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JGSGB Chilterns RG – Sep 29th 2020 7.30pm – with Daniel Morgan-Thomas – “Scandal Down Under: Divorce, Death & Descendants”

Our next meeting in the JGSGB Virtual Meeting Programme is a Chilterns Regional Group Meeting by Zoom.

Date: September 29th 2020

Time: 19:30 London

Title: “Scandal Down Under: Divorce, Death & Descendants”

Speaker: Daniel Morgan-Thomas

Description: The story of the author’s cousin Elsie, cause of headlines across Australia in the 20th century – from the scandal of her stepfather’s infamous bankruptcy in New Zealand to her four tumultuous marriages across the Antipodes! This talk displays the wide array of Australian and New Zealand sources for genealogy now available online and the research advantages of having some relatives with a taste for notoriety.

After the talk, there will be an opportunity for Q&A on the talk.

About Daniel Morgan-Thomas

Daniel has been a member of the Society since 2008, when he joined at the age of 15! Since then he has served on the Programme Committee, as a library volunteer and helped run some of the Society’s workshops at the Jewish Museum. When not finding dead relatives and building his family tree, Daniel works in the charity sector and is a local councillor and school governor in North East London. He keeps meaning to give up genealogy as a hobby, if only he didn’t keep finding such interesting relations...

The invitation to register is below, but please keep it to yourself! Please note that we are continuing with registration for our Zoom meetings in September to see if the automated emails generated are better than manually sending out Zoom invitations.

If you have problems joining please email chilterns@jgsgb.org.uk, preferably in the 15 minutes before the meeting proper starts.

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Hazel Atlass invites you to register for a Zoom meeting:

Topic: JGSGB Chilterns RG: "Scandal Down Under: Divorce, Death & Descendants" by Daniel Morgan-Thomas


When: Sep 29, 2020 07:30 PM London


Register in advance for this meeting:


https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZMrf-6rqz8pG9XXW3JbFfOomcX30fCe8dO0


After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.


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Leigh Dworkin

Chairman, JGSGB

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