Joe Saunders
Historic research for genealogists, professional researchers, academics and organisations.
Joseph Saunders History
Currently accepting clients for...
- Family History Research
- Speaking / Presenting
- Writing /Publishing
Family History Research
- Document Retrieval / Record Agent
- Ethnicity / Religion
- Family History Research
- Heraldry / Lineage Societies
- Immigration / Naturalization
- Military
- Tutor / Coach
Speaking/Presenting
- Family History Research
- Methodology & Resources
- Technology
- Writing & Publishing
- Available for in-person events
- Available for virtual events
Writing/Publishing
- Author/Writer
- Editor
- Tutor / Coach
Other Speciality
- Event / Reunion / Travel Planning
- Forensic Research
- Heir & Probate Search
- Heirlooms / Archivist
- House Historian / Local History
- Mineral & Property Rights
- Oral Historian
- Handwriting / Palaeography
My services include family, local and house history research as well as problem solving, family tree charts, document transcription, and archival photography. I write up my research for you in reports or a book. I am happy to assist with British research in any period of time. I travel to archives across Britain and also carry out online research.
I hold several historical qualifications and memberships. I am also a verified Independent Researcher at The National Archives. See below for recent talks and publications.
Please get in touch if you think I might be able to help you.
Geographic Specialities
Britain
Britain
Testimonials
Joe has been responsive to my questions and my priorities, while giving me wise advice. He is reliably knowledgeable about methodology, sources, and interpretation of results. His independent research on my behalf has turned up invaluable information and documentation for the story I am trying to assemble. His reports are on time, well-organized and thorough. He readily shares his professional counsel, while remaining positive and constructively supportive. Gail M.
Joe Saunders' work is careful and accurate. He is an excellent communicator, and I very much appreciated his attention to detail as we set up the project, as well as his thoughtful questions to be sure he completed the work as I hoped. I highly recommend him. Susan C.
Joe's support has been invaluable for my research. He has delivered everything that I have asked of him and more. I would recommend his services to others who are looking for help finding documents online and visiting archives on your behalf. Colin M.
Joe has been responsive to my questions and my priorities, while giving me wise advice. He is reliably knowledgeable about methodology, sources, and interpretation of results. His independent research on my behalf has turned up invaluable information and documentation for the story I am trying to assemble. His reports are on time, well-organized and thorough. He readily shares his professional counsel, while remaining positive and constructively supportive. Gail M.
Joe Saunders' work is careful and accurate. He is an excellent communicator, and I very much appreciated his attention to detail as we set up the project, as well as his thoughtful questions to be sure he completed the work as I hoped. I highly recommend him. Susan C.
Joe's support has been invaluable for my research. He has delivered everything that I have asked of him and more. I would recommend his services to others who are looking for help finding documents online and visiting archives on your behalf. Colin M.
Publications/Media
‘Family Historians and our Archives’ in Imogen Peck (ed.), British Family Archives and their Afterlives, 1350-2023 (Boydell & Brewer) [Forthcoming]
‘The next generation: family history and the technological revolution’ in Pixel Addict (digital culture magazine). Issue 16 (November 2023)
‘Crosby Garrett: sixteenth and seventeenth century demographics’ for Destinations: journal of the Society for One-Place Studies (June 2023)
‘Richard Adams and his Network of Print’ in Rachel Stenner, Kaley Kramer, and Adam James Smith (eds), The People of Print: Seventeenth Century (Cambridge University Press, June 2023), 18-23.
‘Family Historians and our Archives’ in Imogen Peck (ed.), British Family Archives and their Afterlives, 1350-2023 (Boydell & Brewer) [Forthcoming]
‘The next generation: family history and the technological revolution’ in Pixel Addict (digital culture magazine). Issue 16 (November 2023)
‘Crosby Garrett: sixteenth and seventeenth century demographics’ for Destinations: journal of the Society for One-Place Studies (June 2023)
‘Richard Adams and his Network of Print’ in Rachel Stenner, Kaley Kramer, and Adam James Smith (eds), The People of Print: Seventeenth Century (Cambridge University Press, June 2023), 18-23.
Lectures
‘Century of Revolution: Britain in the 1600s’
Curious Descendants Club
April 2024
‘Researching in Cumberland and Westmorland’
Legacy Family Tree Webinars
March 2024
‘Migration and early modern England’ (3-week course)
Society of Genealogists
January 2024
‘A social history of early modern England’
Institute of Heraldic and Genealogical Studies
September 2023
‘Family Historians and our Archives’
Family Archives Conference, University of Birmingham
June 2023
‘Century of Revolution: Britain in the 1600s’
Curious Descendants Club
April 2024
‘Researching in Cumberland and Westmorland’
Legacy Family Tree Webinars
March 2024
‘Migration and early modern England’ (3-week course)
Society of Genealogists
January 2024
‘A social history of early modern England’
Institute of Heraldic and Genealogical Studies
September 2023
‘Family Historians and our Archives’
Family Archives Conference, University of Birmingham
June 2023
Repositories
All British archives.
All British archives.
Research Time Periods
- 20th Century
- 19th Century
- 18th Century
- 17th Century
- 16th Century and Earlier
Affiliations
Associate Fellow, Royal Historical Society
Associate, Association of Genealogists and Researchers in Archives
Affiliate, Society of Antiquaries
Trustee, British Association of Local History
Associate Fellow, Royal Historical Society
Associate, Association of Genealogists and Researchers in Archives
Affiliate, Society of Antiquaries
Trustee, British Association of Local History
Degrees
MA (Hons)
MPhil
MA (Hons)
MPhil