100 years ago tonight, the Titanic sank after hitting an iceberg.
More than 1500 people (men, women and children) died as a result; most within minutes of hypothermia in icy water.
The English National Archives is offering a Titanic chat session each day from 2pm to 4pm (British Summer Time) on 17th, 18th, 19th April.
It's worth looking at their Titanic exhibition where there is a free search, too;
at their Titanic Image Showcase of related images
and listening to a 37 minute podcast about the Titanic.
The Library and Archives Canada have a Titanic image gallery on Flickr.
More info on Wikipedia's Titanic article as well as many other sites.
Our latest volume, Coldingham Monumental Inscriptions has been published.
Read our Kith & Kin column every week in the Border Telegraph and Peeblesshire News newspapers.
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Friday, April 13, 2012
Saturday, November 5, 2011
World War I British Nursing Service Records
The (English) National Archives at Kew have released over 15,000 First World War service records for nurses who served in the Queen Alexandra’s Imperial Military Nursing Service, the Queen Alexandra’s Imperial Military Nursing Service (Reserve) and the Territorial Force Nursing Service.
The majority of the records cover the World War I period only, with some records before 1914 and some after 1918, till 1938.
The records show where a nurse trained, references relating to their suitability as military nurses, which hospitals, field ambulances, casualty clearing stations or other medical units they served in, what their superiors thought of them and when they left the services.
I ordered the records for 10 people, then found I couldn't download from the online page. However, the record of my order email contained download buttons to download each link separately and that was easy. However, if you're searching for a common name be careful that the download doesn't overwrite a set of files downloaded earlier.
The records appear to be free at the moment, but how long will that last ?
More information on the nursing service records
and the records for Marjorie Turton or search the nursing service records.
Disability Pension Files contain records relating to nurses.
See also their guide to British Army nurses and nursing services.
The majority of the records cover the World War I period only, with some records before 1914 and some after 1918, till 1938.
The records show where a nurse trained, references relating to their suitability as military nurses, which hospitals, field ambulances, casualty clearing stations or other medical units they served in, what their superiors thought of them and when they left the services.
I ordered the records for 10 people, then found I couldn't download from the online page. However, the record of my order email contained download buttons to download each link separately and that was easy. However, if you're searching for a common name be careful that the download doesn't overwrite a set of files downloaded earlier.
The records appear to be free at the moment, but how long will that last ?
More information on the nursing service records
and the records for Marjorie Turton or search the nursing service records.
Disability Pension Files contain records relating to nurses.
See also their guide to British Army nurses and nursing services.
Thursday, September 2, 2010
New Legislation Website from the English National Archives
The English National Archives recently launched a new Legislation website, www.legislation.gov.uk.
Their news page says it gives "clearer, faster and easier access to legislation, from Magna Carta to the latest statutory instruments. ... you can find details of everything on the statute book, in one place and free of charge."
It goes on to say that "Containing a massive 6.5 million PDF documents, the new website shows both the original version of any piece of UK legislation covering all jurisdictions (England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland) and details of any amendments, so that those accessing it can see how laws have evolved."
That would be a marvellous achievement, but the reality falls a bit shy of the mark.
There is a lot of historical legislation, including many Acts of the Scottish Parliament, on the site, but I found some gaps, and I'm sure there are other missing acts too.
For example, I couldn't find the Scottish Parliament's Act of 1579 'An Act For Punischment of Strang and Idle Beggars, and Reliefe of the Pure and Impotent' or a related act of 1597, or the very important 'An Act for the Amendment and better Administration of the Laws relating to the Relief of the Poor in Scotland' of 1845, or indeed the Savings Bank act of 1835. There other acts I would like to see, but I can't find them without knowing the titles.
Dawn Dean, the Contracts Delivery Manager, in response to my email enquiry, said that the website carries all legislation from 1988 onwards. It also has a selection of earlier, Primary Legislation (i.e. Acts) where such legislation was available in a web-publishable format, however the site is not a comprehensive source of every Statute ever enacted. She also said that they are monitoring demand for legislation they don't hold on the site with a view to including some of the most requested Acts at a later date.
However, what there is, is still very useful. A notable lack is a keyword search in the content of the acts, however this can be done by Google.
To search for the word poorhouse, I entered into Google
poorhouse site:www.legislation.gov.uk
and found that there were 4 items of interest to me.
To comment on this article, please click the 'comments' link below.
Their news page says it gives "clearer, faster and easier access to legislation, from Magna Carta to the latest statutory instruments. ... you can find details of everything on the statute book, in one place and free of charge."
It goes on to say that "Containing a massive 6.5 million PDF documents, the new website shows both the original version of any piece of UK legislation covering all jurisdictions (England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland) and details of any amendments, so that those accessing it can see how laws have evolved."
That would be a marvellous achievement, but the reality falls a bit shy of the mark.
There is a lot of historical legislation, including many Acts of the Scottish Parliament, on the site, but I found some gaps, and I'm sure there are other missing acts too.
For example, I couldn't find the Scottish Parliament's Act of 1579 'An Act For Punischment of Strang and Idle Beggars, and Reliefe of the Pure and Impotent' or a related act of 1597, or the very important 'An Act for the Amendment and better Administration of the Laws relating to the Relief of the Poor in Scotland' of 1845, or indeed the Savings Bank act of 1835. There other acts I would like to see, but I can't find them without knowing the titles.
Dawn Dean, the Contracts Delivery Manager, in response to my email enquiry, said that the website carries all legislation from 1988 onwards. It also has a selection of earlier, Primary Legislation (i.e. Acts) where such legislation was available in a web-publishable format, however the site is not a comprehensive source of every Statute ever enacted. She also said that they are monitoring demand for legislation they don't hold on the site with a view to including some of the most requested Acts at a later date.
However, what there is, is still very useful. A notable lack is a keyword search in the content of the acts, however this can be done by Google.
To search for the word poorhouse, I entered into Google
poorhouse site:www.legislation.gov.uk
and found that there were 4 items of interest to me.
To comment on this article, please click the 'comments' link below.
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