> On behalf of the A2A Team, and with apologies for any inconvenience caused
> by cross-posting.
>
> ~~~~~
>
> A2A Update, April 2005
>
> Descriptions of records of a duel fought by William Lord Byron in 1765
> added to the database
>
> The latest update to A2A (Access to Archives) - the English strand of the
> UK archives network at http://www.a2a.org.uk - took place on Thursday 28
> April 2005. 3,380 catalogues were added to A2A. The database now
> contains over 7.7 million catalogue entries, in over 89,000 catalogue
> files, describing archives held in 387 record offices, libraries, museums
> and other repositories all over England.
>
> The new additions at this update include finding aids describing the
> following:
>
> * A wide range of school records held at Northumberland Record Office, and
> parish records held at Teesside Archives, contributed through the
> locally-funded North East regional project Bell, Book and Candle;
> * Records relating to Byron's duel at the Star and Garter on Pall Mall
> from City of Westminster Archives Centre, contributed through the
> HLF-funded project Flesh and Blood;
> * A range of family and estate papers held at Hertfordshire Archives and
> Local Studies, contributed through the HLF-funded project Hidden Talent;
> * Football and Rugby Union club records held at Leicestershire, Leicester
> and Rutland Record Office, and contributed through the East Midlands
> HLF-funded project Home and Abroad;
> * Records of London markets held at Corporation of London Records Office,
> contributed through the HLF-funded project Magpie's Nest in London;
> * A wide range of parish and other local government records held by East
> Riding of Yorkshire Archives and Records Service, contributed through the
> HLF-funded project Reaching Out Across the Riding;
> * a variety of archives held by Dorset Record Office, Gloucestershire
> Record Office, and Plymouth and West Devon Record Office, contributed
> through the South West HLF-funded project South West Access All Areas;
> * the archives of Church of England parishes, held at East Sussex Record
> Office and contributed through the HLF-funded project Sussex Parish Chest;
> * and records of a number of businesses in the Bradford and Kirklees
> areas, held at West Yorkshire Archive Service, and contributed through the
> HLF-funded project Yorkshire Made.
>
> Don't forget that you can restrict your A2A search to the catalogues added
> at this update by using the Dates of Catalogues feature on the standard
> Search page - why not give it a try?
>
> We welcome Mohibur Rahman as System Support Officer, replacing Jinal Shah.
> We would also like to congratulate Sarah Stark on the arrival of Albert
> Edward Christopher on 22 March; Mum, Dad and baby Albert are all doing
> well!
>
> A2A is the English strand of the UK archives network; its database at
> http://www.a2a.org.uk already contains the electronic equivalent of over
> 700,000 catalogue pages describing archives held across England in
> national, local and specialist repositories and dating from the 700s to
> the present day. The A2A programme will make a further 150,000 catalogue
> pages available on the web by July 2005.
>
> ~~~~~
>
> Frieda Midgley
> Senior Archivist and Project Manager
>
> www.nationalarchives.gov.uk
>
> The National Archives
> Kew
> Richmond
> Surrey TW9 4DU
>
> Tel: 020 8392 5330 x2051
> Fax: 020 8487 9211
> E-mail: [log in to unmask]
>
>
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