If you have investigated your family tree, or always intended to do so but never got around to it, come and hear the Jewish Genealogy session and learn what you can find out about the sweep of Jewish history and geography, new languages and just why genealogy can be so addictive as you research your ancestors.
Know them to truly know yourself.
Who do you think you are?
About Leigh Dworkin
Leigh Dworkin is an IT Consultant and Professional Genealogist, and has a Diploma in Genealogical, Palaeographic and Heraldic Studies from the University of Strathclyde.
In his spare time, he acts as the webmaster for a number of charities he supports and has performed this task for the JGSGB.
He has been Chair of the JGSGB since May 2016, having joined its Council in 2014 and been Vice-Chair since 2015. He has spoken frequently at Regional Group meetings and the Eastern European Special Interest Group and at the IAJGS conferences and at both the JGSGB London and Manchester conferences.
He is a passionate genealogist and has been working on his own family tree for about 40 years. Genealogically speaking, he considers himself to be 5/8ths Polish, ¼ Lithuanian and 1/8th Belarusian, judging by his great-grandparents’ nationalities, which is far more interesting and exotic than being just an Essex lad.