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> Archival Treasures Accessible Online
>
> Access to Archives (A2A), an online catalogue of the vast archival
resources
> of England was launched yesterday at the Public Record Office.
>
> This will be an invaluable source of information on our archival heritage,
> brought together for the first time in one place allowing researchers to
> locate documents with a few mouse clicks. It consists of catalogues
> describing the archives of local record offices, university archives and
> special repositories across the whole of England. These catalogues are
the
> key to the archives they describe and will make locating specific
documents
> a much easier task. They include links to contact details of the
> repositories where the archives are located
>
> A2A's powerful search engine will enable researchers to locate documents
> across the country using a variety of methods including keywords. For
> example, a search for Christopher Marlowe will, among other things, locate
a
> document relating to his assault in Canterbury in 1591; a foot and mouth
> keyword may lead you to a Bedfordshire Clerk of the Peace who was paid
extra
> during a nineteenth century epidemic of the disease.
>
> A2A is the result of a collaborative venture led by the Public Record
> Office, the Historical Manuscripts Commission, and the British Library.
A2A
> aims to provide an archive network for England by March 2002, when 8
million
> catalogue entries will be searchable online via a single web access point
> www.a2a.pro.gov.uk.
>
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>
>
> Notes
> * A2A is part of the United Kingdom archive network. It is led by
the
> Public Record Office, the Historical Manuscripts Commission, and the
British
> Library, working with the National Council on Archives, Regional Archives
> Councils, the Association of Chief Archivists in Local Government, and the
> Society of Archivists.
> * The A2A Central Team and infrastructure is funded by a grant from
HM
> Treasury's Invest to Save Budget (ISB). Some individual A2A projects have
> received additional funding from the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF).
>
> Cathy West
> Assistant Press Officer
> Public Record Office
> 0208 392 5277
>
>
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