Explore the research guides – step-by-step
When we’re researching our family history we will have a mission in mind – a question that we want to answer. Yet we won’t necessarily know which records are available to help us. This is where TNA’s Research Guides come into their own. Follow the steps below to see how useful they are in helping you find the record you need from among the millions at TNA.
1 Visit https://discovery. nationalarchives.gov.uk/ and scroll down to ‘Research guides’ on the right-hand side
2 Choose the letter that you think might be most appropriate to you. In this example we’ve selected ‘P’ – and a list of all the ‘P’ key words is displayed