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It has responsibility for the Manorial Documents Register and the National Register of Archives (NRA) and has been working to inventory records that are in archives and private collections. The National Register of Archives (NRA) which includes over 191,000 lists of manuscript collections and close to 5,000 finding aids and annual reports from various repositories. These lists are indexed and can be searched online at [http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/nra/default.asp National Register of Archives]. Part of the Manorial Documents Register is also online at [http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/mdr/?WT.lp=sa-33619 Manorial Documents Register]  
It has responsibility for the Manorial Documents Register and the National Register of Archives (NRA) and has been working to inventory records that are in archives and private collections. The National Register of Archives (NRA) which includes over 191,000 lists of manuscript collections and close to 5,000 finding aids and annual reports from various repositories. These lists are indexed and can be searched online at [http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/nra/default.asp National Register of Archives]. Part of the Manorial Documents Register is also online at [http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/mdr/?WT.lp=sa-33619 Manorial Documents Register]  


The Family History Library has a topographical index to the reports of the Royal Commission on Historical Manuscripts on microfiche {{FHL|119923|title-id|disp=6021002 through 6021002}}. These indexes are divided into three sections: people, businesses, and organizations. The commission has also published several inventories and reports, some of which are available through the Family History Library. Look in the Author/Title Search of the library catalog under “Royal Commission on Historical Manuscripts.” Also check the Locality search under:
The Family History Library has a topographical index to the reports of the Royal Commission on Historical Manuscripts on microfiche {{FHL|119923|title-id|disp=6021002 through 6021002}}. These indexes are divided into three sections: people, businesses, and organizations. The commission has also published several inventories and reports, some of which are available through the Family History Library. Look in the Author/Title Search of the library catalog under “Royal Commission on Historical Manuscripts.”
 
GREAT BRITAIN - HISTORY - SOURCES
 
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Many of the records described by the commission have changed hands since being examined. For information about the present location of records surveyed by the commission see:


*The Royal Commission on Historical Manuscripts. Guides to Sources for British History based on the National Register of Archives. ''Guide To The Location Of Collections Described in the Reports and Calendars Series 1870-1980''. London: Her Majesty’s Stationery Office. 1982. (Family History Library book {{FHL|20593|title-id|disp=942 H25gs vol.3}}; computer number 0204994, BYU Family History Library book '''DA 30 .X1 G84'''.)
*The Royal Commission on Historical Manuscripts. Guides to Sources for British History based on the National Register of Archives. ''Guide To The Location Of Collections Described in the Reports and Calendars Series 1870-1980''. London: Her Majesty’s Stationery Office. 1982. (Family History Library book {{FHL|20593|title-id|disp=942 H25gs vol.3}}; computer number 0204994, BYU Family History Library book '''DA 30 .X1 G84'''.)
Information is also accessible through the [http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/Archives.html GENUKI Web site].
'''British Pathé''' - newsreel archive {{URL|http://www.britishpathe.com/}}


==Record Offices==
==Record Offices==
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