From curiosity to career: my first year in archives
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Over the last year, Liv Page has been working at The National Archives as a Level 7 Archivist and Records Manager apprentice.
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Learn how the stories hidden in our documents are uncovered by our experts and volunteers. Find out behind-the-scenes information about how we care for our records, and get tips on how you can do your own research.
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Catalogue Week 2025
NewArchivist Jane Langford introduces our annual celebration of cataloguing projects at The National Archives.
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Cataloguing transatlantic slavery records: an archival history
NewCataloguer Adrian Browne traces the custodial history of the Detached Papers, investigating the legacies of Victorian-era recordkeeping.
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Cataloguing West African records
NewOur volunteers have finished cataloguing Colonial Office correspondence from Cameroons and Togoland, explore these records here.
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Tracing medical records from the First World War
Explore how we are preserving medical records from the First World War and how you can access them.
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The A–Z of the Royal Navy Captains' letters project – 'D' to 'M'
Bruno Pappalardo reveals the latest findings of the volunteer Royal Navy Captains’ letters project.
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Secret diplomatic message deciphered after 350 years
Ruth Selman shares an exciting update to her previous blog post about a 17th-century letter written in cipher.
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Cataloguing Women’s Auxiliary Territorial Service records from the Second World War
In February 2023, the Ministry of Defence began the monumental task of transferring ten million personal records to The National Archives. What do they contain?
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Think your ancestor might have worked in intelligence? Where to start your research
If you have a family legend that a relative worked in intelligence, here are our top tips to get started with your research.
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Using The National Farm Survey as a gateway for research
Discover how one farm in East Sussex can lead us on a journey through stage and screen, motorsport successes, and celebrity connections during the 20th century.
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Hidden in plain sight: an undeciphered letter from Louis XIV’s France
This letter – sent from the court of King Louis XIV in Paris – contains coded text that historians have been unable to decipher...
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How to search for security and intelligence records: where to start
Inspired to discover tales of espionage and intrigue? Find out how to start researching the records of MI5 and British intelligence services we hold.
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Researching hospital-related records
Tracing hundreds of years, PhD student Jessica Gregory outlines some of the best ways to research hospital-related records at The National Archives.
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