Here’s a good reason to get stuck into your research again, if you hadn’t been already … MyHeritage is giving you FREE ACCESS to all of the birth records on their site from 10-16 July, 2020! This vast treasure trove includes 104 collections from all over the world, comprising a total of 1,099,379,647 records.

This is a fabulous opportunity for anyone who wants to search for their ancestors’ birth records. Covering countries from Australia to Argentina, from Canada to Cosa Rica. From South America, to North America (the US and Canada), as well an Europe and the UK. There’s records for everyone!

So you know exactly what is covered, here’s the full listing of the free collections:

  • Argentina, Baptisms, 1645-1930 (10,438,706 records)
  • Australia, Births and Baptisms, 1792-1981 (1,572,075 records)
  • Australia, Victoria Birth Index, 1837-1920 (5,921,996 records)
  • Austria, Births and Baptisms, 1651-1940 (251,666 records)
  • Bahamas Births, 1850-1891 (156,142 records)
  • Barbados Baptisms, 1739-1891 (510,446 records)
  • Bolivia, Baptisms, 1560-1938 (8,448,893 records)
  • Brazil, Baptisms, 1688-1935 (9,328,545 records)
  • Canada, New Brunswick, Births and Baptisms, 1819-1899 (75,214 records)
  • Canada, Ontario Births, 1869-1912 (5,200,355 records)
  • Canada, Quebec, Ste Anne de Beaupre Baptisms, 1657-1980 (650 records)
  • Caribbean, Births and Baptisms, 1590-1928 (1,137,756 records)
  • Channel Islands, Births and Baptisms, 1820-1907 (124,102 records)
  • Chile, Baptisms, 1585-1932 (6,337,886 records)
  • Colombia, Baptisms, 1630-1950 (1,361,970 records)
  • Costa Rica, Baptisms, 1700-1915 (455,924 records)
  • Costa Rica, Birth Index, 2011-2015 (638,221 records)
  • Czech Republic, Births and Baptisms, 1637-1889 (97,290 records)
  • Denmark, Baptisms, 1618-1923 (8,678,994 records)
  • Dominican Republic, Baptisms, 1726-1924 (246,829 records)
  • Ecuador, Baptisms, 1680-1930 (1,569,446 records)
  • El Salvador, Baptisms, 1750-1940 (533,665 records)
  • England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975 (192,686,202 records)
  • England & Wales, Birth Index, 1837-2005 (208,383,721 records)
  • England & Wales, Births, GRO Indexes, 1911-1954 (59,734,589 records)
  • England, London, Registers of St. Paul’s Church, Convent Garden, Christenings, 1653-1752, Volume 1 (766 records)
  • Finland, Baptisms, 1657-1890 (13,975,867 records)
  • Germany, Births and Baptisms, 1558-1898 (110,094,921 records)
  • Germany, Hesse Birth Index, 1874-1911 (3,784,938 records)
  • Gibraltar, Births and Baptisms, 1704-1876 (88,531 records)
  • Great Britain, Births and Baptisms, 1571-1977 (60,734 records)
  • Grenada, Births and Baptisms, 1866-1891 (82,693 records)
  • Guatemala, Baptisms, 1730-1917 (1,288,184 records)
  • Honduras, Baptisms, 1730-1930 (551,500 records)
  • Hungary, Baptisms, 1734-1895 (42,221 records)
  • Hungary Reformed Church Christenings, 1624-1895 (17,078,401 records)
  • Iceland, Baptisms, 1730-1905 (590,611 records)
  • India, Births and Baptisms, 1786-1947 (1,983,730 records)
  • Isle of Man, Births and Baptisms, 1821-1911 (643,040 records)
  • Italy, Births and Baptisms, 1806-1900 (5,602,248 records)
  • Jamaica Births and Baptisms, 1752-1920 (640,152 records)
  • Liechtenstein, Births and Baptisms, 1650-1875 (102,157 records)
  • Luxembourg, Births and Baptisms, 1662-1840 (32,022 records)
  • Mexico, Baptisms, 1560-1950 (122,951,669 records)
  • Netherlands, Births and Baptisms, 1564-1910 (6,266,091 records)
  • Netherlands, Church Baptisms, 1580-1811 (23,631,394 records)
  • Netherlands, Civil Births, 1811-1915 (31,860,820 records)
  • Netherlands, Leiden Baptisms, 1600-1825 (1,010,069 records)
  • Netherlands, Leiden Births, 1810-1913 (614,572 records)
  • Netherlands, Rotterdam, Birth Index, 1811-1913 (1,689,974 records)
