The National Archives Podcast Series
The National Archives Podcast Series will remain live, but will not be updated with new content. For new podcasts from us head over to On the Record at The National Archives.
- Update frequency
- every 11 days
- Average duration
- 41 minutes
- Episodes
- 544
- Years Active
- 2006 - 2022
Tracing Scottish ancestors
Holding records for Scotland from the union in 1707, The National Archives holds documents on many of our Scottish ancestors. Find out how to go about discovering them in this talk by Audrey Collins.
00:52:37 |
Fri 06 Mar 2009
Dissecting and cataloguing medical officers' journals in ADM 101
Bruno Pappalardo introduces the collection of medical officers' journals found in ADM 101. These journals give a detailed insight into a ship's daily activities, as well as the science and wildlife t…
00:14:33 |
Fri 27 Feb 2009
Royal Air Force service records
Last year saw the 90th anniversary of the establishment of the Royal Air Force. The records of thousands of men (and women) who served in the RAF and its predecessors during the First World War are h…
00:40:21 |
Fri 20 Feb 2009
Kapow! Fifties Britain versus the comics menace
In the mid 1950s Britain woke up to the threat of an invasion: "American style" comics were accused of ruining the reading habits of vulnerable children across the country and even inciting racism an…
00:53:31 |
Tue 17 Feb 2009
Irish land records - British Sign Language video
With the loss of the 19th century census returns for Ireland, Sharon Hintze guides us through the alternative sources for family historians researching their Irish ancestors.
00:43:14 |
Fri 06 Feb 2009
Irish land records
With the loss of the 19th century census returns for Ireland, Sharon Hintze guides us through the alternative sources for family historians researching their Irish ancestors.
00:43:14 |
Fri 06 Feb 2009
Civil registration and beyond - British Sign Language Video
The National Archives' Audrey Collins takes civil registration as her topic and reveals some of the little-known facts and stories behind the records.
00:56:58 |
Fri 30 Jan 2009
Civil registration and beyond
The National Archives' Audrey Collins takes civil registration as her topic and reveals some of the little-known facts and stories behind the records.
00:56:58 |
Fri 30 Jan 2009
The Manorial Documents Register
Liz Hart, from the National Advisory Service, provides an introduction to the various types of manorial records and offers a practical guide to using the Manorial Documents Register.
00:33:34 |
Fri 23 Jan 2009
The Manorial Documents Register - British Sign Language Video
Liz Hart, from the National Advisory Service, provides an introduction to the various types of manorial records and offers a practical guide to using the Manorial Documents Register.
00:33:34 |
Fri 23 Jan 2009
Introducing the 1911 census - British Sign Language Video
Mark Pearsall is a family history specialist at The National Archives. Here he provides an introduction to the newly released 1911 census and tells us how invaluable it will be for family historians.
00:07:14 |
Thu 15 Jan 2009
Child emigration to Canada
Find out about the British child emigration schemes from 1618 to 1967 as Roger Kershaw examines the reasons and the records behind the schemes to Canada, Australia, South Africa and beyond.
00:38:26 |
Fri 09 Jan 2009
Child emigration to Canada - BSL Sign Language Video
Find out about the British child emigration schemes from 1618 to 1967 as Roger Kershaw examines the reasons and the records behind the schemes to Canada, Australia, South Africa and beyond.
00:38:26 |
Fri 09 Jan 2009
New files From 1978
Contemporary historian Mark Dunton discusses the release of high-profile records from 1978, which provide fascinating insight into the thinking of key government figures in the run-up to the Winter o…
00:13:13 |
Tue 30 Dec 2008
New files From 1978 - BSL Sign Language Video
Contemporary historian Mark Dunton discusses the release of high-profile records from 1978, which provide fascinating insight into the thinking of key government figures in the run-up to the Winter o…
00:13:13 |
Tue 30 Dec 2008
Filling the gaps
Professor Peter Hennessey presents records officers and information managers as 'unsung heroes' in providing historians, such as himself, with rich collections to use. He also discusses the hugely su…
00:28:12 |
Thu 18 Dec 2008
Merchant Navy operational records
Janet Dempsey examines the wealth of records which deal with the tragedy, terror, heroism and honour of the Merchant Navy in both World Wars.
00:25:52 |
Fri 12 Dec 2008
Cabinet Papers, 1915-1977
Laura Withey (Project Manager) and Dr. Ed Hampshire (Records Specialist) talk about this exciting new project, the new web pages and the records being made available online for the first time.
00:17:48 |
Thu 04 Dec 2008
The real Little Dorrit: Charles Dickens and the debtors' prison - British Sign Language video
David Thomas examines the reality behind Charles Dickens' fiction - what were Victorian debtors' prisons really like and how accurate was Dickens' portrayal of them?
00:47:54 |
Fri 28 Nov 2008
The real Little Dorrit: Charles Dickens and the debtors' prison
David Thomas examines the reality behind Charles Dickens' fiction - what were Victorian debtors' prisons really like and how accurate was Dickens' portrayal of them?
00:47:54 |
Fri 28 Nov 2008
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