Research guides

• Other countries and territories – an overview
  Recommended guide
  Keywords: diplomacyforeign affairsforeign officeinternational relations
• America and the West Indies in the Calendar of State Papers Colonial 1573-1739
  Keywords: americacaribbeancoloniesearly modern periodstate papers
• American and West Indian colonies before 1782
  Keywords: americacaribbeancoloniesstate papers
• American Revolution
  Keywords: americaamerican revolutioncolonies
• Colonies and dependencies 1815-1870: using Colonial Office indexes to locate correspondence
  Keywords: british empirecolonies
• Colonies and dependencies 1820-1850: using Colonial Office registers to locate correspondence
  Keywords: british empirecolonies
• Colonies and dependencies 1850-1926: using Colonial Office registers to locate correspondence
  Keywords: british empirecoloniescommonwealth of nationsdominions (british)
• Colonies and dependencies from 1782
  Keywords: british empirecoloniescommonwealth of nationsdominions (british)
• Empire and Commonwealth records held by other archives
  Keywords: british empirecoloniescommonwealth of nationsdominions (british)
• Enslaved people and slave owners
  Keywords: abolition of slaverybritish empirecaribbeancoloniesslavery
• Foreign affairs before 1509
  Keywords: diplomacyforeign affairsinternational relationsmedieval period
• Foreign Office and Foreign and Commonwealth Office correspondence 1920 onwards
  Keywords: diplomacyforeign affairsforeign officeinternational relations
• Foreign Office and Foreign and Commonwealth Office records from 1782
  Keywords: commonwealth of nationscontrol commissiondiplomacyforeign affairsforeign officeinternational relationstreaties
• Foreign Office correspondence 1782-1890
  Keywords: diplomacyforeign affairsforeign officeinternational relations
• Foreign Office correspondence 1891-1905
  Keywords: diplomacyforeign affairsforeign officeinternational relations
• Foreign Office correspondence 1906-1919
  Keywords: diplomacyforeign affairsforeign officeinternational relations
• French lands of the English kings
  Keywords: early modern periodfrance (english lands in)landland ownership
• Naturalisation, registration and British citizenship
  Keywords: aliens (foreign nationals)british citizenshipcertificates of british citizenshipimmigrationmigrationnaturalisation
• Overseas maps and plans
  Keywords: borders (international)boundaries (international)british empirecoloniesinternational relationsmapsplans
• Photographs
  Keywords: photographs
• Soldiers in African forces under British control
  Keywords: africanarmybritish armybritish empirecolonieswars
• State Papers Foreign 1509-1782: Government papers on foreign affairs
  Keywords: 16th century17th century18th centurydiplomacyearly modern periodforeign affairsinternational relationsstate papers