02:00pm - 04:00pm  Death Records for Genealogical Research

Speaker: Phyllis Kramer Co-sponsored by the Ackman & Ziff Family Genealogy Institute at the Center for Jewish History   Certainly a great resource for the family genealogist are the records generated when a person dies. This presentation will cover in depth each type of record beginning with the death certificates and continuing with cemeteries, landsmanshaftn, gravestones, social security, medical records, undertakers, newspaper obituaries and probate. The presenter will strive to shed light on this dark topic. Phyllis Kramer is a practicing genealogist, with primary interest in Eastern European Jewish research. She has an MBA from Fordham University and a B.S. from Cornell. She retired from ...