JewishGen Talks: Researching Jewish Families in America: Finding America’s Jewish Orphans
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About the Talk
Join us as Marlene Trestman discusses the resources and methods she used in both writing the first comprehensive history of the nation’s earliest purpose-built Jewish orphanage and also sharing stories of some of the 1623 children and 24 widows who lived there from 1856 to 1946. Based on her research, Trestman will also offer suggestions for pursuing information about former residents of America’s nearly fifty other Jewish orphanages. Learn about Trestman and her work at www.marlenetrestman.com.
About the Speaker
Marlene Trestman, author of Most Fortunate Unfortunates: The Jewish Orphans’ Home of New Orleans (LSU Press, October 2023). Orphaned at age 11, Marlene grew up in New Orleans as a foster care client of the Jewish Children’s Regional Service, the agency that formerly ran the orphanage. A Phi Beta Kappa graduate and former trustee of Goucher College, Marlene received a law degree from George Washington University and MBA from Loyola University of Maryland. She currently lives in Baltimore.
Registration
Free with a suggested donation that will be donated to the Barzilai Medical Center in southern Israel.