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There are many Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) of visitors to this
site. As we get more questions, we will add to this section.
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Who is Mike Karsen?
What are the images on
the Home Page?
What was the
1908 Chicago Street Numbering Change?
What is a good site for finding general information about genealogy?
Is it possible to search the site?
Where can I find some information on the history of the Jews of Chicago?
Who is Mike Karsen?
A
professional genealogy speaker/instructor and researcher, Mike Karsen
is a member of the Association of Professional Genealogists (APG), the
Genealogical Speakers Guild (GSG), and the National Genealogical
Society (NGS).
He speaks on genealogy topics locally and nationally, teaches classes in
genealogy and is on the faculty of Newberry Library and Spertus
Institute for Jewish Studies (Chicago). Mike has presented at state,
national, and international conferences. He is the author of the
JewishGen website "Guide to Jewish Genealogy in Chicagoland"
and has published articles on genealogy.
He has with an active
speaking schedule currently averaging over 40 lectures per year.
He is President of the Jewish Genealogical Society of Illinois
(JGSI).
Mike was born and raised in Chicago. His mother's family came to Chicago
in 1905 from Bucharest and Botosani, Romania. In 1914, his father's
family arrived from Zhitomir, Russia (now Ukraine). He and his late wife,
Melanie,
have two sons, one daughter-in-law, and two granddaughters and reside in the Chicago area.
For more about Mike, visit Mike
Karsen: Professional Genealogy Speaker
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What are the images on
the Home Page?
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The image on the
left is the First Romanian Congregation (from its 30 year anniversary book in
1929) at 3622 West Douglas Boulevard (at Millard). The building is now occupied by the Stone Temple Missionary
Baptist Church.
The image on the right is the gravestone of Esther and Adolph Frost
in Waldheim Cemetery (Forest Park, IL).
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What was the 1908
Chicago Street Numbering Change?
What
is a good site for finding general information about genealogy?
| Cyndi's
List is the most comprehensive genealogy website. While it does not
contain any genealogy records itself, it contains links to over 200,000
websites worldwide. These are indexed by topic and location to
allow the genealogist to find information about almost any topic in
genealogy. Click here to go directly to her Jewish
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Is
it possible to search the site?
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for specific text by using the JewishGen
"Search this website" box which is found on the Homepage. To
limit the search to the "Guide to Jewish Genealogy in Chicagoland"
Infofile enter the following format in the search box:
+"text to
search", +url:/Infofiles/Chicago
It will return the pages within the
Infofile that the "text to search" can be found.
Unfortunately, it does not indicate where in the page the text appears.
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Where
can I find some information on the history of the Jews of Chicago?
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