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Presented to the Bay Area Jewish Genealogical Society in December 2011.
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Family History at The Magnes Collection of Jewish Art and Life
Lara MichelsArchivist, The Magnes [email protected]
Moving the Judah L. Magnes Museum
The Magnes Collection of Jewish Art and Life
Change brings Challenges and Opportunities
Magnes @ Allston
Magnes @ Bancroft
Western Americana archival collections
Cataloged in OSKICAT/OAC
Served in Bancroft Reading Room
Approximately 185 archival collections now open to researchers @ Bancroft
Family and Personal Papers
Institutional Records
Congregational Records
Business Records
Think Broadly!
Processing the Congregation Sherith Israel records (BANC MSS 2010/720)
What’s in the Sherith Israel records?
Administrative Correspondence Financial Building and Property Cemetery Membership Religious School Bar/Bat Mitzvah and
Confirmation
Rabbis and Cantors Marriage Liturgy, Services and
Holidays Sisterhood and
Brotherhood Subject Files Newsletters Scrapbooks Photographs
Administrative and Correspondence
Financial
More Financial
Cemetery
More Cemetery
Membership
Marriage
Religious School, Bar/Bat Mitzvah, Confirmation
