Free Access to FindMyPast's Irish Records till 7 March

Perhaps it's the thought of St Patrick's Day or perhaps more of us have ancestors that came from Ireland than we thought.

Anyway, FindMyPast claims to have the largest collection of Irish Records and they're offering free access until 7 March.

Start your search of Irish Records.

If you need help with an English or Scottish family history problem, there are still some free family history surgeries available (you need to book in advance) on Berwick Family History Day on 16 April.

Use FindMyPast for Free this Weekend

From 12pm BST on Friday, 18 September  to 12pm BST on Monday, 21 September, you can access lots of family history records and historic newspaper pages at FindMyPast for free.

Access includes:

• Ireland census records from 1821, 1831, 1841, 1851 and 1911
• Poverty relief loan records that give an insight into the darkest days of Irish history
• Military records from conflicts such as the Battle of Waterloo, Crimean War and World War 1
• Travel and migration records
• 7 million historical Irish newspaper articles
• Over 11 million British newspaper pages from 1710 onwards

Extend your family history with FindMyPast's free weekend offer.

Attend Free Family History Workshops

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, who most of us know and refer to as "the Mormons", are running a free family history days from 9am to 4pm on 15 November 2014 at Queen Alexandra Road, Sunderland and 30A Colinton Road, Edinburgh.

The program for Edinburgh is that registration starts at 9am and orientation at 9.30 am.

Between 10am and 4pm there will be 4 workshops:
How to Use Family Search
How to Use Family Tree
Scottish Research
Irish Research

The program for Sunderland hasn't been finalised but it starts at 12.30 and goes on to 4pm.
There will be a lunch break but you have to provide your own lunch.

Registration is essential for Edinburgh Family History Day and Sunderland Family History Day, which is followed by 2 subsequent emails.

If that date or those locations aren't convenient, there are fairs in other towns and cities and dates planned - search for your family history day location.

Free access to Irish Newspaper Archives - if you're quick !

According to Irish Genealogy News, there's free access to the Irish Newspaper Archives until 11am on Thursday 17th April.

A lot of people came from Ireland to work in Berwick-upon-Tweed and Northumberland, so if the Irish were in your ancestry (as they were in mine) or appear in your family stories, they might have been in the newspapers.

I've tried it out but haven't yet found anything relevant.
If you get stuck, there's a video tour when you login.

Login information needed:

User: freebie16
Password: freebie16

Thanks also to Canada's Anglo-Celtic Connections where I first saw it.

Post a comment below, if you find anything interesting, please.