## ***SEPHARDIC WORLD, SUNDAY 28 AUGUST 2022***## ***WITH DAVID SILVERA***## ***OPENING THE ARCHIVES WITH TECHNOLOGY – BEVIS MARKS AS A CASE STUDY***The vital records of the Spanish and Portuguese Jews' Congregation of London have been transcribed and published. There is much more information in the congregation's annual accounts books, but these are inaccessible to remote users and are written in early modern Portuguese script.The Sephardic Genealogical Society has ‘trained’ Transkribus software, developed by the University of Innsbruck, to recognize the text. We hope to achieve 95% accuracy. Other organizations exploiting the software are the National Archives of Sweden and Finland and the Amsterdam City Archives. We believe we are the only genealogical society using the technology, which can later be applied to other archives of the Portuguese-Jewish diaspora and to archives in Portugal. ***David Silvera ***has led the project.***David Silvera*** was born in Jamaica and lives in the United States. He has over thirty years of experience in Electrical and System Engineering, and Aerospace Program Management, including working at NASA. He is currently researching the history and genealogy of the Portuguese Hebrew Nation.The meeting is on Sunday 28 August 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://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.patreon.com%2Fsephardi%3Ffbclid%3DIwAR0AjER_dNr6Sb1kvH_V4O8jsO9D_tBJRfJiwjY1vlQHaeWwdiPiEeS1pCA&h=AT2p0uY4X-FW4mAJe6Rx4rEZZpPsBEtJhByUWH0U2-Q1HgRoqfvDDOQ1YyYy5G6qylCqtWTZO7_0yVfxKgmfdTOYKKInEXte-u3e8FliYdI02F4_36spug-h8_TihGb8sQDOWy88oQ1_gmVETw&__tn__=-UK-R&c[0]=AT0BkgXY3DnSuoVK8EPLOQnPBFfAqf1_Y0v8HHIXDBgYqfMD-DxEabyY5W5Jmz7ebxigG7Gez6qn5fzOoxXy7uTtsyXHHlQT8hgRr28ZNnccGDJUghw6UNbDo_LG29YrZ8mzEfsJ9plmYkc6YRDgyo8AgUcRm98LnIrmlqQqP_cq-VR2NF65Rs8RWG9ZTj1XhS43iwx6xeBVKtq65vU)Everyone is welcome to join us on YouTube at: [https://www.youtube.com/SephardicGenealogyAndHistory](https://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2FSephardicGenealogyAndHistory%3Ffbclid%3DIwAR2_FUEokCv9jsb6Nd9J4jrmq3LDtkODprvjD9I8d7TY7N77FfND8PXfDU0&h=AT3GDCnhJL-goKCjrEEyMGd1MsMwTmDadtiREY18AXqtlP9KvSKbVRgQQGeaCHMhXsErqBuGDFW7c0IACrfPLQdVLh0s0ugaFHK1WP_3WOXBEg6GS2rEjXqkXQG6jSuh3_Az0V9gs765gs_tBg&__tn__=-UK-R&c[0]=AT0BkgXY3DnSuoVK8EPLOQnPBFfAqf1_Y0v8HHIXDBgYqfMD-DxEabyY5W5Jmz7ebxigG7Gez6qn5fzOoxXy7uTtsyXHHlQT8hgRr28ZNnccGDJUghw6UNbDo_LG29YrZ8mzEfsJ9plmYkc6YRDgyo8AgUcRm98LnIrmlqQqP_cq-VR2NF65Rs8RWG9ZTj1XhS43iwx6xeBVKtq65vU) PLEASE subscribe to the YouTube channel. It helps us a lot and costs you nothing.Over 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.*Best wishes,**Ton and David**Sephardic World**Image: Reconstruction of Creechurch Lane Synagogue by Alan Sorrell*