Articles written by Gene Starn

Gene Starn|Sep 30, 2016

Gene Starn was the founder of the Heritage and also of the Jewish Genealogical Society of Greater Orlando. He wrote this article in 2005. I am about to have zenith moment! Many of us who are tracing our family history often hit a brickwall. When we have a breakthrough we can experience such elation—it’s a feeling so unique, so satisfying, so completely engulfing that it stirs the senses beyond belief. It came about when I had a phone call two weeks ago from Paris, France. I could barely understand the woman, who spoke with a very heavy acc...