  • Netherlands, Tilburg Baptisms, 1587-1821 (558,911 records)
  • Netherlands, Tilburg Births, 1811-1913 (701,877 records)
  • Norway, Baptisms, 1634-1927 (21,726,709 records)
  • Panama, Baptisms, 1750-1938 (565,141 records)
  • Paraguay, Baptisms, 1800-1930 (225,921 records)
  • Peru, Baptisms, 1556-1930 (11,212,584 records)
  • Philippines, Births and Baptisms, 1642-1994 (953,200 records)
  • Poland, Piotrków Trybunalski Births, 1808-1875 (27,674 records)
  • Portugal, Baptisms, 1570-1910 (1,219,260 records)
  • Russia, Births and Baptisms, 1755-1917 (503,160 records)
  • Samoa, Baptisms, 1863-1940 (8,902 records)
  • Scotland, Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950 (26,765,821 records)
    Scotland, Selected Births & Baptisms, c.1640-c.1860 (19,381 records)
  • Spain, Baptisms, 1502-1940 (25,055,776 records)
  • Spain, Vitoria Diocese, Index of Baptisms, 1535-1903 (2,493,190 records)
  • Sweden, Baptisms, 1611-1920 (26,257,868 records)
  • Switzerland, Baptisms, 1491-1940 (2,930,645 records)
  • Ukraine, Births and Baptisms, 1784-1879 (42,085 records)
  • UK Parish Baptisms (7,081 records)
  • United States, Arizona, Births and Christenings, 1909-1917 (76,715 records)
  • United States, Arizona Birth Certificates, 1887-1935 (709,682 records)
  • United States, California Births, 1905-1995 (49,184,179 records)
  • United States, California, Births and Christenings, 1812-1988 (92,867 records)
  • United States, District of Columbia, Births and Christenings, 1830-1955 (324,474 records)
  • United States, Georgia, Births and Christenings, 1754-1960 (25,152 records)
  • United States, Idaho, Births and Christenings, 1856-1965 (46,126 records)
  • United States, Indiana, Births and Christenings, 1773-1933 (103,680 records)
  • United States, Kentucky Births, 1911-1999 (11,849,462 records)
  • United States, Massachusetts, Vital Records of Cambridge, to the Year 1850, Volume 1, Births (1914) (952 records)
  • United States, Massachusetts, Vital Records of Gloucester, to the End of the Year 1849, Volume 1, Births (1917) (822 records)
  • United States, Massachusetts, Vital Records of Ipswich, Massachusetts, to the End of the Year 1849, Volume 1, Births (1910) (814 records)
  • United States, Minnesota, Birth Index, 1900-1934 (3,406,802 records)United States, Minnesota, Death Index, 1904-2001 (4,460,579 records)
  • United States, New Jersey Birth Index 1901-1903 (272,250 records)
  • United States, New York, Birth Index, 1881-1942 (4,550,484 records)
  • United States, New York City Birth Index, 1878-1909 (2,233,470 records)
  • United States, New York, Births Reported in Manhattan, 1901 (920 records)
  • United States, New York, Births Reported in Manhattan, 1902 (972 records)
  • United States, North Carolina, Mecklenburg County Birth Index, 1913-2019 (882,188 records)
  • United States, Oregon, Births and Christenings, 1868-1929 (182,702 records)
  • United States, Texas Births, 1926-1995 (21,518,224 records)
  • United States, Utah, Births and Christenings, 1892-1941 (101,090 records)
  • United States, Utah, Salt Lake County Birth Records, 1890-1915 (99,279 records)
  • United States, Washington, King County Delayed Births, 1941-1942 (16,855 records)
  • United States, West Virginia Birth Index, 1853-1914 (3,172,114 records)
  • United States Births and Christenings, 1867-1931 (54,622 records)
  • Uruguay, Baptisms, 1750-1900 (411,505 records)
  • Wales Births and Baptisms, 1541-1907 (2,167,850 records)
  • World Miscellaneous Births and Baptisms, 1534-1983 (1,925,595 records)

The free acces runs from Friday, 10 July through until Thursday 16 July, 2020, and you don’t need an account to get started, you just need to head on over to:

myheritage.com/birth-records

So what are you waiting for? Go … research!! And I wish you all the best with it.