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Researching the Jews of Breslau (Wrocław) with JRI-Poland.org

Join us for a Members Only event presented by Stephen Falk, JRI-Poland’s Wrocław (Breslau) Area Coordinator and “town leader”, about the surviving documentation for the Jews of this important metropolis which attracted residents from far and wide.  Stephen’s presentation should interest most researchers with Prussian roots.  Special focus includes valuable records, some available online, others […]

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Researching the Jews of Prussian Poland

Join us Sunday, November 19, 2023 for a 90 minute session about Prussian Poland. Much of today’s Poland belonged to Prussia (later the German Empire) before the two world wars. The many Jewish communities in the region once comprised 30% of Germany’s Jews before migration to Berlin and elsewhere diminished their numbers. This presentation will […]

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Galician Vital Registers: Finding & Understanding Your Family’s Records

Join us for a 90-minute presentation led by Mark Halpern, our JRI-Poland Galicia Research Area Coordinator and long-time executive committee member. Mark is certainly an expert on how to successfully research your families from this complicated area of the world. Towns that were once part of Galicia include places in either Poland or Ukraine today. […]

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