Jewish Genealogical Society of Great Britain Blog

Our next meeting in the JGSGB Virtual Meeting Programme is a General Meeting on a Tasmanian/Australasian theme by Zoom. • Date: Sunday 27 Feb 2022 • Time: 10:00 London; 05:00 New York; 12:00 Jerusalem; 21:00 Hobart • Title: “Hobart Synagogue Digital Archive” • Speaker: Jeff Schneider • Description: The history of Hobart's tiny Jewish community is long and remarkable. It is a curious story of survival that is reflected in the Hobart Synagogue, Australia’s oldest synagogue still in use (1845). We will explore the stories found in the synagogue's online collection, which feature a variety of digitised documents that date back to 1838. There will be a special emphasis on the British roots of the congregation and how these connections were still a significant part of Tasmania's Jewish community identity well into the 20th century.    About Jeff Schneider Jeff Schneider is a Collections Analyst who works with cultural institutions to build and share digital collections. He is pre...

Our next meeting in the JGSGB Virtual Meeting Programme is from the JGSGB Dutch & Sephardi Special Interest Group (D&S SIG) by Zoom. • Date: Sunday 20 February 2022 • Time 14:00 London; 09:00 New York; 16:00 Jerusalem; 07:00 Salt Lake City • Title: “Vincent Van Gogh and an Amsterdam Jewish cemetery (or two, or three....)” • Speaker: Ruth Ellen Gruber • Description: Ruth Ellen Gruber follows the footsteps of the great Dutch painter to an abandoned Jewish cemetery in Amsterdam, plus two other Jewish cemeteries, including the famous Portuguese Jewish Cemetery in Ouderkerk. Ruth is an award-winning writer, the author of "Jewish Heritage Travel" and coordinator of the Jewish Heritage Europe website.   About Ruth Ellen Gruber Ruth Ellen Gruber has written on Jewish heritage, revival and tourism for more than three decades. Currently she coordinates the website www.jewish-heritage-europe.eu , a project of the Rothschild Foundation Hanadiv Europe. With her 2002 book Virtually...

Date: Sunday Feb 13th 2022  Time: 14:00 London; 09:00 New York; 16:00 Jerusalem; 15:00 Switzerland Title: “1921 Census: Breakthroughs and Brick Walls!” Speakers: JGSGB Members Description: The 1921 census has been here for a month: you heard from Findmypast in JGSGB's January meeting and by now might have viewed more transcriptions and images that you're beginning to make sense of. Join us to share what you've learned or hear how you could make more of this new resource. Tell us about your experiences! Did you succeed in finding what you were looking for? What is your greatest discovery so far? What is your most annoying mis-transcription suffered? What is your funniest mis-transcription enjoyed? What are your most helpful search tips that found that elusive ancestor? We invite members to feed back your thoughts and feelings about the 1921 census experience so far. In order to keep things moving, please send any parts of images you would like to be displayed as you tell us ...

Our next meeting in the JGSGB Virtual Meeting Programme is from the JGSGB DNA Special Interest Group (DNA SIG) by Zoom, open to all JGSGB members. Date: Sunday 6 February 2022 Time: 14:00 London; 09:00 New York; 16:00 Jerusalem; 15:00 Switzerland Title: Help! Part 2 -- I Got My Autosomal DNA Results; What are the Next Steps? (Intermediate/Advanced Level) Speaker: Gil Bardige Description: Okay, you viewed Gil’s first presentation and are no longer a beginner; you have followed the formulas and prioritized your matches; you made contact with the matches and added everyone to your tree (probably not). Now, what should you do? What are the next steps? This presentation will guide you through the next steps including modifying Gil’s formulae for prioritization and the next levels of realistic matches. This will include triangulation, applying DNA Clusters, and DNA Painter techniques.* The goal is to assist you in continuing to have a formal process that you can tailor to your own needs to p...