SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA JEWISH GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY NEWSLETTER V cluill2 1 4 PrE5 i dent: Vic e Tre; sufer: clo Pete Tannen, 289 States St., San Francisco CA 94114 Carol yn Sherf v Martha Pat Futoran edited by Pete Tannen 521-8593 564-9927 OFFICERS (Al ameda) (San Francisco) 435-1713 (Tiburon) APRIL HEETING Secretary: Newsletter: Madqe Perkel Pete Tannen March, 1982 857-9185 (Palo Alto) . 861-4045 (San Francisco) nl:r meeti nqs are held at 7:3 0PM (7:0n PM for Question' answer period) at the CALIFORNIA FEDERAL SAVINGS AND LOA N COMMUN ITY POOH at 1900 Norieqa lat the corner of 26th Av enue ) in San Francisco. The 71 Haight-Norieqa bus sto ps Enter the bank throuQh the door to the left of the main entrance on Nori eqa and QO up stairs. For more in formation call Carol vn Sherfy or Pete Tannen. NOTE: We have not chanqed our meetinq schedule and still meet on the sEcon d of every other month. The topic of our April Meetina will be Genealoqical Record Keepinq. Pat Futoran, our will shaw us how to effecti v el y oraanize those ever expandina qenealoqical records that we all must cope with. In addition, Pat will brinq and talk about several types of Family Tree Charts, includinq a numb erina system for k eepinq track of the people on the chart. This tal k Nill be most informative to both experienced and novice Qenealoqists. BrinD y our Family Tree Charts and as always; brino your qUEstions: 7 PM QUESTION AND ANSMER PERIDD Prior to our reqular proqra., we will be continuinQ our successful question and answer period. For those of you who may be n2N at qenealoQV or have specific Questions Dr qenealoQical problems, seve r al of us have aqreed to arrive one half hour earl y, at 7PM, informal discussion. Our April meetinq will be an excellent opportunity to share information 3bout Family Tree Charts and qenealoqicai record keepinq . PAST MEETING Our Februar y Proqram Mas presented by Ma rtha Mise, who spoke about the various laws and rules that qoverned the lives of our ancestors in the va rio us countries of Europe prior to the twentieth century. This talk beQan with the subject of marriaqe, and specifically delt with the allowable deqree of relationship for Jewish marriaqe, arranqed and the effects of learnina and versus commercial skills and · trades on the desirability of a man for marriaqe. Ta x es on Jews. the lack of Jewish civil riqhts, and the property and location restrictions on Jews was the ne xt subject. Ma rt ha also spoke about Schutzjuden (Protected Jews) and the Hofjuden (Court Jew s) and what was invol v ed in obtainina their special status. Familianten or Familv Laws, which limited the qrowth of the numbers of Jews in an area by restrictinq marriaqEs was the next topic. The talk concluded with a discussion of travel permits, safe conduct papers for businessmen, nalinq conventions. and restrictions on what Jews eQuId take with the. when they left Europe. This most informative talk Mas en joy ed bv al l. DOCUMENT TRANSLATION AT THE HEBREW HOME FOR THE AGED 50 far we have not received any responses from our members and newsletter recipients to last issue's item which told of the availability of residents at the Home who are willinq to assist in"translatino doculents for us (Hebr ew, German, and possibly Polish and Yiddish). If yoU would be interested in visitinq a resident of the HOle and talkino with in ex chanqe . for their help Nith a reasonable amount of translation, please send a postcard to Pete Tannen. indicatinQ the l anq uaqe of interest, and you will be put in touch with one of their residents.
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SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA JEWISH GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY NEWSLETTER
Vcluill2 1 !~u mber 4
PrE5 ident: Vic e Pre~ident: Tre; sufer:
clo Pete Tannen, 289 States St., San Francisco CA 94114
Carol yn Sherf v Martha Wi~e
Pat Futoran
edited by Pete Tannen
521-8593 564-9927
OFFICERS (Al ameda) (San Francisco)
435-1713 (Tiburon)
APRIL HEETING
Secretary: Newsletter:
Madqe Perkel Pete Tannen
March, 1982
857-9185 (Palo Alto) . 861-4045 (San Francisco)
nl:r meeti nqs are held at 7:30PM (7:0n PM for Question' answer period) at the CALIFORNIA FEDERAL SAVINGS AND LOA N COMMUN ITY POOH at 1900 Norieqa lat the corner of 26th Avenue ) in San Francisco. The 71 Haight-Norieqa bus stops Gut ~ide. Enter the bank throuQh the door to the left of the main entrance on Nori eqa and QO upstairs . For more in formation call Carol vn Sherfy or Pete Tannen. NOTE: We have not chanqed our meetinq schedule and still meet on the sEcond Tu~sday of every other month.
The topic of our April Meetina will be Genealoqical Record Keepinq. Pat Futoran, our ~easurer, will shaw us how to effecti vel y oraanize those ever expandina qenealoqical records that we all must cope with. In addition, Pat will brinq e ~ amoles and talk about several types of Family Tree Charts, includinq a numb erina system for keepinq track of the people on the chart. This tal k Nill be most informative to both experienced and novice Qenealoqists. BrinD your Family Tree Charts and as always; brino your qUEstions:
7 PM QUESTION AND ANSMER PERIDD
Prior to our reqular proqra. , we will be continuinQ our successful question and answer period. For those of you who may be n2N at qenealoQV or have specific Questions Dr qenealoQical problems, several of us have aqreed to arrive one half hour earl y, at 7PM, fo~ informal discussion. Our April meetinq will be an excellent opportunity to share information 3bout Family Tree Charts and qenealoqicai record keepinq .
