Joe Williams

#familyhistory #genealogy

I should be at home but, as both of can be found in my professional life (archives), I’ll be found there :)

World War Two: Child's memoir found on door panel after almost 80 years It details how a lack of power, the cold winter, and food rationing were creating struggles.

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... #ancestors

As an archivist, coming across a second catalogued collection for my great-grandfather has made a great end to the week! Even better that it’s only a couple of hours from me: archives.worc.ox.ac.uk/records/PDR/9 #FamilyHistory #Ancestry

Genealogists help save wills from destruction MoJ concedes that probate docs will not be destroyed

Good news for the #genealogy community. Seems the MoJ proposal to destroy original post 1858 probate documents won’t be going ahead. Still lots to keep our eye on though

www.sog.org.uk/news/genealo...

#FamilyHistory on the brain today: Eveline Cunnington (1901-1984), my longest-lived and last-surviving great-grandparent - who died on this day forty years ago. We missed out on meeting by just a few days! #Ancestry #Genealogy

Good question! Probably GG grandfather Ernest Jones (95) - my father was entirely unaware that their lives overlapped by 14 years. Only (grainy) photo from newspaper report of 2nd marriage

RNLI and Ancestry come together to share 200 years of lifesaving history | RNLI

rnli.org/news-and-med.... #Genealogy #FamilyHistory

Word of this morning is ‘procaffeinate’: to put everything on hold until you’ve had sufficient amounts of coffee.