All posts AudioAn introduction to the eighth tranche of colonial administration records released at The National ArchivesFriday 29 November 2013Diplomatic and Colonial Records Specialist David Gilfoyle introduces the eighth and final tranche of...AudioBig Ideas: Searching the unsearchableMonday 25 November 2013Colour, pattern and texture are all ‘content’ but are not searchable like written text....AudioThe Treaty of UtrechtFriday 22 November 2013The Treaty of Utrecht, agreed in the spring of 1713, brought an end to...AudioCoronationsTuesday 19 November 2013References in the public records to coronations date back to the late 12th century...AudioDeath and taxes: understanding the death duty registersFriday 15 November 2013For over 100 years, from 1796 to 1903, the Inland Revenue maintained a series...AudioWilliam Hardin Burnley and Caribbean slaveryTuesday 12 November 2013William Hardin Burnley, the biggest slave owner in Trinidad, did everything in his power...AudioWriter of the month: Researching untold historiesTuesday 5 November 2013Dr Kathleen Chater discusses her book Researching Untold Histories: Black people in England and...AudioFrom Stephenson to Suburbia: the Socio-Economic Impacts of the Coming of the Railways to the ChilternsTuesday 29 October 2013Using current PhD research, Rudi Newman’s talk demonstrates that for rural Hertfordshire, Bedfordshire and...AudioEngineering office staffTuesday 29 October 2013Focusing on some of the drawing and engineering offices, Tim Procter’s talk examines the...AudioSelling the age of the train: British Rail passenger marketing and travel in Britain in the 1960s–70sTuesday 29 October 2013By exploring a wide range of historical records, this talk aims to tell the story...AudioThe Battle of FloddenFriday 25 October 2013500 years ago, English and Scottish armies fought a massive battle near Flodden on...AudioImmigrant Ancestors Project: indexed collections from The National ArchivesMonday 21 October 2013Family history majors at Brigham Young University intern at various repositories of European countries... « 1 … 32 33 34 35 36 … 91 »