For UK UK
One
issue we often have in the US
The
closest I can think of to something somewhat centralized (and it is not
US-specific) is Worldcat, http://www.worldcat.org/.
Though, its focus is more libraries and
their holdings and this isn’t the same as archives and their holdings. Though, one will sometimes find microfilmed
versions of original records held in libraries and that can lead you to the
repository which holds the originals.
Just
looking at the list of participating archives was instructive. I didn’t know that there was a National
Co-operative Archive. Given my families
working class roots, this archive might hold something relevant regarding my
ancestors or the industries they were associated with. You can search on any term of interest. I
searched on Hollinwood and Chadderton, two locales where I had family living in
the 19th century, and entries were found from six different
repositories; not all local.
Are you aware of other “Archives hub” type resources?
Just
knowing that records exist and where they are held is so important to our
research. A big issue for us
genealogists is that we don’t know what we don’t know when it comes to records
and repositories.
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