Jewish Genealogical Society of Great Britain Blog

Our next meeting in the JGSGB Virtual Meeting Programme is a General Workshop session, covering all regions, by Zoom. • Date: Sunday June 26th 2022 • Time: 14:00 London; 15:00 Amsterdam 09:00 New York; 16:00 Jerusalem; • Title: “BWBU: The JGSGB Brick Walls and Brush Up Workshop” • Description: Mentors will be on hand to assist you overcome the ‘Brick Walls’- this is where you feel that you can’t go any further with your researches … but with a little help from experts and fellow Members, possibly can - plus the much needed ‘Brush Up’ - for those who may have lapsed in recent times and are seeking that extra boost to get going again. We hope to point one and all in the right direction. If you have any specific questions please send a brief summary to Raymond Montanjees at programme@jgsgb.org.uk and he will brief the relevant expert before the meeting. But it is fine to just turn up on the day and we will answer with the best advice we can muster. The invitation to registe...

Our next Sunday meeting in the JGSGB Virtual Meeting Programme is from the JGSGB Dutch & Sephardi Special Interest Group (D&S SIG) by Zoom.   Date: Sunday June 19 th 2022   Time 14:00 London; 09:00 New York; 16:00 Jerusalem; 07:00 Salt Lake City   Title: “ The Etty Hillesum Research Centre”   Speaker: Lotte Bergen   Description: The Etty Hillesum Research Center (EHOC) was founded in 2006 by Professor Dr. Klaas Smelik and his collaborators at the time, all working at the University of Ghent. The aim of the EHOC was to promote scientific research into the writings and person of Etty Hillesum. One of the objectives was the publication of a periodical. This is where the results of this research could find a place. The yearbook was named Etty Hillesum Studies.   In Etty’s birthplace at Molenwater 77, Middelburg we will realize The Etty Hillesum House, an institute for education, science, art and culture. Various activities will ...

Our next meeting in the JGSGB Virtual Meeting Programme is a German Special Interest Group Meeting by Zoom. Date: Sun June 12 th 2022   Time: 14:00 London; 09:00 New York; 16:00 Jerusalem; 15:00 Germany   Title: “New developments and recent discoveries in German-Jewish Genealogy” Speaker: Jeanette Rosenberg OBE     Description: We will discuss new developments and recent discoveries in German-Jewish genealogy. As ever, the presentation from the meeting will be made available after the meeting. If you have questions about your research that you would have asked in person at the meeting, you will still be able to ask them, but for this meeting, you will need to email them in advance to jeanette.r.rosenberg@googlemail.com and hopefully either I or others attending our virtual meeting will be able to help you and answer them. For 2022 the future meeting dates are Sundays 4 September and 4 December. Please add them to your forward calendar. Jeanette R Rosenb...