Researching Graham Williams
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 | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 215128 people with the Williams surname? In that year Williams was ranked number 3 for popularity in the UK. |
The name Graham means "warlike" and is of Anglo-Saxon origin.
Records of Graham Williams on Ancestry
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DNA
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for Graham Williams and the Williams Genealogy
Birth, Death and Marriage records are often the best method of making the links to the Williams Genealogy that will form part of your family tree. Although records vary from country to country, they are normally the most formal record of a person's relations. From the sources below you will be able to find a birth record and, from that, a birth certificate can be ordered which lists the names of the mother and father, taking you back another generation in your tree. A marriage certificate may also list the names of the respective fathers of the bride and groom which may then help you to find them earlier in life on a census record enabling you to fill out more detail in the Williams family tree.
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| Did you know that there are currently 270138 people with the Williams surname in the UK? Williams is now ranked number 3 for popularity in the UK. |
Williams Family History Databases
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Williams Forums
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| Did you know that there are currently 2123734 people with the Williams surname in the USA? Williams is ranked number 3 for popularity in the USA. |
Miscellaneous Williams Databases
Explore the Ellis Island Database for information on Graham Williams. This database contains over 25 million immigration records detailing passengers arriving in the United States of America.
Some Famous People called Graham Williams
Graham Williams (promoter)
Graham Williams is a concert promoter based in Austin, Texas, USA. Williams is a partner in Austin-based booking agency Transmission Entertainment (http://transmissionentertainment.com/), and was the booker and manager of the Austin music venue Emo's for a decade from the late 1990s to mid-2007.
Williams was born and raised in Austin, Texas on January 15, 1978, briefly living in Virginia as a child, while his mother went to UVA and his father worked at UVA medical center. By the time he was a teenager, he was already running his own record label, played in a band, had toured the country and was booking shows as a full-time hobby. After graduating from Stephen F. Austin High School, Williams in 1996, he eventually got a job in the music business he was a part of, working for Emos Alternative Lounging. In 1999 he married his wife, Audrie San Miguel. They celebrated their tenth wedding anniversary on May 22, 2009.
Williams started Austin's annual Fun Fun Fun Fest in 2006 at Waterloo Park in Austin. With Williams at the helm, the festival has since grown in popularity and has quickly gained national recognition as one America's premier indie music festivals.
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