  The IGRA website is now also in HebrewNovember 10, 2021
  Garri Regev, President of IGRA, explains and demonstrates the IGRA website with the new Hebrew capability. The session is in Hebrew.
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  Online Resources at the USHMMApril 29, 2021
  Megan Lewis presents online resources at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum.
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  Show & Tell – Yad Vashem Central Database of Shoah Victims’ NamesFebruary 9, 2021
  Serafima Velkovich will guide us on the collection at Yad Vashem. Over 4.8 million of the six million Jews murdered by the Nazis and their accomplices are commemorated in Yad… Read more: Show & Tell – Yad Vashem Central Database of Shoah Victims’ Names
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  Yizkor books & their Hidden TreasuresJanuary 9, 2021
  Yizkor books provide an important insight into the communities that were decimated during the Holocaust. Besides providing detailed histories of these communities, the Yizkor books also contain a wide range… Read more: Yizkor books & their Hidden Treasures
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  How Not to Read a Jewish TombstoneNovember 7, 2020
  Robin Meltzer brings us important points to remember as we look at tombstones on a cemetery visit.
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  Show & Tell – Reclaim the RecordsSeptember 23, 2020
  Brooke Schreier Ganz is the founder and president of Reclaim The Records, and the first genealogist to successfully sue a government archive for the return of records to the public. A computer programmer,… Read more: Show & Tell – Reclaim the Records
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  Show & Tell – The Tale of “Tracing the Tribe” – from Tel Aviv to New MexicoJuly 23, 2020
  This session of Show & Tell focuses on Tracing the Tribe. Schelly Talalay Dardashti – A journalist and genealogist, Schelly has tracked her families across Spain, Eastern Europe, and Iran… Read more: Show & Tell – The Tale of “Tracing the Tribe” – from Tel Aviv to New Mexico
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  Show & Tell – A-Z of LitvakSIGJuly 14, 2020
  Explore your roots with LitvakSIG introduces the basics of using the website to its fullest. It includes tips for starting and expanding your quest for knowledge in searching for information… Read more: Show & Tell – A-Z of LitvakSIG
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  Show & Tell – MyHeritage Photo Enhancer and Colorization toolsJuly 8, 2020
  Daniel Horowitz explains the new tools MyHeritage has developed to enhance and colorize your photos.
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  Show & Tell – AID Census/Registry recordsJuly 3, 2020
  Rose Feldman talks about the Census and Registry records that are part of the IGRA All Israel Databases collection.
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  Show & Tell – South AfricaJune 25, 2020
  Rose Lerer Cohen introduces us to Genealogy Research in South Africa.
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  Show & Tell – Using CSI to help index databasesJune 19, 2020
  Daniel Horowitz explains CSI (Crowd Sourced Indexing) and how our volunteers are able to help, one page at a time, make more databases available to everyone.
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  Show & Tell – Travel and Research in Lithuania: Kaunas RegionJune 9, 2020
  Janette Silverman takes us on a tour through the Kaunas Region of Lithuania giving us a feel for the communities and suggestions for completing our family story.
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  Show & Tell – IGRA All Israel Databases – Election resultsJune 3, 2020
  Rose Feldman guides us through the All Israel Databases (AID) results for various Elections.
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  Show & Tell – B&F: Jewish Genealogy and MoreMay 20, 2020
  Philip Trauring, President of IGRA, presents his Award winning website B&F: Jewish Genealogy and More and the Compendium of Jewish Genealogy with over 25,000 unique pieces of information. There is… Read more: Show & Tell – B&F: Jewish Genealogy and More
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  Show & Tell – JewishGen Unified SearchMay 13, 2020
  JewishGen has been the main research tool for Jewish Genealogy for most of the world. Recently, instead of searching country by country, they unveiled the Unified Search. This Zoom session… Read more: Show & Tell – JewishGen Unified Search
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  Show & Tell – Working with BillionGravesMay 6, 2020
  Daniel Horowitz explains how to use the BillionGraves website to locate tombstones and to help with transcribing tombstones right on the website.
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  Show & Tell – IGRA Q&AMay 6, 2020
  Open mike – Garri Regev answers questions regarding the use of the IGRA Database Collection.
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  Show & Tell – Holocaust ResourcesApril 22, 2020
  Garri Regev brings many online resources for Holocaust Research. This particular recording of that lecture is a bit longer than our usual Show & Tell series and was part of… Read more: Show & Tell – Holocaust Resources
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  Show & Tell – IGRA ResourcesApril 5, 2020
  IGRA’s first ZOOM session in our Show & Tell series. This session highlights the many resources available on the IGRA website. Be sure to make the most of all these… Read more: Show & Tell – IGRA Resources