Findmypast makes all birth, marriage, death & census records free to search and explore from Thursday 12th to Sunday 15th January 2017.
Free access covers all records hinted against in Findmypast’s family tree builder. This includes 583 million UK BMDs, the largest collection available online including over 80 million exclusive parish records you won’t find anywhere else, over 10 million Irish Catholic Parish registers and over 140 million United States Marriages. Family historians will be supported with expert insights and how to guidesLondon, UK. 12th January, 2016.
Leading family history website, Findmypast, has just announced that their entire collection of birth, marriage, death and census records will be completely free to search from 08:00 GMT Thursday 12th to 07:59 GMT Sunday 15th January 2017.
By providing four days of free access to these essential records, Findmypast hopes to encourage fledgling genealogists to start building their family tree and discover at least one new ancestor through their records. Researchers will also be provided with daily getting started guides, expert insights and useful how-to blogs over the course of the free weekend. The free access will cover all 1.9 billion records currently matched against Findmypast’s family trees, including:
Over 583 million British BMDsOver 338 million US & Canadian BMDS
Over 34 million Irish BMDSOver 26 million Australian & New Zealand BMDS
Over 257 million British Census recordsOver 703 million US & Canadian Census recordsOver 9 million Irish Census records
Over 487,000 Australian & New Zealand Census records
Findmypast trees currently provide matches from birth, baptism, marriage, death, burial and census records across the UK, US, Ireland, and Australia. This includes Findmypast’s vast collections of more than 140 million United States marriages and over 10 million Irish Catholic baptisms, marriages and burials.
Findmypast’s entire collection of 583 million UK BMDs – the largest available online – will also be free to explore, including over 80 million exclusive parish records you won’t find anywhere else. All UK and Irish parish records are hinted against.
Hinting allows you uncover records for multiple ancestors at once with virtually zero effort. The larger your tree, the more potential matches you’ll be presented with so it’s well worth your while to add as many ancestors as possible.
Visit our dedicated Free access landing page to find out more.
Source: GeneaPress
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