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JGSGB General Meeting – “1921 Census: Breakthroughs and Brick Walls!” – Sun 13 Feb 2022 2pm

  • 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 to chairman@jgsgb.org.uk beforehand. These can be accepted during the meeting too if you want to keep me on my toes!

Halfway through the feedback session we will take a 15-minute break for tea & coffee.

The invitation to register is below, but please keep it to yourself!
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Leigh Dworkin invites you to register for a Zoom meeting:

Topic: JGSGB General Meeting: "1921 Census: Breakthroughs and Brick Walls!"
When: Feb 13, 2022 02:00 PM London


Register in advance for this meeting:
https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZcld-GrqzouE92KMexv8Xi7N867LTVnBm3R


After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.
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If you have problems joining please email chairman@jgsgb.org.uk, preferably in the 15 minutes before the meeting proper starts.

Leigh Dworkin
Chairman, JGSGB

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