What is the best family history website?
Ancestry, Findmypast, MyHeritage and TheGenealogist are four of the biggest English and Welsh family history websites (with a good number of Scottish records as ...
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If you are researching mainly Scottish ancestry you may find yourself mostly using ScotlandsPeople, the Scottish government family history website which operates a pay-as-you-go credit system rather than a subscription system. This doesn't mean that the other family history websites don't offer anything for Scottish researchers. All four major genealogy websites have transcriptions of census data for Scotland up to 1901 and all the sites have various other datasets from newspapers to <anchor>military</anchor> records.
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[**How to find Boer War service records** \
Jonathan Scott picks the best websites for finding Boer War service records in your family history research\
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MilitaryRead more](tutorials/military/boer-war-records)[**Starvation, beatings and slave labour: The forgotten ordeal of Taiwan POWs in the Second World War** \
One of the forgotten parts of the Second World War was the horrifying treatment of American and British POWs in Japanese camps in Taiwan\
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FeaturesRead more](feature/taiwan-pows-second-world-war)[**The Royal Naval Division: What was it, when was it founded and where can you find service records?** \
Discover how to trace a serviceman in the Royal Naval Division with our guide\
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[**Chelsea Pensioners’ service records: How to find them online** \
You may have seen 'Chelsea Pensioner' on a family history record - but who were the Chelsea Pensioners? And where can you find Chelsea Pensioners' service records?\
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MilitaryRead more](tutorials/military/chelsea-pensioners-service-records)[**Their Finest Hour website goes online** \
Their Finest Hour, a web archive of ordinary people's memories and artefacts from the Second World War, has gone online\
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NewsRead more](news/their-finest-hour-goes-online)[**"I found a map in the pocket of an old GI's uniform... and discovered a D-Day cover-up"** \
Gary Sterne talks about how he discovered a 'secret' US military historical objective at Omaha Beach on D-Day\
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MilitaryRead more](tutorials/military/gary-sterne-cover-up-omaha-beach)[**D-Day resources: How to research an ancestor who fought in D-Day** \
On the 80th anniversary of D-Day, discover how you can find out more about ancestors who fought in the pivotal WW2 battle\
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MilitaryRead more](tutorials/military/d-day-resources-family-history)[**When was D-Day, and what happened?** \
When was D-Day, and what happened? Gavin Mortimer takes us inside the bloody landings by Allied forces in Normandy on 6 June 1944\
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MilitaryRead more](tutorials/military/d-day)[**‘Animal VC’ for Second World War POW dog discovered** \
A record of the Dickin Medal for Gallantry being awarded to Judy, a Navy dog during the Second World War, has been discovered\
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NewsRead more](news/judy-dog-second-world-war-medal)[**When were the Napoleonic Wars?** \
Did someone in your family fight for Britain in the Napoleonic Wars? Here's how to find family history records that far back\
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MilitaryRead more](tutorials/military/best-websites-for-tracing-napoleonic-wars-ancestors)[**What was the Blitz, when did it start and how long did it last?** \
London was set ablaze in the first raid of the Blitz on 7 September 1940. James Hoare looks back on the eight months in the Second World War that proved that Britain had the Blitz spirit\
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FeaturesRead more](feature/when-did-the-blitz-start)[**Newly opened records reveal 'brutality' faced by 14-year-old Second World War prisoner** \
The National Archives has opened up the records of John Hipkin, who was imprisoned during the Second World War at the age of 14\
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NewsRead more](news/youngest-pow-second-world-war)[**My relative earned medals for bravery in the First World War and was one of the first men to drive a tank** \
Who Do You Think You Are? Magazine reader David Stokes discovered his relative George Harrington drove a tank in the First World War\
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Real storiesRead more](real-stories/david-stokes-george-harrington-tank-first-world-war)[**Historian seeks help identifying men in moving WW1 photograph** \
Bristol-based historian Ian Chard shares an evocative photograph of a Gloucestershire regiment from the Western Front – and asks if you recognise any of the depicted men from your own family tree\
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NewsRead more](news/historian-seeks-help-identifying-men-in-gloucestershire-regiment-photograph)[**Second World War Army records: Where to find them** \
If someone in your family history served in the Army during the Second World War, here's how to track down their records\
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MilitaryRead more](tutorials/military/second-world-war-army-records)[**What was the Home Guard?** \
When was the Home Guard formed, what did they do and what weapons did they use? We answer your questions about the real-life 'Dad's Army'\
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MilitaryRead more](tutorials/military/home-guard)[**RAF records: How do I find WW2 RAF service records?** \
Don't miss our guide to finding the service records of WW2 RAF personnel\
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MilitaryRead more](tutorials/military/second-world-war-raf-ancestors)[**Royal Marines records: How to find them** \
Naval history expert Simon Wills explains how to find Royal Marines records for your family history research\
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MilitaryRead more](tutorials/military/royal-marines-records)[**How to find WW2 POW records** \
If your family member was a prisoner of war in the Second World War, there are a good number of surviving records to help you find out more\
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MilitaryRead more](tutorials/military/how-to-trace-a-ww2-prisoner-of-war)[**How to find Royal Navy service records** \
Simon Wills reveals how family historians can find their ancestors’ Royal Navy service records – from the Napoleonic Wars to the First and Second World Wars\
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MilitaryRead more](tutorials/military/how-find-royal-navy-service-records)[**The National Archives seeks bidders to digitise Home Guard records** \
The National Archives has published a notice seeking expressions of interest in digitising Second World War Home Guard records\
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NewsRead more](news/the-national-archives-contract-digitise-home-guard-records)[**When is VJ Day?** \
What was VJ Day? When did it take place? And how did people celebrate? Kevin Telfer looks back at the end of the Second World War\
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FeaturesRead more](feature/when-is-vj-day)[**Battle of Britain pilots: How many pilots were killed, are any still alive and how can you trace them?** \
Jonathan Scott surveys the best websites for researching Battle of Britain pilots and ground crew\
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MilitaryRead more](tutorials/military/the-5-best-websites-for-researching-battle-of-britain-history)[**What is shell shock?** \
What is shell shock, and how was it treated? We explain the facts behind this devastating mental illness that affected thousands of First World War soldiers\
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