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Series
Dominions Office: Overseas Settlement Department: Register Of Correspondence
Catalogue reference: DO 5
What's it about?
DO 5
This series contains registers of correspondence of the Overseas Settlement Department relating to emigration matters.
Full description and record details
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- DO 5
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Title (The name of the record)
- Dominions Office: Overseas Settlement Department: Register Of Correspondence
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1927-1936
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series contains registers of correspondence of the Overseas Settlement Department relating to emigration matters.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For earlier registers see CO 791
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Legal status (A note as to whether the record being described is a Public Record or not)
- Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
- English
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 12 volume(s)
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Subjects (Categories and themes found in our collection (our subject list is under development, and some records may have no subjects or fewer than expected))
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- Topics
- International
- Migration
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C6014/
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