Tag: Immigration Records and researchEmpire Windrush – 70 years onThursday 21 June 2018Seventy years ago, on 21 June 1948, HMT Empire Windrush docked at Tilbury, near...Records and researchCollar the lot! Britain’s policy of internment during the Second World WarThursday 2 July 2015Seventy-five years ago today on 2 July 1940, the SS Arandora Star, a British...Records and research19th century artist in residenceWednesday 20 May 2015Naturalisation… Immigration… Copyright… These are the subjects of documents that you might typically associate...Records and researchEngland’s immigrants 1330-1550Tuesday 24 February 2015This month sees the launch of England’s Immigrants 1330-1550, a major new research database...Records and researchIsland of hope and tearsWednesday 12 November 2014On this day 50 years ago, Ellis Island, the famous immigration point for many...Records and research‘Unknown and darkest England’Friday 26 July 2013‘… we have attempted to give the visitor from the West Indies a fair...Records and researchFirst ice cream seller in London! Read all about it!Wednesday 8 May 2013For the first time, records of aliens who settled in Britain and who became...Archives and archivistsTrainee Tuesday: Unknown storiesTuesday 18 December 2012In my last post (Watch out Aliens!) I discussed the records I had based...Records and researchTrainee Tuesday: Watch out – Aliens!Tuesday 23 October 2012As an ‘Opening up Archives’ trainee I was set the task of preparing a...Records and researchReaching out – Ugandan Asians 40 years onMonday 22 October 2012In August 1972, Idi Amin, the leader of Uganda, gave the order that Asian...Records and researchDiscover more than 300,000 naturalisation recordsTuesday 27 March 2012Naturalisation certificates (The National Archives series HO 334 and HO 409) You can search... « 1 2