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-------- Original Message -------- A2A Update, November 2004 Four new projects contribute catalogues to A2A The November 2004 update to A2A (Access to Archives) has now taken place. 368 catalogues were added to the database - the English strand of the UK archives network at http://www.a2a.org.uk - which now contains more than 7.2 million catalogue entries, in over 83,000 catalogue files, describing archives held in 368 record offices, libraries, museums and other repositories throughout England. Among the new finding aids were the following (including the first contributions from four A2A projects): * A catalogue of title deeds and other papers concerning property in North Mimms, Hertfordshire - with some documents relating to property in Oxfordshire and Berkshire - forming an archive created by the Coningsby and Sibthorp families, among catalogues of family and estate archives contributed through the HLF-funded Hidden Talent project at Hertfordshire Archives and Local Studies; * the summary catalogue of the Carte manuscripts at the Bodleian Library - consisting of seventeenth-century state papers and other archives relating to Ireland and England - contributed through the Religion and Rebellion project, funded by HLF and led by the History of Parliament Trust; * catalogues of a variety of archives at Cornwall Record Office and North Devon Record Office, contributed through the HLF-funded regional South West Access All Areas project; * catalogues of parish records held by the archives services of East and West Sussex, contributed through the Sussex Parish Chest project, funded by HLF; * and a catalogue of the archives of Pembroke House in Hackney and its successor Ealing Lunatic Asylum, where servants of the East India Company could be treated for mental illness during the nineteenth century, among the records of institutions in Britain connected to the East India Company held at the British Library. As part of the Archives Awareness Campaign, a well-received event for the public entitled Routes to Roots: Hackney and Beyond was held at Hackney Museum on 25 October. Children on their half term break and other local residents found out more about A2A and also about the Community Access to Archives Project (CAAP) (see http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/partnerprojects/caap/), Moving Here (see http://www.movinghere.org.uk) and other resources promoted by The National Archives. Staff from Hackney Museum and Hackney Archives Department were at the event to answer their questions with colleagues from The National Archives. Lastly, A2A has now been searched 4.7 million times since launch in 2001, and there have been 10.8 million catalogue downloads as a result. A2A is the English strand of the UK archives network; its database at http://www.a2a.org.uk already contains the electronic equivalent of over 700,000 catalogue pages describing archives held across England in national, local and specialist repositories and dating from the 700s to the present day. The A2A programme will make a further 150,000 catalogue pages available on the web by July 2005. * * * * * * Sarah J A Stark Regional Liaison Co-Ordinator, A2A The National Archives Kew Richmond Surrey TW9 4DU Tel (direct line): 020 8392 5328 Fax: 020 8487 9211 Email: [log in to unmask] www: http://www.a2a.org.uk See also http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/partnerprojects/a2a ... * * * * * * ********************************************************************** National Archives Disclaimer This e-mail message (and attachments) may contain information that is confidential to The National Archives. If you are not the intended recipient you cannot use, distribute or copy the message or attachments. In such a case, please notify the sender by return e-mail immediately and erase all copies of the message and attachments. Opinions, conclusions and other information in this message and attachments that do not relate to the official business of The National Archives are neither given nor endorsed by it. ********************************************************************** -- Abigail Ann Young (Dr), Associate Editor/ Records of Early English Drama/ Victoria College/ 150 Charles Street W/ Toronto Ontario Canada Phone (416) 585-4504/ FAX (416) 813-4093/ [log in to unmask] List-owner of REED-L <http://www.chass.utoronto.ca/~reed/reed-l.html> http://www.chass.utoronto.ca/~reed/reed.html => REED's home page http://www.chass.utoronto.ca/~reed/stage.html => our theatre resource page http://www.chass.utoronto.ca/~young => my home page