Jill Williams FIGRS was born and brought up in Cork.   A University College Cork graduate, she has been teaching courses in Family History for over 20 years. For 15 years she volunteered regularly in the library of the Irish Genealogical Research Society in London and in 2013 was honoured with a Fellowship of the Society. 

Jill has given Irish genealogy talks and run workshops in various venues in Ireland, England & Scotland and recently online to a more global audience.

Jill moved to Edinburgh eight years ago and is a volunteer searcher for a Scottish adoption charity and pre Covid did a regular stint in the Scottish Genealogy Society library answering queries on Irish Genealogy.  She has a particular interest in websites to use for Irish genealogy and is passionate about encouraging people in their study of Irish family history.