Latest posts Records and researchOperation Sandstone: Surveying Britain’s Cold War beachesFriday 3 April 2020On 16 September 1952, S J Bassett of the Naval Intelligence Department filed a... Archives and archivistsHow to date family photographsThursday 2 April 2020When photographs are passed down through generations of families, sometimes the stories of the... Records and research‘No vote, no census’: The 1911 suffrage census protestsThursday 2 April 2020On the night of 2 April 1911 census enumerators were collecting the details of... Behind the scenesFamily history books for beginnersWednesday 1 April 2020Twiddling your thumbs at home and considering building your family tree? For our latest... Records and researchThe birth of council housingTuesday 31 March 2020‘Deficiency of housing accommodation is one of the most prolific causes of industrial unrest.’... Records and researchProject WO 416: Private enterpriseTuesday 24 March 2020The night of 24-25 March 2020 marks the 76th anniversary of the real Great Escape... View all posts
Posts by category Records and research Behind the scenes Technology and innovation Managing information Archives and archivists Archives and archivistsHow to date family photographsThursday 2 April 2020When photographs are passed down through generations of families, sometimes the stories of the... Archives and archivistsBaffled by archives: Part threeTuesday 28 January 2020‘Baffled by archives’ is a three-part blog series addressing the issues and challenges that... Archives and archivistsHow Nazi ‘fake news’ split Allied commanders in 1945Wednesday 15 January 2020Seventy-five years ago this week the Battle of the Ardennes began to draw to... View all 'Archives and archivists' posts Archives and archivistsHow to date family photographsThursday 2 April 2020When photographs are passed down through generations of families, sometimes the stories of the... Behind the scenesFamily history books for beginnersWednesday 1 April 2020Twiddling your thumbs at home and considering building your family tree? For our latest... Behind the scenesTop tips for caring for photographsWednesday 18 March 2020The conservation team at The National Archives share their top tips for caring for... View all 'Behind the scenes' posts Archives and archivistsDigital archiving is a risky businessMonday 3 June 2019This blog is published as part of International Archives Week, which explores the theme... Archives and archivistsWhat to do with degraded film?Tuesday 12 March 2019I am currently an intern on the one-year Icon Photographic Conservation programme, working at... Managing informationSeal moulds: opening up the collection as never beforeTuesday 22 January 2019We hold an historic collection of moulds taken from our wax seals. Containing some 7,700... View all 'Managing information' posts Records and researchOperation Sandstone: Surveying Britain’s Cold War beachesFriday 3 April 2020On 16 September 1952, S J Bassett of the Naval Intelligence Department filed a... Records and research‘No vote, no census’: The 1911 suffrage census protestsThursday 2 April 2020On the night of 2 April 1911 census enumerators were collecting the details of... Records and researchThe birth of council housingTuesday 31 March 2020‘Deficiency of housing accommodation is one of the most prolific causes of industrial unrest.’... View all 'Records and research' posts Archives and archivistsBaffled by archives: Part threeTuesday 28 January 2020‘Baffled by archives’ is a three-part blog series addressing the issues and challenges that... Technology and innovationTechnical Discovery: Project AlphaThursday 19 December 2019Project Alpha is taking a blank sheet of paper approach to solving some problems... Records and researchSkynet: the real communication satellite systemThursday 24 October 2019The latest instalment of the ‘Terminator’ franchise has hit our cinema screens. A rather... View all 'Technology and innovation' posts
