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- 17 May 2024, 23:22
- Forum: Genealogy chat
- Topic: Summertime closures at the London Metropolitan Archives
- Replies: 0
- Views: 50
Summertime closures at the London Metropolitan Archives
I have just received this message from the LMA "Due to major building works affecting the public research spaces, LMA will be closed from 4:30pm on Thursday 18 July and will re-open at 10am on Monday 5 august 2024".
- 15 May 2024, 00:20
- Forum: Genealogy chat
- Topic: Anomaly in FMP indexing
- Replies: 6
- Views: 143
Re: Anomaly in FMP indexing
Searching for a baptism on FMP in Warrington, I restricted the search to Lancashire, and all that came up was a transcription for the person concerned. Changing the restriction to Cheshire however, brought up the same christening, in the same church as before, but also with an associated image! I k...
- 08 Apr 2024, 22:19
- Forum: Genealogy chat
- Topic: New CEO at TNA
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- Views: 362
New CEO at TNA
Unfortunately he has no background in history, what does that say about TNA?.
https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/abo ... -archives/
https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/abo ... -archives/
- 25 Mar 2024, 00:07
- Forum: Genealogy chat
- Topic: Second World War Army service records
- Replies: 0
- Views: 285
Second World War Army service records
IMO it is really poor to have no less than 207 files in series WO 423 (Other Ranks and Nurses) where the Christian name of the person is missing from TNA's Discovery catalogue and is catalogued as "[Unspecified]", including the one below which has no name at all. WO 423/188943: [1939-1963]...
- 18 Mar 2024, 15:32
- Forum: Genealogy chat
- Topic: Digitisation of Home Guard records
- Replies: 7
- Views: 452
Re: Digitisation of Home Guard records
Yes, alas TNA is a mere shadow of it's past with a lack of experienced staff and woke. An example is the opening of court indictments from 2003 after 19 years when they were supposed to be closed for 100 years and they still haven't sorted it out, they must have known court records are not opened af...
- 18 Mar 2024, 00:22
- Forum: Genealogy chat
- Topic: Digitisation of Home Guard records
- Replies: 7
- Views: 452
Re: Digitisation of Home Guard records
Thank you Adrian Yes we did supply a DC, but only a copy. He was born in 1911 so that doesn't fit. It took a year to get to the point of refusal. I wish I had applied directly to the Army but thought TNA would be quicker!! If I may I will PM you re this. Sally TNA are not dealing well with the FOI ...
- 14 Mar 2024, 19:22
- Forum: Genealogy chat
- Topic: Digitisation of Home Guard records
- Replies: 7
- Views: 452
Re: Digitisation of Home Guard records
This sounds good but the contract will run for 10 years!. We must keep an eye on TNA about the transfer of the original records to TNA and make sure they don't plan to do a 'Ministry of Justice' and destroy the original files when the records are digitised. Given the very poor listing of the Second ...
- 05 Mar 2024, 09:02
- Forum: Genealogy chat
- Topic: TNA closures
- Replies: 0
- Views: 394
TNA closures
TNA will be closed on 23 and 24 March for maintenance as well as opening at 10 am on 13 March.
https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/abo ... arch-2024/
https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/abo ... arch-2024/
- 02 Mar 2024, 19:08
- Forum: Genealogy chat
- Topic: Planned destruction of wills by Ministry of Justice
- Replies: 8
- Views: 3313
Re: Planned destruction of wills by Ministry of Justice
This is the response I got from the Ministry of Justice, I await their response, I see most organisations have put their submissions online but not TNA (assuming they have made any response). !The Government is currently consulting on the storage and retention of original will documents submitted wi...
- 24 Feb 2024, 22:14
- Forum: Genealogy chat
- Topic: Planned destruction of wills by Ministry of Justice
- Replies: 8
- Views: 3313
Re: Planned destruction of wills by Ministry of Justice
We will now see what the MoJ do, will they ignore researchers?. I would really like to see what TNA said to them!!.