Category: Records and research 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...Records and researchWomen, Parliament and Political SpaceMonday 21 November 2022How did women’s admission to the House of Commons impact the masculine structure of...Records and researchThe Eye of the Beholder: A rediscovered image of King Henry IIISunday 20 November 2022Working with archives, there are many tips you can follow that can have a...Records and researchFirst World War ambulance trainsFriday 18 November 2022The railways, and the men and women who worked on them, made a significant...Records and researchMary Hare’s Pioneering Establishment: The Dene Hollow Oral School for the DeafWednesday 16 November 2022This blog post looks at the Dene Hollow Oral School for the Deaf, which...Records and researchColonial correspondence: Tasmania settlersWednesday 9 November 2022Tasmania, well known today as the home of the Tasmanian Devil, was formerly two...Records and researchHow the Gunpowder Treason was discoveredSaturday 5 November 2022Included in our State Papers collection is a letter written on 7 November 1605,...Records and researchOccupations in the 1921 CensusFriday 4 November 2022The 1921 Census opens up many possibilities for research. One of the most interesting...Records and researchWinston Churchill’s secret voyage (Part two): The Atlantic CharterWednesday 2 November 2022On the first day of the Atlantic Conference (9 August 1941) at Placentia Bay,... « 1 … 9 10 11 12 13 … 114 »