Researching Toby Jones
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![]() | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 339169 people with the Jones surname? In that year Jones was ranked number 2 for popularity in the UK. |

The name Toby means "The Lord Is Good" and is of Hebrew origin.
Records of Toby Jones on Ancestry
Ancestry is a major source of information if you are filling out the detail of Toby Jones 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
Sometimes you can run into a brick wall in your tree and you just don't have enough evidence to make that next step back in time. A DNA test can sometimes help to make a link to a particular family name if you find you share common DNA with people who have the same or similar surnames as each other. If you are lucky then you may get a match within a few generations and discover some Jones ancestors. Additionally, the modern DNA test can give you a breakdown of your ethnic mix - you may be surprised at the results!
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for Toby Jones and the Jones Family Tree
Birth, Death and Marriage records are often the best method of making the links to the Jones 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 below you will be able to find a birth record and, from that, a birth certificate can be ordered which lists the names of the mother and father, taking you back another generation in your tree. 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 Jones family tree.
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![]() | Did you know that there are currently 393190 people with the Jones surname in the UK? Jones is now ranked number 2 for popularity in the UK. |
Jones Family History Databases
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Jones 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.
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Search the Ellis Island Database for information on Toby Jones. This database contains over 25 million immigration records detailing passengers arriving in the United States of America.
Some Famous People called Toby Jones
Toby Jones
Tobias Edward Heslewood Jones (born 7 September 1966) is an English film and television actor.
Jones made his film debut in Sally Potter's period drama Orlando in 1992. He appeared in minor roles in films such as Naked (1993), Les Misérables (1998), Ever After (1998), Finding Neverland (2005), and Mrs. Henderson Presents (2005). Jones won critical acclaim for his leading role as Truman Capote in the biopic Infamous (2006). Since then he worked as a character actor in films such as Michael Apted's biographical drama Amazing Grace (2006), John Curran's drama The Painted Veil (2006), Oliver Stone's political satire W. (2008), Ron Howard's political drama Frost/Nixon (2008), the Cold War spy thriller Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (2011), Simon Curtis' My Week with Marilyn (2011), the psychological drama Berberian Sound Studio (2012), the war comedy Dad's Army (2016), and the war drama Journey's End (2017).
He is also known for his vocal performance as Dobby the House elf in the Harry Potter films (2002–2011), Aristides Silk in The Adventures of Tintin (2011) and Owl in Disney's Christopher Robin (2018). He is also known for his performances in blockbuster franchises such as Claudius Templesmith in The Hunger Games (2012), and The Hunger Games: Catching Fire (2013), Arnim Zola in the Marvel Cinematic Universe films Captain America: The First Avenger (2011) and Captain America: The Winter Soldier (2014), also voicing the character in the Disney+ television series What If...? (2021) and as Mr. Eversoll in Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom (2018).
Jones's television credits include Doctor Who (2010), Julian Fellowes's Titanic miniseries (2012), MCU's Agent Carter (2015), and Wayward Pines (2015-2016). He was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Miniseries or Television Film for his role as Alfred Hitchcock in the HBO television film The Girl (2012) and won a Best Male Comedy BAFTA for his role in Detectorists (2018). In 2017, he portrayed Culverton Smith in "The Lying Detective", an episode of the BBC crime drama Sherlock.
Jones is also known for his work in the theatre making his stage debut in 2001 with the comedy play The Play What I Wrote which played in the West End and on Broadway which earned him a Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role. In 2020 he was nominated for his second Olivier Award this time for Best Actor for his performance in a revival of Anton Chekov's Uncle Vanya.
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