SOUTH ORANGE COUNTY CALIFORNIA GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY
January 18, 2025
“Sensitive Subjects: What to Conceal, What to Reveal”
Presented by: Jane Neff Rollins
A sensitive subject is anything that might have been kept secret, or if mentioned, hushed up. How do you walk the fine line between accuracy and sensitivity when writing or talking about sensitive subjects like divorce, out-of-wedlock births, spousal abuse, homosexuality, or suicide? Ms. Rollins discusses how she has handled each with examples from her own family research. David Laskin, best-selling author of the book, The Family, called this presentation “spellbinding.”
About the speaker: Jane Neff Rollins works primarily, but not exclusively, with Jewish clients whose ancestors come from the former Russian Empire. She cried when she first saw her grandfather’s name on the 1900 census. Jane has researched in archives in Chicago, Los Angeles, New York, Washington DC, and Jerusalem. Jane also routinely translates 19th century Russian documents into English for clients and online databases.
Jane has lectured at conferences sponsored by the National Genealogical Society, Federation of Genealogical Societies, International Association of Jewish Genealogical Societies (U.S., Paris, and Israel), Southern California Genealogical Society (Genealogy Jamboree), Stillaguamish Valley Genealogical Society (Northwest Genealogy Conference) and at society meetings across the country. Jane’s genealogical writing has appeared in Avotaynu: The Journal of Jewish Genealogy, the National Genealogical Society magazine, FGS Forum [for which she won the 2020 FGS Writer’s Award], Pennsylvania Legacies, and elsewhere.
This month we will be offering our speaker’s presentation In-Person ONLY!
Meeting Place:
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints
27976 Marguerite Pkwy, Mission Viejo, CA 92692
Time: 10 a.m. to 12 p.m.
