Tag: Genealogy 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 researchA seasonal discovery in conscription appealsMonday 10 December 2012As we are nearing the end of preparing the Middlesex County Appeal tribunal papers...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 researchMy Tommy’s War: An Eastender in the LancersFriday 9 November 2012At The National Archives we are busy planning our programme of activities to commemorate...Records and researchAppealing against conscription? Not just for conscientious objectorsFriday 26 October 2012On the 27 January 1916 the Military Service Act came into force in the United...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 researchMy ancestor was… a traffic officer. How the UK Government Web Archive might help the family and social historians of the futureTuesday 28 August 2012 Not long after I joined The National Archives someone asked me whether I...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 researchTitanic, 100 years onSaturday 14 April 2012Today is the eve of the centenary of the sinking of Titanic. The ship... « 1 2 3 4 »