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Women’s Land Army index cards online at Ancestry

More than 90,000 index cards revealing the employment details of the ‘land girls’ who served in the wartime Women’s Land Army have been digitised...

Tags: index cards, land girls, second world war, women's land army

Access reinstated for FCO 141 Record Series

We are pleased to announce that access to the record series, FCO 141 – Foreign and Commonwealth Office and predecessors: Records of Former Colonial Administrations:...

Back to school: discover our learning resources and taught sessions

Our award-winning education service provides invaluable support for teachers and students with a full range of learning resources and taught sessions covering the span of British history from the medieval period to present day

Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II

We are all sad to hear of the death of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II. We offer our most sincere condolences to the Royal Family at this very sad time. You...

Update on temporary withdrawal of record series FCO 141

When we last updated you on Tuesday 2 August, we stated that we were waiting for the results of additional tests that we had commissioned. We have...

Tags: academic research, access, document handling, FCO 141, handling procedures

New educational resource ‘Spotlight On’ launched

The online education team at The National Archives has launched an exciting new educational resource for the upcoming academic year. Spotlight On...

Tags: education, Education and Outreach, online education

Archives Revealed funds ten new cataloguing projects

Archives Revealed has awarded ten new cataloguing grants, totalling nearly £400,000, to archives across the UK. The funding programme, which is a collaboration...

Tags: archive sector, Archives Revealed, Funding

Newly accredited archive services announced

Following a recent Archive Service Accreditation Panel, the UK Archive Service Accreditation Committee is pleased to announce that the following archive...

Tags: accreditation, Archive Accreditation, archive sector

Document release

Latest Cabinet Office files

Today we have released Cabinet Office files covering Tony Blair’s Labour administration (PREM 49). Also included are files from the CAB 301 series,...

Document release

Cabinet Office files released

Today we have released Cabinet Office files covering Tony Blair’s Labour administration (PREM 49). Also included are files from the CAB 301 series,...

Tags: cabinet office, document release, Tony Blair

Temporary withdrawal of record series FCO 141

UPDATE - Tuesday 2 August The additional tests referenced below have now been completed and while we are waiting for the results, the record series...

Records of French Prizes uploaded to Prize Papers portal

Court records, ship’s papers and mail-in-transit revealing the details of French ships captured during the War of the Austrian Succession are now available...

Tags: digitisation, oldenburg, Prize Papers