PAST MEETING
Our Februar y Proqram Mas presented by Martha Mise, who spoke about the various laws and rules that qoverned the lives of our ancestors in the va rious countries of Europe prior to the twentieth century. This talk beQan with the subject of marriaqe, and specifically delt with the allowable deqree of relationship for Jewish marriaqe, arranqed ~arriaqes, and the effects of learnina and s ~dy versus commercial skills and· trades on the desirability of a man for marriaqe. Taxes on Jews. the lack of Jewish civil riqhts, and the property and location restrictions on Jews was the next subject. Ma rtha also spoke about th~ Schutzjuden (Protected Jews) and the Hofjuden (Court Jews) and what was invol ved in obtainina their special status. Familianten Ge5et~e, or Familv Laws, which limited the qrowth of the numbers of Jews in an area by restrictinq marriaqEs was the next topic. The talk concluded with a discussion of travel permits, safe conduct papers for businessmen, nalinq conventions. and restrictions on what Jews eQuId take with the. when they left Europe. This most informative talk Mas en joyed bv al l.
DOCUMENT TRANSLATION AT THE HEBREW HOME FOR THE AGED
50 far we have not received any responses from our members and newsletter recipients to last issue's item which told of the availability of residents at the Home who are willinq to assist in"translatino doculents for us (Hebrew, German, and possibly Polish and Yiddish). If yoU would be interested in visitinq a resident of the HOle and talkino with the~ in exchanqe . for their help Nith a reasonable amount of translation, please send a postcard to Pete Tannen. indicatinQ the l anq uaqe of interest, and you will be put in touch with one of their residents.
A MESSAGE FROM YOUR PRESIDENT
We are qrowinq' We now have 33 paid members. Our newsletter. which has a current circulation of over 100. is sent to members, prospectivE IEmbErs. synagoques, libraries, archives. a limited number of newspapers, and other Genealogical Societies. Attendance at our meetinqs has also increased to the point where we will soon outgrow our meeting space. California Federal's Community Room is a lovely place to meet. is easy to reach. and best of all. has plenty of parking near by, but we are considerina a larger meetinq place for our expanding croup.
We have prospects for SEveral interestina quest speakers. Rabbi Ungar will present our program for October. A representati ve from the Sinai Memorial Chapel has been asked to speak at either our June or Auqust meeting an Jewish burial customs , Jewish celeteries in the Bay Area. and records held by Sinai as well as by local cemeteries and svnaqoques. If you have an idea far a proqram that you think would be interestinq. please let roe know about it.
I "aul d l ike to thank Martha Wise. our Vice President . for providinq the delicious refreshments at each of our meetinos. She has not ben reiffiburs~d bv the Society, but steadfastly declines to deplete our treasury in this way. If vou appreciate the qoodies at the meetinqs. ,perhaps. as yDU help yourself to coffee and cookies. you will leave a small do~ at i o n to hel p Martha de fray the costs · she inc urs on ~ur behalf.
PrOSPE ctive membe rs rece ive thr ee comp limentar y issues of our neMs letter, at Nhich time they lust join the Society to re~ain on our ma il inq list. Pete Tannen. our Correspond inQ Secretery. is doinq a terrific job sinqlehandedl v ~ a in ta ini nq our ma i l inQ list on his Apple Computer and editinq the Society NewslettEr~ I know he would appreciate news i
arti cles i and stor ies contributed by aur membership~
We have a new board leiber, Madge Perkel. our Recordinq Secretary. She is doinQ a superb job recordinq the minutes of our beneral and board meetinQs. We split the job of Secretary when the lark became too much for one individual. Pete carried the burden for much of the year and outdid hilself. We are still seekinQ additional board members and a ProQram Chair and Membership Chair. Please let me know if you are interested in any of these positions.
Our Treasurer . Pat Futoran, reports that our treasury has a respectable balance, so we are able to repay our loan from Martha Wise, wh ich opened our check inq account. Pat has wisely invested our money in an interest bearing checkino accoun t . Thank you, Pat.
ARTHUR KURZWEIL TO SPEAK IN SAN JOSE
Arthur Kurzwei l~ the autho r of "From Generation to Generation - How to Trace Your Jewish BenealoQY and Personal Hi story·, and the Co-Editor of "Toledot - The Journal of Jewish Genealogy" will be speakinq at San Jose State University on Thursday March 25. at 8 PM. This free tal k .ill be held in the Concert Hall of the Music Building and is the Second Annual Robert Levenson Memorial Lecture. For further information or directions. call (408) 266-6317.
THREE WEEK JEWISH GENEAL06Y MINI-COURSE
This is an excellent opportunity for those of you Nho are new at qenealoqy to find out more about the "how to do its· of this fascinatinq hobby . Rabbi Irvin Unqar of Temple Shalom in Burlingame. and one of our members. will be teachinq a 3 week mini-course on Jewish 6ene~loQY at Temple Shalom. This cdurse will be held on Thursda y eveninqs, May 6. 13, and 20 fro l 7:30 to 9 PM and is free of charqe. The Temple is located at 1655 Sebastian Drive in Burlinqame. For further information or directions. tall Rabbi Unqar at 697-2266.
SEMINAR ON LOCAL AND FAMILY HISTDRY RESEARCH AT STANFORD
The NeN Efiqland Historic Genealoqical Society is sponsorinG a Seminar on Local and Family History Research at Stanford Uni versity on Tuesday, March 23. This four session seminar will cover militarv records. ci vil court records, church records in the British Isles. and compilinq your research notes and writinq your family's history. The cost of the S211nar is $20 ' S18 for lembers of the New Enqiand Society ). Further information can be obtained from the NeN En~land H.i~tor ic l3enealoqical Society, 101 Nerlbury Street. Boston. t1A 02116. (617) 536-5740.
