Genealogist Ellen Kowitt’s talk, “Surfing USA: Jewish Archival Collections,” for the Sunday, Feb. 22, 2026, Jewish Genealogical Society of Illinois online meeting, will inspire you to locate unique Jewish genealogical gems found in American archives, universities, libraries, and on commercial websites. Register/RSVP at https://jgsi.org/event-6126667 for this 2 p.m. CST free online Jewish genealogy lecture. Ellen will explain how to access large and small genealogical collections found nationwide; you will learn how to uncover archival treasures utilizing WorldCat, Archivegrid, FamilySearch, Ancestry, and a variety of institutional catalogs. Record examples will include American Jewish orphans, hospital patients, veterans, synagogue records, Jewish newspapers, and an introduction to navigating JewishGen’s Shul Records America finding aid.