Member Benefits

The benefits of joining the society include:

• Special Interest Group (SIG) meetings:
  • Anglo-Jewish, Dutch & Sephardi, German, Eastern European (including Poland, Lithuania, Romania and other Countries), DNA.
• Regional Group (RG) Meetings:
  • Chilterns Group , South West London, Leeds, Manchester, South East Essex (Southend and Westcliff), Hertfordshire (Welwyn Garden City) and Sussex (Brighton & Hove)
• Shemot -  Our award winning journal published 3 times a year. Shemot contains a variety of articles of interest to genealogists, book reviews, abstracts of overseas genealogical articles, practical research tips and useful addresses 
• Newsletter - (published quarterly) giving news about the Society, forthcoming events, international genealogical affairs, computer activities, library notes, and members' letters and queries
• Members Zoom meetings (where we have specialist speakers, demonstrations or members talking about their projects/research)
• Participation in our Online Discussion Group called jgsgb-discuss
• Family History workshops / Zoom Meetings
• Two annual all day conferences (One in London and the other in Manchester) when circumstances allow or by Zoom otherwise
• Mentoring Facility
• Genealogical Enquiries Services
• Education Webinars 

Also members have access to our Library including.....

• Over 1200 reference books:
• Computers and a selection of genealogical CD-ROMs and other genealogical databases – IT helpers on hand to assist
• Maps and leaflets
• Microfilms and microfiches (including copies of many of the major Anglo-Jewish genealogy collections)
• Research papers: Journals from other Genealogical Societies around the world
• Family trees - indexed by principal surnames

In addition they are able to access the Members' Only section of our website......

• Databases & Browsable Lists  (a variety of Members searchable lists)
• Historical copies of Shemot & our Newsletter
• Videos of our SIG and other Zoom group meetings
• Videos of past years conferences and speakers
• Recording and PDF handouts from Educational webinars
• Details of the various Special Interest Groups (SIG) Details of the Regional Groups (RG) (more information HERE) 
• and much more.......