Researching Jewish Records with JRI-Poland, with special guest Stanley Diamond
Sunday, February 28 2021
12:00 PM Eastern
Zoom – Free


Join us to learn about using Jewish Records Indexing – Poland (JRI-Poland) for your genealogy research, founded by our guest Stanley Diamond. There will be time for Q&A.
You may be interested in the following resources:
- “Jewish Records Indexing-Poland: The Effect of Reaching Critical Mass.” Avoytaynu, Fall 2018
- JRI-Poland January 2021 Newsletter
Stanley M. Diamond is the Founding President of the Jewish Genealogical Society of Montreal and the winner of the 2002 IAJGS Lifetime Achievement Award. His interest in genealogical research was related to genetics and ultimately led to the creation of Jewish Records Indexing-Poland, of which he is the founder and Executive Director, and for which he was awarded the Meritorious Service Medal of Canada. Lecturer and author of many articles, Diamond’s journey in the world of family history research and the many paths on which it has taken him were featured in an episode of a documentary series “Past Lives” on Canadian television in 2005. He has also served as a consultant on American and Canadian episodes of “Who Do You Think You Are?”
Mr. Diamond is a graduate of McGill University, Montreal (B. Commerce ’54) and Harvard University, Boston (MBA ’58).
