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JGSGB Members’ Social Meeting – Sun 13 June 2021 2pm – with Michael Tobias – “The Woolf Pack - a DNA case study”

The JGSGB Virtual Meeting Programme has, this coming Sunday, our annual Members’ Social Meeting by Zoom on a DNA theme by Vice President Michael Tobias OBE.

• Date: Sunday 13 June 2021
• Time: 14:00 London; 09:00 New York; 16:00 Jerusalem; 07:00 Salt Lake City
• Title: The Woolf Pack - a DNA case study
• Speaker: Michael Tobias OBE
• Description: During the Covid19 pandemic in the UK Michael was approached by several people whose recent DNA tests had revealed Jewish ancestry (typically an unknown Jewish birth father). This talk will cover one such case and will provide an overview of the steps taken in under 2 weeks to construct a family tree of over 800 individuals including over 40 DNA matches and identifying the Jewish birth father.

At the end of the talk, questions will be answered and listener opinions will be welcomed.

After a 15-minute tea break we will return for a fun exploration of Zoom rooms where we will delight you with some topics of interest, facilitated by Vice-chairman Daniel Morgan-Thomas.

About Michael Tobias
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Michael is a co-founder and Board Member of Jewish Records Indexing – Poland (1995-); Vice President of the Jewish Genealogical Society of Great Britain (JGSGB 2019-); Honorary Research Fellow – Genealogical Studies, University of Strathclyde (2020-); Former Vice President, Programming of JewishGen, Inc (1995-2018); Database matching consultant to the International Commission on Holocaust Era Insurance Claims (2000-2006). Michael was awarded the International Association of Jewish Genealogical Societies Lifetime Achievement award in Washington in 2011 and he was awarded the OBE for services to the Jewish Community in the Queen’s New Year Honours List 2021.

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 Members' Social Meeting: The Woolf Pack - a DNA case study by Michael Tobias
When: Jun 13, 2021 02:00 PM London

Register in advance for this meeting:
https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZUrdO2grTguHtISF5EVNI0e9Nxv6wosYrxk

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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