Tag: Volunteers Archives and archivistsThe A–Z of the Royal Navy Captains’ letter project – ‘B’ and ‘C’Wednesday 22 January 2025Read the second in a series of blogs charting the progress of this volunteer...Records and researchA Great Escape from Castello di VincigliataMonday 30 September 2024Discover how Second World War PoWs escaped an Italian castle....Records and researchTracing merchant seamen in the 19th centuryTuesday 17 September 2024Thanks to our offsite volunteers it's now easier to research 19th century life at...Records and researchInternational Volunteer Day 2023: The work that inspired Great EscapesTuesday 5 December 2023International Volunteer Day is the perfect time to celebrate the efforts that inspired our...Records and researchAaron Graham and the prison hulks of the early 19th centuryWednesday 1 November 2023Volunteer Carol Kellas looks at how one man improved the lives of prisoners on...Records and researchLeaving the Italian prisoner of war camp FontanellatoWednesday 7 June 2023How prisoners of war escaped from Italy following the Italian armistice of September 1943....Records and researchThe Hampton Court RobberyMonday 5 June 2023One of our dedicated volunteers tells a true crime story he discovered in our...Archives and archivistsPre-Raphaelites, John Bull and lobsters: Highlights from cataloguing the Stationers’ Company copyright collectionFriday 25 November 2022For the last few years, our dedicated team of volunteers have been working hard...Archives and archivistsZSPC11: An example of innovation through a pandemicFriday 25 November 2022For Catalogue Week 2022, lead volunteer Mel Draper traces the work of the ZSCP...Technology and innovationMiiifyThursday 17 November 2022The National Archives has benefitted from the generous work of volunteers for years, welcoming...Records and researchThe Duchess of Norfolk’s DeedsFriday 7 October 2022Since August 2021, a team of dedicated volunteers has been helping The National Archives...Records and researchCommunal violence in 1808 and the role of the magistratesWednesday 5 October 2022various parts of England in 1808 which highlight the role of magistrates in dealing... 1 2 3 … 6 »