mebu Posted 8 April , 2020 Share Posted 8 April , 2020 Looks like no change, I've paid a few £3.50s over the last 48 hours. Peter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coldstreamer Posted 8 April , 2020 Share Posted 8 April , 2020 Booooo ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dai Bach y Sowldiwr Posted 8 April , 2020 Share Posted 8 April , 2020 Perhaps it's an aspiration rather than a promise? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coldstreamer Posted 8 April , 2020 Share Posted 8 April , 2020 Or the longest april fool joke ever Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buffnut453 Posted 9 April , 2020 Share Posted 9 April , 2020 (edited) I just downloaded an 8th Div Medical Services file and was billed as per usual. No freebie for me today. :( Edited 9 April , 2020 by Buffnut453 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
laughton Posted 9 April , 2020 Share Posted 9 April , 2020 I found their blog entry for 9 April 2020 which refers to the digitized records. There is no mention of the service being free. https://blog.nationalarchives.gov.uk/researching-while-the-archive-is-closed-visual-collections/ Quote Digitised records In a few cases, visual records have already been digitised and are available through the catalogue. You can locate these records by filtering your research results to include those results ‘available for download only’. For example COPY 1/81, which consists of paintings and drawings registered for copyright between January and March 1888, can be downloaded from the catalogue. For guidance on searching and browsing the catalogue, have a look at Discovery help. From looking at their tweet from 17 March 2020, I think this was their plan, then the whole world changed! Their last update appears to be 26 March 2020. Found the updates in April: Quote The National Archives @UkNatArchives · Apr 1 We’re pleased to confirm that we will be giving everyone free access to our digitised collections very soon, but it’s taking our amazing digital team a bit of time to make it happen. (1/2) The National Archives @UkNatArchives · Apr 1 They’re facing similar challenges to the rest of the world with regard to connecting to our various technical systems while working from home, and many of them are also juggling childcare duties. Stay tuned for an update soon! (2/2) The National Archives Apr 1 Wow - what a response! Just to clarify, we’re referring to digitised collections that are available on our website (and usually chargeable) – at this stage, this doesn’t extend to our collections on other sites. @UkNatArchives ·Definitely #NotAnAprilFool Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David_Underdown Posted 9 April , 2020 Share Posted 9 April , 2020 There is quite a bit of work still going one to enable this (and to try and ensure that the service stays up under what's likely to be increased demand) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dai Bach y Sowldiwr Posted 9 April , 2020 Share Posted 9 April , 2020 Thank you for the update David. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alf mcm Posted 22 April , 2020 Share Posted 22 April , 2020 These free records are now available. There is a maximum of 10 records at a time, and 50 records over a 30 day period. https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/about/news/digital-downloads/ Regards, Alf McM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dai Bach y Sowldiwr Posted 22 April , 2020 Share Posted 22 April , 2020 Excellent. Good work Alf. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jlang Posted 22 April , 2020 Share Posted 22 April , 2020 Thanks Alf. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bernard_Lewis Posted 22 April , 2020 Share Posted 22 April , 2020 Cheers Alf! Bernard Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coldstreamer Posted 22 April , 2020 Share Posted 22 April , 2020 top tip - thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gareth Davies Posted 22 April , 2020 Share Posted 22 April , 2020 If any of you reacted to my post suggestion the lobbying the NA to make this happen (which was one of my misdemeanours that led to my ban), thank you. I like to think that my Twitter campaign was a large factor in their decision. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terry_Reeves Posted 22 April , 2020 Share Posted 22 April , 2020 (edited) 1 hour ago, Gareth Davies said: If any of you reacted to my post suggestion the lobbying the NA to make this happen (which was one of my misdemeanours that led to my ban), thank you. I like to think that my Twitter campaign was a large factor in their decision. Quite agree Gareth, well done. There are some on here that don’t get the fact that you have to speak out sometimes. I had some of my posts removed on the same subject, apparently for trying to overturn Government policy simply for posting contacts to write to. Hmm. TR Edited 22 April , 2020 by Terry_Reeves Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gareth Davies Posted 22 April , 2020 Share Posted 22 April , 2020 Thank you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IPT Posted 22 April , 2020 Share Posted 22 April , 2020 I've used one free credit to download a photograph of a Victorian child criminal. I fear that the world of academia may not be for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skipman Posted 22 April , 2020 Share Posted 22 April , 2020 I have just downloaded the 9th Black Watch Diary for free. (You must register) Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dai Bach y Sowldiwr Posted 23 April , 2020 Share Posted 23 April , 2020 Shopping list: Toilet rolls x 100 Pasta x 50kg Pot Noodles x 50 War Diaries 30 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HTSCF Fareham Posted 23 April , 2020 Share Posted 23 April , 2020 It's free now - here is everything that you need to know:- https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/about/news/digital-downloads/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dai Bach y Sowldiwr Posted 23 April , 2020 Share Posted 23 April , 2020 1 hour ago, HTSCF Fareham said: It's free now - here is everything that you need to know:- https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/about/news/digital-downloads/ That looks remarkably similar to the link Alf posted in #59? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skipman Posted 23 April , 2020 Share Posted 23 April , 2020 Sorry, missed Alf's post. He gets the credit for the 'heads up'. Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AOK4 Posted 23 April , 2020 Share Posted 23 April , 2020 It took me a while before I understood how it worked (logging in to the discovery website first), but I managed to order my first batch of diaries. Jan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skipman Posted 23 April , 2020 Share Posted 23 April , 2020 Is there anything available now that is not available on any of the other sites? Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dragoon Posted 23 April , 2020 Share Posted 23 April , 2020 (edited) This is great, thanks to all for the info, 3 diaries in the bag for free👍🏻 Chris Edited 23 April , 2020 by Dragoon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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