Jonathan Scott

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Jonathan Scott is an author specialising in family history and online records, who's written for Who Do You Think You Are? Magazine since issue 4!

Recent articles by Jonathan Scott

An engraving depicting the exterior of Great Ormond Street Children's Hospital. Dated 19th century.

Discover your past

How to find hospital and asylum records

A military hospital, 1914

The best websites for finding military hospital staff

Engraving depicting Prince Rupert of the Rhine during the Storming of Bristol in the English Civil War, under the reign of Charles I, England, July 26th 1643. (Photo by Archive Photos/Getty Images)

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How to research English Civil War soldiers

Newspaper boys with old newspapers, London, c.1910

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How to read old newspapers online

Switchboard operators, c. 1918 genealogy forums

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What are the best UK genealogy forums?

1603, An English blacksmith using an anvil in a forge. The surname Smith comes from the occupation of blacksmith

Getting started

Where does my surname come from?

'Scotland for Ever'; the charge of the Scots Greys at Waterloo, 18 June 1815, Napoleonic Wars

When were the Napoleonic Wars?

Fundraising for an orphanage in East London in the 1920s orphanage records

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How to find old orphanage records

Hawker Hurricanes flying in formation during the Battle of Britain in 1940 Battle of Britain pilots

Battle of Britain pilots: How many pilots were killed, are any still alive and how can you trace them?

A row of terraced houses in Victorian London house history

House history: The best websites for tracing the history of your house

The defeat of the British army at Tweebosch, on 7 March 1902, in the Second Boer War

How to find Boer War service records

'The Environs of London from Greenwich', c1620-1630, 17th century. Artist: Anon

17th century history: What was life like in the 17th century?

19th century preacher Charles Spurgeon is an example of surnames in Essex family history

Essex family history: The top 10 Essex surnames

Canadian family history - view of Busy Bon Secours Market

Canadian family history: The best websites

Edwardian cyclists examining old maps in a country lane

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Where to find old maps of your area