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Our public server has now been repaired and is functioning again. I am sorry for any inconvenience caused. ARCHON <http://www.hmc.gov.uk/archon/archon.htm> now offers new means of access. In addition to the search option by code, name, town and county there is a new browse option. There are alphabetical listings of repositories for the constituent countries in the British Isles. Users may also click on a map, which bears a close resemblance to the one used by the 24Hour Museum. This also provides listings for the English regions. ARCHON now contains information for more than two thousand repositories, worldwide, with holdings of British archives. Seven hundred and fifty of these have websites. You may wish to add a link to ARCHON from your own website. The following summary may be of use: 'ARCHON is the principal information gateway for UK archivists and users of manuscript sources for British history. It is hosted and maintained by the Historical Manuscripts Commission.' 'From here you can access information on all repositories in the United Kingdom and all those repositories throughout the world which have collections of manuscripts which are noted in the indexes to the UK National Register of Archives. In addition, archivists can access information on archival organisations and initiatives through the web page links.' If your organisation is not featured in ARCHON, or if the contact, access or NRA information is not accurate, please let us know. A checklist can be found at <http://www.hmc.gov.uk/archon/CHECK.htm>. Revised means of access to the National Register of Archives are expected to be released next month. Dick Sargent Director of the National Register of Archives Historical Manuscripts Commission Quality House, Quality Court, Chancery Lane London WC2A 1HP tel 020 7242 1198 fax 020 7831 3550 email [log in to unmask] website http://www.hmc.gov.uk %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%