The National Archives (TNA) in London is just a stone’s throw from the River Thames. TNA houses billions of records, some dating to 974 and including the will of “Bill” Shakespeare himself. And much is of potential value to the genealogist in the United States and beyond.
The number of digital records on TNA’s site <www.nationalarchives.gov.uk> is growing, but still doesn’t represent close to the archives’ full holdings. Still, staff continue scanning images, hopefully saving you the time and expense of traveling to London in person.
A majority of the site’s roughly 9 million online records relate to British subjects, but individuals from all over the world might find documentation of themselves or their ancestors among them. Researchers can access TNA’s digital archive “across the pond” on the screen of a desktop, laptop, tablet
