Genre: Instruction

How to do a Basic Search Advanced Help Introduction A2A acts like a search engine which searches the catalogues of separate archives which are held all over England and Wales . It is growing all the time as partnership projects add more records to the database . A2A allows you to search lots of individual catalogues at once so you can find out about records held in many different places . A Basic Search 1 . Type a word or words into " Keyword " . [ Additional information in other fields , such as Dates or Location can focus your search . ] Click on " search " . 2 . You can sort your results by using the drop-down menu at the top of the page and click on " sort " . 3 . Click on the blue highlighted text at the right of the page to access each result . 4 . If you are interested in seeing the records or obtaining copies , you must contact the place where the records are held . Follow the link at the top of that page which reads " To find out more about the archives described below , contact ... [ link to relevant archive ] " . They will be able to help you further . 5 . If you want to look at your result in the context of the full relevant catalogue , click on " Catalogue in Full " at the top of the page . This may supply additional relevant information . [ To find your result on this page you can search using " Ctrl F " ] 6 . If you need any further assistance you could have a look through the Advanced Help page or try Troubleshooting . You can also contact us via