Tag Archives: volunteering

‘Too common amongst young people’

Posted on July 2, 2022 by nroeando2017

These words relate to having sex outside of marriage. They were written in a letter of support, dated 3 May 1760, for a James Lacey of Scarning. The letter is just one of several thousand documents which form the archive, … Continue reading →

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Dragon Hall Archive Project Internship

Posted on June 9, 2022 by nroeando2017

The ‘Community Archives: Skills, Support & Sustainability’ project has been set up by the Norfolk Record Office with the aim of providing Norfolk’s community archive and local heritage groups with advice, training and resources to help them improve the management … Continue reading →

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Meet the team: ‘Unlocking Our Sound Heritage’, East of England Hub

Posted on December 12, 2019 by elizabethjayne2015

‘Unlocking Our Sound Heritage’ (UOSH) is a five-year UK-wide partnership project led by the British Library that will help save the nation’s sounds and open them up to everyone. Across the country, over 100,000 historical sound recordings are currently under … Continue reading →

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Building a Future with Volunteers:  The Norwich Building Control Plans Indexing Project

Posted on May 14, 2019 by cbolsterNRO

The Norfolk Record Office is embarking on an exciting project working with volunteers to enhance catalogue descriptions and improve access to an otherwise under used collection.  The Norwich Building Control Plans Indexing Project offers a brilliant opportunity for volunteers to … Continue reading →

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King’s Lynn and The War of the Spanish Succession

Posted on December 1, 2018 by victoriadraper24

We recently told you about our new project, working to transcribe the Hall Books of the King’s Lynn Borough Archives. This blog is an example of something of interest found as part of that project, showing how worldwide events were … Continue reading →

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Volunteering Opportunity: The King’s Lynn Borough Archives Transcription Project

Posted on October 26, 2018 by victoriadraper24

Thanks to a generous grant from the Heritage Lottery Fund, we have been able to set up a new project, which aims to use crowdsourcing to transcribe the documents held at the King’s Lynn Borough Archives. These records have been … Continue reading →

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