Jane Neff Rollins, professional genealogist, will guide attendees through the process of researching relatives lost during the Holocaust. A Holocaust Remembrance Day ceremony will precede the talk.
In observance of Holocaust Remembrance Day, this program will open with a ceremony honoring those who died during the Holocaust followed by a presentation from professional genealogist Jane Neff Rollins.
This talk puts the systematic murder of Jews and other persecuted populations during World War II into historical context before showing attendees how to research the fate of long-lost relatives. Resources to be covered will include the JewishGen Holocaust database, the U.S. Holocaust Historical Museum, Yad Vashem, the Arolsen database, collections of oral history recordings, Yizkor (memorial) books, newspapers, and more. Also included will be the intellectual and emotional challenges genealogists will face in doing this kind of research.
This lecture is sponsored by the Kurt and Tessye Simon Fund for Holocaust Remembrance and the Jewish Federation of St. Joseph Valley.
About the Speaker
Jane Neff Rollins is a professional genealogist at Sherlock Combs Genealogy specializing in Eastern European Jewish ancestry. Her love of solving mysteries was sparked by her childhood love of Sherlock Holms stories, leading her down paths in science, medicine, and genealogy. Prior to beginning her genealogy business she was an epidemiologist and a medical writer whose work has appeared in the Los Angeles Times, the L.A. Jewish Journal, Reed magazine, and in medical trade magazines. Jane Neff Rollins is a member of the Association of Professional Genealogists, the Genealogical Speakers Guild, The Jewish Genealogical Society of Illinois, and the JGSLA. Learn more about her work at SherlockCombsGenealogy.com
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