Royal Archives Online

Royal Archives Online is the catalogue of the archival collections held in the Royal Archives at Windsor Castle.

This catalogue currently contains descriptions of collections from the reigns of George I (1714-1727) to Edward VII (1901-1910), as well as the eighteenth-century papers of the exiled Stuarts, records relating to the Duke of Cumberland (mainly as Captain General of the British Army between 1745 and 1757) and the papers of 2nd Viscount Melbourne (1779-1848).

Royal Archives Online incorporates the contents of the 'Georgian Papers Online' catalogue and includes digitised images of over 250,000 pages of documents, such as personal letters, diaries, account books and records of the Royal Household, dating principally from the reigns of George III, George IV and William IV. A small number of documents from the Victorian and Edwardian periods are also available digitally, as are the diaries of George V and Queen Mary.

Other Royal Archives Online Resources

The Stuart and Cumberland Papers are digitised and available to view on State Papers Online (institutional subscription required or free to view at The National Archives).

The State Papers of Queen Victoria and Edward VII are digitised and available to view on State Papers Online (institutional subscription required or free to view at The National Archives).

Queen Victoria's Journals from 1832 to 1901 are digitised and transcribed and available to view in the Queen Victoria's Journals site hosted by Proquest (free in the UK otherwise institutional subscription required).

Documents in the Royal Archives relating to Prince Albert are available to view in the catalogue Prince Albert: His Life and Legacy. This resource makes available some 22,000 items from the Royal Collection, Royal Archives and Royal Commission for the Exhibition of 1851 relating to Prince Albert’s life and achievements.

Records of Royal Household staff from 1660 to 1924 are digitised and available to view on Find My Past (subscription required).