National Archives UPDATE below

[Katarzyna]

Thanks Caroline - I know where I will be later - amongst thousands of others I suspect!

[Lin Fisher]

Thanks Caroline,I will be busy today as well.

[cbcarolyn]

I have never used the site - I have ancestry sub, any recommends what is good on there?

[Paulc]

Ordered my first 10 documents brilliant service has to be said

[Caroline]

I have never used the site - I have ancestry sub, any recommends what is good on there?

Pre 1858 wills, military records, manorial records, fire insurance, chancery, inheritance stuff - just stick a name and place in and see what comes up!! Not everything is downloadable by any means and not all you find is on the NA site.

They have copious guides to tell you what is is on there.; https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/...research-guide

Discovery is where you need to search: http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/

[cbcarolyn]

Did try a few names, but got nothing, wasn’t sure if it worked like that, will try a few more.

[cbcarolyn]

I can't view the insurance ones though?
https://discovery.nationalarchives.g...a-21b352f34538
Not the NA?

[cbcarolyn]

and nothing more I can get on this one?

https://discovery.nationalarchives.g...ils/r/C7940055

will have to have a wander through the papers

[annswabey]

The great majority of records at the National Archives aren't online and certainly not the Chancery records you've mentioned, Carolyn. If you want to order the free online records, you just need to click on Find online collections on the home page, then you can filter by category in the list on the LH side of the page. There are also Digital microfilm records on the National Archives site which have always been available for free. These aren't indexed, though, you have search page by page