Tag: Volunteers Records and research‘Not a fair trial’: Edward Ashford’s petitions for mercyWednesday 20 April 2016Exploring the story of Edward Ashford, who appears to have been in the wrong...Records and research‘To share in his fate’: petitioning to join those transported overseasTuesday 16 February 2016We explore petitions from women who wanted to join their husbands in exile…...Records and research‘A floating Hell’: life on early 19th century convict hulksTuesday 1 September 2015Over the last few months I have introduced some of the convicts we have...Records and researchGeorge Sanglier’s petitions: two sides to every petitionTuesday 4 August 2015My last blog focused on James Hawkins, a thief so determined not to be...Records and researchJames Hawkins’ daring escapes – a convict who refused to accept his sentenceTuesday 7 July 2015Last month I wrote a blog introducing the work being done by a team...Records and researchPentrich: from seditions to petitionsTuesday 9 June 2015Today (and tomorrow morning) mark the 198th anniversary of the Pentrich Rising in 1817....Records and researchVolunteers and villains: the HO 17 cataloguing projectTuesday 2 June 2015It is Volunteers’ Week, an annual celebration of the wonderful contribution made by millions...Behind the scenesThe end is nigh: keep calm and carry onMonday 1 December 2014It’s 3.00 in the morning – I sit bolt upright in bed, roused from...Records and researchHappy 350th anniversary Royal MarinesTuesday 28 October 2014Today marks the 350th anniversary of the Royal Marines. It is an achievement that...Behind the scenesGathering dustMonday 30 June 2014Unsurprisingly, we have dust at The National Archives! I never imagined that dust would...Behind the scenesCommendation for bravery (with a little help from our Friends)Tuesday 17 June 2014What would you do if a bomb landed on your house in the middle...Behind the scenesThe best of FriendsFriday 16 May 2014The National Archives – full of national treasures, and a national treasure itself. The... « 1 … 3 4 5 6 »