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JGSGB Specialist Talk – Sun 27 Mar 2022 2pm – “Digitising Your Archives” by Harry Sassoon

Our next Sunday meeting in the JGSGB Virtual Meeting Programme is a specialist talk on a digital theme by Zoom.



• Date: Sunday 27 March 2021
• Time: 14:00 London; 09:00 New York; 16:00 Jerusalem; 15:00 Switzerland
• Title: "Digitising Your Archives"
• Speaker: Harry Sassoon
• Description: Harry will be speaking on the importance of digitising your archives, including topics such as sharing, security and the age-old question - where do I begin?
In this discussion, we will be talking about different forms of archives, such as documents, photos, tapes and more, the processes for digitising and organising them, best practices as well as how to keep everything safe and future-proof.


About Harry Sassoon
Harry Sassoon lives in Harpenden, Hertfordshire, is 28 years old; a cybersecurity professional, co-founder of The Scannery and a self-proclaimed advanced amateur genealogist since 2016.

After the talk, there will be an opportunity for Q&A on the talk.

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.

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

Topic: JGSGB Specialist Talk: Digitising your Archives" by Harry Sassoon
When: Mar 27, 2022 02:00 PM London

Register in advance for this meeting:
https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZMud--oqDovHdJu7u3_c7X4IRncYLMHs0RT


After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.
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Keep well!

Leigh Dworkin
Chairman, JGSGB


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