Over 5% of The National Archives’ records have so far been digitised and we are continuing to put records online. Browse this section to view some of our most popular online collections.
This section does not include the collections that we have digitised in partnership with commercial publishers. For a list of our online collections, including those found on partner websites, consult our catalogues and online records page.
You can search the records using Discovery, our catalogue. Your search results will indicate whether the records are available online or not. Searching the catalogue is free of charge, but there may be a fee to download the records.
20th century politics
Air Force
Army
Crime
Looted art
Maps
Marines
Medals
Merchant Navy
Migration
Navy
Wills and probate
Cabinet papers
Census records
Domesday Book
UFO records
Latest security service records