http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/news/ Visit The National Archives for the latest news and events en-gb Thu, 17 May 2012 10:05:02 GMT Copyright: (C) The National Archives, see http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/legal/copyright.htm for terms and conditions of reuse http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/images/global/logo.gif http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/news/ http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/news/714.htm?news=rss Thu, 17 May 2012 09:05:02 GMT http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/news/714.htm?news=rss http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/news/713.htm?news=rss online by The National Archives for the first time. ]]> Wed, 16 May 2012 09:05:15 GMT http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/news/713.htm?news=rss http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/news/705.htm?news=rss available to download. ]]> Tue, 15 May 2012 10:04:15 GMT http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/news/705.htm?news=rss http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/news/712.htm?news=rss new standard for Archives Accreditation has now completed. Co-creation is the ongoing development of the accreditation standard by the archives sector and its users. ]]> Mon, 14 May 2012 09:05:54 GMT http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/news/712.htm?news=rss http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/news/703.htm?news=rss Discovery, our new catalogue, is now live, providing a new way to explore our collections. The image delivery service is now available, which means you can search and download records, where online versions exist, all in one place. Discovery also allows you to tag records to improve their descriptions, preview records before purchase, filter search results by subject, date range and collection and shows results in order of relevance. ]]> Mon, 14 May 2012 11:05:12 GMT http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/news/703.htm?news=rss http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/news/711.htm?news=rss available online. ]]> Tue, 08 May 2012 14:05:54 GMT http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/news/711.htm?news=rss http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/news/710.htm?news=rss Tue, 08 May 2012 11:05:36 GMT http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/news/710.htm?news=rss http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/news/709.htm?news=rss Fri, 04 May 2012 12:05:35 GMT http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/news/709.htm?news=rss http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/news/708.htm?news=rss Thu, 03 May 2012 16:05:10 GMT http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/news/708.htm?news=rss http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/news/707.htm?news=rss Thu, 03 May 2012 10:05:43 GMT http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/news/707.htm?news=rss http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/news/706.htm?news=rss Wed, 02 May 2012 12:05:26 GMT http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/news/706.htm?news=rss http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/news/704.htm?news=rss Information Fair Trader Scheme (IFTS).  ]]> Tue, 01 May 2012 14:04:05 GMT http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/news/704.htm?news=rss http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/news/702.htm?news=rss William Shakespeare, whose birthday is traditionally celebrated on 23 April (the same date as his death), famously bequeathed his 'second-best bed' to his wife Anne Hathaway in his will, dated just a few weeks before he died in 1616. Digitised copies of Shakespeare's will, along with a selection of other famous wills, can be searched and downloaded online. ]]> Mon, 23 Apr 2012 11:04:24 GMT http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/news/702.htm?news=rss http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/news/701.htm?news=rss COPY 1 record series. ]]> Mon, 23 Apr 2012 17:04:57 GMT http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/news/701.htm?news=rss http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/news/700.htm?news=rss colonial administration records, referred to as the 'migrated archives', between April 2012 and November 2013, in accordance with the published timeline on the FCO website. ]]> Wed, 18 Apr 2012 11:04:28 GMT http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/news/700.htm?news=rss http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/news/699.htm?news=rss Fri, 13 Apr 2012 10:04:58 GMT http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/news/699.htm?news=rss http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/news/696.htm?news=rss Maritime birth, marriage and death records are being launched online for the first time at findmypast.co.uk, in association with The National Archives. These sit alongside the Titanic passenger lists and Merchant Navy seamen records, which are already available to view. ]]> Thu, 05 Apr 2012 17:04:45 GMT http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/news/696.htm?news=rss http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/news/695.htm?news=rss Thu, 05 Apr 2012 16:04:23 GMT http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/news/695.htm?news=rss http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/news/697.htm?news=rss accepted in lieu of tax by the government: ]]> Thu, 05 Apr 2012 16:04:21 GMT http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/news/697.htm?news=rss http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/news/694.htm?news=rss Tue, 03 Apr 2012 14:04:43 GMT http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/news/694.htm?news=rss http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/news/693.htm?news=rss Tue, 03 Apr 2012 14:04:48 GMT http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/news/693.htm?news=rss http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/news/692.htm?news=rss Discovery. ]]> Mon, 02 Apr 2012 16:03:34 GMT http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/news/692.htm?news=rss http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/news/691.htm?news=rss Fri, 30 Mar 2012 12:03:58 GMT http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/news/691.htm?news=rss http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/news/689.htm?news=rss Archives sector website has launched today, providing guidance and information for everyone who works with or within archives. ]]> Thu, 29 Mar 2012 09:03:04 GMT http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/news/689.htm?news=rss http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/news/690.htm?news=rss new environmental standard in collaboration with The National Archives, which aims to address the challenge of long-term cultural collection care that does not require excessive use of energy. ]]> Thu, 29 Mar 2012 14:03:06 GMT http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/news/690.htm?news=rss http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/news/688.htm?news=rss naturalisation records at The National Archives, following the successful completion of a cataloguing