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BT 31 – The Birth of Industries

SD – Ahead of Hack on the Record held at The National Archives back in March – the results of which you can see on our Labs website – I discussed with colleagues in the Advice and Records Knowledge department the possibility of pitching interesting and appropriate documents or record series to the developers attending the event.  One suggestion regarded the catalogue data for BT 31, a series which contains the files of dissolved companies.

Companies records in BT 31

BT 31 relates mostly to the period 1860 to 1930

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#hackon12: We came, we saw, we didn’t sleep much

A few weeks ago when I talked about the purpose of hack days I promised I would report back after we had actually held one here at the Archives.

Last weekend, a large group of enthusiastic attendees joined us here at Kew for Hack on the Record. I think it might be the first hack day held actually inside a UK government department but I’d be happy to be proved wrong.

#Hackon12 in the reading room

Approximately 12 hours in - only 12 to go!

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