Researching Lon 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. |
Records of Lon Williams on Ancestry
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DNA
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for Lon Williams and the Williams Family History
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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| 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
Check out the Ellis Island Database for information on Lon Williams. This database contains over 25 million immigration records detailing passengers arriving in the United States of America.
Some Famous People called Lon Williams
Lon Williams
Lon Thomas Williams (March 17, 1890 – June 1978) was an American western author, teacher, and lawyer who lived in Andersonville, Tennessee, United States. He is best known for writing a large number of classical and weird western stories for the pulp magazines, especially Western Action and Real Western Stories. He also wrote a number of books, including Hill Hoyden, Hill Hellion, and Shack Baby.
Williams' most popular series were the Judge Steele stories (combining the western genre with the legal drama) and the Deputy Marshal Lee Winters stories (Weird Westerns).
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