Keeping your research on track!
In light of the 150th anniversary of the tube this month, we were wondering if anyone has any interesting stories about railway ancestors? Or alternatively have you carried out any interesting...
View ArticleDiscover and discuss the latest changes to our new online catalogue
Regular users of Discovery, our new catalogue may have already noticed some changes, as the latest release has recently gone live. We’ve given Discovery a new look and added some important new...
View ArticleAn open community
We are pleased to announce that the community is now fully open. We have spent the last few weeks updating the community so that any of our users can now register and get involved. We are...
View ArticleUsing multimedia in your research
We’re interested to know whether you use multimedia such as audio or video content to supplement and help your research? This could be anything from online talks, YouTube videos or podcasts. What do...
View ArticleSpace exploration
It’s interesting to see from last weeks discussions that a number of you have used Google Earth and Google Streetview to investigate places that have come up in your research. There are a few...
View ArticleSocial media and your research
In recent years social media has become increasingly important for us as a way to communicate with our users, and engage in two-way conversations about our work and collection. We’d love to know what...
View ArticleImage library showcases – what do you want to see?
The National Archives’ image library is made up of thousands of unique photos, illustrations and documents from our record collections. Our online image library shows the range of pictures available...
View ArticleHow are The National Archives’ records selected and transferred?
We hold regular user forums at The National Archives to give our users the opportunity to hear what’s happening and have their say. Usually we discuss a whole range of topics at the user forum...
View ArticleThe National Archives’ website: Tell us what you think
We’d like to hear your views on The National Archives’ website. First, we’d like you to describe the website in 3 words and then, if you would like to, tell us why you chose those words in a bit more...
View ArticleHelp us improve our website: workshop in Kew
Continuing on from the last discussion, as part of a project looking at improving The National Archives’ website, we’d like to invite some of our users to take part in a workshop to get your input. We...
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