From FindmyPast (www.findmypast.co.uk):
Discover wartime ancestors for free on Findmypast this Remembrance weekend
- Findmypast is free this Remembrance weekend, enabling anyone to trace the wartime experiences of their ancestors.
- Unearth your ancestors’ remarkable stories in the newspaper archives.
- Honour and share their legacies on a Findmypast family tree and discover the details of their lives in the 1921 Census, 1939 Register, military records and more.
- Share your discoveries on social media with the hashtag #RememberThemAll.
To mark Remembrance, Findmypast is making its website and collections completely free to the public*. From Thursday 9 November to Monday 13 November, anyone will be able to uncover the wartime experiences of their ancestors, from nurses to soldiers to home front civilians.
With free access to over 14 billion records and an interconnected tree network, it’s easier than ever to uncover your ancestors’ wartime stories.
Explore the rich stories of bravery, community and tragedy in over 70 million searchable historical newspaper pages, digitised in partnership with the British Library. You’ll find details about your ancestors that you won’t get in other records, helping you to make connections and gain a deeper understanding of their wartime experiences.
You can also delve into the exclusive 1921 Census, 1939 Register, military records, hospital and migration records, and many more, to build a detailed picture of your ancestors’ lives.
Preserve your findings with Findmypast’s simple online family tree builder. Allow the clever hints to get your family history going further, faster and with more accuracy, and share your wartime ancestors’ legacy with friends and family.
Jen Baldwin, Research Specialist at Findmypast, said: “We’re making our entire site free this Remembrance weekend to help everyone to discover their ancestors’ experiences and stories from this tragic and momentous period in recent history. We hope that people will feel more connected to the people in the past who gave so much for our present. From soldiers and nurses to civilians and volunteers, we will remember them all this Remembrance weekend.”
Search for free at https://www.findmypast.co.uk/ from 9-13 November 2023.
*Records on Findmypast will be free to access for all signed-in users from 10am GMT Thursday 9 November, until 10am GMT Monday 13 November.
UPDATE: FindmyPast has reissued the press release to state that the 1921 census is not included in this.
Chris
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Exclusions apply, so for example, the 1921 census referred to in findmypasts media release above, is NOT included in the "Findmypast is making its website and collections completely free to the public" quote. Very misleading.
ReplyDeleteTo be fair to FindmyPast, they did reissue their press release last night to say that 1921 weas not included. I have added a note to that effect to the original blog post.
DeleteTo be fair to Findmypast, they reissued the press release last night to state that 1921 was not in fact included. I have added a note to the original post to that effect.
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