Saul Marks

Saul is our founder and Managing Director. He first became interested in his own family history at a young age and, by his late teens, was already becoming an experienced researcher. He obtained a BSc (Hons) in Applied Psychology from the University of Durham and an Award in Continuing Education (in genealogy) from the University of Sunderland. As if that weren't enough, he then completed a Diploma in Archives and Records Management at the University of Liverpool. In 2003, he taught a course in Jewish genealogy at the University of Sunderland, and delivered a condensed version of this in Liverpool three years later. Outside genealogy, Saul is Senior Warden at the prestigious Liverpool Old Hebrew Congregation and served as project chairman of the restoration of its oldest surviving cemetery, on Deane Road. This fascinating heritage project involved genealogy, indexing, fundraising and getting filthy! Saul's other interests include cricket, football, pool, Formula 1, singing, chess and other board games. Using information from relatives, contacts, online and offline resources (both Jewish and non-Jewish), Saul has been able to trace his own family back to the mid-eighteenth century in Poland and Ukraine.