The National Archives website is now searchable at the touch of a button
The National Archives website is now searchable at the touch of a button
17 May 2006
The National Archives Global Search, the organisation´s most comprehensive online search engine yet, has now gone live. For the first time you can easily access 11 catalogues and databases on the website through one easy search.
Until now, users were required to search each catalogue and database individually in order to retrieve information from the website. Instead, genealogists, family historians, academics and other National Archives users can now start their research from one single point and access a wealth of information at the click of a button.
Jone Garmendia, senior archivist at The National Archives, said:
"This new search facility will make it a lot easier for all users to find what they are looking for - or at least point them in the right direction. We followed current state-of-the-art practice to develop a tool which matched expectations. The National Archives Global Search is the end product."
The National Archives Global Search allows users to easily search across the holdings of The National Archives, local and private archives. The new search engine has a number of useful features such as a "Quick Search" and a breakdown of results into subject categories. For more experienced users there is also an "Advanced Search", and the individual catalogues and databases continue to be searchable online.
The National Archives Global Search brings up results from The National Archives´ website pages, the Catalogue, DocumentsOnline and Access to Archives (A2A). It also searches the Moving Here and Family Records websites, the National Register of Archives (NRA), the ARCHON Directory and online research guides.
To test out The National Archives Global Search yourself, please go to
www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/search
