Ancestry offers free week's access to curated records

Ancestry (www.ancestry.co.uk) is offering a free week's access to curated collections. Here's the blurb:

Access to the records in this week’s featured collections will be free until Sunday 5th April 12pm GMT.

To view these records you will need to register for free with Ancestry.co.uk with your name and email address. We will then send you a user name and password to access the records.

After the free access period ends, you will only be able to view the records in the featured collections using an Ancestry.co.uk paid membership.

This week's collections are as follows:

• Bristol, England, Church of England Baptisms, 1813-1918 Updated
• Bristol, England, Church of England Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1538-1812 Updated
• Bristol, England, Church of England Burials, 1813-1994 Updated
• Bristol, England, Church of England Marriages and Banns, 1754-1935 Updated
• Bristol, England, Non-Conformist Baptism, Marriage and Burial Registers, 1644-1981 New
• Ireland, Dog Licence Registrations, 1810-1926 New
• Ireland, Encumbered Estates, 1850-1885 New
• Ireland, Petty Session Court Registers, 1818-1919 New
• Ireland, Prison Registers, 1790-1924 New
• London, England, Royal Holloway and Bedford College Student Registers, 1849-1931 New

Have fun!

Chris

You can pre-order my new book, Tracing Your Scottish Family History on the Internet, at http://bit.ly/ChrisPaton-Scottish2 (out April). Also available, Tracing Your Irish Family History on the Internet (2nd ed) at http://bit.ly/ChrisPaton-Irish1 and Tracing Your Scottish Ancestry Through Church and State Records at http://bit.ly/ChrisPaton-Scotland1. Further news published daily on The Scottish GENES Facebook page, and on Twitter @genesblog.