MyHeritage.com offers free access to Irish records

 

In honor of St. Patrick’s Day, MyHeritage.com is making all of its Irish historical records available for free from today to March 18, 2024.

Millions of people worldwide claim Irish roots, showing how far and wide the Irish diaspora stretches. Perhaps you will discover stories of endurance, migration, or interesting new details about the daily lives of your Irish ancestors.

Some of the collections include:

*1901 Ireland Census

*1911 Ireland Census

*Ireland marriages, 1619-1898

These collections, as well as many others, can help to paint a picture of your ancestors’ lives, their communities, and the historical context of their lives.

To get started searching, go to: https://www.myheritage.com/research/catalog?location=Ireland

MyHeritage offers free access to marriage records

To celebrate Valentine’s Day, MyHeritage is granting free access to its marriage records from today through Feb. 17, 2024.

MyHeritage has 254 collections containing 746 million historical records. Marriage records typically reveal names, birth dates, places of birth, and residences of the bride and groom, often extending to details about their parents or the witnesses, who might be close family friends or relatives.

Access to these records usually requires a subscription, but right now they’re completely free to search. Simply register for a free MyHeritage account to begin.

To start searching, go to: www.myheritage.com/marriage-records

MyHeritage.com offers free access to Australian records

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To celebrate Australia Day,  MyHeritage.com is offering free access to its extensive collection of Australian records. This opportunity runs through January 28, 2024.

The Australian record collection contains over 108 million records. These include a wide range of collections that are crucial for tracing your Australian roots including electoral rolls, historical newspapers, registers, birth and death indexes, marriage records, burials, and school records.

You will need to create a free user name and password to view the records. To get started searching, go to: https://www.myheritage.com/research/catalog?location=Australia&q=australia

MyHeritage.com offers free access to death records

From today to November 1, 2023 MyHeritage.com is offering free access to all death, burial, cemetery and obituary records.

This covers 370 collections and over 880,000 records. Death records often include birth dates, names of family members, last known addresses and sometimes even cause of death. Beyond names and dates, death records sometimes provide personal anecdotes or obituaries.

To access these records, go to: https://www.myheritage.com/research/catalog/category-2030/death-burial-cemetery-obituaries

MyHeritage.com offers free access to German records

MyHeritage.com is offering free acces to its German records from now until Oct. 5, 2023 to celebrate German Unity Day.

German Unity Day celebrates the reunion of East and West Germany in 1990. MyHeritage has 65 historical record collections from Germany. Alongside birth, marriage, and death records going back to the 16th century, there are also exclusive record collections from Prussia, North Rhine-Westphalia, and Hesse as well as emigration records from Southwestern Germany and Hamburg to Australasia.

To start searching the collections, go to: https://www.myheritage.com/research/catalog?location=Germany&order_by=updated_date&s=343663401

MyHeritage.com offers free access to French genealogy records

MyHeritage.com offers free access to French genealogy records

In honor of Bastille Day, MyHeritage.com is offering free access to all French records from July 12–16, 2023.

This includes 1,304,623,272 records spanning 117 unique collections.  Over 51,252,000 of these French records were added to MyHeritage just over the past year! So, if you’ve searched the French records before, it might be time to revisit these historical record collections and uncover new leads in your genealogy research.

In order to view the records, you will need to set up a free user name and password.

To start searching, go to:  https://www.myheritage.com/research/catalog?q=france

MyHeritage offers free access to its Canadian collection

MyHeritage offers free access to its Canadian collection

In honor of  Canada Day,  MyHeritage.com is offering free access to all its Canadian records from June 29 to July 2, 2023.

The website has 176 collections, featuring 3,662,055 records, centered around the diverse history of Canada. Canadian records include: immigration documents, military records, census data, and more.

You will need to set up a free user name and password to view the images.

To start searching, go to: https://www.myheritage.com/research/catalog?location=Canada

MyHeritage.com offers free access to military records this weekend

In honor of Memorial Day, MyHeritage.com is offering free access to its collection of military records from today through May 30, 2023.

Its 83 million military records provide insights into the lives of those who served their country in times of war and peace. They allow us to piece together the stories of their service and honor their memories. Its collection includes draft, enlistment, and service records, pension records, and military biographies from various countries around the world, including the United States, the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, and many more.

You will need to set up a free user name and password to view the records. To get started searching, go to: Free Military Records

 

24-hour Genealogy Webinar Marathon set for April 13-14

The 4th Annual 24-Hour Genealogy Webinar Marathon, hosted by Family Tree Webinars.com and MyHeritage, will begin on Thursday, April 13 at 5pm Eastern time and end on Friday, April 14 at 6pm Eastern time. All the webinars are free.

You will learn how to trace your ancestors from the world’s top genealogists and educators. From planning your research to DNA, from eBooks, German calendars and the FAN club, to Australia, Poland and Ireland, to the First Kansas/US Colored Troops 79th Regiment, there’s something for everyone… in every time zone. There will even be time for Q&A and door prizes.

At the very end of the marathon stick around for an additional free webinar, Elizabeth Shown Mills and her class, “Elusive Ancestors: Never Too Poor To Trace.”

Live attendance for each session is limited to the first 3,000 attendees. If you can’t join in real time, all recordings will be available afterwards absolutely free for a week. After that you will need a membership to view the webinars.

To register and see the full schedule, go to:  www.FamilyTreeWebinars.com/24.

MyHeritage.com to provide free access to death records

 

In honor of Halloween, MyHeritage.com is providing free access to all its death records from October 26–November 3, 2022.

The records in this category include death, burial, and cemetery records as well as obituaries. These records are crucial sources of information for family researchers.

In th last year, MyHeritage has added 224 million records to its collection of death records, burial records, cemetery records, and obituaries – bringing the total to 810,792,208 records. During that time, more than 80 collections were added or updated, including collections from the United States, France, Australia, New Zealand, and many other places.

To get started searching, go to: https://www.myheritage.com/research/catalog/category-2030/death-burial-cemetery-obituaries