Learn about Minorcans in Florida

Historian Sandie Stratton, M.A., will speak of Minorcans in Florida: A Brief History under the sponsorship of the St. Augustine Jewish Historical Society, 4 pm., Thursday, May 8 at the St. Johns County Public Library Main Branch, 1960 North Ponce De Leon Boulevard in St. Augustine.

Stratton, who earned a master’s degree in American/European History from the University of North Florida, will provide a foundational understanding as local Jews and Minorcans seek together to discover their overlapping origins in the Balearic Islands off the Mediterranean Coast of Spain over the past ten centuries....