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	The National Archives home page ([http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk www.nationalarchives.gov.uk]) is informative and filled with options for searching more than just the UK National Archives. This page can be overwhelming for a first time user so this article explains the steps to conduct a search. These steps will describe some of the categories under key tabs and how to input search terms that will yield results. The National Archvies website is constantly evolving with pictures, quick links and banners. Though colours, menus, and the layout change as the site develops, the site usually has a navigation bar with tabs just under their logo at the top of the home page. As of February 2012, genealogists will mostly use the two tabs, [http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/education/ Education] and [http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/records/ Records].		The National Archives home page ([http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk www.nationalarchives.gov.uk]) is informative and filled with options for searching more than just the UK National Archives. This page can be overwhelming for a first time user so this article explains the steps to conduct a search. These steps will describe some of the categories under key tabs and how to input search terms that will yield results. The National Archvies website is constantly evolving with pictures, quick links and banners. Though colours, menus, and the layout change as the site develops, the site usually has a navigation bar with tabs just under their logo at the top of the home page. As of February 2012, genealogists will mostly use the two tabs, [http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/education/ Education] and [http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/records/ Records].
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		+	TNA is working to digitize many of their records previously on microfilm. A list of these records is available at [http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/records/digital-microfilm.htm Digitized Microfilm].

	==== [http://nationalarchives.gov.uk/education/ Education Tab] ====		==== [http://nationalarchives.gov.uk/education/ Education Tab] ====
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−	}}	+	}} On TNA home page choose the Education grey tab to see a list of topics and recent TNA news items. A second set of tabs give access to further information. As of Feb 2012, the secondary tabs are lessons, workshops, videoconverences, virtual classrooms, and professional development. These taught sessions and online resources are designed for schools, students, and teachers. While workshops are for those who can visit TNA in person, the videoconferences are carried out online. Both have a limited number of participants and are usually booked six to eight months ahead.
−	On TNA home page choose the Education grey tab to see a list of topics and recent TNA news items. A second set of tabs give access to further information. As of Feb 2012, the secondary tabs are lessons, workshops, videoconverences, virtual classrooms, and professional development. These taught sessions and online resources are designed for schools, students, and teachers. While workshops are for those who can visit TNA in person, the videoconferences are carried out online. Both have a limited number of participants and are usually booked six to eight months ahead.	+

	===== [http://media.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ Podcasts]<br> =====		===== [http://media.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ Podcasts]<br> =====
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	The Catalogues and online records tab gives a fuller list of records and indexes available online, including many on The National Archives partner sites such as FindMyPast, Ancestry, and BMDRegisters. Some available on the TNA web site which are of use to genealogists include:		The Catalogues and online records tab gives a fuller list of records and indexes available online, including many on The National Archives partner sites such as FindMyPast, Ancestry, and BMDRegisters. Some available on the TNA web site which are of use to genealogists include:

