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Old 07-12-23, 21:25
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The web address for any Ancestry dataset takes the form https://www.ancestry.co.uk/search/collections/ followed by a number. So for example the London Land Tax Registers database has the address https://www.ancestry.co.uk/search/collections/2170/

Is there a numerical list of these collections available anywhere?
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Old 07-12-23, 21:43
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Not that I know of.
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Old 08-12-23, 07:59
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That's a pity. Skimming through such a list might alert you to a record set you weren't aware of.
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I've never seen such a list either. There are an awful lot of datasets to 'skim' though though - 33,385!

I do sometimes look at the recent collections list:

https://www.ancestry.co.uk/cs/recent-collections
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If I want to find something I use the Card Catalogue.

https://www.ancestry.co.uk/search/co...igation_header
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Yes, I do too but for the UK if I know the county I put eg Norfolk, England in the keyword box but nothing in the title box. This will bring up 11 pages of 25 titles per page. I often don't get a title right as you have to be so specific so I rarely bother to even try!
Even then not all of them are applicable eg England, Suffragettes Arrested, 1906-1914 is listed there but none for Norfolk.
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