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Our society
Increasing interest in genealogy during recent decades resulted in 1987 in the founding of the Netherlands Society for Jewish Genealogy, which
in its 20th anniversary year (celebrated
with a symposium in Amsterdam ) has about 500
members.
The society's main goals and activities are:
- interchange of genealogical data about Jewish families having lived, or now living, in the Netherlands;
- development of knowledge concerning available sources for research on Jewish families;
- publication of a quarterly periodical in the Dutch language;
- arranging meetings and lectures;
- stimulation of genealogical research with regard to Jewish families in the Netherlands and their ancestors from other countries;
- study - in the framework of genealogical research - of the position of Jews in the Netherlands in various regions throughout the ages.
The first objective is pursued by means of
1) the annual publication of a Family Register containing the names of those families for which the society's members possess genealogical data - an important stimulus for members to contact each other for additional research and interchange of data, and
2) the quarterly question-and-answer feature in the periodical
Misjpoge and on the Forum on
this site
Our periodical
The title of our society's magazine is Misjpoge, which is Dutch-Yiddish for
Mishpacha, this means family. It is published (in Dutch with an English language
summary) on a quarterly basis.
A much used and highly appreciated feature of Misjpoge is the question-and-answer section. On our web site we will publish the questions and answers that appeared in the latest issue. If you wish to publish a question or contribute an answer, please send it to
forum@nljewgen.org . Remember to put the name you are asking about in the subject of your email.
Please note that the Society cannot carry out research, even for its own members. We assume that you are familiar with genealogical research procedures, and what we publish is intended to help those who are already involved in such research.
Our publications
Our publications are listed on our web site. You can order these publications, enclosing a check and mentioning the relevant order number(s) with:
Mr. C. Leeda
van Neslaan 7
3742 MN Baarn
Netherlands
publications@nljewgen.org
Checks to be made out to "Vereniging Nederlandse Kring Joodse Genealogie", in US currency at a rate of
€ 1.00 is USD 1.00 (July 2002), payable at a bank in the USA. Please add
€ 10.00 per order for bank charges and € 5.00 for postage outside Europe.
Dutch residents can order by transfer payment to postbankrekening 4603234 of Publicaties Nederlandse Kring Joodse Genealogie in Baarn, mentioning the relevant order numbers.
Membership
You are most welcome to join our society by completing the registration form
on our web site. Upon receipt, the member list, the Family register and the issues of the current year of Misjpoge will be sent to you.
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Netherlands Society for Jewish Genealogy
Nederlandse Kring voor Joodse Genealogie
http://www.nljewgen.org
info@nljewgen.org
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