Posts by Audrey Collins Records and researchArmed forces birth, marriage and death recordsMonday 10 June 2013If you need a copy of a birth, marriage or death certificate issued in...Records and researchWho needs to read fiction?Monday 20 May 2013I don’t read a lot of fiction. I don’t need to, because some of...Records and researchCensuses comparedMonday 8 April 2013Just over a year ago the 1940 census of the United States was released,...Records and researchIt’s not the document, it’s the informationWednesday 23 January 2013Researchers spend a lot of time looking for documents. In fact, they may spend...Records and researchMy Tommy’s War: Thomas Cross, merchant seamanFriday 14 December 2012My First World War Tommy was not in the army, or any of the...Records and researchMissing from the census?Monday 19 November 2012All family historians use the census, and most of us find most of what...Records and researchThe National Archives of…where, exactly?Friday 19 October 2012People sometimes comment on the fact that we are called ‘The National Archives’ and...Records and research260 years of double-datingMonday 24 September 2012September 1752 was a very short month. In fact, it was 11 days shorter...Records and researchA singular nameMonday 13 August 2012‘A Somerset House clerk once declared that the tedium of his labour on the registry...Records and researchDistress in the cotton districts 1863Wednesday 18 July 2012A century and a half ago, the American Civil War was well under way,...Records and researchMartha’s marriagesFriday 8 June 2012In 1861 a marriage took place between Henry Wells and Martha Cottam, both of...Records and researchFraud, forgery and identity theft in the 1840sFriday 13 April 2012 Researchers and writers use documents from The National Archives a lot. You will... « 1 2 3 »