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        <![CDATA[ Accessing the digitised Northern Ireland Troubles records ]]>
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        <![CDATA[ Explore how to access material related to the Troubles online through The Northern Ireland Digitisation Project. ]]>
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        <![CDATA[ Launching the Northern Ireland Troubles Digitisation Project ]]>
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        <![CDATA[ Today, we launch the first release of the Northern Ireland Digitisation Project, a major four-year research and access initiative. ]]>
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        <![CDATA[ <a href="https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/people/eliza-mckee/?utm_source=feed-the-collection-blog&utm_medium=rss">Eliza McKee</a> ]]>
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        <![CDATA[ The Ministry of Munitions and a surprise discovery in the archive ]]>
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        <![CDATA[ Finding a tiny object attached to some paper documents reminded me how the materiality of archives can connect us to the past. ]]>
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        <![CDATA[ <a href="https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/people/dr-lucy-razzall/?utm_source=feed-the-collection-blog&utm_medium=rss">Dr Lucy Razzall</a> ]]>
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        <![CDATA[ Researching Love Letters ]]>
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        <![CDATA[ Discover how expressions of love have been uncovered in unexpected places by The National Archive. ]]>
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        <![CDATA[ <a href="https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/people/amanda-bevan/?utm_source=feed-the-collection-blog&utm_medium=rss">Amanda Bevan</a>, <a href="https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/people/vicky-iglikowski-broad/?utm_source=feed-the-collection-blog&utm_medium=rss">Vicky Iglikowski-Broad</a> and <a href="https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/people/ralph-thompson/?utm_source=feed-the-collection-blog&utm_medium=rss">Ralph Thompson</a> ]]>
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        <![CDATA[ The National Archives holds powerful material relating to the Holocaust. With over 11 million records on the topic, what stories can we uncover? ]]>
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        <![CDATA[ From curiosity to career: my first year in archives ]]>
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        <![CDATA[ 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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      <pubDate>Wed, 26 Nov 2025 09:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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        <![CDATA[ Catalogue Week 2025 ]]>
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        <![CDATA[ Archivist Jane Langford introduces our annual celebration of cataloguing projects at The National Archives. ]]>
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        <![CDATA[ Cataloguing transatlantic slavery records: an archival history ]]>
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        <![CDATA[ Cataloguer Adrian Browne traces the custodial history of the Detached Papers, investigating the legacies of Victorian-era recordkeeping. ]]>
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        <![CDATA[ Cataloguing West African records ]]>
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        <![CDATA[ Our volunteers have finished cataloguing Colonial Office correspondence from Cameroons and Togoland. Explore these records here. ]]>
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        <![CDATA[ <a href="https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/people/keith-mitchell/?utm_source=feed-the-collection-blog&utm_medium=rss">Keith Mitchell</a> ]]>
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        <![CDATA[ Tracing medical records from the First World War ]]>
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        <![CDATA[ Explore how we are preserving medical records from the First World War and how you can access them. ]]>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 14 Nov 2025 09:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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        <![CDATA[ The A–Z of the Royal Navy Captains' letters project – 'D' to 'M' ]]>
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        <![CDATA[ Bruno Pappalardo reveals the latest findings of the volunteer Royal Navy Captains’ letters project. ]]>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 5 Nov 2025 13:49:00 GMT</pubDate>
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        <![CDATA[ Secret diplomatic message deciphered after 350 years ]]>
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        <![CDATA[ Ruth Selman shares an exciting update to her previous blog post about a 17th-century letter written in cipher. ]]>
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        <![CDATA[ <a href="https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/people/ruth-selman/?utm_source=feed-the-collection-blog&utm_medium=rss">Ruth Selman</a> ]]>
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        <![CDATA[ Cataloguing Women’s Auxiliary Territorial Service records from the Second World War ]]>
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        <![CDATA[ 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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        <![CDATA[ <a href="https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/people/rosie-boutflower/?utm_source=feed-the-collection-blog&utm_medium=rss">Rosie Boutflower</a> ]]>
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        <![CDATA[ Think your ancestor might have worked in intelligence? Where to start your research ]]>
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        <![CDATA[ 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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      <pubDate>Mon, 29 Sep 2025 09:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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        <![CDATA[ Using The National Farm Survey as a gateway for research ]]>
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        <![CDATA[ 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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        <![CDATA[ <a href="https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/people/samuel-smith/?utm_source=feed-the-collection-blog&utm_medium=rss">Samuel Smith</a> ]]>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 24 Sep 2025 09:13:00 GMT</pubDate>
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        <![CDATA[ Hidden in plain sight: an undeciphered letter from Louis XIV’s France ]]>
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        <![CDATA[ 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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        <![CDATA[ <a href="https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/people/ruth-selman/?utm_source=feed-the-collection-blog&utm_medium=rss">Ruth Selman</a> ]]>
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        <![CDATA[ How to search for security and intelligence records: where to start ]]>
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        <![CDATA[ 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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      <pubDate>Tue, 1 Jul 2025 16:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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        <![CDATA[ Researching hospital-related records ]]>
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        <![CDATA[ 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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      <pubDate>Fri, 27 Jun 2025 09:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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        <![CDATA[ Inspired by our current exhibition, MI5: Official Secrets, we've drawn up a summer reading list offering both spy fiction and fact. ]]>
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        <![CDATA[ From secret codes to never-before seen devices, here’s five reasons to visit our current MI5: Official Secrets exhibition. ]]>
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        <![CDATA[ The Long March to Freedom 1944–1945 ]]>
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        <![CDATA[ Eighty years ago a series of forced prisoner of war marches took place. We trace some of the incredible stories from these marches through our records. ]]>
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        <![CDATA[ <a href="https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/people/roger-kershaw/?utm_source=feed-the-collection-blog&utm_medium=rss">Roger Kershaw</a> ]]>
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        <![CDATA[ Working while pursuing my passion: Becoming an archivist apprentice ]]>
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        <![CDATA[ For National Apprenticeships Week, Level 7 Archivist and Records Manager apprentice Liv Page reflects on her first two months here at The National Archives. ]]>
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        <![CDATA[ Over 100 Security Service (MI5) files are being released today covering a wide range of subjects and individuals. Most notably, the Cambridge Five spy ring. ]]>
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        <![CDATA[ <a href="https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/people/mark-dunton/?utm_source=feed-the-collection-blog&utm_medium=rss">Mark Dunton</a> ]]>
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        <![CDATA[ Take a behind-the-scenes look at why some of our records are not kept at our main site in London, as we head underground to explore Deep Store. ]]>
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        <![CDATA[ <a href="https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/people/matilda-wood/?utm_source=feed-the-collection-blog&utm_medium=rss">Matilda Wood</a> ]]>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 13 Jan 2025 09:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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        <![CDATA[ Looking for an old blog post? ]]>
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        <![CDATA[ The new National Archives blogs launched in 2025, but our older posts can still be read in the UK Government Web Archive. ]]>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 1 Jan 2025 09:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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