Tuesday 4 October 2011

TNA's New Role

NEWS

Just when I thought the news had passed us by with barely a whimper (and a brief mention on this blog yesterday), The National Archives have 'gone big' with the announcement that they are to take over responsibility for archives across England. They've even set up a new website dedicated to the matter, here.

TNA have also put out an appeal for volunteers to help with the digitisation of World War I war diaries - a truly major project involving one of the institution's most popular resources.

Carmarthen Museum is showing an exhibition set up by the county's archives service entitled Treasures at the Archives: Centuries of Records.  Runs until Christmas - but the only decent online mention I could find was here.

Parish Chest have issued their latest newsletter.  The usual friendly chat, followed by new releases from a host of vendors. Look out for a chance to get a free back copy of Family History Monthly.

And the next few days see the following events coming to towns up and down the land:

And a reminder that the Cleveland FHS get-together at Scotch Corner on 8th October has been cancelled.

WEBSITES

Fans of the Europeana website will be interested to see the site's planned new layout.

ARTICLES

The Family Recorder blog has issued the first in a series of articles on the many available BMD search sites. Definitely worth a look.
 
 

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