Researching Sonny Williamson
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 | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 26847 people with the Williamson surname? In that year Williamson was ranked number 119 for popularity in the UK. |
Records of Sonny Williamson on Ancestry
Ancestry is a major source of information if you are filling out the detail of Sonny Williamson in your family tree. Many large databases are available to search covering from births, deaths and marriages, military records, census records and immigration records with many other smaller collections too. Free trials are normally available and are a good way to fill out a lot of your tree quickly.
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DNA
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for Sonny Williamson and the Williamson Family Tree
Birth, Death and Marriage records are often the best method of making the links to the Williamson 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 listed below it will be possible to locate a birth record and, from that record, a birth certificate may be obtainable which is likely to list the names of the parents, therefore taking you back another generation. 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 Williamson family tree.
Explore Parish Records for Sonny Williamson at Find My Past.
Search for the UK registered births, marriages and deaths of Sonny Williamson using the FreeBMD database.
Explore Genealogy Bank for Sonny Williamson records.
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Explore the LDS Database for records about Sonny Williamson.
Research the Williamson surname using fold3 Military Archives and view images of original Williamson Military records.
| Did you know that there are currently 33825 people with the Williamson surname in the UK? Williamson is now ranked number 136 for popularity in the UK. |
Williamson Family History Databases
Another way to build your tree quickly is to use the research other people have already done. This can help to confirm or refute your own deductions - however, be wary of taking this data at face value as other researchers may not have been as meticulous as you. Always try to back up deductions with some definitive sources rather than relying too heavily on others.
Explore the WikiTree database for user contributed records for Sonny Williamson.
Study MyTrees for information on the Williamson family and people looking to contact living Williamson relations.
Check out One Great Family for Williamson records submitted by people who are already researching the Williamson Family Tree.
Find Sonny Williamson from Ireland on findmypast.ie
Williamson Forums
There are a number of forums which are dedicated to rearching particular surnames. These can be good places to share your findings and also to tap into the knowledge that others may already have. These can sometimes be a good way of finding living relations as these tend not to show up on the other sources of information for privacy reasons.
Research the Williamson surname using Genealogy.com forums .
| Did you know that there are currently 148874 people with the Williamson surname in the USA? Williamson is ranked number 108 for popularity in the USA. |
Miscellaneous Williamson Databases
Investigate the Ellis Island Database for information on Sonny Williamson. This database contains over 25 million immigration records detailing passengers arriving in the United States of America.
Some Famous People called Sonny Williamson
Sonny Boy Williamson II
Alex or Aleck Miller (originally Ford, possibly December 5, 1912 – May 24, 1965), known later in his career as Sonny Boy Williamson, was an American blues harmonica player, singer and songwriter. He was an early and influential blues harp stylist who recorded successfully in the 1950s and 1960s. Miller used various names, including Rice Miller and Little Boy Blue, before calling himself Sonny Boy Williamson, which was also the name of a popular Chicago blues singer and harmonica player. To distinguish the two, Miller has been referred to as Sonny Boy Williamson II.
He first recorded with Elmore James on "Dust My Broom". Some of his popular songs include "Don't Start Me Talkin'", "Help Me", "Checkin' Up on My Baby", and "Bring It On Home". He toured Europe with the American Folk Blues Festival and recorded with English rock musicians, including the Yardbirds, the Animals. "Help Me" became a blues standard, and many blues and rock artists have recorded his songs.
Source: Sonny Boy Williamson II, Wikipedia, The Free EncyclopediaSonny Boy Williamson I
John Lee Curtis "Sonny Boy" Williamson (March 30, 1914 – June 1, 1948) was an American blues harmonica player, singer and songwriter. He is often regarded as the pioneer of the blues harp as a solo instrument. He played on hundreds of recordings by many pre–World War II blues artists. Under his own name, he was one of the most recorded blues musicians of the 1930s and 1940s and is closely associated with Chicago producer Lester Melrose and Bluebird Records. His popular songs, original or adapted, include "Good Morning, School Girl", "Sugar Mama", "Early in the Morning", and "Stop Breaking Down".
Williamson's harmonica style was a great influence on postwar performers. Later in his career, he was a mentor to many up-and-coming blues musicians who moved to Chicago, including Muddy Waters. In an attempt to capitalize on Williamson's fame, Aleck "Rice" Miller began recording and performing as Sonny Boy Williamson in the early 1940s, and later, to distinguish the two, John Lee Williamson came to be known as Sonny Boy Williamson I or "the original Sonny Boy".
Source: Sonny Boy Williamson I, Wikipedia, The Free EncyclopediaOther names that sound a bit like Williamson
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