Can you search The National Archives for free?
You will be required to register for a free account on our website and be logged in to be able to download documents. To find records that are available to download for free, filter your search results in Discovery to include records that are ‘available for download only’.
Can you search The National Archives online?
Go to the Catalog main page at: www.archives.gov/research/catalog/. Conduct a search for the records of interest to you. You can search by keyword, National Archives Identifier (NAID), or type of archival material.
What is Discovery National Archives?
Discovery is The National Archives’ catalogue. It provides a way to explore archival collections from The National Archives and more than 2,500 archives across the UK. Discovery has been designed to host, search and display the many different databases and datasets held both at The National Archives and other archives.
What is TNA discovery?
What is Discovery? Discovery holds more than 32 million descriptions of records held by The National Archives and more than 2,500 archives across the country. Over 9 million records are available for download.
How do I find government reports?
Recommended Databases
- govinfo.gov. Govinfo provides free public access to official publications from all three branches of the Federal Government.
- Catalog of Government Publications.
- Military and Government Collection.
Can you search in an archive?
You can perform a full text search from the public archive-it.org site by clicking on the “Search Page Text” tab, either from the “Explore” page, which will allow you to search the full text of all partners’ collections, or from a specific collecting organization or collection page.
How do I search archives?
Archives.gov – searches web pages on Archives.gov. Authority Records – searches Organization and Person Name authority records. Archival Descriptions with Digital Objects – searches catalog records with a digital copy of the records available online.
How do I access the British archives?
All these records can be searched through Discovery, The National Archives online catalogue at discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ Original documents can be viewed onsite and some records from popular collections can be downloaded onto your own computer. There is a modest fee for downloads and some are free.
Can anyone look at the National Archives?
There is a link from the Discovery homepage to the Browse page. From here you can browse records held by: The National Archives – by the government department who created or inherited the records. other archives and institutions who have taken in the records.
How can I access public records UK?
There are endless ways for finding public records in the UK. The National Archives is home to millions of government records. Birth and death certificates, naturalisation records, and all other forms of government records are available online at the National Archives website.