Author Archives: Janette Silverman

Summer’s End

Posted on August 27, 2024 by Janette Silverman

This summer has been stupendous and very exhausting. I’ve spoken at 3 weeklong conferences and feel like I’ve been flying across the country non-stop. In reality it hasn’t been non-stop, every place I visited I stay at for a week … Continue reading →

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Conference Flurry

Posted on August 10, 2024 by Janette Silverman

I can’t think of how else to describe what happens over the summer in the genealogy community. Of course, there are conferences all year long, but the summer is the time of the year with the most long conferences – … Continue reading →

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A New/Old Project

Posted on August 2, 2024 by Janette Silverman

Years ago I wrote about a project I was starting, investigating the March 1949 sailing of the McCormack line’s SS Marine Jumper from Hamburg to Boston. There were a number of ships in that year and the years following, carrying … Continue reading →

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The birth of a book

Posted on August 1, 2024 by Janette Silverman

For many years, I have been researching my family. I definitely did not do this alone – I’ve had many partners in this endeavor – relatives, friends, colleagues. I have created stories based on my research experiences and the successes, … Continue reading →

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A Genealogist’s Ghosts

Posted on July 28, 2024 by Janette Silverman

I live in a world inhabited by elusive figures. They are always just around the corner. They mock me by remaining out of sight. Secure and safe in their hidden spaces, I hear them talking to me and sometimes shouting … Continue reading →

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Baby Steps and then a Giant Leap

Posted on June 24, 2024 by Janette Silverman

Like many of you, I get diverted, go off on a tangent, get distracted. It happens. Eleven years ago I wrote my dissertation “In Living Memory.” I always knew that I would use that as the basis for a book. … Continue reading →

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Networking and Learning

Posted on March 12, 2024 by Janette Silverman

One of the pleasures I experience is to be invited to be a presenter at genealogy conferences and meetings. These virtual and in-person vents are a fantastic way as a speaker or attendee to meet other people obsessive and passionate … Continue reading →

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Adventure in Rural Georgia

Posted on December 21, 2023 by Janette Silverman

The first time I was in Georgia was around 1970. I was starting college at Valdosta State College, now University. During the three years I spent there, I did a little exploring, but never went too far from a well … Continue reading →

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Researching Journeys, Journeys to Research

Posted on November 27, 2023 by Janette Silverman

There are so many journeys that our ancestors took. Each one was different from every other one. I know a lot (but not everything of course) of the journeys of Eastern European Jews and their lives, since that’s where I … Continue reading →

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Research is a waiting game

Posted on July 4, 2023 by Janette Silverman

I’m sure I’m not the only person who has reached out to a close DNA cousin match or the owner of a tree that seems to include your family, and waited and waited for a response that never came. How … Continue reading →

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