http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/displaycataloguedetails.asp?CATID=61728&CATLN=4&accessmethod=5 HO396/1 Subseries within HO 396
INTERNEES AT LIBERTY IN UK 1939-1942
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Context
HO Records created or inherited by the Home Office, Ministry of Home Security, and related bodies
Division within HO Aliens and Immigration, Denization and Naturalisation, Community Relations, Community Programmes and Equal Opportunities Departments
HO 396 Home Office: Aliens Department: Internees Index
There is an alphabetical list of surnames from HO396/1
through to HO396/106
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http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/browser.asp?CATLN=3&CATID=7951&POSCATLN=6&POSCATID=1000Other parts of HO396 that may be of use include:
HO396/107- HO396/114 cover Germans and Austrians interned in Canada
HO396/115 - HO396/118 are those who sailed on SS Ettrick (Italians) and SS Duchess of York
HO396/126 - HO396/138 are those released from internment in Canada
HO396/139 - HO396/145 are German/Austrian internees in Australia
HO396/150 - HO396/155 are German/Austrian released from Australian internment
HO396/160 - German/Austrian repatriated to UK from Australia/Canada
HO396/165 - HO396/204 German internees released in the UK
HO396/245 - HO396/283 Germans interned in UK
Did the family become naturalized, or change their name on arival in the UK?
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The National Archive Catalogue (TNA) weblink ---
http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/For those that need help with using the
TNA Catalogue, follow these simple instructions:-
Note that in the top left corner, next to the words 'The Catalogue' there is a small search box.
To find out how the documents I've listed are recorded in the catalogue, take the first reference given, e.g. HO396/1 and type that into the small box. Then press the 'Go to reference' button.
You are taken to a page describing the content of the piece.
Now click on the button 'Browse from here'
You will be taken to a list of catalogued files which show how they have been indexed. Doing this will help you to identify specific files which may relate to your family.
Just above the list of files in the subseries, you'll see a main link to HO396 - click on the link 'Home Office: Aliens Department: Internees Index' and scroll down to Admin History where you'll see an explanation which may help to use the original records at TNA.
The idea of explaining this to give you an idea as to how to expand your use of the TNA site, which I think is the single most important online source for researching family history in England and Wales. [/color][/b][/color]
