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Rhoda
Miller,
Certified Genealogist, Lecturer and Teacher of Family history and the
Holocaust at Dowling College.
Biography:
Rhoda Miller,
Ed.D., CG is a certified Genealogist and President of the Jewish
Genealogy Society of Long Island. She teaches a credit-bearing
course in family history and The Holocaust at Dowling College,
Oakdale, NY. She has lectured widely at libraries, community
groups, and genealogy societies as well as at IAJGS conferences
since 2002. Rhoda has volunteered on genealogy projects such as
New York City are naturalization databases and the WW11 “old
timer’s” registration. Rhoda’s dissertation research was on the
relationship of family history and the retention and persistence
of first-generation college students.
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Bethpage Library -
downstairs |
“Organizit”- Come learn how to organize all the research you did over
the summer and how to approach your genealogy projects and research
trips.
Organizit presents
creative solutions and problem-solving ideas to genealogy
researchers who are interested in getting organized in order to
free up mental and physical space for more research! The
concept of clutter, how it happens and what to do about it, will
be discussed. The organization of computer and paper files,
documents, photographs, correspondence, research projects, and
research materials will be presented in a lively and
entertaining manner. In addition, methods of approaching a
genealogy project, or sub-parts of a project, as well as
planning for a research trip is also presented.
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