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UK’s 1939 Register – the Census that Fills a 30 Year Gap

The biggest news in the genealogy world (well for those with UK ancestors it is!), is about to be released. It’s been coming, and we’ve all been waiting patiently, and now it is almost here. So just...

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Ancestry’s WW1 Military Records are FREE until Remembrance Day

Take advantage of Ancestry’s offer of searching all of their WW1 records for FREE up until Remembrance Day, 11 November 2015. They quote “This Remembrance Day, to commemorate those who served, we are...

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Search 10 Million Irish Catholic Parish Records for Free!

If you have Irish ancestry, this is the event that you’ve been waiting for. The release of the Irish Catholic Parish Records. Online. With images. And indexed! These records cover Irish history from...

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Free Access to All of Findmypast’s Military Records – 27 June to 4 July

FINDMYPAST GRANTS FREE ACCESS TO ALL MILITARY RECORDS TO COMMEMORATE CENTENARY OF THE BATTLE OF THE SOMME   Leading family history website, Findmypast, has announced that they are making their entire...

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114 Million Irish Records, FREE for Four Days

If you think there’s not much available for researching your Irish ancestors, Findmypast will certainly will prove you wrong on that one. One of the world’s leading family history websites, Findmypast...

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FREE Access to 70 Million Military Records for Remembrance Day

Findmypast are making their entire collection of more than 70 million world military records free for four days to coincide with Remembrance Day 2016. The post FREE Access to 70 Million Military...

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4 Days FREE Access to 1.9 Billion Records on Findmypast

Leading family history website, Findmypast, has just announced that their entire collection of birth, marriage, death (BDM) and census records will be completely free to search from 12-15 January! So...

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FamilySearch Adds 7.6 Million Records Online

FamilySearch have have just added over 7.6 million new records online, including new ones from Australia, New Zealand, and a big lot from The Netherlands. And remember they are all FREE! The post...

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Free Access to Millions of Irish Records for St Patrick’s Day

In honour of St Patrick's Day, both Findmypast and Ancestry are giving users FREE access to all of their Irish records for the week. That's hundreds of millions of records free to search. So what are...

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Save With Findmypast Subscription Super Specials

If you've been meaning to subscribe (or resubscribe) to Findmypast, now is the ideal time, as they have specials on both their one month option, and also their twelve month World option. Whichever you...

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Findmypast Adds Original Images of Devon Parish Records

Findmypast have just added two new record sets that caught my attention. These are both the Devon Parish Records, and Plymouth and West Devon Parish Registers. There's almost half a million images of...

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FREE Access to British and Irish Records on Findmypast 22-26 June

If you've been wanting to check out Findmypast's British and Irish record collection, but haven't as yet, now is your chance, as they are giving users FREE access to their British and Irish Records for...

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Save on Findmypast 1 Month and 1 Year Subscriptions

If you still haven't subscribed to Findmypast, but would like to, or your paid subscription or trial period has lapsed - this is the perfect opportunity to subscribe or renew as Findmypast are giving...

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Millions of Yorkshire Records Added Online

Each Friday, Findmypast releases new records online, and last week that they added on over 1.7 new Yorkshire baptism, marriage and burial records. So if you are searching for your Yorkshire ancestors,...

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Biggest Digitisation of Irish Genealogy Records Begins

If you have Irish ancestry, and are still having trouble tracking your ancestors don't despair, as the National Library of Ireland is set to digitise more than 400,000 images of Catholic parish...

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Who Owns What in the Genealogy World?

The genealogy-world has seen an enormous number of company buy outs and partnerships over the past few years. So who really owns what anymore? I did some checking and here’s what I found. The post Who...

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Findmypast – Free This Weekend (6-9 March)

This coming weekend is a long weekend for a some Australian states (ACT, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria), and Findmypast are giving all of us FREE ACCESS all weekend (Friday to Monday) for ALL...

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Two Million Derbyshire Records Added Online

Last week Findmypast added on Derbyshire baptism, marriage and burial records - almost two million of them in fact. Covering the period from 1538-1910, if you have Derbyshire ancestry be sure to check...

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Wednesday 8th July 2015 is the Date!!

Wednesday the 8th of July 2015 is the date you need to write on your calendar - especially if you have Irish ancestry, as that is the date the National Library of Ireland are going to launch their...

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World War 1 Centenary Projects #4

In this World War 1 Centenary Projects #4 post, I have listed another 22 World War 1 Centenary Projects that are underway. These come from Australia, Canada and England ... The post World War 1...

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