Phil Goldfarb was born and raised in New Jersey and currently lives in Tulsa, Oklahoma. He is the Founding and current President of the Jewish Genealogical Society of Tulsa. He has been a genealogy contributor for several web sites, lectured extensively on various topics in genealogy, published articles on genealogy, authors a monthly column in the Tulsa Jewish Review and co-authored a chapter on the Migration of Jews to Oklahoma in the initial Avotaynu On Line. Phil has written two books titled “A Page of History: Passport Applications 1851-1914” and “A Page of History: Passport Applications Volume II 1915-1925. He co-produced a documentary along with the Tulsa Historical Society titled L’Dor V’dor: Generation to Generation Jews in Oklahoma which is currently up for an Emmy Award for Historical Documentary.