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'''Overview'''
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This page provides a guide to searching this wiki
 
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==Using primary source finding tools==
 
==Using primary source finding tools==
 
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===HCA records===
 
===HCA records===
  
Hypertexted index of HCA records held on wiki and guide to their relevance
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Hypertexted index of HCA records held on wiki provides access to HCA records
- See [[MRP: Admiralty court cases|Admiralty court cases]]
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See [[MRP: Admiralty court cases|Admiralty court cases]]
 
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===Inventories===
 
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Index page provides access to inventories
  
 
See [[MRP: Inventories|Inventories]]
 
See [[MRP: Inventories|Inventories]]
 
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===Letters: Sir George Oxenden correspondence===
 
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Index page provides access to correspondence.  Letters are arranged chronologically.
  
 
See [[MRP: Correspondence of Sir George Oxenden, 1663-1669 (British Library, Add. MSS. 40708-40713)|Correspondence of Sir George Oxenden, 1663-1669 (British Library, Add. MSS. 40708-40713)]]
 
See [[MRP: Correspondence of Sir George Oxenden, 1663-1669 (British Library, Add. MSS. 40708-40713)|Correspondence of Sir George Oxenden, 1663-1669 (British Library, Add. MSS. 40708-40713)]]
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See also [[MRP: Letters|Letters]]
 
See also [[MRP: Letters|Letters]]
 
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==Visual images in this Wiki==
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===Visual images===
  
A finding aid is being developed for digital images contained in this wiki
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Index page provides access to over one hundred visual images contained in this wiki.  Images include maps, engravings of places and people, and reproductions of images from a range of media
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'''The National Archives'''
 
'''The National Archives'''
  
Digital images have been made of all primary documents held at the National Archives which have been made available as transcriptions on this wikiHowever, these  digital images are held offline and are not accessible on this wiki
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Digital images have been made of documents held at the National Archives in KewThese images are for private academic study to support the process of transcription.  They are held offline, and are not accessible on this wiki.
  
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- Chancery Court (court cases, charter parties, exhibits, business papers, bills of lading, invoices)
 
- Chancery Court (court cases, charter parties, exhibits, business papers, bills of lading, invoices)
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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
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Current British Library policy does not permit cost free imaging of documents for private academic study.  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
 
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==Tips==
 
==Tips==

Latest revision as of 07:05, May 10, 2012

Searching the wiki

Editorial history

11/12/11, CSG: Created page



Overview

This page provides a guide to searching this wiki






Suggested links


See Contributing to the wiki
See Expertise needed
See Testing the wiki



Using the wiki search box


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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"


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Example: search term "C10/155/38 f. 1"


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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 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 provides access to HCA records

See Admiralty court cases



Inventories


Index page provides access to inventories

See Inventories



Letters: Sir George Oxenden correspondence


Index page provides access to correspondence. Letters are arranged chronologically.

See Correspondence of Sir George Oxenden, 1663-1669 (British Library, Add. MSS. 40708-40713)

See also Letters



Visual images


Index page provides access to over one hundred visual images contained in this wiki. Images include maps, engravings of places and people, and reproductions of images from a range of media

See Visual images



Digital images of primary documents


The National Archives

Digital images have been made of documents held at the National Archives in Kew. These images are for private academic study to support the process of transcription. They are held offline, and are not accessible on this wiki.

They include images of 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)

British Library

Current British Library policy does not permit cost free imaging of documents for private academic study. 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