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We often remember the tragedy f the Triangle Factory Fire through the staggering number of lives lost. But behind the statistics are the stories of individuals like 17-year-old Sarah Brenman, who had been in America for only six weeks before that fateful day. Join us for a lecture exploring the fire through the lens of genealogy, where we move beyond the headlines to reconstruct the lives, families, and legacies of those who perished, turning names on a list back into daughters, sisters, and neighbors.

The JRI-Poland data collections can help genealogists draw a more complete picture of their ancestors‘ lives. Come learn how we are exploring whatever traces we can find of our ancestors‘ presence in the current or former territories of Poland. Robinn‘s session will highlight the breadth and depth of the JRI-Poland database including vital records, population and legal records surviving from the Kingdom of Poland, the Russian, Prussian and Galician Empire. Join us for a glimpse into the past! A question-and-answer session will be included in this lively session.

This program continues JGSGB’s series of artificial intelligence topics, and will be helpful whether or not you attended prior presentations. Using AI tools effectively can accelerate your research tasks. Writing targeted prompts is perhaps the most important technique for using generative AI. The prompt is how we direct AI tools to give us the output we desire. However, forming these prompts can be challenging and is rarely a one-shot attempt. The presentation shows how to formulate (and reformulate!) AI prompts, including ten example prompts that can save us significant time and effort.

We will learn about the organization, (FJHP) who seek to engage descendants and other supporters to protect and commemorate the surviving sites and monuments of Jewish cultural heritage in Poland. The all-volunteer organization is working at more than 30 sites with the goal of preserving and protecting all of the abandoned cemeteries in this once thriving homeland of over 3.3 million Jews.