FindmyPast 50% discount on access-all-areas 12-month Everything subscription

FindmyPast (www.findmypast.co.uk) is offering a 50% discount on its access-all-areas 12-month Everything subscription. The discount is available until 15 September. 

To subscribe, visit https://www.findmypast.co.uk/subscribe

* Don't forget, if you live in Scotland you can access many records on FindmyPast for free if you register with the National Library of Scotland via https://www.nls.uk/join/, and access the site via its eResources section - some usage restrictions apply.

Chris 

Order Researching Ancestral Crisis in Ireland in the UK at https://bit.ly/4jJWSEh. Also available - Tracing Your Belfast Ancestors, Tracing Your Irish Ancestors Through Land Records, Sharing Your Family History Online, Tracing Your Scottish Family History on the Internet, Tracing Your Irish Family History on the Internet (2nd ed), and Tracing Your Scottish Ancestry Through Church and State Records - to purchase, please visit https://bit.ly/ChrisPatonPSbooks. For purchase in tthe USA visit https://www.penandswordbooks.com. Further news published daily on The Scottish GENES Facebook page.

RootsIreland 25% discount offer

From RootsIreland (www.rootsireland.ie):

Special Offer Running Now - 25% Off Annual Subscriptions!

Don't miss out on our special offer running now - 25% off a twelve month subscription!

Why take out a subscription to Roots Ireland?

• RootsIreland have the most complete and most accurate set of Roman Catholic church records online, as well as millions of Protestant records, civil records, census records, headstone inscriptions and census substitutes. Our index is easily searchable and has features such as standardised surname and forename searches which make your searches even more user-friendly
• We hold over 23 million records, and our database is being added to continually. In 2025 alone, we have added over 107,000 records from Antrim, Down, Kerry, Tipperary, Monaghan and Cork. In 2024, we added over 154,000 records from Monaghan, Kerry, Armagh, Mayo, Clare and Tipperary.
• Together, our 32 genealogy centres have an unparalleled amount of local knowledge which can be invaluable to those tracing their ancestors, a service which no other website or company can provide to such a high standard. By taking out a subscription with RootsIreland, you are helping these centres to continue to provide a world-class service and securing many Irish jobs. 

If you have any questions please check our Help section and if this does not provide an answer, then you may contact us or one of the county centres. You can check what is available on our site for each county here.

*Offer applies until 12 midnight Irish time on 18 September 2025 only. Cannot be used in conjunction with any other offer. 

(With thanks to RootsIreland via email)

Chris

Order Researching Ancestral Crisis in Ireland in the UK at https://bit.ly/4jJWSEh. Also available - Tracing Your Belfast Ancestors, Tracing Your Irish Ancestors Through Land Records, Sharing Your Family History Online, Tracing Your Scottish Family History on the Internet, Tracing Your Irish Family History on the Internet (2nd ed), and Tracing Your Scottish Ancestry Through Church and State Records - to purchase, please visit https://bit.ly/ChrisPatonPSbooks. For purchase in tthe USA visit https://www.penandswordbooks.com. Further news published daily on The Scottish GENES Facebook page.

AncestryDNA Father's Day sale

Ancestry (www.ancestry.co.uk) is offering a 30% discount on AncestryDNA tests for Father's Day for just £54, or a test with a three month worldwide records subscription for just £55 (i.e the three month sub is just £1), with the small print noting the following:

Offer ends 16 Jun 2024 at 11:59 p.m. Some DNA features may require an Ancestry subscription. Excludes shipping. 

For further details visit https://www.ancestry.co.uk/c/dna/gifts.

Chris

Order Tracing Your Belfast Ancestors in the UK at https://bit.ly/BelfastAncestors. Also available - Tracing Your Irish Ancestors Through Land Records, Sharing Your Family History Online, Tracing Your Scottish Family History on the Internet, Tracing Your Irish Family History on the Internet (2nd ed), and Tracing Your Scottish Ancestry Through Church and State Records - to purchase, please visit https://bit.ly/ChrisPatonPSbooks. For purchase in tthe USA visit https://www.penandswordbooks.com. Further news published daily on The Scottish GENES Facebook page, on Threads at @scottishgenesblog and via Mastodon at https://mastodon.scot/@ScottishGENES.

RootsIreland subscription discount

From RootsIreland (www.rootsireland.ie):

Special Offer - 25% Off Annual Subscriptions!

Discover your Irish roots by taking out a 12-month subscription for Roots Ireland with a 25% discount from 2nd September to 17th September 2023!*

To avail of this offer just go to the following link and login using your existing RootsIreland login details:Â http://www.rootsireland.ie. If you currently have a subscription, click My Account, My Subscription and Start a New Subscription. The special deal subscription will then begin once your current subscription runs out. 

