Press Release

Hello friends. We finally have a new web site for our newly named society. Visit https://ujhs.org if you'd like to check it out. We haven't loaded it with much new…

Hello members and supporters of the Utah Jewish Genealogical Society. We have exciting news to share. First, Shana Tova! Happy New Year! Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year, begins Monday…

NJOP (National Jewish Outreach Program) has just begun a series of webinars titled a Crash Course in Jewish History. Wednesday nights at 5:30pm Mountain time, you can join these 90…

You probably already know this, but there are genealogy events happening online all the time, especially since 2020. Today we're sharing a few that sounded quite interesting, but there are…

The Genealogical Research Institute of Pittsburgh (GRIP) has some evening programs coming up that are free to the public to attend via Zoom thanks to several sponsoring organizations. These all…

UJGS is sad to report the death of Marelynn Zipser on February 19th. Marelynn was a founding member of our society, serving as Membership Chair for many years, continuing as…

For anyone who hasn't already noticed yet, RootsTech begins tonight. This year, RootsTech is all online and completely free. How can you go wrong? If you're not already signed up,…

FamilySearch recently announced that RootsTech 2021 will be all virtual -- and all free. Dates have been moved to February 25-27 (which coincides with Purim). You can read more about…

The Utah State Historical Society is holding its annual conference virtually in September. The conference is free and open to the public. Each week, they have scheduled a few pre-recorded…

Sorry that we didn't send this notice out sooner, but IAJGS is doing its conference virtually this year and it's this week. This year, there are some live lectures and…