Learn to research family tree

The Jewish Genealogical Society of the Conejo Valley and Ventura County will host a meeting, co-sponsored with Temple Adat Elohim, from 2 to 4 p.m. Sun., Jan. 7 at the temple, 2420 E. Hillcrest Drive, Thousand Oaks.

The topic will be “How to begin your genealogy research.” Attendees will learn how to fill gaps in the family tree, how to research newspapers and about Yizkor books.

Society board members Jan Meisels Allen and Werner Frank, both genealogists and presenters, will present and lead the discussions covering family hearsay, cemetery books, Jewish history books, Jewish marriage records, and researching newspaper obituaries, articles on family businesses and Yizkor books, which were written by Holocaust survivors and contain histories of the shtetl, biographies of prominent people and lists of people who perished.

There is no charge to attend the meeting. Anyone may join the society. Annual dues are $25 for individuals and $30 for families.

For more information, call Allen at (818) 889-6616 or email publicity@jgscv.org.