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EXplanatory re records and searches
'''The UK National Archives''' (formerly The Public Records Office) collection of records is vast, so please visit their [http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ website], where the archive can be searched. Records useful from a genealogical perspective include census records, military papers, passenger lists and [[Wills, Administrations, Probate and Inventories|wills]] amongst many other categories.
The National Archives do not hold births, deaths and marriages civil registration information, these are at the [[General Register Office]], but the indexes can be consulted at TNA. The Family Records Centre has now closed and its services have transferred to TNA. However, the National Archives will be home to the London [[Family Search Centres|Family Search Centre]] until, at least, the early part of 2013 and [[LDS]] films can be accessed there. Search [http://www.londonfhc.org/ here]to check films held on site.
==Remote Access to Records==
*The National Archives can be searched from the [http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ main page]
*Also useful is the new [http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/SearchUI/ search facility, Discovery] which is currently (2012) in test mode but is designed to make searching [http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/ the catalogue]easier
*[http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/a2a The Access to Archives ] section of the National Archives website is a portal to enable searching of other archives in England and Wales. This search facility can be used to search the [[India Office Records]] catalogue held at the British Library (see link below).
