Have you ever wondered about your family’s background and how they landed in Los Angeles?

  At our March First Thursday program, Laura Gold, the President of the Jewish Genealogy of Los Angeles, will be speaking on the basics of gathering information for your own genealogy research.

Laura Lee Gold is President of the Jewish Genealogical Society of Los Angeles. She has engaged in genealogical research since about 1995 when she received her mother’s family trees from a cousin. A former debater at California State University Northridge and qualifier for the National Debate Tournament, she is now retired from the California Attorney General’s Office where she worked as a trial lawyer defending the State of California and appeared before the California Court of Appeals and the 9th Circuit Court of Appeal. She is a skilled public speaker and has made genealogy presentations to genealogical societies, synagogues and Jewish women’s organizations, coordinated genealogy classes, and led tours of Jewish Los Angeles.

Her talk, based upon her own research, will provide an introduction to Jewish genealogy and give valuable information about available resources. Included in the talk is the importance of travel to ancestral home towns. Genealogy involves more than finding names to put on a family tree. The history of the Jewish people is included within our own family history. Investigation into our ancestry opens the door to understanding what it means to be Jewish.

TJVillage First Thursday meetings are held the first Thursday afternoon of each month from fall through spring. Programs featuring speakers and/or group discussions center in a variety of topics for our times. Join us every month to see and enjoy friends, learn together, and share perspectives on the world around us.