When I do searches on Procat I get very vague references like "Document of a
sale by Robert Brown"... or whatever.
When I do them on A2A I get (sometimes) very detailed ones like "Mrs Jean
Smith sells for L1000 to Henry Adams the hedge and maint. for a garden called
Clearby, Sussex granted her by her late husband John Smith..."
Is that the way it's supposed to be on Procat or am I doing something wrong?
I basically stopped using Procat because the hits I get are so useless
compared to A2A. Thanks.
Will Johnson
Procat versus A2A
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Chris Phillips
Re: Procat versus A2A
Will Johnson wrote:
I think it just depends what sort of catalogue the material has come from,
and whether it contains detailed abstracts or just a brief listing. PROCAT
certainly _can_ contain quite detailed entries (though for some classes the
description seems to be truncated at a certain length).
Chris Phillips
When I do searches on Procat I get very vague references like "Document of
a
sale by Robert Brown"... or whatever.
When I do them on A2A I get (sometimes) very detailed ones like "Mrs Jean
Smith sells for L1000 to Henry Adams the hedge and maint. for a garden
called
Clearby, Sussex granted her by her late husband John Smith..."
Is that the way it's supposed to be on Procat or am I doing something
wrong?
I basically stopped using Procat because the hits I get are so useless
compared to A2A. Thanks.
I think it just depends what sort of catalogue the material has come from,
and whether it contains detailed abstracts or just a brief listing. PROCAT
certainly _can_ contain quite detailed entries (though for some classes the
description seems to be truncated at a certain length).
Chris Phillips
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brian roberts
RE: Procat versus A2A
It's frustrating, but you can't ignore PROCAT (now The Nat'l Archives
[TNA], http://www.catalogue.nationalarchives.gov.uk/) because the
document troves are entirely different. Nothing on TNA is on A2A and
vice versa. Your noble ancestors are more likely to be found on TNA
because their business dealings were at a national level, whereas my
country-squire ancestors more often turn up on A2A.
The abstracting on A2A can also be very laconic, depending on which
local archive is the source.
-----Original Message-----
From: Chris Phillips [mailto:cgp@medievalgenealogy.org.uk]
Sent: Thursday, May 12, 2005 8:50 AM
To: GEN-MEDIEVAL-L@rootsweb.com
Subject: Re: Procat versus A2A
Will Johnson wrote:
a
I think it just depends what sort of catalogue the material has come
from,
and whether it contains detailed abstracts or just a brief listing.
PROCAT
certainly _can_ contain quite detailed entries (though for some classes
the
description seems to be truncated at a certain length).
Chris Phillips
[TNA], http://www.catalogue.nationalarchives.gov.uk/) because the
document troves are entirely different. Nothing on TNA is on A2A and
vice versa. Your noble ancestors are more likely to be found on TNA
because their business dealings were at a national level, whereas my
country-squire ancestors more often turn up on A2A.
The abstracting on A2A can also be very laconic, depending on which
local archive is the source.
-----Original Message-----
From: Chris Phillips [mailto:cgp@medievalgenealogy.org.uk]
Sent: Thursday, May 12, 2005 8:50 AM
To: GEN-MEDIEVAL-L@rootsweb.com
Subject: Re: Procat versus A2A
Will Johnson wrote:
When I do searches on Procat I get very vague references like
"Document of
a
sale by Robert Brown"... or whatever.
When I do them on A2A I get (sometimes) very detailed ones like "Mrs
Jean
Smith sells for L1000 to Henry Adams the hedge and maint. for a garden
called
Clearby, Sussex granted her by her late husband John Smith..."
Is that the way it's supposed to be on Procat or am I doing something
wrong?
I basically stopped using Procat because the hits I get are so useless
compared to A2A. Thanks.
I think it just depends what sort of catalogue the material has come
from,
and whether it contains detailed abstracts or just a brief listing.
PROCAT
certainly _can_ contain quite detailed entries (though for some classes
the
description seems to be truncated at a certain length).
Chris Phillips
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Renia
Re: Procat versus A2A
WJhonson@aol.com wrote:
Procat and A2A are two different web sites with two different styles of
database.
The National Archives (PRO) site is the national collection of archives
held at the Public Record Office in kew. Searches in the different
categories on this site, in the PRO Catalogue (Procat) give differing
amounts of detail available in the results.
A2A is Access to Archives. It is a means of finding what localised
archives are available in different repositories around the country. Not
all archives are listed, but the database is growing. Many archives are
missing, for example, because local potential depositors (such as
solicitors) have already destroyed their archives, which is tragic.
Other reasons documents are missing, is because they turn up in
auctions, and are sold to collectors, rather than be deposited in a
local archive repository.
Renia
When I do searches on Procat I get very vague references like "Document of a
sale by Robert Brown"... or whatever.
When I do them on A2A I get (sometimes) very detailed ones like "Mrs Jean
Smith sells for L1000 to Henry Adams the hedge and maint. for a garden called
Clearby, Sussex granted her by her late husband John Smith..."
Is that the way it's supposed to be on Procat or am I doing something wrong?
I basically stopped using Procat because the hits I get are so useless
compared to A2A. Thanks.
Will Johnson
Procat and A2A are two different web sites with two different styles of
database.
The National Archives (PRO) site is the national collection of archives
held at the Public Record Office in kew. Searches in the different
categories on this site, in the PRO Catalogue (Procat) give differing
amounts of detail available in the results.
A2A is Access to Archives. It is a means of finding what localised
archives are available in different repositories around the country. Not
all archives are listed, but the database is growing. Many archives are
missing, for example, because local potential depositors (such as
solicitors) have already destroyed their archives, which is tragic.
Other reasons documents are missing, is because they turn up in
auctions, and are sold to collectors, rather than be deposited in a
local archive repository.
Renia