Category: Records and research Records and researchIn the national interest…The Military Service Act, January 1916Thursday 24 January 2013I am going to start this blog post by asking a few questions. If...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: An underage Welsh brickie on the SommeFriday 18 January 2013My introduction to First World War research didn’t initially come through looking into my...Records and researchCelebrating five years of Flickr CommonsThursday 17 January 2013Yesterday marked the fifth anniversary of the launch of the Flickr Commons. There are...Records and researchNew Year, New… research topicFriday 11 January 2013Happy New Year! So, the time is upon us once again – adverts everywhere...Records and researchMr Johnston’s imaginationWednesday 2 January 2013Some of The National Archives’ most interesting maps are not kept as separate flat,...Records and researchA century of British film censorshipMonday 31 December 2012The British Board of Film Censors was established 100 years ago, on 1 January...Records and researchFiles from 1982 – Renewing the Values of SocietyFriday 28 December 2012Today, previously secret government files have been released and are now available to be...Records and researchA sticky situation: The Christmas pudding palaver of 1952Thursday 20 December 2012With an array of different Christmas puddings now available, you probably didn’t have any...Archives and archivistsTrainee Tuesday: Unknown storiesTuesday 18 December 2012In my last post (Watch out Aliens!) I discussed the records I had based...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 research‘Come, friendly bombs’Thursday 13 December 2012The title of today’s blog post comes from the first stanza of the poem... « 1 … 104 105 106 107 108 … 114 »