## *YOUTUBE PREMIERE THIS SUNDAY (30 JUNE 2024)*## *LONDON’S 18TH CENTURY SECULAR RECORDS*How do we research our 18th-century ancestors in London? British vital records and census weren’t published until the early 19th century. What do we have apart from the Bevis Marks archives? The meeting will discuss resources available to genealogists researching 18th-century Sephardic ancestors in London. Sources such as contemporary media, publications, images, and financial and court records can give us new insights into the lives of our 18th-century ancestors.***David Mendoza*** is well-known in the world of Sephardic genealogy. He co-founded this series of meetings, the Sephardic Genealogical Society, and The Sephardic Diaspora group on Facebook. He formerly ran a market research agency.The YouTube premiere is on Sunday 30 June 2024, at 11am in LA, 2pm in NYC, 7pm in London, 8pm in Paris/Amsterdam, 9pm in Jerusalem, and 4am the next morning in Sydney. Please join us at: https://youtu.be/R-Q3ojsVijcTo join us live on Zoom at future meetings, please subscribe at https://www.patreon.com/sephardi Your support helps us cover our costs.***Next Week’s Talk***On July 7th we welcome back Dr Carla Vieira, a Portuguese academic and expert on the early Sephardic diaspora in the Atlantic World. Her talk, Ruling the Sephardic Atlantic, will discuss the governance of early modern Western Sephardic communities.***Selomoh Ayllion - Controversial Rabbi***Watch a recording of our last meeting. Ton Tielen shared new research on the life of a famous rabbi born in Salonika, who lived in Israel, London and Amsterdam. Was his beard a clue to secret heresy?!https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UFFNZj2PWoYIf you are not already subscribed to the channel, please remember to do so. Also, please ‘Like’ the video. It encourages the algorithm to share the video with other potentially interested viewers. You can see a list of past talks at: https://www.sephardic.world/sephardic-world***Can you Volunteer or Donate?***The Sephardic Genealogical Society is looking for volunteers. If you have skills and time to spare, please complete our questionnaire. We are particularly looking for people with video editing, fundraising and web design experience.https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1aFsubxSY_PtauwOJzlayxBmLTKjXL8kTzz50jmmRiHA/viewform?edit_requested=trueWe rely on the support of our patrons. If you can support our work by donating as little as $5/month, please visit our Patreon page. We have a number of projects that require more substantial support. Please let us know if you can help.https://www.patreon.com/sephardi***Join our new WhatsApp channel***We have set up a WhatsApp channel to better help communication with supporters. If you have WhatsApp, please follow the channel.https://www.whatsapp.com/channel/0029VaHxAjhJ93wTMhWkTF0i***From the Sephardic Archives***Re-watch Valerie McGuire’s talk on the Jews of Rhodes: Between Ottomans and Italians. A Jewish community had lived in Rhodes and Kos since Antiquity. In 1912 Italy captured these Aegean islands from an Ottoman Empire in decline. Planning an ambitious future of a 'Roman' empire in the Mediterranean, the Italian state invested in rebuilding and growing the Jewish community. Some resident Jews eventually acquired Italian citizenship. But the rise of Mussolini’s Fascist dictatorship also meant a complex and difficult relationship between the Italian state and the Jewish community. This talk discussed the history of Jews in the islands during this period, the different archival sources available for researching it, and some of the meanings of this history for contemporary debates about nationality and belonging.Valerie McGuire is a Lecturer of Italian Studies and Comparative Literature at the University of St Andrews (Scotland). Her book, Italy's Sea: Empire and Nation in the Mediterranean, 1895-1945 (Liverpool University Press, 2020), investigates Italy's colonization of Rhodes and other islands in the Aegean and critiques the concept of the Mediterranean within Italian culture. Link: https://www.youtube.com/live/Gn7NBllS0tU?si=_AzxwQR1xzoyQwO0&t=113