Some exciting additions include 3.8 million parish and civil registration records from France, 1 million cemetery records from Chile, and over 500,000 civil registration records from Sri Lanka.
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The National Lottery marks its 30th birthday with a stunning 5,400 square meter ‘Heritage Tree’ land-art installation at English Heritage’s Whitby Abbey in Yorkshire.
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The National Archives will add the 19th Amendment – which removed restrictions for women to vote – to the permanent display of the Charters of Freedom in the Rotunda of the National Archives Building in Washington, DC, in March 2026.
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In this exploration of “Genealogy in Fiction,” we will embark on a journey that unveils the significant role genealogy plays in the world of storytelling.
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This autumn, The National Archives invites history lovers to explore the past through a series of engaging onsite and online events.
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