STANDARD MOTOR COMPANY LONDON

This was a very large company with branches in Coventry etc but they
closed down. I'm wondering where I would start to see if any records
of employees exist in London in 1909. The last Factory was at Baginton
Coventry in 1980's. I remember fabulous Christmas parties in London

roy...

The University of Warwick in Coventry has a large collection of car
industry records in its Modern Records Centre. Also, Coventry
Archives have records of the Standard Motor Co. Entering it into A2A
produces a number of hits.

Roy Stockdill

"There is only one thing in the world worse than being talked about,
and that is not being talked about."

Oscar Wilde

Temprance...

Thanks. Can you explain what A2A is please? tia

Temprance...

Thanks. I did but Standard Motor Company doesn't come up for London.

Peter Goodey...

I assume you mean that you searched the web for "A2A" as I suggested, found the
A2A site, read about it and then entered "Standard Motor Company".

But London? I thought London was where your ancestor worked for the
company.

Entering "London" in A2A would not be a good idea because, depending
where you entered the word, you'll get either a list of relevant archives
stored in London (none!) or a list of relevant material whose catalogue
entry contains the word "London". This wouldn't be a good idea unless you
already know how the company's records were organised and how they happen
to have been catalogued.

In any case the National Register of Archives is best first place to try
for company names.

Jeff...

The A2A database contains catalogues describing archives
held locally in England and Wales and dating from the eighth
century to the present day

It contains references to holdings not the holdings
themselves.

Daphne Tregear...

But, as a kind archivist pointed out to me (and I hadn't realised) if
you click on 'Catalogue in full' you sometimes get a complete
transcription of the holding. So, for example, you can look at a
transcription of the Cornwall Quarter Sessions Records and no new
information would be found by sending to the Cornwall Record Office for
the item (you'd just get the fun of deciphering the clerk's handwriting
yourself ;->). I mention this in case anyone else had failed to notice
the 'Catalogue in Full' link (another of my 'doh' moments).

Hugh Watkins...

Access To Archives

a union catalogue but still in its infancy
because the online indexing of archives is very very incomplete

Hugh W

Temprance

for the chikldren of Employees. Quite a Saturday out.