## ***SEPHARDIC WORLD, SUNDAY 10 APRIL 2022***## ***WITH TON TIELEN AND DAVID MENDOZA***## ***RESEARCHING THE ARCHIVES OF THE PORTUGUESE INQUISITION***Most of the records of the Portuguese Inquisition survive, and much of this collection has been scanned by the Torre do Tombo, the Portuguese national archives. Searching is not as difficult as you might think. Ton and David provide a simple introduction. We shall focus on how to find relevant documents, what to prioritise when looking at Inquisition processos (individual 'criminal' files), and take a look at the Livro dos Homens which is a contemporary register of processos written by the Inquisition.The discussion of the Inquisition archives will be a public meeting, including on YouTube. The second half of the meeting will be for patrons only on Zoom. There we shall discuss our recently produced report, A genealogical review of evidence supplied by the Jewish Community of Porto in support of their certifying the Sephardic ancestry of Mr. Roman Abramovich, and bring everyone up to date with recent news.***Ton Tielen **and** David Mendoza*** are hosts of Sephardic World, established the Sephardic Genealogical Society, and are admins of The Sephardic Diaspora group on Facebook.The meeting is on Sunday 10 April 2022 at 11am in LA, 2pm NYC, 7pm London, 8pm Paris/Amsterdam and 9pm Jerusalem. Patrons can join us on Zoom. The link is shared at our Patreon page at: [https://www.patreon.com/sephardi](https://www.patreon.com/sephardi?fbclid=IwAR1O2KCE82sZytVeJ9OoTaZWQizuNjHGY8vEg54GLFb1FQaEUQIDDSNZxuI) There will be no meeting on 17 April 2022 as it still Second Seder in the Americas.You will be aware of the current situation in Portugal. We desperately need funds to deal with that, as well as our research. If you can make a donation to support our work, please get in touch. Otherwise, please consider a small monthly donation via Patreon. [https://www.patreon.com/sephardi](https://www.patreon.com/sephardi?fbclid=IwAR236w8TSN-wkh7NhPa6NV_-_DUd11Q4m2460rtpNtoiMT1ZnzEfhOv0W80)Watch Jacob Marrache's talk on Rabbis, Merchants and Consuls - The Marrache Family of Morocco: https://youtu.be/x6Mp3J3kTJIOver the last two years, Sephardic World has become the leading forum for learning about Sephardic history and genealogy. We have no commercial sponsorship or public funding. There is no charge to attend our meetings or to view our content. If you are not a patron and can afford it, please consider supporting our work: [https://www.patreon.com/sephardi](https://www.patreon.com/sephardi?fbclid=IwAR0hCJLaNtSZNE8YjM-0FHG2wdBnEjuXt3_Mr1DwbrnTY34iPgimgau-7qk)*Best wishes**Ton and David**Sephardic World**Image: Torre do Tombo*