In case searching the 400 million marriage records on MyHeritage for free wasn’t enough, now Ancestry has a similar offer. They are giving users FREE ACCESS to over 317 million records from their Australia, New Zealand and UK collections.

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So make some time this weekend to take advantage of these great offers, and see what love stories you can discover in your family tree.

Interestingly looking through the collections that are free to search (see list below), there’s far more than just marriage records. You’ll also find a bunch of convict records, marriage bonds and banns, passenger lists, pioneer and settlers registers, registers of seamen and more!

The collections covered in the free access are;
– A calendar of the marriage licence allegations in the Registry of the Bishop of London : 1597 to 1700
– Abstracts of Nottinghamshire marriage licences
– Australia, Marriage Index, 1788-1950
– Australia, Newspaper Vital Notices, 1831-2001
– Australian Convict Transportation Registers – Other Fleets & Ships, 1791-1868
– Australian Convict Transportation Registers – First Fleet, 1787-1788
– Australian Convict Transportation Registers – Second Fleet, 1789-1790
– Australian Convict Transportation Registers – Third Fleet, 1791
– Belfast, Northern Ireland, The Belfast Newsletter (Birth, Marriage and Death Notices), 1738-1925
– Bexley, Kent, England, Church of England Baptisms, Marriages, and Burials, 1558-1812
– Bexley, Kent, England, Church of England Marriages and Banns, 1754-1935
– Birmingham, England, Church of England Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1538-1812
– Birmingham, England, Church of England Marriages and Banns, 1754-1937
– Breconshire, Wales, Marriage Index, 1813-1837
– Calendar of marriage licenses issued by the Faculty Office, 1632-1714
– Derbyshire, England, Church of England Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1538-1812
– Derbyshire, England, Church of England Marriages and Banns, 1754-1932
– Dorset, England, Church of England Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1538-1812
– Dorset, England, Church of England Marriages and Banns, 1813-1921
– Durham Diocese, England, Calendar of Marriage Bonds & Allegations, 1594-1815
– Durham Diocese, England, Marriage Bonds & Allegations, 1692-1900
– England & Wales Marriages, 1538-1988
– England & Wales, Civil Registration Marriage Index, 1837-1915
– England & Wales, Civil Registration Marriage Index, 1916-2005
– England & Wales, Quaker Birth, Marriage, and Death Registers, 1578-1837
– England, Pallot’s Marriage Index, 1780-1837
– England, Select Marriages, 1538–1973
– England, Yorkshire, Allertonshire, Marriage Bonds and Allegations, 1667-1819
– Far North Queensland, Australia, Pioneers & Settlers Registers, 1825 -1920
– Fremantle, Western Australia, Passenger Lists, 1897-1963
– Gloucestershire, England, Church of England Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1538-1813
– Gloucestershire, England, Church of England Marriages and Banns, 1754-1938
– Gosford, New South Wales, Australia, Pioneer Register, 1788-1900
– Great Britain, Select Marriages, 1797-1988
– Gretna Green, Scotland, Marriage Registers, 1794-1895
– Hampshire, England, Allegations for Marriage Licences, 1689-1837
– Ireland, Civil Registration Marriages Index, 1845-1958
– Ireland, Selections of Catholic Parish Marriages and Banns, 1742-1884
– Isle of Man, Marriage Index, 1606-1984
– Isle of Man, Select Marriages, 1849-1911
– Jersey, Church of England Baptisms, Marriages, and Burials, 1540-1812
– Jersey, Church of England Marriages, 1754-1940
– Lancashire, England, Church of England Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1538-1812
– Lancashire, England, Church of England Marriages and Banns, 1754-1936
– Leicestershire marriage licences
– Liverpool, England, Catholic Marriages, 1754-1932
– Liverpool, England, Church of England Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1659-1812
– Liverpool, England, Church of England Marriages and Banns, 1754-1932
– London and Surrey, England, Marriage Bonds and Allegations, 1597-1921
– London, England, Church of England Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1538-1812
– London, England, Church of England Marriages and Banns, 1754-1932
– London, England, Clandestine Marriage and Baptism Registers, 1667-1754
– London, England, Crisp’s Marriage Licence Index, 1713-1892
– London, England, Marriage Licences, 1521-1869
– London, England, Marriage Notices from The Times, 1982-2004
– Manchester, England, Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1573-1812 (Cathedral)
– Manchester, England, Church of England Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1541-1812
– Manchester, England, Church of England Marriages and Banns, 1754-1930
– Manchester, England, Marriages and Banns, 1754-1930 (Cathedral)
– Manchester, England, Non-Conformist Marriages, 1758-1937
– Maryborough, Queensland Australia Immigrants from the British Isles & Germany 1861-91
– Medway, Kent, England, Methodist Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1798-1932
– New South Wales and Tasmania, Australia Convict Musters, 1806-1849
– New South Wales and Tasmania, Australia, Convict Pardons and Tickets of Leave, 1834-1859
– New South Wales, Australia 1828 – 1842: Bounty Immigrants List
– New South Wales, Australia Convict Ship Muster Rolls and Related Records, 1790-1849
– New South Wales, Australia, Assisted Immigrant Passenger Lists, 1828-1896
