Lunch & Learn: Jane Neff Rollins

SCGS's Lunch & Learn Educational Series hosts a Double Bill on Saturday, August 10, featuring two engaging genealogists. The second presenter is Jane Neff Rollins, who will present "Let No (Wo)Man Put Asunder--Researching Ancestors Who Divorce" at 2:15 p.m.

In the ideal world, marriages last until "death us do part." But in the real world, divorces happen, then and now. In her presentation, Jane will explore the various documents that provide evidence that a divorce occurred. As a case study, Jane will use her Great-Aunt Jeannette, who was married at least three times.

About Jane Neff Rollins

A resident of Montrose, California, Jane is a professional genealogist at Sherlock Combs Genealogy®. Not only does she have more than 25 years of personal family history research experience, Jane has conducted genealogical research at repositories in Chicago, New York, Los Angeles, Salt Lake City, Washington DC, and Jerusalem, Israel. She is an alumna of ProGen Study Group 29 and a multi-year attendee of the Salt Lake Institute of Genealogy and SLIG Academy, the Forensic Genealogy Institute, and the International Association of Jewish Genealogical Society conferences.

Jane has lectured at the annual conferences of the Federation of Genealogical Societies (2019), the National Genealogical Society (2018, 2021), the International Association of Jewish Genealogical Societies (2012, Paris, France; 2013, Boston; 2014, Salt Lake City; 2015, Jerusalem, Israel; 2016, Seattle; 2019, Cleveland, 2021, Philadelphia), SCGS's Genealogy Jamboree (2016-19, 2021), the Northwest Genealogy Conference (2016), and at local genealogy societies throughout Southern California.

Jane's articles have appeared in Avotaynu: The Review of Jewish Genealogy, NGS Magazine, FGS Forum, Crossroads, and other outlets. In 2020, she received the FGS Forum Writer’s Award. Jane is a member of the Association of Professional Genealogists, the Genealogical Speakers Guild, the National Genealogical Society, and several state and local genealogy societies.

She works primarily, but not exclusively, with Jewish clients whose ancestors came 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. She also routinely translates 19th-century Russian documents into English for clients and online databases.  

How to Register

Please register at least one hour before the start of the presentation, which is 1 p.m. on Saturday, August 10, PDT.  You can join the webinar from your computer, tablet, or smartphone. Register at: https://register.gotowebinar.com/register/2711263067855099735

Double-Bill Presentation

If you have time, register by noon and log on at 1 p.m. for our first Lunch & Learn Double-Bill presentation by genealogist Diana Crisman Smith: "I Know She’s Out There Somewhere! Finding Female Ancestors." The registration link is the same for both Diana and Jane's lectures. Make it a genealogy-ful afternoon!