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| + | * Use [[MRP: Chancery Cases|Chancery Cases]] to access annotated full text transcriptions of cases related to the Oxenden family, together with contextual notes and supplementary resources | ||
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| + | * Use [[MRP: Possible new primary sources|Possible new primary sources]] to identify possible, probable and definite Chancery cases involving the ca. forty merchant subscribers to the [[MRP: Smirna Venture Joint Stock subscriber list | Smirna Venture Joint Stock]] and to the [[MRP: King Fernandez subscriber list| King Fernandez Joint Stock]] | ||
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| + | * Use the Wiki's top right hand search box together with a specified National Archives Chancery Case catalogue code to find specific transcriptions and/or other primary and secondary documents which have been cross-referenced to this catalogue code | ||
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===HCA records=== | ===HCA records=== | ||
Revision as of 18:40, January 2, 2012
Searching the wiki
Editorial history
11/12/11, CSG: Created page
Contents
[hide]Suggested links
See Contributing to the wiki
See Expertise needed
See Testing the wiki
Using the wiki search box
Single words
Place single word in wiki search box
- e.g. "Calicoe"
- e.g. "Goa"
Text strings
Place multiple words within speech marks in wiki search box
- e.g. "Thomas Kendall"
- e.g. "Sir George Smith"
- e.g. "C10/155/38 f. 1"
Example: search term "Thomas Kendall"
Example: search term "C10/155/38 f. 1"
Wild cards
Wild cards are not possible
Using primary source finding tools
Chancery records
Accessing Chancery records on the wiki is possible in multiple ways:
- Use Chancery Cases to access annotated full text transcriptions of cases related to the Oxenden family, together with contextual notes and supplementary resources
- Use Possible new primary sources to identify possible, probable and definite Chancery cases involving the ca. forty merchant subscribers to the Smirna Venture Joint Stock and to the King Fernandez Joint Stock
- Use the Wiki's top right hand search box together with a specified National Archives Chancery Case catalogue code to find specific transcriptions and/or other primary and secondary documents which have been cross-referenced to this catalogue code
HCA records
Hypertexted index of HCA records held on wiki and guide to their relevance
- See Admiralty court cases
Inventories
Letters: Sir George Oxenden correspondence
Visual images in this Wiki
Looking for existing pictures
- Click on Existing pictures: persons
Looking for missing pictures
- Click on Missing pictures and go to name of place, port or town
- Click on Missing pictures: persons and go to name of person
Digital images of primary documents
Digital images have been made of all primary documents sourced from the National Archives and made available as transcriptions in this Wiki
These include documents from:
- Chancery Court (court cases, charter parties, exhibits, business papers, bills of lading, invoices)
- High Court of Admiralty (court cases, depositions, exhibits)
- Prerogative Court of Canterbury (wills, probate papers, inventories)
- State Papers (Levant company minute books, some letters)
These digital images are currently held offline and are not accessible on this wiki
Current British Library policy does not permit extensive imaging of documents. Consequently no images have been made of the private correspondence of Sir George Oxenden. Transcriptions of the correspondence have been made directly from the physical manuscripts
Tips
First and second names
Place names
Lateral vs. vertical searching
Time periods
Building interim search tools