Chris

Order Tracing Your Belfast Ancestors in the UK at https://bit.ly/BelfastAncestors. Also available - Tracing Your Irish Ancestors Through Land Records, Sharing Your Family History Online, Tracing Your Scottish Family History on the Internet, Tracing Your Irish Family History on the Internet (2nd ed), and Tracing Your Scottish Ancestry Through Church and State Records - to purchase, please visit https://bit.ly/ChrisPatonPSbooks. For purchase in tthe USA visit https://www.penandswordbooks.com. Further news published daily on The Scottish GENES Facebook page, on Threads at @scottishgenesblog and via Mastodon at https://mastodon.scot/@ScottishGENES.

RootsIreland subscription discount offer

From RootsIreland (www.rootsireland.ie), via email:

Don't miss out on our special offer running now 20% off a twelve month subscription!

Why take out a subscription to Roots Ireland?

RootsIreland have the most complete and most accurate set of Roman Catholic church records online, as well as millions of Protestant records, civil records, census records, headstone inscriptions and census substitutes. Our index is easily searchable and has features such as standardised surname and forename searches which make your searches even more user-friendly.

We hold over 23 million records, and our database is being added to continually. Since 2020, we have added over 1 million records to our database from Limerick, Clare, Sligo, Kerry, Wicklow, Westmeath, Kilkenny, South Dublin, South Tipperary, Monaghan, Armagh, North Mayo, Cork, Laois, Offaly and East Galway. New records are continually being added to our database throughout the year, which are announced in as they take place.

Together, our 34 genealogy centres have an unparalleled amount of local knowledge which can be invaluable to those tracing their ancestors, a service which no other website or company can provide to such a high standard. By taking out a subscription with RootsIreland, you are helping these centres to continue to provide a world-class service and securing many Irish jobs.

If you have any questions please check our Help section and if this does not provide an answer, then you may contact us or one of the county centres. You can check what is available on our site for each county here.

*Offer applies from 1st July to 12 midnight Irish time on 14th July only. Cannot be used in conjunction with any other offer.

Check the subscription page at https://rootsireland.ie/ifhf/subscribe.php

Chris

Order Tracing Your Belfast Ancestors in the UK at https://bit.ly/BelfastAncestors. Also available - Tracing Your Irish Ancestors Through Land Records, Sharing Your Family History Online, Tracing Your Scottish Family History on the Internet, Tracing Your Irish Family History on the Internet (2nd ed), and Tracing Your Scottish Ancestry Through Church and State Records - to purchase, please visit https://bit.ly/ChrisPatonPSbooks. For the USA visit https://www.penandswordbooks.com. Further news published daily on The Scottish GENES Facebook page, and on Twitter @genesblog.

Pen and Sword book discounts until April 13th

Pen and Sword currently have a book offer, with some serious discounts, 30% on all titles. Most of my Scottish and Irish family history titles are reduced from £14.99 (RRP) to £10.49, whilst my Sharing Your Family History Online title is dropped from £12.99 to just £9.09. Postage is on top of this. It's not just my books though, all of their family history and military titles are similarly on offer, and there is a fair range there!

Elsewhere, I finally received my author's copies of Tracing Your Belfast Ancestors (which is included in the offer), and am delighted with how it has been laid out. Very excitingly, it got to number 2 this week on Pen and Sword's best-sellers list, but I am also delighted that my re-released Tracing Your Irish Family History on the Internet (2nd edition) has also hit the top ten again, at number 9! A huge thanks to all of you who have purchased copies of these and my other titles (see below), and as always, I hope they help!

Remember, the Pen and Sword offer sale ends April 13th!

Chris

Order Tracing Your Belfast Ancestors in the UK at https://bit.ly/BelfastAncestors. Also available - Tracing Your Irish Ancestors Through Land Records, Sharing Your Family History Online, Tracing Your Scottish Family History on the Internet, Tracing Your Irish Family History on the Internet (2nd ed), and Tracing Your Scottish Ancestry Through Church and State Records - to purchase, please visit https://bit.ly/ChrisPatonPSbooks. For the USA visit https://www.penandswordbooks.com. Further news published daily on The S'cottish GENES Facebook page, and on Twitter @genesblog.

RootsIreland 25% discount on annual subscription

RootsIreland (www.rootsireland.ie) is offering 25% off an annual subscription if you subscribe before March 31st. *Offer applies until 12 midnight Irish time on 31 March 2023 only. Cannot be used in conjunction with any other offer.

