A2A: The Access to Archives Project

http://www.pro.gov.uk/archives/A2A/default.htm

A2A: The access to archives project intends to create an online national archives catalogue for England. This catalogue will bring together records of national, regional and local importance dating from the twelfth to the twentieth centuries. The catalogue is being created at the Public Record Office and similar projects are being carried out in Wales and Scotland.

A pilot project has been carried out and the interim catalogue which it created is available from the site. The catalogue currently contains details of 42 collections from record offices which participated in the pilot project. Help on how to search the catalogue effectively is available.

The web site provides a host of information about the project; about its aims, infrastructure and methodology, types of records to be included, news, work in progress etc. The web site also maintains a list of links relating to the project, standards, UK sites and other sites of interest.