Success Stories:Researching & Reconnecting Families

Success Stories:Researching & Reconnecting Families Across Continents Description: Two dramatic stories of digging into lost histories and reuniting long separated families will be featured. Experienced society researchers Stephen Denker of Brookline and Alexander Woodle of Groton will present their stories of successful family research.

Steve Denker reports on seven years of research, worldwide travel, and internet chats. By tracing his American family’s manufacturing business and life in Cuba early in the 20th century, Denker unravels their genealogical history and reconnects cousins who were apart for over 70 years.

Alex Woodle reports on his research that also resulted in re-tying the genealogical thread, this time after 250 years. Woodle’s quest started with discovering a familiar surname in Austria and Romania in a search of international telephone directories. JewishGen and
FamilySearch database resources provided evidence of relationship. Then Woodle contacted a family in Romania, and, utilizing the latest tool of genea-technology,
dispatched a DNA kit. Last May, Woodle traveled to Central Europe to visit his distant cousins.

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When: 12/7/08 1:30 PM EST

Duration: 3 Hours

Location: Temple Emanuel, 385 Ward St.
Newton, MA

Website: http://www.jgsgb.org

Category: Educational

Sponsor: Jewish Genealogical Society of Greater Boston