The Genealogical Society of Bergen County

Dear Cousins,
I hope this email finds you and yours well and enjoying these first days of November. My husband and I enjoy these first days of cool weather and cozy up by the fireplace in the evening hours.

The newsletter from the Genealogical Society of Bergen County is welcomed in my monthly email . I am sharing it with you today because an exciting offer. You can register for the upcoming webinar “ A Day with Steve Moss and Joel Weintraub: 1950 Census and more”, as well as join the GSBC at a very reasonable cost. I am so excited to view the 1950 Census!

Bergen County, New Jersey is where many of our ancestors lived in the colonial days through the the establishment of the United States of America. The Ridgewood Library and the GSBC are very helpful in genealogical searches and videotapes of previous presentations. They are a jewel in our genealogy treasure chest in scouring records for our Dutch ancestors. The GSBC also maintains the Historic New Bridge Landing Park in River Edge, NJ. This important site of many battles in the American Revolution also holds the original Annetje (Ackerman) and Jan Zabriskie house – later the Von Stuben House. Historic sandstone homes of the Demarest and Christi- Campbell families have also been relocated here and maintained by GSBC.

All the best cousins and Happy Thanksgiving. Even in the face of so many challenges we still have reasons to be gratified in America – the land of We the People! God bless America!

Blessings,
Mary Jo Gohmann
President, Dutch Cousins

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Renew by registering for the Fall Seminar! See details below.Fall SeminarSaturday, November 13th, 10:00am to 3:30pm EST
Online seminar. All experience levels are welcome. Registration is required.

A Day with Steve Morse and Joel Weintraub: 1950 Census and More

Your ticket for an exclusive online seminar with Stephen Morse and Joel Weintraub, ”The 1950 Census and More!”
November is GSBC Membership renewal month and to celebrate all our great Members, we’ve added a special GSBC Members’ only seminar! Admission to this event is your new or renewed Membership to the GSBC ($20-25 for the whole year).

PRELIMINARY SCHEDULE

9:50 am — Welcome
10:00 am — Stephen P. Morse, “Searching the 1950 US Census with and without a Name Index”
11:00 am — Joel Weintraub, “More 1950 U.S. Census Resources for New Jersey Genealogists”
12 noon (approx)- Q&A for 1950 Census with Stephen and Joel
12:30 pm — Lunch Break
1:00 pm — Stephen P. Morse, “One-Step Website — A Potpourri of Genealogical Search Tools”
2:00 pm — Joel Weintraub, “Finding Difficult Passengers on the Ellis Island Manifests”
3:00 pm (approx)- Q&A for afternoon sessions with Stephen and Joel
3:30 pm – Goodby

With the upcoming release of the 1950 United States Census in April 2022, come and learn about the tools available to help navigate your research in these long awaited resources on day one!

Steve Morse will also discuss his widely used One-Step tools that go well beyond his first introduced form for searching the Ellis Island records. Joel Weintraub will then help us find those elusive manifests.

GSBC’s membership year begins on November 1st. Renew your membership through this registration link and you are registered for the Seminar. Or start a new GSBC membership through this link and you are registered for the Seminar.
(If you have ALREADY paid for your GSBC 2021-2022 membership AND would like to attend this seminar, please drop a note to “contact@njgbsc” with your name and membership number.)

The Genealogical Society of Bergen County offers a SINGLE membership ($20) or a FAMILY membership ($25).
IMPORTANT: Enter the word SINGLE or FAMILY in the Discount Code field to indicate your choice. If the Discount Code is blank, you will receive a FAMILY membership.

Register & Join/Renew GSBC
Hope you will join us for this event and for those coming in the new year.

Our speakers:

GSBC Video LibraryVideos from the 2020 RPL-GSBC Virtual Lock-in are now available at https://www.njgsbc.org/gsbc-video-library/:Bergen County ResearchBeyond the BasicsCity DirectoriesDNA RoundtableThe video of “Organizing (and staying sane) Your Genealogy” is available at https://www.njgsbc.org/gsbc-video-library/The video of “Picturing” Your Research: Finding, Procuring, and Preserving Images—Part One” is now up on the website.Videos of our past meetings are still available to members of GSBC. On the video page, click on the GSBC Recorded Presentation box. Please join to view these wonderful assets.Library Saturday November 20 from 2-3:30pm, Remember When? (Onsite): The program focuses on 20-plus historical events introduced by relevant popular songs. Guest speaker Phil Jaeger brings to life events that are memorable moments primarily in the areas of entertainment, sports, transportation, politics and business. Years covered range from the late 1930s through the end of that century. Audience participation encouraged.  Registration requiredGenealogy consultations by Remote Assistance:  For genealogy one-to-one assistance, email gsbc.queries@gmail.com with your request. to “meet” with the genealogy consultant. Our consultants are available by appointment. You will receive a confirmation email of the scheduled time, along with information on how to attend the remote meeting. You’ll need access to a computer and/or smartphone, along with Internet access. The Ridgewood Library’s Ancestry Library Edition is available from home through the end of DECEMBER due to COVID-19. This access to Ancestry LE is ending on Dec 31st!    Newspaperarchive subscription is available from home. GSBC members can gain access by sending an email skiefer@ridgewoodlibrary.org to get the credentials for access. Websites/Blogs/NewsA new issue of the Archivist is now available on the website in the members section.
The Archivist is now being managed by the Archivist Committee. We are working to get the Archivist back to being a quarterly publication.   If you are interested in participating in the committee, please contact us at contact@njgsbc.org Legacy Family Webinars registration for 2021 webinarsJewishGen Talks for links to previous and future talks.Volunteer Opportunities GSBC is an all volunteer organization. The work that we do cannot be accomplished without our members volunteering:The Archivist, the society’s quarterly journal, needs an editor!We are looking for people to host Special Interest Groups (SIG) on a quarterly basis. If there is an area of interest that you feel others want to share information and seek help from other reserachers, create and host a SIG.Have you had a genealogical break-through or found a new resource, share it with our members by writing an article for the Archivist.Do you have technology knowledge? Our website is being revamped and we are looking for a co-webmaster in a WordPress environment. Database expertise?New indexing projects are on the horizon. A coordinator is needed.Would you like to help others learn about genealogy? Volunteer to be a Genealogy Consultant with GSBC. The GSBC is looking for members interested in serving as a backup videographer. Our videographer, Fred Voss, will train the volunteer in how to record our monthly meetings. GoToWebinar backup co-orgainizer, work with another organizer during webinar.We are always looking for members to various tasks. So if you would like to get actively involved in the society, and would like to have a voice in its future, contact us at contact@njgsbc.org

Our WebsiteWe now have videos of the meetings (where the presenter gave permission) published on the website. You can access them in the member-only section of the website here.  Reminder: Some of the videos may be limited in how long they will be on our website at presenter request.See our query guidelines on how to submit an effective query.You can check the genealogy consultants schedule here. (you can hide other categories with the category filter.You can always check for classes, programs and genealogy consultants’ availability at our website. Our Facebook Page has all the latest news If you have any information that could be useful to other members, or an interesting website, or a genealogical story, please send it along to contact@njgsbc.org for inclusion into the E-News or the Archivist. We can always use contributions, no matter how small.

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