The Lives of the First World War project is a collaboration between Findmypast and the Imperial War Museum,. The project began back in 2014, and continues through until 2019. So it has just entered its final year. They are putting the call out to the public to help preserve as many stories as possible, before submissions […] Continue reading → 
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. Continue reading → 
Genealogy is worldwide, and in this digital age we can keep up with what’s happening everywhere, here are a few of the recent happenings and announcements of note, just in case you missed them. Continue reading → 
Did the women in your family change history? To celebrate 100 years of voting for women in the UK, Findmypast have opened up their most essential records so you can trace your inspiring female ancestors. Covering the BDMs and Census records … Continue reading → 
What were the best genealogy sellers in 2017? Take a look. We have listed the Top 5 from various different categories … Continue reading → 
Genes Reunited are starting the year with a massive 50% off all Platinum subscriptions, so you can enjoy premium access to Genes Reunited for half of the normal price. Continue reading → 
For those in the UK, Findmypast.co.uk have recently revamped their subscription packages, and now offer Starter, Plus and Pro options. In addition to these, the 1939 Register is now available to monthly subscribers for the first time. Continue reading → 
Historical newspapers are a truly incredible resource for family historians, and for British ones the place to go is the British Newspaper Archive. And now they’ve just introduced a new 3 month subscription option. Continue reading → 
Here at Gould Genealogy we list literally 1000s of titles. We know you haven’t seen them all, so we’ve created this new series of “Did You Know About” posts to highlight some of the lesser known ones. Continue reading → 
England’s General Register Office (GRO) is the place that “maintains the national archive of all births, marriages and deaths dating back to 1837” for England and Wales, and is also the place to order English and Welsh BDM certificates dating back to 1837, when civil registration was introduced. Late last year the GRO ran a […] Continue reading → 
Big news for those with Sussex ancestors, as TheGenealogist, a big online data company in England, has just added over 1.1 million records to their Sussex Parish Record Collection. These are published in association with The Parish Record Transcription Society, and they say this is just the first lot of records, with more releases in the […] Continue reading → 
Dictionaries are great reference works, and a genealogy dictionary is no exception. Old words, abbreviations, acronyms, and plain ‘ol terminology. It’s hard to remember everything, and that’s why a dictionary is so useful. Continue reading → 
FreeCEN was first launched in 1998, and now they are excited to announce the arrival of their new website … FreeCEN2. Continue reading → 