Chris

Pre-order Tracing Your Belfast Ancestors at https://bit.ly/BelfastAncestors. Also available - Tracing Your Irish Ancestors Through Land Records, Sharing Your Family History Online, Tracing Your Scottish Family History on the Internet, Tracing Your Irish Family History on the Internet (2nd ed), and Tracing Your Scottish Ancestry Through Church and State Records - to purchase, please visit https://bit.ly/ChrisPatonPSbooks. Further news published daily on The Scottish GENES Facebook page, and on Twitter @genesblog.

Half price membership offer from Forces War Records

From Forces War Records (www.forces-war-records.co.uk):

Start your journey today and discover your ancestor’s military history.

This Remembrance period Forces War Records is offering you HALF PRICE membership on monthly and yearly packages. – less than £25.00 for the year, or less than £5.00 for a month* (use code 50FWR).

With over 27 million records online there's never been a better time to join

1. Simply Register your details for free here - https://www.forces-war-records.co.uk/register/
Why? By registering your details, you get the benefit of having an account created for you where all your searches and interesting information you have found can be saved for easy access later. 2. Next visit - https://www.forces-war-records.co.uk/subscribe
3. Select your subscription option.
4. Enter your card details.
5. Have your discount code 50FWR ready and simply enter the code in the discount code box.

* Offer starts 11th November 2022 Offer ends 23:59GMT 20th November 2022. 50% offer valid on purchase of first membership subscription only. Special offer price: £24.48 for first 12 months of an Annual membership or £4.48 for first month of monthly membership. Your membership will automatically renew after the special offer period and at that time, you will be charged £8.95 per month for a Monthly membership and £48.95 every 12 months for an Annual membership, unless you are notified otherwise. To avoid auto-renewing cancel at least 2 days before your renewal date by visiting My Account or contacting our customer support team. See www.forces-war-records.co.uk for full terms and conditions

By being a fully subscribed member, you will benefit from:

• 27+ million military records
• A wide variety of collections with additional digital images of original historical records
• Military experts on tap to answer your queries and help you find more
• Unique WW1 Troop Movements interactive map
• Dedication Wall - upload a lasting tribute to your loved ones then ‘share’ via social media.
• 1,000's of original historic documents

(With thanks to Neil White)

Chris

My new book Tracing Your Irish Ancestors Through Land Records is now available to buy at https://bit.ly/IrishLandRecords. Also available - Sharing Your Family History Online, Tracing Your Scottish Family History on the Internet, Tracing Your Irish Family History on the Internet (2nd ed), and Tracing Your Scottish Ancestry Through Church and State Records - to purchase, please visit https://bit.ly/ChrisPatonPSbooks. Further news published daily on The Scottish GENES Facebook page, and on Twitter @genesblog.

Pen and Sword book 30% discount offer this weekend

Pen and Sword (www.pen-and-sword.co.uk) is offering a discount of 30% from the RRP of its titles this weekend*, in advance of the English bank holiday on Monday 29th (*'does not apply to Key Publishing Titles or digital downloads'). Offer ends 29 August 2022.

 

I've noticed that the print titles of all of my books have been placed on offer just now with a 30% discount - I'm not sure if that is the bank holiday offer kicking in early, or if it is a separate offer on my titles, but it gives the same net effect! You can see the range at https://www.pen-and-sword.co.uk/Chris-Paton/a/1799. All are discounted to £10.49 +p&p, with the exception of Sharing Your Family History Online, which is at £9.09 +p&p.

My books include:

• Tracing Your Scottish Family History on the Internet
• Tracing Your Scottish Ancestry Through Church and State Records
• Tracing Your Irish Family History on the Internet (2nd ed)
• Tracing Your Irish Ancestors Through Land Records
• Sharing Your Family History Online

I hope they help!

Chris

My new book Tracing Your Irish Ancestors Through Land Records is now available to buy at https://bit.ly/IrishLandRecords. Also available - Sharing Your Family History Online, Tracing Your Scottish Family History on the Internet, Tracing Your Irish Family History on the Internet (2nd ed), and Tracing Your Scottish Ancestry Through Church and State Records - to purchase, please visit https://bit.ly/ChrisPatonPSbooks. Further news published daily on The Scottish GENES Facebook page, and on Twitter @genesblog.

MyHeritage offers free access to marriage records for Valentine's Day

To tie in with Valentine's Day, MyHeritage (www.myheritage.com) is offering free access to its collection of 600 million marriage (and divorce!) records, from February 13th-20th 2022. The collection is worldwide, with some entries for Scotland and Ireland included.

