Posts by Audrey Collins Records and researchThe Ecclesiastical Census of 1851 volunteering projectMonday 7 June 2021As part of National Volunteers’ week, I’d like to celebrate with you the completion...Records and research‘Deaf and dumb’: disabled Victorian civil servantsFriday 8 December 2017The National Archives holds detailed records of people in some areas of public service...Records and researchNational Registration – what happened next?Monday 2 November 2015On the night of 29 September 1939 details of civilians in England and Wales...Records and researchNational registration day: 29 September 1939Tuesday 29 September 2015On 29 September 1939 the National Register was taken throughout the UK, Isle of...Records and researchThe 1939 Register – when is a ‘census’ not a census?Friday 4 September 2015The declaration of war on Germany in September 1939 came as no great surprise....Records and researchRemembering our TommiesTuesday 14 October 2014You may not have noticed, as you pass through the reception area here at...Records and researchA big month for family historyWednesday 19 February 2014February is a big month for family history. The two biggest annual family history...Records and researchSchoolboys in uniform – or notMonday 20 January 2014As we mark the centenary of the outbreak of the First World War there is...Records and research‘…that you are a Friendless poore child’Monday 2 December 2013The Royal Hospital School was founded in 1712 as part of the Royal Hospital...Records and researchDo you take this man…and his nationality?Wednesday 2 October 2013Before the First World War moving between countries could be a surprisingly casual affair....Records and researchThe same age as my tongue, and a bit older than my teethWednesday 31 July 2013This is an unfailingly accurate, if not exactly helpful, answer to the question ‘How...Records and researchNew, improved census cataloguingMonday 8 July 2013You might think that because all the censuses for England and Wales (and the... 1 2 3 »