Arline Sachs and Chuck Mason welcomed Sharon Hodges who talked about the conditions of tenement housing at the beginning of the 19th century and about the various communities such as Jewish, German, Italian, etc.
Arline Sachs and Chuck Mason talked about the different types of classes that are offered, through genealogy societies, county education, historical societies, etc. and what to expect.
Chuck Mason explained what the different categories of professional genealogists, such as professional, certified etc. and what they can do to help the genealogist.
Sharon Hodges spoke of the conditions under which immigrants traveled to the new world. She explained how the conditions of steerage passage changed over the years.
Robin Meltzer explained how she was able to find the Jewish origins of Sid Caesar and whether the name had or had not been changed when the family came to this country.
Guest Alan Rems, a volunteer in the Virginia Room in the Fairfax Library, told about the marvelous Judaic collection including some maps that is there.
Rose Lerer Cohen talked about doing research in Israel and getting ready to for the 2015 Jewish Genealogy Convention there. She emphasized that Israel has a lot of data from European countries besides data from the Ottoman and British occupation periods.
Laura Wickstead, librarian at the Virginia Room of the City of Fairfax Regional Library in Fairfax Virginia spoke of the library's amazing collection of genealogy material, both Jewish and general.
Jennifer Hammond discussed the 19th century German Jewish population in Alexandria, Virginia, their association to Beth El Hebrew Congregation, and their integration into the general population.
William E. Howard III talked about how his ancestors came to this country on the first ships to both Massachusetts and Maryland, about another ancestor who married her escort on the trip to the new world, and how genealogy and DNA worked together to improve his family tree.
Lou Albert talked about researching French-Canadian ancestors. The focus of this show was late 19th and 20th centuries. He showed many books that can be used for research there.
Arline Sachs, Sallyann Sack and Chuck Mason talked about the 300 shows that have been recorded and the 150 that are on-line for anyone to watch. They briefly discussed some of the shows they found most interesting and/or most helpful for genealogical research.
Chuck Mason and Arline Sachs questioned Sallyann Sack about changes in genealogical research in Israel and in the International Institute for Jewish Genealogy.
18th and 19th century Southern Germany with author Emily C. Rose - She told how she did the research for her book "Portraits of Our Past: Jews of the German Countryside" and gave helpful hints to doing research in Germany.
Fintan Mullan and Dr. Brian Trainor talked about the Ulster Historical Foundation which is a long-established, highly reputable research and publishing agency. It offers extensive knowledge on the sources available for tracing Irish and Scots-Irish ancestors.
Sharon Hodges, CG joined our hosts Chuck Mason, CG and Arline Sachs to talked about the importance of recording proper citations for all your genealogy information.
