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FamilySearch Adds 29 Million Netherlands Records

by Alona Tester | Jul 31, 2018 | Other, Records | 0 |

If you’re looking for your Dutch ancestors, lucky you, as your search has just become a whole lot...

Free Access to Marriage Records from Around the World

by Alona Tester | Feb 14, 2018 | Records, Records, Records | 1 |

To celebrate Valentine’s Day, MyHeritage has a special gift for everyone … FREE RECORDS. That’s right, for a limited time, they are providing free access to all of the marriage records in their massive historical collection.

Sign in to FamilySearch to Access More!

by Alona Tester | Nov 18, 2017 | Records | 2 |

FamilySearch, the mega-genealogy-site that has billions of genealogy records online, and all FREE,...

Search German Records Online

by Alona Tester | Aug 13, 2017 | Records | 0 |

If you’re looking for your German ancestors, no doubt you’ll jump online to see what you can find. So let’s take a look at what German records the big name genealogy sites have …

FamilySearch Adds 7.6 Million Records Online

by Alona Tester | Jan 18, 2017 | Records, Records, Records | 0 |

FamilySearch have have just added over 7.6 million new records online, including new ones from Australia, New Zealand, and a big lot from The Netherlands. And remember they are all FREE!

FREE Access to 70 Million Military Records for Remembrance Day

by Alona Tester | Nov 10, 2016 | Records, Records, Records | 7 |

Findmypast are making their entire collection of more than 70 million world military records free for four days to coincide with Remembrance Day 2016.

Free Access to All of Findmypast’s Military Records – 27 June to 4 July

by Alona Tester | Jun 27, 2016 | Records, Records, Records | 0 |

Findmypast has announced that are making their entire collection of military records (65 million of them) free for eight days to commemorate the centenary of the Battle of the Somme.

FamilySearch Shutdown and Upgrade

by Alona Tester | Jun 22, 2016 | General, Records | 0 |

FamilySearch have announced a major update with an outage starting from 27th June, 12 midnight MDT (US time) and may be out for up to 24 hours

100 Million Dutch Records Added to Ancestry

by Alona Tester | Jun 21, 2016 | Records | 0 |

For those with Dutch roots here’s some major, huge news for you. The Netherlands Centre for...

8 Features of FamilySearch You’re Probably Not Using

by Alona Tester | Mar 14, 2016 | Records | 10 |

FamilySearch is the world’s biggest non-commercial genealogy website, playing host to billions of records. But do you look beyond the records? Here are just 8 other facets to the FamilySearch website that you should know about and use.