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JGSGB Anglo SIG – 21 Mar 2021 2.30pm – with Caroline Gurney – “Bristol's Jewish Community, 1724–1880”

Our next meeting in the JGSGB Virtual Meeting Programme is a speaker meeting from the JGSGB Anglo-Jewish Special Interest Group (Anglo SIG) by Zoom.

Here is the information for this meeting:

•       Date: Sunday 21 Mar 2021
•       Time: 14:30 London (note, 10:30 New York, 16:30 Jerusalem)
•       Title: “Bristol's Jewish Community, 1724–1880”
•       Speaker: Caroline Gurney
•       Description: Paupers, pariahs or paragons? Bristol's Jewish community, 1724–1880: a microhistory of Anglo-Jewry. Caroline’s research explores the origins, demographic structure, lives and relationships of Bristol's Jewish community during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries.

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

Following a quick tea break, we will return for a workshop where we will offer help for any genealogical problems and listen to your genealogical successes. Beginners always welcome.

About Caroline Gurney
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Caroline Gurney is a QG (a professional qualified qenealogist), a house historian and historical researcher. She is based in Portishead, near Bristol. She has been over eight years in business, successfully completing hundreds of projects for clients that include TV companies, businesses, journalists, authors, collectors, probate searchers, historic house owners, and many members of the public.

The invitation to register is below, but please keep it to yourself!

If you have problems joining please email chairman@jgsgb.org.uk, preferably in the 15 minutes before the meeting proper starts. In particular, if you get stuck in a registration loop, you may want to upgrade the version of Zoom on your PC, but please email me and I can help you through this…

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Doreen Berger is inviting you to register for a scheduled Zoom meeting.

Topic: JGSGB Anglo SIG: "Bristol's Jewish Community, 1724-1880" by Caroline Gurney
When: Mar 21, 2021 02:30 PM London

Register in advance for this meeting:
https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZEvduuvqj8uE922qGf2HxpxCo9E3Y4Rza8h

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

Final note: don’t forget that after the meeting you should complete your 2021 census if you live in the UK! We owe it to future genealogists…

Leigh Dworkin
Chairman, JGSGB
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