−	*[http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/mdr/ Manorial Documents Register] (MDR) - identifies the nature and location of manorial records. The records listed include court rolls, surveys, maps, terriers, and all other documents relating to the boundaries, franchises, wastes, customs or courts of a manor. Title deeds are not included. The MDR is partially online – all of Wales, Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, Cumberland, Dorset, Gloucestershire, Hampshire and the Isle of Wight, Hertfordshire, Middlesex, Norfolk, Nottinghamshire, Shropshire, Surrey, Westmorland, Yorkshire (all three Ridings~~), and that part of Lancashire north of the Sands (the Furness area, part of Cumbria since 1974~~) are available online as of ~~January 2012~~.	+	*[http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/mdr/ Manorial Documents Register] (MDR) - identifies the nature and location of manorial records. The records listed include court rolls, surveys, maps, terriers, and all other documents relating to the boundaries, franchises, wastes, customs or courts of a manor. Title deeds are not included. The MDR is partially online – all of Wales, Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, Cumberland, Dorset, Gloucestershire, Hampshire and the Isle of Wight, Hertfordshire, Lancashire, Middlesex, Norfolk, Nottinghamshire, Shropshire, Surrey, Warwickshire, Westmorland, Yorkshire (all three Ridings) are available online as of June 2013.
	*[http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/e179/ Taxation Records (E 179)] - search for The National Archives holdings of tax records for any given place from the 13th to 17th centuries. NOTE: requires two searches - first to identify the place, then second to see what tax records TNA has for that place. Identifies the records, but records themselves are not indexed by name, nor are they available online.<br>		*[http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/e179/ Taxation Records (E 179)] - search for The National Archives holdings of tax records for any given place from the 13th to 17th centuries. NOTE: requires two searches - first to identify the place, then second to see what tax records TNA has for that place. Identifies the records, but records themselves are not indexed by name, nor are they available online.<br>
	*[http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/equity/ Equity Pleadings (C6)] - search over 30,000 court cases from the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries by name, place, or subject.<br>		*[http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/equity/ Equity Pleadings (C6)] - search over 30,000 court cases from the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries by name, place, or subject.<br>
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	===== [http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/records/atoz/ Browse our research guidance ] <br> =====		===== [http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/records/atoz/ Browse our research guidance ] <br> =====

−	This tab leads to an A-Z page, and each letter page contains a list of subjects for which in-depth research guides are available. These guides help explain what records are available at TNA for the subjects listed, the time period covered, what the records contain, and how to access them.''' '''	+	This tab leads to an A-Z page, and each letter page contains a list of subjects for which in-depth research guides are available. These guides help explain what records are available at TNA for the subjects listed, the time period covered, what the records contain, and how to access them.''' '''

−	=== The Catalogue ===	+	=== Discovery (formerly The Catalogue) ===

−	The Catalogue ~~is being~~ replaced in 2012 by a new service called [http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/SearchUI/ Discovery]~~. Until then, [http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue the Catalogue] is the central focus for all National Archive quests~~. An archive catalogue is not like a library catalogue. The difference must be understood before undertaking any search. In libraries books are organized by subject classifications, i.e. history, biographies, but archives are arranged by collections or in the case of the The National Archives by the government department or branch of the English legal system which created or collected them. These are indicated by letter codes (e.g. WO - War Office, C - Chancery, or WARD - Court of Wards and Livery). Within each departmental letter code the records are divided into separate series, indicated by series numbers. The series numbers are usually assigned sequentially and have no significance other than assisting in finding records. A department letter code plus series number is called a ''class number'' (e.g. WARD 4). Class or series numbers are further divided into bundles or pieces. Within a piece, records are often numbered by page, sheet, folio, quire or some other reference number.	+	The Catalogue was replaced in 2012 by a new service called [http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/SearchUI/ Discovery]. An archive catalogue is not like a library catalogue. The difference must be understood before undertaking any search. In libraries books are organized by subject classifications, i.e. history, biographies, but archives are arranged by collections or in the case of the The National Archives by the government department or branch of the English legal system which created or collected them. These are indicated by letter codes (e.g. WO - War Office, C - Chancery, or WARD - Court of Wards and Livery). Within each departmental letter code the records are divided into separate series, indicated by series numbers. The series numbers are usually assigned sequentially and have no significance other than assisting in finding records. A department letter code plus series number is called a ''class number'' (e.g. WARD 4). Class or series numbers are further divided into bundles or pieces. Within a piece, records are often numbered by page, sheet, folio, quire or some other reference number.

	A full document reference is needed to view original documents or microfilm, or to order copies. This is in the form of the department letter code, followed by the series number and then the piece number, in the following format - ADM 175/103 or MH 12/1453. In some cases a piece has been further divided in separate items, and the item number forms part of the full reference eg HO 144/300/B2931		A full document reference is needed to view original documents or microfilm, or to order copies. This is in the form of the department letter code, followed by the series number and then the piece number, in the following format - ADM 175/103 or MH 12/1453. In some cases a piece has been further divided in separate items, and the item number forms part of the full reference eg HO 144/300/B2931

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