Genealogy Discounts and Freebies

Here are a few of the offers listed on the 'Genealogy Discounts and Freebies' webpage in August 2022. Links open in new windows.

• 20% off Findmypast subscriptions (1 month or 12 month) if you pay via Findmypast's *Australian* site. The offer ends on 31 Aug 2022 at 11:59pm (BST). (See why I personally use and recommend Findmypast.)


• Full transcriptions of New South Wales birth, death and marriage certificates are only $18 until midnight (AEST) on 31 Aug 2022.


• 'Missing friends' records have information about people sought by relatives or friends; runaway children; eloping daughters; beneficiaries of wills; wife/child deserters; absconders from reformatories or from employment; suspected bigamists; people sought as witnesses to a crime; and various others. Until 19 Aug 2022 at 11:59pm (AEST), digital images of the original records are half price ($6 for one entry, and $4 for each additional entry). Check the 3 lists of names (A-G, H-O and P-Z).


• Digital images from original registers of old age pension applicants are 50% cheaper if your request and payment reach me by 11:59pm (AEST) on 19 Aug 2022. If you email your request and quote 'code OAP.Aug2022', the discount price (for digital copies sent via the Internet) is just $3 for the first entry plus $2 for each additional entry - NOT the normal price shown on the webpages that list the 9,200 pension applicants' names.


• You'll often find discount prices on books from my favourite online bookshop. Check whether they include any of the books on my 'genealogy/history recommended reading' list.

See also the other offers listed on Genealogy Discounts and Freebies.

(This post first appeared on https://uk-australia.blogspot.com/2022/08/genealogy-discounts-and-freebies.html.)

FindMyPast or a Coffee?

I recently wrote about why I like using FindMyPast. My world subscription is through their UK site, but I have also registered (free) with the Australia / NZ site because I want to receive their newsletter. (In 'My account - Personal details', tick the box beside 'Please send me an occasional newsletter'.)

The newsletter often has competitions and special offers (discounts, free pay-as-you-go credits, etc). Today's newsletter offered 20% off subscriptions if you join by 30 Nov 2013.

Depending on which subscription you choose, the cost (without discounts) ranges from about $5 to $25 per month. In other words, going without one takeaway coffee per month would save you almost enough to pay for an Australia/NZ subscription. Most people reading this blog probably have British ancestry, and for you the Britain & Australia/NZ subscription may be better value. I chose a world subscription because some branches of my family were in Ireland and Canada.

Not sure whether they have records that will be useful to you? Have a look at the full list (worldwide). More datasets are added each month. Note the inclusion of the British Newspaper Archive and various other digitised newspapers.

If you are thinking about getting a FindMyPast subscription (or if you already have one), see my tips on using FindMyPast for genealogy.

Thrifty Thursday: This Week's Freebies

There are some interesting freebies and discounts available at present (and, in the future, more will be listed on a Discounts and Freebies page).

• LostCousins is totally free to 2 May 2011. This is probably the only web site that has virtually 100% accuracy in matching people who share the same ancestors. You do not waste time corresponding with people who are not related to you. To use LostCousins you need to have found relatives in one of these censuses: USA 1880 or 1940; Canada 1881; Scotland 1881; Ireland 1911; England and Wales 1841, 1881 or 1911. Be sure to enter data for brothers and sisters of your direct ancestors, as it is their descendants who are most likely to have letters or photos from your line. Start by reading the LostCousins 'How-to' page. Remember to log in periodically, go to your 'My Ancestors' page and click 'Search'.
  
  
• Free access to Gale's historical newspaper and periodical collections, including more than 10 million digitised pages, to 24 April 2011.
  
  
• In honour of ANZAC Day, free access on Ancestry during this Easter long weekend to 40 million military records for Australia, New Zealand, UK, Canada and USA.
  
  
• England & Wales marriage indexes 1837-2005 on Ancestry are free to search to 30 April 2011.
  
  
• Until 5pm AEST 27 April 2011, order a New South Wales full certificate transcription for just $16.

When I hear about more offers, I will list them on the Discounts and Freebies page on my main Web site.