Joe Williams

Archivist by the beach. Liable to tweet about: genealogy, art, all things heritage

[RNLI @RNLI]

We're honoured to receive a grant from @HeritageFundUK for our RNLI 1939-45: Stories of Courage project.

It will enable us to find and share stories which might otherwise be lost as we approach the 80th anniversary of the end of the war 💙

#RNLI #NationalLottery #HeritageFund

[Joe Williams @Joe__Williams]

https://t.co/aws1sYyfwx. #Ancestry #Genealogy #FamilyHistory

[Joe Williams @Joe__Williams]

@emmajolly It may be about right - one great-grandparent born there (not the Williams line, which is Wiltshire as far back as I can trace!). Also, border counties in more recent times

[Joe Williams @Joe__Williams]

@donnasr Thanks, just one journey for now

[BAC @_BusinessArch]

We are deeply concerned about the dispersal by @HachetteUK of publishing business archives and will write to the publishing sector about the importance of business archives and keeping collections together for future use https://t.co/NO3a7wDAA7

[Joe Williams @Joe__Williams]

@NFGmart Agree- I’m in touch with a relative whose great-grandparents were born 1802/3 (my 4x greats). This never fails to amaze me!

[Joe Williams @Joe__Williams]

And within the last hour, ahead of #AncestryHour, it appears that one of my Facebook friends might well be distantly related to me through the same family as my 5x greats (TBC) 😮#FamilyHistory #Genealogy

[Joe Williams @Joe__Williams]

Hoping #AncestryHour is still a thing! Getting back into genealogy this wk by adding a couple of
5x greats to my tree. DNA pointed the way. Also a week of collaboration with my 6th cousin, sharing our journeys into genealogy as much as uncovering our deep Rutland roots

[Joe Williams @Joe__Williams]

Hoping #AncestryHour is still a thing! Getting back into genealogy this wk by adding a couple of
5x greats to my tree. DNA pointed the way. Also a week of collaboration with my 6th cousin, sharing our journeys into genealogy as much as uncovering our deep Rutland roots

[City of London @cityoflondon]

The City Corporation-owned @LdnMetArchives will drop ‘Metropolitan’ from its name and become The London Archives from 5 August to attract new visitors and clarify the nature of its collections. LMA is the second largest archive service in the UK. https://t.co/bEGNyCYl87

[Special Collections @BrisUniSpColl]

We are appealing to you to gather up general election leaflets & post them to us. We collect election-related materials for all the candidates in all the UK constituencies. Image: Leaflets from previous elections. See our blog: https://t.co/nhi95kz5fi
#GE2024 #GeneralElection2024

[Joe Williams @Joe__Williams]

@photogenealogy This is the only photo we have, from the newspaper report of his somewhat unexpected/previously unknown 2nd marriage :)

[Joe Williams @Joe__Williams]

Turned over a page whilst cataloguing at work to find a photo of the old post office in Tintern, run by my GG grandfather’s sister & daughter 😯

Here’s GG grandfather, (born Tintern), a murky image which pleasingly reveals many similarities with my grandfather

#AncestryHour

[Mass Observation @MassObsArchive]

Not long now until our annual diary day...

[Joe Williams @Joe__Williams]

@cbgenealogy Sadly 0%, my mother is 15% and sister 6% ! Paper trail reaches Co. Leitrim (GG grandfather), which matches Ancestry’s genetic communities

[Joe Williams @Joe__Williams]

Happy 200th Birthday @RNLI ! Spending 4 of the last 6 years cataloguing just a tiny fraction of your incredible heritage assets has been a real highlight of my career. Whilst sad to be stepping away, I look forward to seeing the rest of the anniversary year unfold #RNLI200

[RNLI @RNLI]

Today, we celebrate 200 years of saving lives at sea.

Thanks to our incredible volunteers, who give their time to save others, and the kindness of supporters like you, we can always answer the call for help.

We’d love to hear your stories and memories of the RNLI 👇
#RNLI200

[RNLI @RNLI]

This exciting exhibition opens tomorrow!

'Women of the RNLI' will open at @RMGreenwich. Lifesavers, fundraisers, trailblazers: discover the vital roles that women of the RNLI play in saving lives at sea through the photography of @MrJackLowe 👉 https://t.co/TDqBOzSLM0

[Joe Williams @Joe__Williams]

@KJvFStaudt It’s one of my lines I’ve yet to pursue very far back. She was from the Camberwell/Peckham area of London, her father born Harwich in Essex.

[Joe Williams @Joe__Williams]

Lovely “new” photo of an ancestor I’d have liked to have met: 3x great grand aunt Elizabeth Baker. Known for her undaunted spirit she was climbing mountains at 70, sawing wood at 90 and seeing off burglars at 92 (according to local newspaper) #AncestryHour #FamilyHistory