A few weeks ago, I had posted a blog about The National Archives having free downloads of their digitized files. This was exciting news although… as the weeks went by, and there was no hint of this news on their website I began to think that it had been a cruel April Fool’s Day joke (since their original notice had come out on April 1).
But… I am happy to report that… it is legitimate!!!
And the service is open as of today (April 24). Thanks to Traugott Vitz for bringing this to my attention…
Now… there are some caveats… only 10 files can be downloaded per user per day… and only 50 files every 30 days. In order to prevent the system from being overwhelmed. Still… I can work with that!