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JGSGB General Meeting - 3 Oct 2021 2pm – with JGSGB Mentors – “European Days of Jewish Heritage and Culture 2021 - Family Research Workshop"

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

• Date 3 October 2021
• Time 14:00 London; 09:00 New York; 16:00 Jerusalem; 07:00 Salt Lake City
• Title: European Days of Jewish Heritage and Culture 2020 - Family Research Workshop
• Experts: JGSGB Mentors will be on hand
• Description: JGSGB invites newcomers to genealogy and seasoned Society members who may need a brush-up or have come up against brick walls to a free Zoom workshop. Expert JGSGB Mentors will be on hand at this research meeting covering multiple locations and regions – you may find it useful to listen to the queries and answers of others to inspire your own research.


If you would like to ask a question, please let us know the theme of your query (e.g. region and/or time period) in advance by email to workshop@jgsgb.org.uk. Each attendee will have around 5 minutes to receive suggestions/advice from mentors in the workshop.


For more information please email: workshop@jgsgb.org.uk

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 chairman@jgsgb.org.uk, preferably in the 15 minutes before the meeting proper starts.


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

Topic: European Days of Jewish Heritage and Culture 2021 - Family Research Workshop
When: Oct 3, 2021 02:00 PM London

Register in advance for this meeting:

https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZIkd-2upzksGtVb4PcefAMjYnAW6QE0SVvd



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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