This weekend, November 14 to15, ArkivDigital will open their digital online archive and give all new users free access to ArkivDigital with over 57 million images or approximately 114 million photographed historical pages.
The free offer is to celebrate National Archives Day which will be celebrated at many places throughout the Nordic countries.
Many archives, libraries and genealogical societies will be open to the public offering lectures, exhibitions and archive tours.
This is a unique opportunity to explore Swedish historical sources, everything from church books and estate inventories to military records and court records are found in ArkivDigital. There are also prison records, tax registers, documents from the Second World War and much more.
For those who are entirely new users or for those who haven’t used ArkivDigital in a while, this is a unique opportunity to explore or maybe rediscover the historical treasures which are available in their continually growing database.
More information.
There's also a reduced subscription of 195 Swedish Krona (about £15) for the next month that you can take advantage of until 19 Nov.
Celebrating 900 years of Berwick's history and cultural heritage.
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Showing posts with label Military Records. Show all posts
Friday, 13 November 2015
Wednesday, 16 September 2015
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:
Extend your family history with FindMyPast's free weekend offer.
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.
Saturday, 7 March 2015
FindMyPast is Free, this Weekend
I hope you're making good use of FindMyPast's free weekend.
Find My Past is offering you the opportunity of almost all its records until midday on Monday, March 9th (GMT).
It does include parish records, censuses, military records, newspapers.
You'll need to register and sign in.
Records not included are the UK Electoral Registers (2002-2014) and the UK Companies House Directors (2002-2014), however that's no drawback for most of us.
Search on the free weekend offer.
Find My Past is offering you the opportunity of almost all its records until midday on Monday, March 9th (GMT).
It does include parish records, censuses, military records, newspapers.
You'll need to register and sign in.
Records not included are the UK Electoral Registers (2002-2014) and the UK Companies House Directors (2002-2014), however that's no drawback for most of us.
Search on the free weekend offer.
Friday, 7 November 2014
FindMyPast Free Family History Live Broadcast or Webinar on Saturday 8 November
To celebrate Remembrance Weekend, FindMyPast is running a live broadcast or free webinar on Saturday 8 November between 3pm (GMT) and 5.30pm.
The programme includes 6 speakers and covers: getting started, researching your family history, censuses, British newspapers, military records, tracing ancestors from Ireland, international records.
More details of the programme and speakers.
The webinar is expected to be available later on their blog.
The webinar is followed by a live question and answer session on FindMyPast's Facebook page between 5.30pm (GMT) and 6.30pm.
Please add a comment below, if you learn something useful or get a question answered.
The programme includes 6 speakers and covers: getting started, researching your family history, censuses, British newspapers, military records, tracing ancestors from Ireland, international records.
More details of the programme and speakers.
The webinar is expected to be available later on their blog.
The webinar is followed by a live question and answer session on FindMyPast's Facebook page between 5.30pm (GMT) and 6.30pm.
Please add a comment below, if you learn something useful or get a question answered.
Free Access to FindMyPast This Weekend (7-10 November)
To celebrate Remembrance Weekend, FindMyPast is offering free access to most of their records from noon (GMT) on Friday, 7 November to 11:59am (GMT) on Monday, 10 November.
Use the time to explore their collections of UK parish records, historical newspaper pages, military records and passenger lists.
I used FindMyPast to research much of the information about John Hamilton Hall and his family, including census records and military records relating to his service in the East India Company's Bengal Infantry from 1819 to 1838.
You'll need to register and log in.
In some respects, FindMyPast is easier to search than Ancestry so give the FindMyPast Free Weekend a whirl and add a comment below if you find something interesting.
Use the time to explore their collections of UK parish records, historical newspaper pages, military records and passenger lists.
I used FindMyPast to research much of the information about John Hamilton Hall and his family, including census records and military records relating to his service in the East India Company's Bengal Infantry from 1819 to 1838.
You'll need to register and log in.
In some respects, FindMyPast is easier to search than Ancestry so give the FindMyPast Free Weekend a whirl and add a comment below if you find something interesting.
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