News from Findmypast and Twile “Creators of the visual family history timeline and winner of two RootsTech innovation awards, Twile have joined the Findmypast family. And we’re just a little bit excited to finally be able to announce the good news! This acquisition reflects our drive to innovate and enhance the family history experience by […]
Findmypast added a bunch of items this week. Two jumped out at me. One is actually two, the 1881 and 1891 Canadian censuses. My guy still doesn’t appear but the collateral lines do. (Copping, Reinhart, Jones, and others). Canadian searches have been separated from the United States and that makes me happy! The Essex Burial […]
I am a bit behind on this but Findmypast is offering free access to a wide variety of military records in honor of Veterans Day. From their press release: Findmypast makes entire collection of more than 70 million world military records free for four days. Allll UK, Irish, Australian, Canadian and US military records free […]
The following press release is from Findmypast.com. Get ready for some searching this weekend and more, a total of 8 days! Findmypast celebrates 4th of July with free access to more than 1 billion records From June 29th until July 6th 2016, over 1 billion UK, US and Irish records will be completely free to […]
PERSI (PERiodical Source Index) is a wonderful topical index to articles in thousands of genealogical and historical periodicals. Most are from the U.S. and Canada, but there are some from other countries, too. PERSI is found on Findmypast.com under the tab “Search” and then the category of “Newspapers & periodicals.” The total number of index […]
Another nice press release this week! FINDMYPAST ANNOUNCES ONLINE RELEASE OF OVER 10 MILLION NEW US MARRIAGE RECORDS New records contain over 30 million names Includes significant additions from Indiana, New York, Illinois, Pennsylvania and Maine Includes 1 million names published online for the first time and only found on Findmypast Ft. Lauderdale, FL: 4 […]
The news release was received today from Findmypast.com “We’re excited to announce the release of the largest online collection of US marriages in history, which when complete will include over 100 million records covering 360 years. 60 per cent of these records have never been published online before offering you the chance to discover your […]
Each Friday, Findmypast releases new or updated records. One of this week’s entries is the “Greater London Burial Index: Locate the final resting place of your Middlesex ancestors.” I immediately checked this for one of my surnames, Copping. Great, there are 33 entries. That’s exciting. It’s also dreadful as I have genealogy work deadlines but […]
Have you been thinking about a subscription to Findmypast.com? Now’s the time! How about a special Thanksgiving gift to yourself or for a family member or friend? From now through 30 November 2015 you can get the World subscription at at 75% discount. The special code to use when paying is THNKSGNG15. To learn more […]
Hot off the Press — a neat press release from Findmypast. Another reason to love our libraries. I share this as an Ambassador for Findmypast. Findmypast Community Edition Now Available to U.S. Libraries Findmypast, a global leader in family history, announces the availability of a library edition within the United States Provides access for libraries, […]