Yitzhak Berchunsky
ca 1880 |
Welcome to the Orange County Jewish Genealogical Society! The OCJGS is your resource in Orange County, California, for all things related to finding your Jewish roots.
Whether you're a beginner or a seasoned expert, you will find our monthly meetings stimulating and informative. In addition to meetings, hands-on workshops, and special events, members also have access to an excellent library of books and magazines pertinent to Jewish genealogy. The Orange County Jewish Genealogical Society is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit. We are a member of the International Association of Jewish Genealogical Societies. Remember the Days of Old; Ask your father and he will tell you, your elders and they will explain to you. (Deut. 32:7)
זכר ימות עולם בינו שנות דור ודור שאל אביך ויגדך זקניך ויאמרו לך פרשת האזינו |
Renew or Join TodayJoin today and get the rest of 2025 for free! Membership runs through the end of 2026. Calendar of EventsWorld-Class Speakers!We have a lineup of truly world class speakers coming to you wherever in the world you are, from wherever in the world they are. We normally meet the 4th Sunday of each month.
Virtual meetings are via Zoom. You must register in advance by clicking the link for the meeting you want to attend. Registration only takes a few seconds. Attendance at virtual meetings is free to OCJGS members. If you are not a member, please consider joining. Otherwise, the charge for non-members is $5. Please visit the Membership page to join or pay your $5 fee. December 28 at 10:00 am (Pacific time zone)
Susan Rosin The JewishGen Yizkor Book project 
The Yizkor Book Project and JewishGen Press are integral parts of JewishGen, featuring translations of original Yizkor books and other research documents, as well as digitizing books for online searches. Susan Rosin, Publications Manager for JewishGen Press, will share what Yizkor books are and how they’re made accessible to researchers in English. If you’ve ever read an English Yizkor book about your ancestors’ town or an essay about a family member in one, you know just how valuable these works are for genealogical research.
Born in Poland to two Holocaust survivors from the former Galicia (now part of the Ukraine), Susan Rosin grew up in Israel. She received a B.S. degree in Chemistry from the Technion in Haifa, Israel, and an M.S. degree in Biochemistry from the University of the Witwatersrand in Johannesburg, South Africa. After moving to the US with her spouse and children, she became a software developer, retiring as a software development manager from a major financial company. Inspired to start the genealogical research of her family by a (non-Jewish) coworker and hitting the proverbial “brick wall” she decided to give back to JewishGen. She translated the entire 700+ pages Yizkor book of her mother’s town (published in 2018) and then started on the book of her father’s town. She proceeded to lead the indexing project of Yizkor books and in 2021 became JewishGen Press Publications Manager. Register in advance for this Zoom presentation. Click this link to register.
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