project. ]]> Tue, 27 Mar 2012 15:03:11 GMT http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/news/688.htm?news=rss http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/news/687.htm?news=rss colonial administration records, referred to as the 'migrated archives' between April 2012 and November 2013, in accordance with FCO's published timeline on the FCO website. ]]> Mon, 26 Mar 2012 16:03:30 GMT http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/news/687.htm?news=rss http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/news/686.htm?news=rss Mon, 19 Mar 2012 09:03:49 GMT http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/news/686.htm?news=rss http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/news/685.htm?news=rss Thu, 15 Mar 2012 13:03:44 GMT http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/news/685.htm?news=rss http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/news/684.htm?news=rss Tue, 13 Mar 2012 14:03:12 GMT http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/news/684.htm?news=rss http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/news/683.htm?news=rss available online for the first time. The index is searchable by county, parish or manor name. ]]> Fri, 09 Mar 2012 09:03:07 GMT http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/news/683.htm?news=rss http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/news/682.htm?news=rss RMS Titanic struck an iceberg and sank into the Atlantic Ocean, resulting in the tragic deaths of some 1,517 passengers and crew. ]]> Thu, 01 Mar 2012 09:03:31 GMT http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/news/682.htm?news=rss http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/news/681.htm?news=rss Merchant seamen records from the 19th century have been made available online for the first time today. ]]> Thu, 23 Feb 2012 16:02:43 GMT http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/news/681.htm?news=rss http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/news/680.htm?news=rss Mon, 20 Feb 2012 11:02:49 GMT http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/news/680.htm?news=rss http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/news/679.htm?news=rss Fri, 17 Feb 2012 16:02:43 GMT http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/news/679.htm?news=rss http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/news/678.htm?news=rss Tue, 14 Feb 2012 09:02:48 GMT http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/news/678.htm?news=rss http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/news/677.htm?news=rss blog, where people across the organisation will post about their work and the wider archives sector. ]]> Mon, 13 Feb 2012 14:02:28 GMT http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/news/677.htm?news=rss http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/news/676.htm?news=rss Mon, 13 Feb 2012 12:02:47 GMT http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/news/676.htm?news=rss http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/news/675.htm?news=rss Wed, 08 Feb 2012 11:02:26 GMT http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/news/675.htm?news=rss http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/news/674.htm?news=rss 24 and 25 March, The National Archives is holding its first hack day. We will be opening up the archives to web developers and designers to encourage them to gather and exchange ideas and make use of The National Archives' data and documents. ]]> Wed, 08 Feb 2012 09:02:31 GMT http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/news/674.htm?news=rss http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/news/673.htm?news=rss contribute your views and expertise in our new platform.  ]]> Tue, 07 Feb 2012 16:02:34 GMT http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/news/673.htm?news=rss http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/news/671.htm?news=rss Mon, 06 Feb 2012 11:02:53 GMT http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/news/671.htm?news=rss http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/news/670.htm?news=rss Fri, 03 Feb 2012 13:02:04 GMT http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/news/670.htm?news=rss http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/news/669.htm?news=rss Thu, 02 Feb 2012 12:02:00 GMT http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/news/669.htm?news=rss http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/news/666.htm?news=rss Thu, 26 Jan 2012 17:01:04 GMT http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/news/666.htm?news=rss http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/news/668.htm?news=rss Archives Accreditation Scheme, which will encourage and recognise excellence and development by certifying the achievement of best practice. ]]> Fri, 27 Jan 2012 16:01:23 GMT http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/news/668.htm?news=rss http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/news/667.htm?news=rss HS 9/1089/3) ]]> Fri, 27 Jan 2012 15:01:00 GMT http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/news/667.htm?news=rss http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/news/664.htm?news=rss The National Archives has won a prestigious UK Public Sector Digital Award for legislation.gov.uk. ]]> Fri, 20 Jan 2012 15:01:23 GMT http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/news/664.htm?news=rss http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/news/663.htm?news=rss Discovery, will be launched at the end of this month. Discovery will make it easier to search and use our collection for everyone, from first-time users to experienced researchers. ]]> Fri, 20 Jan 2012 15:01:08 GMT http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/news/663.htm?news=rss http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/news/662.htm?news=rss Tue, 17 Jan 2012 15:01:48 GMT http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/news/662.htm?news=rss http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/news/661.htm?news=rss Thu, 12 Jan 2012 15:01:14 GMT http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/news/661.htm?news=rss http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/news/660.htm?news=rss awarded a grant to digitise BT's physical archive, making almost half a million photographs, documents and correspondence preserved by BT over 165 years available online as part of the New Connections project. ]]> Wed, 11 Jan 2012 15:01:59 GMT http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/news/660.htm?news=rss http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/news/659.htm?news=rss Your Archives, will be closing this year, as we prepare for the full launch of Discovery, our new online catalogue. ]]> Mon, 09 Jan 2012 15:01:43 GMT http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/news/659.htm?news=rss http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/news/658.htm?news=rss 1911census.co.uk and findmypast.co.uk. ]]> Fri, 06 Jan 2012 15:01:23 GMT http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/news/658.htm?news=rss http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/news/656.htm?news=rss sale time at The National Archives' bookshop, with huge discounts available on a wide range of h