Category: Records and research Records and researchThe National Service: Buttons, boots and gleaming brassesFriday 5 July 2019After the Second World War in 1945, the young men of Britain were called...Records and researchAn undiplomatic diplomat: Morton Howell in CairoThursday 4 July 2019According to the Oxford English Dictionary, a diplomat is ‘a person who can deal...Archives and archivistsThe Archbishops of York and the North of England, 1304-1405Tuesday 2 July 2019February 2019 saw the start of a major collaborative research project between The National...Records and researchEarly Trade Unions and the Combination LawsThursday 27 June 2019The concept of a trade union, or a body of workers joining together to...Records and researchMilestones to Peace: The Paris Peace Conference and the Treaty of VersaillesWednesday 26 June 2019On Monday 18 January, two months after the armistice was signed with Germany, a...Records and research‘Discharged to Duty’: First World War medical recordsTuesday 25 June 2019The First World War represents a turning point in the history of war and...Records and researchSOE and the art of blending inFriday 21 June 2019The methods used by Special Operations Executive (SOE) agents to pass as members of...Archives and archivistsChertsey Abbey reimaginedWednesday 19 June 2019To walk through Chertsey, a medieval market town on the outskirts of London, you...Records and researchIt’s a long, long way to Amphipolis: Archaeology in Macedonia (part 2)Friday 14 June 2019The first part of this blog covered the initial search for records relating to...Archives and archivists‘By Sea, By Land’: Royal Marine attestation and discharge recordsThursday 13 June 2019With the help of volunteers, to whom we are extremely grateful, The National Archives...Archives and archivistsRaising awareness of the 1919 ‘Race Riots’ in LiverpoolWednesday 12 June 2019The 1919 race riots were the first time many in Britain became aware of...Records and researchIt’s a long, long way to Amphipolis: Archaeology in Macedonia (part 1)Tuesday 11 June 2019In 2014, during an excavation of the ancient Macedonian tomb near Amphipolis in northern Greece,... « 1 … 37 38 39 40 41 … 114 »