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British history goes online [audio 3min]

Imagine being able to look up who was living in your house in the eleventh century. Britons can now do that with the online version of the Domesday Book. The book is Britain's nationwide inventory, commissioned by King William I in 1085, and was put on online Friday by the British National Archives.
Read entire article at NPR "Morning Edition"