Emily H. Garber
Extra Yad: Your helping hand in Jewish genealogy. Family history researcher, speaker and writer.
Extra Yad Genealogical Services
United States
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Emily H. Garber, an Arizona-based researcher, writer, and speaker, has been conducting family history research since 2007. She specializes in Jewish genealogical research and has worked with records from both Eastern European and German Jewish immigrants. Her client work has included research into narrowly-defined genealogical problems as well as research, management, development, and writing of broadly-based family history narratives.
In 2019 Emily produced a two-volume German-Jewish family history, "The Baum Family of Kansas City," which was privately published. In addition, she has written several articles published in Avotaynu: The International Review of Jewish Genealogy. Her most recent article, "Gone But Never Forgotten: Researching Victims of the Holocaust," was published in NGS Magazine 50:2 (April-June 2024): 34-41.
Emily writes a genealogy research blog: (going the) Extra Yad <https://extrayad.blogspot.com/>. She also has created and manages a webpage for one of her family's old world communities in today's Ukraine: https://kehilalinks.jewishgen.org/Yurovshchina/.
Emily is a well-known speaker and educator on family history topics. She had delivered talks at every annual International Association of Jewish Genealogical Society (IAJGS) conference since 2013 and has presented talks at National Genealogical Society and New York State Family History conferences. She was the course coordinator and part of the teaching cadre for three week-long Jewish genealogy seminars for the Genealogical Research Institute of Pittsburgh (GRIP) in July 2020 and July 2024 and the Salt Lake Institute of Genealogy (SLIG) in 2022.
She has taught webinars for numerous Jewish genealogical societies as well as the Southern California Genealogical Society, the Utah Genealogical Association Summit of Excellence, and the Genealogical Society of Pennsylvania. She has conducted an in-person four-lecture seminar for the Jewish Genealogical Society of Colorado and been an invited speaker for Jewish genealogy societies all over the United States, including New York City, Seattle, Los Angeles, Pennsylvania, North Carolina, and Florida; and internationally in Canada, Israel, and the United Kingdom.
Locally (in Arizona) she has provided several introductory level Jewish genealogy courses for Jewish Community centers and synagogues. She has also taught classes for Arizona State University's Center for Jewish Studies. In addition, she has presented intermediate and advanced genealogy talks to both Jewish and non-Jewish genealogy groups and conferences.
In June 2013, she toured family shtetlach (towns) in Ukraine and explored archives in Lviv, Khmelnitsky and Zhitomyr. An archaeologist by training (B.A., and M.A.), she retired from the federal government after a 30+ year career in natural resources management.
Emily serves as Secretary on the board of the International Association of Jewish Genealogical Societies, Chair of the Phoenix (Arizona) Jewish Genealogy Group, and board member of the Arizona Jewish Historical Society. She is a long-term volunteer for JewishGen.org and has served in leadership roles for both the Ukraine and Romanian Research Divisions.
Emily H. Garber, an Arizona-based researcher, writer, and speaker, has been conducting family history research since 2007. She specializes in Jewish genealogical research and has worked with records from both Eastern European and German Jewish immigrants. Her client work has included research into narrowly-defined genealogical problems as well as research, management, development, and writing of broadly-based family history narratives.
In 2019 Emily produced a two-volume German-Jewish family history, "The Baum Family of Kansas City," which was privately published. In addition, she has written several articles published in Avotaynu: The International Review of Jewish Genealogy. Her most recent article, "Gone But Never Forgotten: Researching Victims of the Holocaust," was published in NGS Magazine 50:2 (April-June 2024): 34-41.
Emily writes a genealogy research blog: (going the) Extra Yad <https://extrayad.blogspot.com/>. She also has created and manages a webpage for one of her family's old world communities in today's Ukraine: https://kehilalinks.jewishgen.org/Yurovshchina/.
Emily is a well-known speaker and educator on family history topics. She had delivered talks at every annual International Association of Jewish Genealogical Society (IAJGS) conference since 2013 and has presented talks at National Genealogical Society and New York State Family History conferences. She was the course coordinator and part of the teaching cadre for three week-long Jewish genealogy seminars for the Genealogical Research Institute of Pittsburgh (GRIP) in July 2020 and July 2024 and the Salt Lake Institute of Genealogy (SLIG) in 2022.