– New South Wales, Australia, Butts of Marriage Licenses, 1813–1835, 1894
– New South Wales, Australia, Certificates of Naturalization, 1849-1903
– New South Wales, Australia, Convict Applications for the Publication of Banns, 1828-1830, 1838-1839
– New South Wales, Australia, Convict Indents, 1788-1842
– New South Wales, Australia, Immigration Deposit Journals, 1853-1900
– New South Wales, Australia, Passengers Arriving at Port Phillip, 1846
– New South Wales, Australia, Registers of Convicts’ Applications to Marry, 1826-1851
– New South Wales, Australia, Registers of Seamen, 1859-1936
– New South Wales, Australia, Settler and Convict Lists, 1787-1834
– New South Wales, Australia, St Peters Cooks River Select Births, Marriages and Burials, 1839-1963
– New South Wales, Australia, St. John’s Parramatta, Marriages, 1790-1966
– New South Wales, Australia, Unassisted Immigrant Passenger Lists, 1826-1922
– New South Wales, Australia, Wives & Children of Irish Convicts, 1825-1840
– New Zealand, Marriage Index, 1840-1937
– New Zealand, Naturalisations, 1843-1981
– Norfolk, England, Church of England Baptism, Marriages, and Burials, 1535-1812
– Norfolk, England, Church of England Marriages and Banns, 1754-1940
– Norfolk, England, Marriage Bonds, 1557-1915
– Norfolk, England, Transcripts of Church of England Baptism, Marriage and Burial Registers, 1600-1935
– Northamptonshire, England, Church of England Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1532-1812
– Northamptonshire, England, Church of England Marriages, 1754-1912
– Nottinghamshire, England, Selected Church of England Parish Marriages, 1577-1853
– Oxfordshire, England, Church of England Baptism, Marriages, and Burials, 1538-1812
– Oxfordshire, England, Church of England Marriages and Banns, 1754-1930
– Queensland, Australia, Immigration Indexes, 1848-1972
– Queensland, Australia, Index to Aliens, 1913
– Queensland, Australia, Naturalisation Index, 1851-1904
– Queensland, Australia, Passenger Lists, 1848-1912
– Radnorshire, Wales, Marriages, 1813-1838
– Register of Baptisms and Marriages at St. George’s Chapel, Mayfair
– Register of baptisms, proclamations, marriages and mortcloth dues contained in kirk-session records of the parish of Torphichen
– Richmond, Yorkshire Civil Marriages, 1653-1660
– Scotland, Non-OPR Banns and Marriages Index, 1656-1875
– Scotland, Select Marriages, 1561-1910
– Shoalhaven, Australia, Index to Births, Marriages, Deaths and Obituary Notices from the Shoalhaven News, 1867-1873
– Somerset, England, Church of England Baptisms, Marriages, and Burials, 1531-1812
– Somerset, England, Marriage Registers, Bonds and Allegations, 1754-1914
– South Australia, Australia, Passenger Lists, 1853
– Surrey, England, Church of England Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1538-1812
– Surrey, England, Church of England Marriages, 1754-1937
– Sutton, Surrey, England, Church of England Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1538-1812
– Sutton, Surrey, England, Church of England Marriages and Banns, 1754-1940
– Sydney, Australia, Anglican Parish Registers, 1814-2011
– Tasmania, Australia, Immigrant Applications and Bounty Tickets, 1854-1887
– Tasmania, Australia, Immigrant Lists, 1841-1884
– Tasmania, Australia, Index to Marriage Notices in The Mercury, 1854-1962
– Tasmania, Australia, Passenger Arrivals, 1829-1957
– Tasmania, Passenger and Crew Lists, 1834-1837, 1841-1887
– The Publications of the Harleian Society, Allegations for Marriage Licences Issued By the Vicar-General of the Archbishop of Canterbury 1669 to 1679
– The Registers Of Stratford-on-Avon. County Of Warwick. (Marriages) 1558 to 1812
– The register of all the christenings, marriages, and burials in the parish of St. Mary, Chislet : in the county of Kent, from t
– The registers of Bitton, Co. Gloucester : baptisms, 1572-1674, burials, 1572-1668, marriages, 1571-1674
– UK, British Army and Navy Birth, Marriage and Death Records, 1730-1960
– UK, Outward Passenger Lists, 1890-1960
– UK, Registers of Births, Marriages and Deaths From British Consulates, 1810-1968
– UK, Registers of Births, Marriages and Deaths at Sea, 1844-1890
– Victoria, Australia, Assisted and Unassisted Passenger Lists, 1839-1923
– Victoria, Australia, Deserter, Discharged, and Prisoner Crew Lists, 1852-1925
– Victoria, Australia, Index to Naturalisation Certificates, 1851-1928
– Victoria, Australia, Marriage Index, 1837-1950
– Victoria, Australia, St. Peter’s Eastern Hill, Marriages, 1848-1955
– Wales, Select Marriages, 1541-1900
– Warwickshire, England, Church of England Baptisms, Marriages, and Burials, 1535-1812
– Warwickshire, England, Church of England Marriages and Banns, 1754-1910
– Warwickshire, England, Selected Church of England Parish Marriages, 1558-1812
– West Yorkshire, England, Church of England Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1512-1812
– West Yorkshire, England, Church of England Marriages and Banns, 1813-1935
– Western Australia, Australia, Crew and Passenger Lists, 1852-1930
– Westminster Church of England Marriage, Baptismal, and Burial Registers
– Wigan, England, Church of England Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1580-1812
– Wigan, England, Church of England Marriages, 1754-1926
– Wiltshire, England, Church of England Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1538-1812
– Wiltshire, England, Church of England Marriages and Banns, 1754-1916
– Wiltshire, England, Marriages, 1538-1837

Happy researching!

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