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How to access free collections on Ancestry, Findmypast, and British Newspaper Archive

Posted on June 30, 2022 by Gail Dever

On his blog, The Ancestor Hunt, Kenneth R. Marks is constantly publishing lists of where to find free records. The expression, whirling dervish, comes to mind, and that’s a good thing for us. He recently compiled and published lengthy lists … Continue reading →

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Free-access weekend on Findmypast

Posted on September 17, 2015 by Gail Dever

If you were not on social media yesterday, you may not have heard the news.. Findmypast is offering a free-access weekend, starting from noon on Friday, September 18 until noon Monday, September 21 BST (7:00 a.m. Friday to 7:00 a.m. … Continue reading →

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Free access to Ancestry’s immigration collection

Posted on April 16, 2015 by Gail Dever

Thanks to a post on the UpFront with NGS blog, I learned Ancestry.com is offering free access to its immigration collection from today until April 20.

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Ancestry.ca offers free access to all Canadian records this weekend

Posted on April 3, 2015 by Gail Dever

This weekend, from April 3 to April 6, 2015 at 11:59 p.m. Eastern time, Ancestry.ca is offering free access to all Canadian records. Start your search in the Canadian collection here. Ancestry.uk is making a similar offer for all UK … Continue reading →

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Free access to Ancestry this weekend

Posted on February 5, 2015 by Gail Dever

Ancestory.co.uk is offering free access to its UK collections this Friday to Sunday. From Ancestry: Starting this Friday, we’re opening up our site for you to explore, with free access to more than 1 billion UK records. It’s three days … Continue reading →

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Ancestry offers free access to top global collections of 2014 until Monday

Posted on December 28, 2014 by Gail Dever

Ancestry.ca is offering free access to its Top Global Collections of 2014 until Monday, December 29, 11:59 p.m. Eastern time. The collections include: 1911 Census of Canada 1911 England Census 1921 Census of Canada 1940 United States Federal Census Australia … Continue reading →

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Free access to Ancestry

Posted on August 29, 2014 by Gail Dever

In honour of Labour Day, from August 28 to September 1, Ancestry.ca is offering free access to “all FamilySearch API records, which includes 1 billion records from 67 countries (nearly 200,000 records and more than 2 million images from Canada), … Continue reading →

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