Free access to MyHeritage Canadian and American records

MyHeritage (www.myheritage.com) has made two collections freely available this week.

For Canada Day, it is making all 15 Canadian census collections, comprising 52.3 million historical records, free to search at https://www.myheritage.com/research/records-catalog/canadian-census/catid-1300.

To commemorate the 250th anniversary of the United States, it is offering free access to the U.S. City Directories collection, featuring 1.3 billion historical records from approximately 26,000 directories published between 1860 and 1960, via https://www.myheritage.com/research/records-catalog/usa/directories/catid-11020.

Both collections are available for free from July 1-5 2026. 

(With thanks to Daniel Horowitz)

Chris 

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