Shemini Atzeret and Simchat Torah
As we come to the end of the High Holidays, we have two days left. Of course, as you might expect, in Israel, both of these days are celebrated on…
International Jewish Genealogy Month is Coming
Cheshvan is approaching, and that means International Jewish Genealogy Month (IJGM) will soon be here. This year, IJGM is from October 17th to November 14th. UJGS will be kicking off…
Free MyHeritage Webinar
MyHeritage recently introduced Record Matches on their web site. If you've uploaded your family tree to their web site, it will automatically search for records related to the people in…
Happy Sukkot!
Sukkot, the Feast of Booths or the Feast of Tabernacles, begins Sunday evening. After the most solemn holiday of the year, we follow it with a week of one of…
Yom Kippur
Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement, is the holiest day of the year for the Jewish people. This year it begins on Tuesday night, September 25th, and ends at nightfall…
Happy Rosh Hashanah!
Sunday night begins Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year. L'Shana Tovah! (For a good year!) Chag Samech! (Happy Holiday!) It's the beginning of 5773. Rosh Hashanah occurs on the first…
New Email Delivery Program
Some of our members have not been receiving email notifications about our blog posts, and the calls to meeting are especially important. Today, I installed a new plug-in to the…
Call to Meeting – September 2012
The next meeting of UJGS will be Tuesday, September 11th, from 7-9pm MDT, at the Family History Library. We will meet in the main floor classroom. We've got a few…
Free US Census Records from Ancestry
Ancestry.com is offering access to its US Federal Census collection, 1790-1940, for free until September 3rd. Are you still missing some of your relatives' census records? This is a great…
Online Cookbook from JGS Montreal
Who isn't always on the look-out for new recipes to try? If you're interested in some traditional Jewish recipes, then the JGS of Montreal has you covered. Their members have…