HARRY SASSOON

WHO AM I?

I’m a cyber security professional, advanced amateur genealogist and thinker. Every project I’ve taken on was guided by my curiosity and diligence. I will be using this space to showcase my current and past work, to detail upcoming plans and to showcase what I do.

GENEALOGY BLOG

My great-grandma tells us about her grandparents...in 2021?

In an cupboard unopened for many years, boxes of camcorder tapes from the 1990s. Among them, my great-grandparents various birthdays, my...

Where Do You Find Old Family Photos?

Ancient family photos are like gold, but way better in my option. Those moments when you come across the photo of an ancestor you've...

DNA companies - which do I go for?

There is no easy answer to this. There are three main DNA companies to test with, and I've done them all indivudually. Here's the order I...

Journey to the End - 29 November 1941

Life for Jews in Germany wasn't always bad but it's been heavily tainted by the events of The Holocaust. I'd like to talk about two of my...

The German Who Hid My Great-Grandfather

My grandad is Peter, his twin brother is George and their parents were Margot and Frank Sommerfeld. They lived in Berlin. They had...

The Best Free Genealogy Tool

Genealogists are an amazing, warm and kind community. We all try to help one another wherever possible. I started my genealogy journey...

Reuniting a 1935 Nazi-German Jewish Passport

In late October 2020, my wife-to-be Rebekah saw a Facebook post in a local group about a 1935 Nazi-Germany Jewish passport found in the...

Lockdown Family Reunion

The biggest pleasure of genealogy - coming across other genealogists! Unfortunately when genealogy is your full time hobby, the vast...

2020 Vision

What will 2020 be remembered for? Coronavirus. Covid-19 has very sadly been added to my family tree for two people. The Husband of a...

Digitising Your Family Archives

If you ask most that old scenario about if their house is burning down and there is only time to grab one thing, what would it be?...

How DNA Helped Me

The most important part of DNA tests is who else does them. Without this, you have nothing to compare with. I first saw my results in...

1941: Journey Through My Ancestors' Hell

Throughout my research, 1941 stands out to me the most to have been the most terrible year for my ancestors. Murder, the Holocaust, the...

How My Genealogy Journey Started

The purpose of this blog is to help people with how to pursue both DNA matches, follow family tree lines, to talk about my genealogy...

MY INSTAGRAM

Now a shrine to my various ancestors, here I showcase portraits of all of my various ancestors. Some photos I've scanned from elderly relatives while others have been sent to me from the other side of the world. Every photo I receive of an ancestor tells me something new about them. My duty is to preserve their memories.