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Discovery holds more than 32 million descriptions of records held by The National Archives and more than 2,500 archives across the country. Over 9 million records are available for download.

Frequent searches

• World War One army service records
• Escape and evasion reports
• Passenger lists
• Merchant navy service
• World War One army war diaries
• Poor law
• Naturalisation
• Muster books

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The Manorial Documents Register is the official index to English and Welsh manorial records. It provides brief descriptions of documents and details of their locations in public and private hands.