Archive resources

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1911 Census
This is the official census website, in association with The National Archives.

Access to Archives (A2A)
The English strand of the UK archives network containing catalogues describing archives held throughout England and dating from the 900s to the present.

Ancestry.co.uk
Ancestry.co.uk's extensive collection enables members to explore their family history using censuses, birth, marriage and death records, passenger lists, the British phone books, war and parish records.

Arts and Humanities Data Service
A UK national service aiding the discovery, creation and preservation of digital resources in and for research, teaching and learning in the arts and humanities.

Cambridgeshire Community Archives Network
The archives department of Cambridgeshire County Council.

Guildhall Library Manuscripts Section
The local record office for the City of London

Hertfordshire Archives and Local Studies (HALS)
The archives department of Hertfordshire County Council.

Hertfordshire Archive
An index of articles published in Hertfordshire Past and Present, Hertfordshire's Past, and Hertfordshire Countryside.

Hertfordshire Record Society
Publishes texts relating to Hertfordshire that would not otherwise be easily accessible

Heritage Gateway
English Heritage, the Institute of Historic Building Conservation and the Association of Local Government Archaeological Officers are collaborating in a five-year project to build a gateway to England's local and national historic environment records.

Institute of Historical Research, University of London

London Metropolitan Archives
Including the archives of the City of London

Moving History
A research guide to the United Kingdom's twelve public sector moving image archives and their collections