She has taught webinars for numerous Jewish genealogical societies as well as the Southern California Genealogical Society, the Utah Genealogical Association Summit of Excellence, and the Genealogical Society of Pennsylvania. She has conducted an in-person four-lecture seminar for the Jewish Genealogical Society of Colorado and been an invited speaker for Jewish genealogy societies all over the United States, including New York City, Seattle, Los Angeles, Pennsylvania, North Carolina, and Florida; and internationally in Canada, Israel, and the United Kingdom.
Locally (in Arizona) she has provided several introductory level Jewish genealogy courses for Jewish Community centers and synagogues. She has also taught classes for Arizona State University's Center for Jewish Studies. In addition, she has presented intermediate and advanced genealogy talks to both Jewish and non-Jewish genealogy groups and conferences.
In June 2013, she toured family shtetlach (towns) in Ukraine and explored archives in Lviv, Khmelnitsky and Zhitomyr. An archaeologist by training (B.A., and M.A.), she retired from the federal government after a 30+ year career in natural resources management.
Emily serves as Secretary on the board of the International Association of Jewish Genealogical Societies, Chair of the Phoenix (Arizona) Jewish Genealogy Group, and board member of the Arizona Jewish Historical Society. She is a long-term volunteer for JewishGen.org and has served in leadership roles for both the Ukraine and Romanian Research Divisions.
Geographic Specialities
USA: AZ, NY and New York City, Mid-Atlantic, Cincinnati, Omaha, Detroit, Kansas City, Memphis, Philadelphia, and Chicago.
Europe: Russian and Galicia areas of Ukraine; Lithuania; Poland; Bukovina area of Ukraine & Romania; England; Bavaria & Württemberg, Germany.
USA: AZ, NY and New York City, Mid-Atlantic, Cincinnati, Omaha, Detroit, Kansas City, Memphis, Philadelphia, and Chicago.
Europe: Russian and Galicia areas of Ukraine; Lithuania; Poland; Bukovina area of Ukraine & Romania; England; Bavaria & Württemberg, Germany.
Additional specialities or search keywords
Jewish genealogy, immigration
Jewish genealogy, immigration
Publications/Media
"Gone But Never Forgotten: Researching Victims of the Holocaust," NGS Magazine 50:2 (April-June 2024): 34-41. Using Landsmanshaft Burial Plots to Discover and Confirm the Location of a Family's Shtetl," Avotaynu 27:1 (Spring 2011). "When it takes a Village: Applying Cluster Research Techniques," Avotaynu 31:2:3-9 (Summer 2015). The Extra Yad Blog - https://extrayad.blogspot.com Kehilalinks webpage (community webpage) for Yurovshchina (aka Labun or Lubin), Ukraine: http://www.kehilalinks.jewishgen.org/yurovshchina
"Gone But Never Forgotten: Researching Victims of the Holocaust," NGS Magazine 50:2 (April-June 2024): 34-41. Using Landsmanshaft Burial Plots to Discover and Confirm the Location of a Family's Shtetl," Avotaynu 27:1 (Spring 2011). "When it takes a Village: Applying Cluster Research Techniques," Avotaynu 31:2:3-9 (Summer 2015). The Extra Yad Blog - https://extrayad.blogspot.com Kehilalinks webpage (community webpage) for Yurovshchina (aka Labun or Lubin), Ukraine: http://www.kehilalinks.jewishgen.org/yurovshchina
Repositories
Arizona State Archives
Arizona State Archives
Research Time Periods
- 20th Century
- 19th Century
Certificates
Certificate in Genealogical Research (Boston University)
Certificate in Genealogical Research (Boston University)
Affiliations
International Association of Jewish Genealogical Societies, Association for Professional Genealogists, National Genealogical Society, Phoenix Jewish Genealogy Group, Arizona Jewish Historical Society, Family History Society of Arizona, and Jewish Genealogy Society (New York).
International Association of Jewish Genealogical Societies, Association for Professional Genealogists, National Genealogical Society, Phoenix Jewish Genealogy Group, Arizona Jewish Historical Society, Family History Society of Arizona, and Jewish Genealogy Society (New York).
Degrees
M.A. - Anthropology (Archaeology), B.A. - Anthropology (Archaeology)
M.A. - Anthropology (Archaeology), B.A. - Anthropology (Archaeology)