## ***Q&A WITH HARMEN SNEL***## ***SENIOR ARCHIVIST AT THE AMSTERDAM CITY ARCHIVES***## ***SEPHARDIC WORLD, SUNDAY 13 NOVEMBER 2022******Harmen Snel*** of the Amsterdam City Archives is a well-known figure in the world of Sephardic genealogy. Two years ago he joined us to discuss the Amsterdam notarial archives. This week he returns to Sephardic World to answer our questions about sources in the archives, including those not published by the Portuguese-Jewish community. You can share questions in advance on the Patreon page, or live at the meeting.***Harmen Snel*** has worked at the Amsterdam City Archives since 1981, now as senior archivist Public Services. As well as Jews, he is an expert on travelers, artists, criminals, and other non-mainstream groups. With the late Dave Verdooner, he published Trouwen in Mokum/Jewish marriages in Amsterdam (containing all Amsterdam Jewish marriages 1598-1811), the Registro (containing indexes on all Sephardic ketubot in Amsterdam 1672-1912). With Jits van Straten, among others, he published books about Jewish first names and family names in Amsterdam. Harmen has also published about Jewish teachers, midwives, and sailors of the Dutch East India Company. Harmen is well known as a collaborator of “Verborgen Verleden”, the Dutch version of Who Do You Think Yoa Are?This meeting is on Sunday 13 November 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=IwAR1mf-RkQsoRaToAOjtzzZZjTA3miAEKEtt-Y0SLy2EaLytFXDjDNG0Nby8) Everyone else is invited to join us at: [https://www.youtube.com/SephardicGenealogyAndHistory](https://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2FSephardicGenealogyAndHistory%3Ffbclid%3DIwAR2-BZ5PlapI6FKxT1Xd-y4TskPb6NK5BVJTS9dAKPJ910sB45LhdmtEXk4&h=AT17jEo8MOAi8wsxoiENsTkvbeYjP6yGuHATxhEy_DmckLPO40_vdU-A2iiPxlWjYoZxvWqEPY0DskFujdZdcsbcK50AAWZGQnHlYgo0g-89TI1blICxjxMmpVPapFG-UENTvkSJy7I80o-0_g&__tn__=-UK-R&c[0]=AT35f0YTYZYTjM3mmO_pNyrfM4h21yvECQiL9C2FfZnDoq_YRlEzbOHj4pcBZnb1jOvh-xaVTRIMvM1bAKDoILotlHSoRSqM6tPr6LXwx1h9Qv3JdEZqCVMv7vovAcb-pl64Tmnu43PCqC08fvMAo5EMqZrXQ-6yJVfQJuLRKbL-cXQpStTUKrB3k0fpKC8J-E8kss9NT3ZQX4fIsUb30gQ)Over the last two and a half 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: Interior of the Amsterdam City Archives*