UK archives online

Conducting research from afar generally means finding material first. Here’s a growing list of UK archives with online catalogues. You can even ‘follow’ and ‘like’ a LOT of these places on Facebook!

Multi-site search engines:

• A2A / The National Archives
• Archives Hub

Find a researcher:

• thru The National Archives
• thru Plymouth & West Devon Record Office
• thru Association of Genealogists and Researchers in Archives (includes geographical-location listings)

(while I cannot ‘recommend’ a researcher from the above, I have had contact with a researcher in New York City and in northern California; if those places are of use to you, email me!)

UK public archives (alphabetical):

• Bath [see also Somerset]
• Berkshire
• Birmingham
• Bristol
• Cambridgeshire / Huntingdonshire
• Camden
• Cornwall
• Cumbria
• Devon
• East Riding Yorkshire [coming soon]
• Essex (SEAX)
• Gloucestershire
• Hampshire
• Kent
• London Metropolitan
• Norfolk (NROCAT)
• Northumberland
• North Yorkshire
• Nottinghamshire
• Plymouth and West Devon
• Shropshire
• Somerset or Somerset
• Staffordshire
• Surrey
• Warwickshire
  • Windows on Warwickshire
• Westminster (City of) (WESTCAT)
• Wiltshire and Swindon
  • Wiltshire Heritage
    • Macklin Sketches (a Smith & Gosling item)

Wales:

• Archives Wales

Scotland:

• Aberdeen / Aberdeenshire
• National Archives of Scotland
• Scottish Archive Network

Ireland / Northern Ireland:

• National Library of Ireland
• Proni

University (alphabetical):

• Bangor
• Bristol

Other:

• British Library
• LSE Library
• British Museum
• Royal Northern College of Music
• Royal Museums Greenwich (includes National Maritime Museum)
• British Postal Museum & Archives
• Lists of Online Catalogues (via Cambridge University)

Let me know about any site updates — or additions & suggestions!
in the meantime, here’s a google search page