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The Public Record Office [a] (abbreviated as PRO, pronounced as three letters and referred to as the PRO), Chancery Lane in the City of London, was the guardian of the national archives of the United Kingdom from 1838 until 2003, when it was merged with the Historical Manuscripts Commission to form The National Archives, based in Kew.
The Digital Library of Georgia (DLG) is an online public collection of documents and media about the history and culture of the state of Georgia, United States.The collection includes more than a million digitized objects from more than 200 Georgia-related collections.
The Georgia Archives was established on August 20, 1918, after a prolonged effort on the part of the Archives' first director, Lucian Lamar Knight. [2] The Archives occupied a balcony in the State Capitol Building for twelve years until 1930, when furniture magnate Amos G. Rhodes left his home, "Rhodes Hall", to the state.
On 21 June 2006, it was announced that the National Archives' staff and residual services at the FRC would be relocating to the National Archives at Kew by the end of 2008. [1] Official press releases were vague about plans for the births, marriages and deaths indexes housed on the ground floor.
This is a list of archives in the United Kingdom. As of 2009 [update] there were 122 national, 654 local, 328 university, 1,224 special and 61 business archives. [ 1 ]
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The Richmond and Kew plots, comprising a large marsh only suitable for rice farming, did not see development until slavery was legalized in 1749. [3] In 1772, the plantations were the most valuable in the parish with British loyalist Alexander Wright, son of governor of the Province of Georgia James Wright, purchasing the land for 10,500 Pound sterling.
The majority of information available on the asylum comes from the Kew's official records which are now held by the Public Record Office Victoria. [38] Some of the early documents are open (or part open) to the public for viewing such as admission books, case notes, registers, and medical journals.