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JGSGB General Meeting - Mar 14th 2021 2pm – with Sue Fifer – “Finding Your Jewish Genealogical Roots: A Session for Beginners”

Our next meeting in the JGSGB Virtual Meeting Programme is a General Meeting for Beginners by Zoom.

•       Date: Sunday Mar 14th 2021
•       Time: 14:00 London; 09:00 New York; 16:00 Jerusalem
•       Title: Finding Your Jewish Genealogical Roots: A Session for Beginners.
•       Speaker: Sue Fifer
•       Description: in this session, Sue Fifer will lead with a presentation and she and other JGSGB mentors will take you through the best ways to get started on your genealogical journey, find out more about your ancestors’ lives and how to tackle common problems. The session is aimed at members new to family history or returning after a long break.

After the presentation there will be a short workshop for any further questions and discussion.

About Sue Fifer
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Sue Fifer has been researching her family history since 1994 when she bought a computer program and starting inputting information about her mother's many cousins. Nearly thirty years later she is still working on this and other branches of the family that developed from this interest in both family history and computers. She has been involved with various indexing projects including JRI Poland and the United Synagogue Marriage Authorisations project. She wrote the first JGSGB Guide to Jewish Genealogy in Poland and a book on Family History and Online Tools in the John Wiley "Older and Wiser" series (2010). She is retired and now lives in Cambridge.

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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Leigh Dworkin is inviting you to register for a scheduled Zoom meeting.

Topic: JGSGB General Meeting: Finding Your Jewish Genealogical Roots: A Session for Beginners
When: Mar 14, 2021 02:00 PM London

Register in advance for this meeting:
https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZcscOCvpz8vH9dR2uECTyODsSizuWktQ0GX

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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