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Upcoming Events

  • Sep 14, 2025, 10:30 AM – 12:30 PM PDT
    Zoom Virtual Event
    Learn key resources to help you find and access records for your German-Jewish family history research and the different types of records you can expect to locate. Jeanette will explain which record sets are free to access and which are the best paid resources.
  • Oct 05, 2025, 10:30 AM – 12:30 PM PDT
    Zoom Virtual Event
    Weather altered the lives and livelihoods of our families and communities. Weather served as a backdrop to the daily lives of our ancestors, impacting them in ways we might not have thought of. Learn about the many resources and ways we can gain new insights into weather of the past.
  • Nov 09, 2025, 10:30 AM – 12:30 PM PST
    Zoom Virtual Event
    Laying out data in Excel can help you see gaps in knowledge or correlations between data points. Breakthroughs can happen by visualizing data in spreadsheets. Stewart will show how spreadsheets can track newspaper clippings, ancestor addresses over time, and whole families over many censuses.
  • Dec 07, 2025, 11:00 AM – 12:30 PM PST
    Zoom Virtual Event
    This presentation covers basic background about autosomal DNA and analysis of matching segment data. Important features of the major autosomal DNA tests used for genealogical purposes will be reviewed. Tim will discuss how endogamy can complicate the analysis of autosomal DNA matching segment data.
Mission Statement

JGSO Mission Statememt

"Members help members connect with their Jewish ancestry."

Jewish Genealogical Society of Oregon

P.O. Box 19736
Portland, Oregon 97280

E-mail: JGSOregon@gmail.com 

Phone: 971-266-0005.
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