Category: Records and research Records and researchThe story of HMT Empire Windrush (1930–1954)Thursday 15 December 2022Next June will mark the 75th anniversary of the arrival of HMT Empire Windrush...Records and researchConstance Markievicz and the 1918 General ElectionWednesday 14 December 2022The 1918 General Election saw 17 women across the political spectrum stand for Parliament...Records and researchRemembering the Oaks Colliery Disaster of 12 and 13 December, 1866Tuesday 13 December 2022For anyone with mining ancestors or connection to the mining industry, the anniversary of...Records and researchYou read it here firstThursday 8 December 2022Around November and December the major dictionary publishers start presenting us with their annual...Records and researchAnniversary of a new beginning: The Irish Free State Constitution Act 1922Tuesday 6 December 2022On 5 December 1922, the Irish Free State Constituent Act ratified the Articles of...Records and researchLady Lisle: Reluctant rebel?Tuesday 6 December 2022Among The National Archives’ vast collections can be found the rather overlooked and somewhat...Records and researchCataloguing First World War medical records for Napsbury HospitalMonday 5 December 2022To celebrate International Volunteer Day, this blog is dedicated to all those volunteers who...Records and researchWinston Churchill’s hearing lossWednesday 30 November 2022Winston Churchill experienced ill health throughout his life; he caught pneumonia multiple times, sustained...Records and researchRemembering the Crystal Palace fire of 1936Wednesday 30 November 2022On the evening of 30 November 1936, a fire was discovered within the Crystal...Records and researchNeither a British subject nor a British protected personTuesday 29 November 2022The First World War unleashed a significant ‘anti-alien’ backlash, focused initially on Germans living...Records and researchThe Sheriff, the Nave, and Chaucer tooMonday 28 November 2022The origins of the earliest architectural drawing in The National Archives are shrouded in...Records and researchThe Irish War of Independence, 1919-21Tuesday 22 November 2022How can The National Archives’ specific collections help narrate the story of the Irish... « 1 … 8 9 10 11 12 … 114 »