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Education
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Freedom of Information enquiry
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Certificates of British citizenship requests
Request a copy of a certificate of citizenship issued from 1949 to 1986, or naturalisation from 1981 to 1986. -
Public sector information
Contact us with your queries about Crown copyright, licensing and the re-use of government information. -
General enquiries
Use this contact form for all other enquiries, including research enquiries. -
Electronic Records Online
Contact us with any issues with viewing a digital record via our Electronic Records Online service.
Help with online orders
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Bookshop
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Discovery, our catalogue
Contact us with any issues when ordering a document from our collection of digitised records. -
Record copying
Request help with our Record copying service.
Other ways to contact us
Chat to a research adviser online, 13:00-15:00 Tuesday to Friday.
For research enquiries only. Find out more on our social media page.
When the service is unavailable, you can contact us via the contact form provided.
By post
Please write to:
The National Archives, Kew, Richmond, Surrey, TW9 4DU
By phone
Please call +44 (0) 20 8876 3444
Lines are open:
Monday: 09:00 - 17:00 (switchboard service only)
Tuesday: 09:00 - 19:00
Wednesday: 09:00 - 17:00
Thursday: 09:00 - 19:00
Friday: 09:00 - 17:00
Saturday: 09:00 - 17:00
We use a speech recognition system on our telephone system. Please follow the prompts when you call.
Textphone/Minicom
(For deaf and hard of hearing people) +44 (0) 20 8392 9198
