Free access to various FindMyPast collections for the coming weekends

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As it is the run-up to Remembrance Weekend, FindMyPast for the next few weekends are again making some of their records collections available to view for free, ending on Remembrance Weekend where all their collections will be free to view.

This weekend (until Monday 21st), WWI records, the 1911 Census and BMD records on Findmypast are free to view!

The next few weekends are:

  • 25th - 28th October Newspapers on FindMyPast
  • 1st - 4th November 1939 Register
  • 8th - 11th November (Remembrance Weekend) All records on FindMyPast
The WWI records (where they survive) are also fully indexed and searchable (with images) on Ancestry and well worth searching too. They can provide invaluable details about your serving ancestors.

The 1939 Register, although very similar, and often refered to as a census, is not a census. It was taken at the start of WWII to provide an account of the British population, to aid logistics during the war. It doesn't state your ancestor's place of birth, but very usefully, it gives their exact date of birth, which can be very useful for locating your ancestor's birth record. Just treat the dates with appropriate caution, more than once I have seen these dates being incorrect.

If you don't yet have a FMP account, these weekends would be a great time to explore their collections and see if it is something that would benefit your research!

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Luke Gibson is a professional genealogist in Scotland, and a member of the Association for Professional Genealogists, and the Scottish Genealogy Network.

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