Events

OHRC Events

Next Generation-August 2012

Saturday, August 25, 12:30 – 3:00 pm- Next Generation Gathering- Film & Discussion "Inheritance" is the story of Monika Hertwig and her journey to accept the truth about her father, Nazi commander, Amon Goeth. "As part of Monika's search for information, she reaches out to Helen Jonas-Rosenzweig, a woman who had been enslaved by Monika's father during the war. More than sixty-years later these two women meet, bringing closure, yet raising new questions" (IMDb.com

Next Generation Meeting-July 2012

Wondering how to build a family tree?
Locate distant relatives?
Join us for a genealogical discussion 
and demonstration by Debbi Korman. 

Next Generations Get-together 
Date: Saturday, July 28, 2012
Theme: Genealogy How To's   Bring your laptop or ipad
Where: OHRC, 1953 NW Kearney, Portland 
Time: 12:30pm Meet & Mingle, 1pm-3pm Discussion and Demonstration 
 
The program will include the basics of how to construct a family tree and how to use popular available resources, including Holocaust databases. There will be time allowed for questions and demonstrations of websites. 
About the speaker: Debbi Korman is the editor for Shalshelet, the newsletter of the Jewish Genealogical Society of Oregon (http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com<http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/> ). She has been building her family trees and locating distant relatives for 24 years. Her search has involved working with records from Hungary, Slovakia, Ukraine, Poland and Austria, as well as Holocaust resources. 
We will also take a few minutes after the genealogy discussion to review a Next Gens description that we want to appear on the OHRC website. Please take a moment to read the attachment and let us know your thoughts on the verbiage.