To access the collection visit https://www.myheritage.com/research/category-2020/marriage-divorce

(With thanks to Daniel Horowitz)

Chris

My new book Tracing Your Irish Ancestors Through Land Records is now available to buy at https://bit.ly/IrishLandRecords. Also available - Sharing Your Family History Online, Tracing Your Scottish Family History on the Internet, Tracing Your Irish Family History on the Internet (2nd ed), and Tracing Your Scottish Ancestry Through Church and State Records - to purchase, please visit https://bit.ly/ChrisPatonPSbooks. Further news published daily on The Scottish GENES Facebook page, and on Twitter @genesblog.

Deceased Online Buy One Get One Free offer

From Deceased Online (www.deceasedonline.com):

We're delighted to wish our customers a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year with Buy One Get One Free on pay-per-view voucher purchases at www.deceasedonline.com. The offer runs from now until midday on Monday 4th January 2021.

Chris

Pre-order my next book, Sharing Your Family History Online, at https://bit.ly/SharingFamHist. My book Tracing Your Scottish Family History on the Internet, at http://bit.ly/ChrisPaton-Scottish2 is also out, as are 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.

Summer discount offer from RootsIreland

From the Irish Family History Foundation, a summer discount offer for its records platform, RootsIreland (www.rootsireland.ie):

Special Summer Offer on Annual Subscriptions
Get a 12-month subscription to Roots Ireland at 20% off from 1st-14th July!

To obtain this offer just go to the following link and login using your existing RootsIreland login details: http://www.rootsireland.ie. If you currently have a subscription, click My Account, My Subscription and Start a New Subscription. The special deal subscription will then begin once your current subscription runs out.

Why take out a subscription with RootsIreland?

RootsIreland have the most complete and most accurate set of Roman Catholic church records online. Our index is easily searchable and has features such as standardised surname and forename searches which make your searches even more user-friendly.

We hold over 22 million records which is being added to continually. In 2019, we added over 200,000 new records from Laois, Offaly, East Galway, Wexford, Armagh, Cork, Kilkenny, Clare and Waterford.

So far in 2020, we have added almost 500,000 records from Kerry, Cork, Armagh, Kilkenny, North Mayo, North Dublin, Westmeath and Wicklow. Further records will be uploaded as the year goes on.

Together, our 34 genealogy centres have an unparalleled amount of local knowledge which can be invaluable to those tracing their ancestors, a service which no other website or company can provide to such a high standard. By taking out a subscription with RootsIreland, you are helping these centres to continue to provide a world-class service and securing many Irish jobs, particularly in these difficult times.

If you have any questions please check our Help section and if this does not provide an answer, then you may contact us or one of the county centres.

*Offer applies from 1st July to 12 midnight Irish time on 14th July 2020 only. Cannot be used in conjunction with any other offer

Chris

My next 5 week Scotland 1750-1850: Beyond the Old Parish Registers course starts July 6th - see https://www.pharostutors.com/details.php?coursenumber=302. My next book, Tracing Your Scottish Family History on the Internet, at http://bit.ly/ChrisPaton-Scottish2 is now out, also available are 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.

Deceased Online buy one get one free offer this weekend

From DeceasedOnline (https://deceasedonline.com):

Buy One Get One Free on Deceased Online This Weekend

We're delighted to offer our newsletter subscribers Buy One Get One Free on voucher purchases at www.deceasedonline.com. The offer runs from now until midday on Monday 22nd June 2020.

To take advantage of the offer, add vouchers to your basket and click "add promotions code"

Enter the code JUN20BOGOF and click "add to basket"

Then complete your voucher purchase as normal and your free vouchers will be added to your account.

Upcoming Records

We're working hard on processing more than 4,000,000 burial and cremation records from authorities in London, the West and East Midlands, and the South East of England.
Watch out for our newsletters to discover when new records are released.

Chris

My next 5 week Scotland 1750-1850: Beyond the Old Parish Registers course starts July 6th - see https://www.pharostutors.com/details.php?coursenumber=302. My next book, Tracing Your Scottish Family History on the Internet, at http://bit.ly/ChrisPaton-Scottish2 is now out, also available are 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.

FindmyPast 40 per cent discount subscription offer

FindmyPast (www.findmypast.co.uk) is offering a 40% discount on all of its subscriptions, if you purchase by February 23rd (Sunday).

For further details on what to expect from each subscription option, and to purchase, visit https://www.findmypast.co.uk/subscribe?promocode=CSBLOVE40UK

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.