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Jewish Genealogical Society of Illinois

Temple Beth-El
3610 Dundee Road
Northbrook, IL 60062
Phone: (312) 666-0100
Email: events@jgsi.org
Web: http://www.jgsi.org
Contact: Martin Fischer

Are you researching Jewish family history, looking for ancestors who lived in the Chicago area? We help members collect, preserve, and perpetuate the records and history of their ancestors and serve as a resource for the worldwide community to research their Chicago-area Jewish roots. The Jewish Genealogical Society of Illinois motto is: "Members Helping Members Since 1981." Monthly hybrid meetings feature informative Jewish genealogy experts sharing research tips and family history discoveries. When we meet in-person, members and guests have access to a genealogy research library and a volunteer expert genealogy help desk. Members also have access to useful, informative online family history research resources, including video recordings of past speakers' presentations, a members' online forum, a monthly JGSI E-News, the quarterly Morasha JGSI newsletter, and much more. JGSI online databases are valuable free tools available to members and non-members alike.

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