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September 7, 2005
It is an honour and a pleasure for me to serve as President of our Jewish Genealogical Society - Hamilton & Area. We've already entered our second season with a solid membership base which, hopefully, will continue to solidify and grow.
In our first season your Board of Directors looked for the magic formula of offerings which would serve the needs of all of our members. While we will continue striving for that formula we are now looking beyond the immediate issues of programming and wondering if there are ways we might help our community here in Hamilton and even beyond.
There are many projects we could consider, but the one which is foremost in our minds is the JewishGen Online Worldwide Burial Registry. This is a global effort to collect complete information about all Jewish cemeteries and those buried within worldwide. Once completed this will be a huge genealogical resource and also a memorial to our departed ancestors.
Another project more pertinent to our members is that of a Jewish Genealogy Library. Barry Rosen has agreed to undertake finding a home for this library while your Board is initiating a "virtual library" (more on that very soon) and eventually a listing of all genealogy related materials available in the various existing Libraries in the Hamilton area. For these, or any other projects for that matter, to be successful, we must have membership participation.
Running our JGS group takes a great deal of time and effort from those on your Board of Directors. We still have one Board seat open and would be grateful if a member volunteered to take over the Publicity and/or Membership portfolios.
Please visit our website often as it is our goal to keep it updated with information and links to sources which may be of help to you in your search for your ancestors. If you have any ideas for additions to the website, programming or any other issue relating to our JGS please contact me or any other Board member. This is your society and our hope is to give you the help and encouragement you need to find success in your searches.
In our first season your Board of Directors looked for the magic formula of offerings which would serve the needs of all of our members. While we will continue striving for that formula we are now looking beyond the immediate issues of programming and wondering if there are ways we might help our community here in Hamilton and even beyond.
There are many projects we could consider, but the one which is foremost in our minds is the JewishGen Online Worldwide Burial Registry. This is a global effort to collect complete information about all Jewish cemeteries and those buried within worldwide. Once completed this will be a huge genealogical resource and also a memorial to our departed ancestors.
Another project more pertinent to our members is that of a Jewish Genealogy Library. Barry Rosen has agreed to undertake finding a home for this library while your Board is initiating a "virtual library" (more on that very soon) and eventually a listing of all genealogy related materials available in the various existing Libraries in the Hamilton area. For these, or any other projects for that matter, to be successful, we must have membership participation.
Running our JGS group takes a great deal of time and effort from those on your Board of Directors. We still have one Board seat open and would be grateful if a member volunteered to take over the Publicity and/or Membership portfolios.
Please visit our website often as it is our goal to keep it updated with information and links to sources which may be of help to you in your search for your ancestors. If you have any ideas for additions to the website, programming or any other issue relating to our JGS please contact me or any other Board member. This is your society and our hope is to give you the help and encouragement you need to find success in your searches.
