Jewish Genealogy on the Danube A Signature Lecture Series with Michael Morgenstern

Join us onboard the June 29, 2022 sailing of our Jewish Heritage program, Delightful Danube & Prague, for an exclusive chance to enjoy three Signature Lectures on Jewish genealogy throughout the cruise. Michael Morgenstern will be back onboard to lead the lectures, including a new lecture that focuses on Jewish immigration. You can also work with him on your own family history research in between excursions.

Introduction to Jewish Genealogy

This introductory lecture will teach you the basics of getting started with Jewish genealogy. You will learn about the various sources that are available to trace the lives of your ancestors, and how to use them to document your family history.

Genealogy and the Holocaust: Reconnecting Survivors with their Past

Many Holocaust survivors left Europe without any physical trace of their relatives who perished. Many do not even have photographs of their loved ones. In this lecture, Michael Morgenstern will share his ongoing research project for Holocaust survivors in which he finds documents and occasionally photographs of their relatives who did not survive.

"Di Goldene Medina": A Jewish Immigrant’s World

Learn about the history of Jewish immigration to the United States, and the resources that you can use to research your family's immigration stories. Explore the lives of your immigrant ancestors, and see what details you can discover about their lives before, during and after immigration.

About Michael Morgenstern

Michael Morgenstern is a native of Los Angeles, California. He has been an avid genealogy researcher for over ten years. After completing an undergraduate degree in history at Loyola Marymount University in 2013, he worked as a researcher on the fifth season of TLC's history and genealogy show "Who Do You Think You Are?" Since 2014, he has worked at Holocaust Museum L.A. For the past several years, he has volunteered genealogy research to local Holocaust survivors, focusing on those who do not have any pre-war family documents or photographs. He has been successful in helping survivors find photographs of their family members who did not survive.

He presented unique genealogy research at the Annual International Association of Jewish Genealogical Societies (IAJGS) Conferences in 2018 and 2021. He also lectured onboard Uniworld's Remarkable Rhine & Historic Holland Jewish Heritage cruise in 2019.