This letter, the first claiming to have been written by ‘Jack the Ripper’, was sent to the Central News Agency on 25th September 1888. It was addressed ‘Dear Boss’ and was written in red ink. The letter was forwarded to Scotland Yard.
Some of our most popular resources are held at the Family Records Centre in Islington and other records are held at Kew. You can find out about where records are held by looking on the FamilyRecords.gov website.
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Pathways to the Past is the lifelong learning section of The National Archives. Whether you are at university, evening class, pursuing the history of your own family or just curious about an historical topic, Pathways to the Past offers opportunities to learn about history and its sources.
For more details go to the link on the rhs
Find out if your granny was a suffragette or discover who lived in your house 100 years ago! Fancy chilling out to some 1950s jazz, brushing up on your ‘O’ level Latin or learning how to save that fading family photo? Enjoy a fun event this autumn with Archive Awareness Campaign www.archiveawareness.com and find out what lies inside your local archive.
Led by The National Archives, the National Council on Archives and the Museums, Libraries and Archives Council, Archive Awareness Campaign runs right through the autumn. Hundreds of archives across the UK are throwing open their doors and inviting everyone in to take part in some fantastic events and discover a little bit of their own history.
You can try tracing your family history – a host of experts are on hand to help you get started - or opt for a local history activity - create your own map at Essex Record Office or learn about thieves, con-artists and prostitutes of the past at Tyne and Weir Archive Services. If you are up for an adventure you can travel the world through an exhibition of adventure at the British Motor Industry Heritage Trust.
Take the chance to discover the weird and wonderful facts from the archives:
Did you know that among its records, Lincolnshire Archives holds a set of five keys to the Ladies Lavatories of the Sands Pavilion built on the foreshore at Skegness in 1914!
To discover more or look for an event near you go to www.archiveawareness.com
We regret that The National Archives at Kew will not be open for the public to visit on Friday 5 November 2004.
Due to a national strike by members of the Public and Commercial Services Union, it has been decided on health and safety grounds to take this step.
We will be open again as usual on Saturday 6 November 2004.
We would remind you that all our online services are available as usual and hope that you will make full use of these.
We apologise for the interruption in our services.
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People of African and Asian origin have lived in Britain for at least two thousand years. But this aspect of our heritage has been largely forgotten. By presenting a selection of relevant records held by The National Archives and other sources, the Black Presence exhibition aims to reclaim some of this history and make it more widely known.
Go to http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/pathways/blackhistory/
Experience life in a real Victorian cell. Come face to face with Stirling’s notorious hangman! Real history performances bring the past life.
Hopetoun House situated near to South Queensferry on the Forth is one of Scotland’s finest Stately Homes and well worth a visit. It is the seat of the Marquesses of Linlithgow.
Welcome to the Clan Donald Genealogy Database maintained by Roddy Macdonald of the Clan Donald Society of Edinburgh. The project aims to bring the work of the Reverend Doctors Archibald Macdonald of Killearnan and Angus Macdonald of Kiltarlity (Clan Donald, 3 Volumes, Inverness,1896-1904) and Donald J. Macdonald of Castleton (Clan Donald, Loanhead, 1978) up to date in an easily accessible format.
For more go to the link on the rhs
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