A Place In The Sun
Organisation: The London Archive Users Forum
Grant Award: Your Heritage (£40,400)
A user-led project to index 30 volumes of Sun Fire Insurance Office policy registers dating from 1816-1824. A project team of up to 30 volunteers, supported by an archivist as project manager, was responsible for running and editing the project. Most volunteers had some background in historical research and using archives, but some were new to the subject. The index of 53,697 entries was made available via the Access to Archives (A2A) website.
Outcomes
The index is well-used, registering an average of 9,000 catalogue searches per month. About half the volunteers have continued working and the project has recieved further support from Awards for All and the National Council on Archives.
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