Janette Silverman

Dr. Janette Silverman is a Research Team Manager at AncestryProGenealogists where she heads up a team specializing in Eastern European and Jewish genealogy. Janette holds master's and doctorate degrees in Jewish studies from Spertus Institute in Chicago. Her doctoral dissertation, “In Living Memory,” explored the experiences of four Jewish families in Europe and the United States, contextualizing the micro-history of those families within the more global historical world.

Presentations:

• Jewish/Hebrew/Yiddish Names: An Exploration of First Names