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Explore Findmypast’s billions of historical records for FREE this Remembrance Weekend
Free access to all Findmypast’s historical records throughout Remembrance Weekend
Live Broadcast to be held on Saturday afternoon featuring an expert panel of historians and genealogists
This Remembrance Weekend, we want to help everyone find their First World War ancestors and learn more about their family history.
So we’re delighted to announce that this Remembrance Weekend, we’ll be opening up our archives and giving unlimited free access to billions of records and newspaper pages from all over the world. That means that between midday on Friday, November 7th and midday on Monday, November 10th (GMT), absolutely everyone will have access to all our historical records, including:
· Millions of birth, marriage and death records
· Census, land and substitute records from the US, UK, Ireland and Australia
· Millions of newspaper pages from all over the world
· Travel and migration records
· Military records from all over the world, including World War 1 records
As well as millions of other records that will give everyone the opportunity to explore their family history and bring their past to life.
It’s not only new users who will be able to take their family history research further this weekend. Those with current Findmypast Local subscriptions (with an active Britain, Ireland, US & Canada or Australia & New Zealand subscription) will be able to access all our historical World records during the free access weekend. Those with active World subscriptions will have an additional three days added on to their subscription.
Find out more at our dedicated Free Weekend page.
Live Broadcast
This Saturday 8th November, we will be hosting our first ever Live Broadcast. Featuring an expert panel including Findmypast’s Director of Family History, Joshua Taylor, military historian Paul Nixon, and Who Do You Think You Are?’s Lead Genealogist Laura Berry, the broadcast is designed to help everyone get further with their family history research.
The talks will cover a wide range of topics – from getting started to breaking down brick walls – and viewers can choose to watch the entire event, or tune in for specific presentations.
The Live Broadcast will be shown at 3pm (GMT) on Saturday 8th November. All of the presentations can also be watched on demand after the broadcast on the Remembrance Weekend section of our blog.
See the programme below, and read more about the speakers, their talks and how to watch them on our blog.
Live Broadcast Programme
Live Family History Facebook Q&A
Directly after our Live Broadcast, we’ll also be hosting a live Q&A on family history researching on our global Facebook page with some of our speakers. Join us between 5.30 and 6.30pm (GMT) to join the discussion on how to get started or break down your family history brick walls.
You can submit your questions in advance to our Facebook wall, send them @Findmypast on Twitter using the hashtag #FMPLive, or join us live on Facebook on Saturday evening.
Follow @Findmypast on Twitter and use the hashtag #FMPLive to follow our event updates.
Explore Findmypast’s billions of historical records for FREE this Remembrance Weekend
Free access to all Findmypast’s historical records throughout Remembrance Weekend
Live Broadcast to be held on Saturday afternoon featuring an expert panel of historians and genealogists
This Remembrance Weekend, we want to help everyone find their First World War ancestors and learn more about their family history.
So we’re delighted to announce that this Remembrance Weekend, we’ll be opening up our archives and giving unlimited free access to billions of records and newspaper pages from all over the world. That means that between midday on Friday, November 7th and midday on Monday, November 10th (GMT), absolutely everyone will have access to all our historical records, including:
· Millions of birth, marriage and death records
· Census, land and substitute records from the US, UK, Ireland and Australia
· Millions of newspaper pages from all over the world
· Travel and migration records
· Military records from all over the world, including World War 1 records
As well as millions of other records that will give everyone the opportunity to explore their family history and bring their past to life.
It’s not only new users who will be able to take their family history research further this weekend. Those with current Findmypast Local subscriptions (with an active Britain, Ireland, US & Canada or Australia & New Zealand subscription) will be able to access all our historical World records during the free access weekend. Those with active World subscriptions will have an additional three days added on to their subscription.
Find out more at our dedicated Free Weekend page.
Live Broadcast
This Saturday 8th November, we will be hosting our first ever Live Broadcast. Featuring an expert panel including Findmypast’s Director of Family History, Joshua Taylor, military historian Paul Nixon, and Who Do You Think You Are?’s Lead Genealogist Laura Berry, the broadcast is designed to help everyone get further with their family history research.
The talks will cover a wide range of topics – from getting started to breaking down brick walls – and viewers can choose to watch the entire event, or tune in for specific presentations.
The Live Broadcast will be shown at 3pm (GMT) on Saturday 8th November. All of the presentations can also be watched on demand after the broadcast on the Remembrance Weekend section of our blog.
See the programme below, and read more about the speakers, their talks and how to watch them on our blog.
Live Broadcast Programme
- 3.00pm: Joshua Taylor, Director Family History, Findmypast:Welcome
- 3.02pm: Amy Sell, Family Historian, Findmypast: Getting Started
- 3.20pm: Myko Clelland, Family Historian, Findmypast: Top Tips for Researching Your Family History
- 3.40pm: Amy Sell: What the Censuses Tell Us
- 4.00pm: Laura Berry, Lead Genealogist, BBC’s Who Do You Think You Are?: Exploring British Newspapers
- 4.20pm: Paul Nixon, Military Expert, Findmypast: Discover Your Ancestors in the Military Records
- 4.40pm: Brian Donovan, Director, Findmypast Ireland: Tracing Your Irish Ancestors
- 5.00pm: Joshua Taylor: Discover Your Ancestors in International Records
- 5.20pm: Joshua Taylor: Closing remarks
- 5.30pm – 6.30pm: Facebook Q&A with the Findmypast Experts on our global Facebook page.
Live Family History Facebook Q&A
Directly after our Live Broadcast, we’ll also be hosting a live Q&A on family history researching on our global Facebook page with some of our speakers. Join us between 5.30 and 6.30pm (GMT) to join the discussion on how to get started or break down your family history brick walls.
You can submit your questions in advance to our Facebook wall, send them @Findmypast on Twitter using the hashtag #FMPLive, or join us live on Facebook on Saturday evening.
Follow @Findmypast on Twitter and use the hashtag #FMPLive to follow our event updates.
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