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A-Z of Military Museums

Holdings, locations, and contact information from the official Army web page of the United Kingdom. Particularly rich in information on regimental museums.

Anglo-American Legal Tradition

More than 8,500,000 documents from Medieval and Early Modern England (1201-1879) from the National Archives in London digitized and displayed through The O'Quinn Law Library of the University of Houston Law Center by license of the National Archives sponsored by the University of Houston Law Center and by the University of Houston Department of History.

Archives Hub

Searchable online descriptions of the various archives held by over a dozen institutes of higher education in the United Kingdom.

Archives Hub

The Archives Hub is an online gateway to the descriptions of archives held in UK universities, colleges and research institutes (often called

Archives in Focus

Introductory guide to archives in the UK.

Ashmolean Museum of Art & Archaeology

Border Force National Museum - Seized! The Border and Customs uncovered

The museum at Merseyside, England has an associated library which includes resources of interest to the family historian researching their excise officer or customs official ancestors. Previously known as the HM Customs & Excise National Museum.

BP Archive Unit

BT Archives

From British Telecomunications.

Catholic Archives Society - Diocesan Archives

List of diocesan archives in the United Kingdom.

Centre for Urban History

From the University of Leicester.

Family History Centres in the UK and Ireland

FamilySearch Catalog

From the FamilySearch web site, an online catalog to the holdings of Family History Library in Salt Lake City, Utah. Microfilm loans can be ordered and then sent to your local Family History Center.

FamilySearch Wiki - Britain and Ireland Family History Centres

Guildhall Library Manuscripts Collection

Hudson's Bay Company Archives (HBCA)

A division of the Archives of Manitoba, is home to one of Canada's national treasures - the records of the Hudson's Bay Company (HBC).

Huguenot Library | Library Services - UCL – University College London

The collection focuses on the history of the Huguenots in Great Britain and Ireland, but the library holds material on a much wider span of Huguenot-related-topics, and covers the history of the Huguenots in France and the wider diaspora.

Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales

John Johnson Collection of Printed Ephemera

At the Bodleian Library, University of Oxford. The John Johnson Collection of Printed Ephemera is one of the largest and most important collections of printed ephemera in the world. ‘Printed ephemera’ is an umbrella term for everyday printed items that are produced for short-term use and normally then thrown away, such as advertisements, greetings cards, programmes, menus, tickets and election leaflets.

Lambeth Palace Library

London.